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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the representation" on line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the character set" on line 5. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 5 recites the limitation "the representation" on line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 5 recites the limitation "the character set" on line 5. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the set of code units" on line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 9 recites the limitation "the character set" on line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 11 recites the limitation "the set of code unit" on line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 20 recites the limitation "the representation" on line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 20 recites the limitation "the character set" on line 5. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claim 16 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claim 16 does not fall within at least one of the four categories of patent eligible subject matter because claim 16 is claiming a computer program product but not store on a Non-transistory computer readable storage medium.
Claim 17-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claims 17-20 do not fall within at least one of the four categories of patent eligible subject matter because claims 17-20 are claiming a computer system having program instructions NOT store on a Non-transistory computer readable storage medium.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-15 are allowable.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: Claim 1 is allowed over the closest prior art of record. The closest prior art of record, considered individual or in combination, fails to fairly teach or suggest invented features, which is “ structurally and functional interconnected with other limitations in the manner as cited in the claim and dependent claims (only and only if all the 112 rejections indicated above are resolved).
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Conclusion
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/LAM T MAI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2845
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