DETAILED ACTION
Applicants’ response filed 9/10/2026 has been considered.
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claims 1-8 are pending.
Newly presented claim 8 is hereby restricted out based on original presentation. The concept of rearranging columns of the mother code parity check matrix based on lowest or highest column weight are not included in claim 8. Therefore claim 8 is restricted out. Applicants are advised to cancel claim 8 in subsequent communication.
Therefore claims 1-7 remain and are examined. See prior office action for details in view of remarks made herein for rejections under 35 USC 101.
Rejections under 35 USC 112 are withdrawn in view of amendments.
Drawing corrections are accepted.
Additional pertinent prior arts are cited for Applicants consideration. For example, USPAP 20050149842 Figure 7 and paragraph 0084 teaches the concept rearranging parity check matrix columns from lowest to highest column weight.
Application is pending.
Response to Arguments
Regarding rejections under 35 USC 101, Applicants’ arguments filed 9/10/26 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
For example, claim 1 recites:
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The claim essential states to rearrange the parity matrix of a mother code based on column weights and then to decode based on the rearranged parity matrix.
This idea is still considered abstract idea without significantly more and therefore not statutory under 35 USC 101.
Rearranging bits in a matrix or specifically rearranging columns based on column weight is not patent eligible subject matter since it can be done on paper.
The additional element of a decoder does not add anything significantly more to the abstract idea as the decoder is considered to a well-known, routine and conventional element.
Dependent claims are rejected at least based on dependency. See prior office action for details.
Therefore Applicants are encouraged to formulate claim language that integrates the abstract idea of rearranging columns in a parity check matrix with something significantly more.
Corrections are requested.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See PTO-892.
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MUJTABA M. CHAUDRY
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2112
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