Difference between revisions of "Bilski 35 USC § 101 Rejections Patent Application List"

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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''101 Rejection'''</font>

|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''102 Rejection'''</font>

|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''103 Rejection'''</font>

|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''112 Rejection'''</font>

|Claims 19-30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chaco et al., U.S. Patent 5,822,544 in view of Lichtman et al, U.S. Patent No. 5,819,107.

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|103 and 112 rejection

|Claims 1-21, 29-42, 43, and 45 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Foley et al (US Pat: 6,167,145).

|Claims 22-28 and 44 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Foley et al (US Pat: 6,167,145) stand alone.

|Claims 1, 3, 5-9, 11-14, 16, and 18-23 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Cohen.

|Claims 1, 3, 6-9, 11, 12, 14, 16, and 18-23 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Boveja, previously cited, in view of Tanagho, herein Boveja in view of Tanagho

|Claims 1-2,25-26,35-37 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by "Detection of Atrial Persistent Rhythm Based on P-wave Recognition and RR Interval Variability" (VR Zurro, AL Stelle, and J Nadal, Computers in Cardiology 1995, as cited by Applicant and hereinafter referred to as "Zurro").

|Claims 3-5,27, and 38 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being obvious over Bock.

|Claims 24 and 34-45 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.

|Claims 1-1 3, 15-23, and 25-33 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated by Gore et al. (US 2004101 47034).

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|Claims I , 2,4, 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a) as being anticipated by Becker et al. (US Patent 6,904,161 BI).

|Claims 3, 6-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Becker et al (US Patent 6,904,161 B1) in view of Lee (US Patent 4,838,75).

|Claims 1-4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20-22, 27, 34 and 36 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hedenstrom et al. (200210058674) and Mitra et al. (W0120021102377) in further view of Gordon et al. (20040014779).

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|101 rejection

|Claims 1-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 for nonstatutory subject matter. The invention is ineligible because it has not been limited to a substantial practical application and a tangible result. Instructions to transmit data does not result in a practical application and lacks a tangible result. The result has to be a practical application and a tangible result.

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|Claims 27, 28, 29, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Addison et al. (WO 2041075746).

|Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 50, 51, 52, and 53 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Addison in view of Prochazka et al article (Decomposition And Reconstruction Methods In Biomedical Image De-Noising, Proc. 1 6 th <nowiki>~</nowiki>ienniaIln t. EURASIP Conference BlOSlGNAL 2002, pp. 350-352, 2002)

|Claims 1-3,6-10,25-29 & 31-34 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Deno et al. (WO 031020364 A2).

|Claims 4-5 & 30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Deno et<br>al. (WO 031020364) in view of Frank et al. (US 5,265,615 A).

|Claims 1-23 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 11 2, first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement.

|Claims 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Deckelbaum (U.S. Pat. No. 4,785,806).

|Claims 4-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Deckelbaum (U.S. Pat. No. 4,785,806) in view of Alfano et al (U.S. Pat. No. 5,293,872).

|Claims 3, 7, 8 and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement.

|Claims 1, 2, 8-12, 14-21, and 26-28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Funderburk (US Patent 2004101 331 64).

|Claims 3-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Funderburk in view of Polcha (US Patent Application 2005101 97554).

|Claims 1-4, 6-7, 15-1 7, 19-22, 24-25, 34-36, 38, 40 and 45 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Z-Kat (WO 20041070580) as cited by applicant.

|Claims 5, 8-1 2, 18, 23, 26-31, 37, 39 and 41-42 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Z-Kat as applied to claims 1 and 19 above, and further in view of Krause et al. (US Patent No. 6,711,432).