| S.No. | Publication No. | Application Date | Date of Publication | Rejection type | Date of rejections | N/FR or FR | 101 Rejection | 102 Rejection | 103 Rejection | 112 Rejection |
| 1 | US20070034215A1 | 6/27/2006 | 2/15/2007 | 101 rejection | 1/13/2009 | N/FR | 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. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | US20060190302A1 | 12/23/2005 | 8/24/2006 | 103 rejection | 2/5/2009 | FR | N/A | N/A | 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. | N/A |
| 3 | US20060195058A1 | 12/21/2005 | 8/31/2006 | 102 rejection | 10/17/2008 | N/FR | N/A | Claims 1-26 and 41-54 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as obvious over Goldberger et al. (US Patent Application Publication US 200610079809). | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | US20060195144A1 | 12/19/2005 | 8/31/2006 | 102 rejection | 12/23/2008 | N/FR | N/A | Claims 1-12 and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by DiLorenzo (US 6,366,813). |
N/A | N/A |
| 5 | US20060200036A1 | 3/7/2005 | 9/7/2006 | 112, 102 and 103 rejection | 10/27/2008 | FR | N/A | 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. |
| 6 | US20060200071A1 | 12/21/2005 | 9/7/2006 | 102 rejection | 12/11/2008 | N/FR | N/A | 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). | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | US20060203963A1 | 2/14/2006 | 9/14/2006 | 102 and 103 rejection | 10/16/2008 | N/FR | N/A | 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). | N/A |
| 8 | US20070032852A1 | 8/15/2006 | 2/8/2007 | 102 rejection | 2/11/2009 | N/FR | N/A | Claims 1 and 3 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (b) as being anticipated by White et al USPN 5,782,904. | N/A | N/A |
| 9 | US20070073124A1 | 9/29/2005 | 3/29/2007 | 102 and 103 rejection | 2/4/2009 | N/FR | N/A | 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 ~ienniaIln t. EURASIP Conference BlOSlGNAL 2002, pp. 350-352, 2002) | N/A |
| 10 | US20070078306A1 | 9/30/2005 | 4/5/2007 | 112 and 102 rejection | 1/22/2009 | FR | N/A | Claims 1-1 2 and 19-23 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated by Saracen et al (7,362,848) | N/A | Claims 1-23 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 11 2, first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. |
| 11 | US20060195159A1 | 12/5/2005 | 8/31/2006 | 102 rejection | 7/25/2008 | FR | N/A | Claims 1-3, 5, 8-1 3, 16-1 8, & 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Bradley (US 200301 39781). | N/A | N/A |
| 12 | US20060194724A1 | 2/25/2005 | 8/31/2006 | 103 and 112 rejection | 7/1/2008 | FR | N/A | N/A | The rejection of claims 1-1 6, 44-47, 49, 50-62, 64-70 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Shafik (Andrologia. 1996. 28: 151 -6) or Heiduschka et al. (Exp. Neurol. 2001. 171 : 1-10) in view of Burnett (World J. Urol, 2003.20: 337-342), US 6208894 (issued Mar 27,2001) and US 6464687 (issued Oct 15, 2002) is withdrawn in response to Applicant’s amendment to the claims and cancellation of claims 2, 7, 46, 52-70. | The rejection of claims 2, 7,46, 52-70 under 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph, because the specification does not enable the invention commensurate in scope with the claims is moot because the claims are canceled. |
| 13 | US20060200025A1 | 12/1/2005 | 9/7/2006 | 102 and 103 rejection | 8/6/2008 | N/FR | N/A | 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. | N/A |
| 14 | US20060200205A1 | 3/1/2005 | 9/7/2006 | 102 and 103 rejection | 5/30/2008 | FR | N/A | 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 | N/A |
| 15 | US20060212097A1 | 2/24/2006 | 9/21/2006 | 102 rejection | 7/18/2008 | FR | N/A | Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Vock et al (2003/0163287 A1) | N/A | N/A |
| 16 | US20060216333A1 | 2/22/2006 | 9/28/2006 | 103 rejection | 9/10/2008 | N/FR | N/A | N/A | 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). | N/A |
| 17 | US20070060797A1 | 8/31/2005 | 3/15/2007 | 102 rejection | 4/3/2008 | FR | N/A | Claims 1 - 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated by Rogers et al. U.S. Patent No. 6,957,107. | N/A | N/A |
| 18 | US20070073352A1 | 9/28/2005 | 3/29/2007 | 102 and 103 rejection | 2/6/2008 | N/FR | N/A | 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 al. (WO 031020364) in view of Frank et al. (US 5,265,615 A). |
N/A |
| 19 | US20070078450A1 | 9/30/2005 | 4/5/2007 | 112, 102 and 103 rejection | 5/14/2008 | N/FR | N/A | 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. |
| 20 | US20070078320A1 | 9/30/2005 | 4/5/2007 | 102 and 103 rejection | 6/27/2008 | N/FR | N/A | 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). | N/A |
| 21 | US20070078678A1 | 9/30/2005 | 4/5/2007 | 102 and 103 rejection | 9/30/2008 | FR | N/A | 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). | N/A |
| 22 | US20060189976A1 | 1/18/2006 | 8/24/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | US20060200034A1 | 2/23/2006 | 9/7/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 24 | US20060200011A1 | 2/2/2006 | 9/7/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | US20060206169A1 | 5/8/2006 | 9/14/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 26 | US20060276709A1 | 4/17/2006 | 12/7/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 27 | US20060276856A1 | 4/17/2006 | 12/7/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 28 | US20060281990A1 | 5/5/2006 | 12/14/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 29 | US20060281980A1 | 4/11/2006 | 12/14/2006 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 30 | US20070027459A1 | 7/25/2006 | 2/1/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 31 | US20070027487A1 | 10/13/2006 | 2/1/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 32 | US20070032734A1 | 7/21/2006 | 2/8/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 33 | US20070038051A1 | 5/26/2006 | 2/15/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 34 | US20070066904A1 | 9/13/2006 | 3/22/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 35 | US20070067190A1 | 9/19/2006 | 3/22/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 36 | US20070073180A1 | 9/26/2006 | 3/29/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 37 | US20070078353A1 | 10/4/2005 | 4/5/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 38 | US20070078335A1 | 9/30/2005 | 4/5/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 39 | US20070083152A1 | 8/25/2006 | 4/12/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 40 | US20070088195A1 | 10/18/2005 | 4/19/2007 | Examination information not available | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |