DETAILED ACTION
This action is responsive to the Application filed 1/16/2024.
Accordingly, claims 1-20 are submitted for prosecution on merits.
Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the "right to exclude" granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. See In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970);and, In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent is shown to be commonly owned with this application. See 37 CFR 1.130(b).
Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
Claims 1, 8, 15 are provisionally rejected under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 8, 15 of U.S. Patent No. 11,875,138 (hereinafter ‘138).
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because of the following observations. Following are but a few examples as to how the certain claims from the instant invention and from the above copending application are conflicting with each other.
Instant claim 1 ‘138 claim 1
information handling system operating an integration
process user matching system comprising:
a network interface device receiving a plurality of execution
logs recording data for tracking selections of integration process visual elements by a plurality of users for
developing integration processes;
information handling system operating an integration
process user matching system comprising:
a network interface device receiving a plurality of execution logs recording data for tracking selections of integration process visual elements by a plurality of users
for developing integration processes;
a processor generating a user/visual element interaction
matrix based on a plurality of counts of integration process visual element selections for input into a trained neural network for identifying user/visual element preferences;
a processor generating a user/visual element interaction
matrix based on a plurality of counts of integration process visual element selections; the processor inputting the user/visual element interaction matrix into a trained neural network to generate an optimized user preference matrix
the processor determining a latent feature user preference
value for increasing accuracy of preferences in user
feedback by incorporating negative feedback from the
plurality of users for each of the plurality of integration
process visual elements used in the selections of integration process visual elements based on output of the trained
neural network;
the processor determining a latent feature user preference
value for increasing accuracy of preferences in user
feedback by incorporating negative feedback from the
plurality of users for each of the plurality of integration
process visual elements based on the optimized user
preference embedding matrix;
the processor identifying a subset of matching users
associated with latent feature user preference values for
one of the plurality of integration process visual elements falling within a preset range of each other as matching
users;
the processor identifying a subset of matching users
associated with latent feature user preference values for one
of the plurality of integration process visual elements
falling within a preset range of each other as matching
users;
the network interface device transmitting identification of
the subset of matching users and identification of the one
of the plurality of integration process visual elements to at
least one matching user.
the network interface device transmitting identification of
the subset of matching users and identification of the one
of the plurality of integration process visual elements to at
least one matching user.
Hence, instant claim 1 is deemed an obvious variant to ‘138 claim 1.
Instant claim 8 ‘138 claim 8
A method of matching integration process users comprising:
receiving, via a network interface device, a plurality of execution logs recording data for tracking selections of integration process visual elements by a plurality of users
for developing integration processes;
method of matching integration process users comprising: receiving, via a network interface device, a plurality of execution logs recording data for tracking selections of integration process visual elements by a plurality of users
for developing integration processes
generating, via a processor, a user/visual element
interaction matrix based on a plurality of counts of
integration process visual element selections;
generating, via a processor, a user/visual element
interaction matrix based on a plurality of counts of
integration process visual element selections;
inputting the user/visual element interaction matrix into a trained neural network to generate a neural network output used for determining a latent feature user preference value
to adapt positive user feedback to incorporate negative feedback of selection or non-selection by users for the integration process visual elements;
inputting the user/visual element interaction matrix into a trained neural network to generate an optimized user preference embedding matrix and determining a latent
feature user preference value to adapt positive user
feedback to incorporate negative feedback of selection or
non-selection by users for the integration process visual
elements;
identifying a subset of matching users associated with latent feature user preference values for one of the plurality of integration process visual elements falling within a preset range of each other as matching users; and
identifying a subset of matching users associated with
latent feature user preference values for one of the
plurality of integration process visual elements falling
within a preset range of each other as matching users;
the network interface device transmitting identification of
the subset of matching users and identification of the one
of the plurality of integration process visual elements to at least one matching user.
and transmitting, via the network interface device, identification of the subset of matching users and identification of the one of the plurality of integration
process visual elements to at least one matched user.
Therefore, instant claim 8 is deemed an obvious variant to ‘138 claim 8.
Instant claim 15 (system) recites the same limitations of instant claim 1; whereas ‘138 claim 15 (system) recites the same limitations of ‘138 claim 1; hence instant claim 15 is deemed obvious variant to ‘138 claim 15 for the same reason.
Dependent claims 2-7, 9-14, 16-20 are therefore deemed non-patentable for being dependent upon a rejected base claim.
Conclusion
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/Tuan A Vu/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2193
Octobre 16, 2025