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.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
With respect to claim 1, 11, and 19, it is unclear of how “determining, via the AI model, a route for the elevator car based at least in part on the sensor data, wherein the determined route is a shortest route that satisfies the set of preset parameters”, AI determines shortest route in elevator trip, when floors are set distances apart and two elevator in same building would have the same set distances of travel between bottom and top floors. With respect to claims 2 and 12, it is also unclear of how, “wherein resolving the route planning conflict comprises determining, via the AI model, an updated shortest route having a minimal number of stops based on the set of preset parameters”.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1, 11, and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being taught by One (PGPUB 2022/0185625).
With respect to claim 1, One teaches a method of an elevator system comprising:
receiving, from one or more sensors (fig. 3, 325), sensor data associated with an elevator car (fig. 2, 210);
training an artificial intelligence (“AI”) model (paragraph 0061; 322) with a set of preset parameters, archived data from the one or more sensors and corresponding archived data depicting a historical route traveled by the elevator car (paragraph 007-008; improve elevator efficiency and optimizing performance);
determining, via the AI model, a route for the elevator car based at least in part on the sensor data (paragraph 0062), wherein the determined route is a shortest route that satisfies the set of preset parameters; and transporting the elevator car according to the determined route (paragraph 0064).
With respect to claim 11, One teaches an elevator control system comprising:
a processor (paragraph 0056; 3rd sentence); and a non-transitory computer readable storage (paragraph 0035) medium storing code, the code being executable by the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, from one or more sensors (fig. 3, 325), sensor data associated with an elevator car (fig. 2, 210);
training an artificial intelligence (“AI”) model (paragraph 0061; 322) with a set of preset parameters,
the sensor data, archived data (paragraph 0064) from the one or more sensors and corresponding archived data depicting a historical route traveled by the elevator car (paragraph 007-008; improve elevator efficiency and optimizing performance);
determining, via the AI model, a route for the elevator based at least in part on the sensor data (paragraph 0064), wherein the determined route is a shortest route that satisfies the set of preset parameters; and transporting the elevator car according to the determined route (paragraph 0064).
With respect to claim 19, One teaches an elevator system comprising:
at least one elevator car (fig. 2, 210);
a set of sensors (fig. 3, 325) configured to acquire sensor data (paragraph 0064) associated with the at least one elevator car; and
a controller (fig. 3, 321) operative to: train an artificial intelligence (“AI”) model (paragraph 0061; 322) with a set of preset parameters, archived data from the one or more sensors and corresponding archived data depicting a historical route traveled by the at least one elevator car;
determine, via the AI model, a route for the elevator car based at least in part on the sensor data, wherein the determined route is a shortest route that satisfies the set of preset parameters (paragraph 007-008; improve elevator efficiency and optimizing performance); and transport the elevator car according to the determined route (paragraph 0064).
Conclusion
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/ERICK D GLASS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2837
