DETAILED ACTION
1. Claims 1-20 are pending.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
2. The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Information Disclosure Statement
3. The IDS filed 5/16/2024, 6/28/2024, and 1/17/2025 are considered.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
4. Claim 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more. Independent claim 1 recites “determine a homeowner-personality type and a current level of the homeowner-personality type using at least some of the received inputs including (i) the at least one of the available features or functionalities at the home, and (ii) the one or more home improvement projects; generate a list of actions for the homeowner to take to move to one or more higher levels for the determined homeowner-personality type” which is considered to fall within the abstract idea grouping of Mental Processes e.g. an interior designer, knowing their client is a fairly skilled DIYer, creating a list of improvements for their client to make before performing additional home improvements by professionals. Independent claims 9 and 19 recite similar subject matter as claim 1 and therefore recite the same abstract idea. This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because the additional elements “A computer system comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to”, “computer-implemented method implemented using a computing device in communication with a memory, the method comprising”, and “A non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to” merely generally link the abstract idea to a particular technology field and/or simply implement the abstract idea on a generic computer, and the additional elements “cause display of a first interface view of a frontend application executing on a user device of a homeowner to receive inputs for generating a profile of a home of the homeowner and a profile of the homeowner”, “receive inputs corresponding to at least one of available features or functionalities at the home”, “receive inputs corresponding to information associated with one or more home improvement projects”, “cause display of a second interface view of the frontend application for displaying at least one of the determined homeowner-personality type, the current level of the homeowner-personality type, and the list of actions to move to the one or more higher levels for determined homeowner-personality type” are simply insignificant extra-solution activity as they merely relate to data gathering and displaying a result. The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because, as indicated above, the additional elements merely generally link the abstract idea to a particular technology field, simply implement the abstract idea on a generic computer, and/or are insignificant extra-solution activity. The dependent claims 2-8, 10-18, and 20 recite the abstract idea as identified above. These claims are not found to include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the abstract idea.
Claims NOT Rejected Over the Prior Art of Record
5. Prior art rejections have not been provided for claim 1-20, as these claims recite a combination of subject matter not disclosed by the prior art of record. However, claims 1-20 do not satisfy 35 U.S.C. 101 and therefore are not allowable.
In regard to claims 1-8, the prior art of record, alone or in combination, fails to teach or suggest the recited “determine a homeowner-personality type and a current level of the homeowner-personality type using at least some of the received inputs including (i) the at least one of the available features or functionalities at the home, and (ii) the one or more home improvement projects; generate a list of actions for the homeowner to take to move to one or more higher levels for the determined homeowner-personality type; and cause display of a second interface view of the frontend application for displaying at least one of the determined homeowner-personality type, the current level of the homeowner-personality type, and the list of actions to move to the one or more higher levels for determined homeowner-personality type”, in independent claim 1, in combination with the other elements recited.
The closest prior art of record, Bentley, III et al. (US 2022/0351313 A1) discloses related subject matter. Bentley is directed towards managing maintenance of a property (Paragraph 0007 lines 1-3), where a user creates a profile with user information and information about one or more properties (Paragraph 0069), where a property fitness value is calculated based on the profile information (Paragraph 0071 lines 15-18), where a list of recommendation is generated based on the profile information (Paragraph 0074), and where the property fitness value and list of recommendation are displayed in a dashboard (Paragraph 0072). While Bentley teaches the list of recommendations, which as similar to the claimed list of actions for the homeowner to take, the claimed invention requires determine a homeowner-personality type and a current level of the homeowner-personality type and generate a list of actions for the homeowner to take to move to one or more higher levels for the determined homeowner-personality type, which is not taught or suggested by Bentley. That is, Bentley is silent with respect to determining a homeowner-personality type and a current level of the homeowner-personality type and generate a list of actions for the homeowner to take to move to one or more higher levels for the determined homeowner-personality type, as required by the claims. The other cited prior art references teach related subject matter but none of the cited references, alone or in combination, are found to teach or suggest the combination of the subject matter in independent claim 1.
In regard to claims 9-18 and 19-20, independent claims 9 and 19 recite similar subject matter as independent claim 1 and therefore recite subject matter not disclosed by the prior art of records for similar reasons as provided above with respect to claim 1.
Conclusion
6. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
De Guia et al. (US 2025/0061476 A1).
Vigil (US 2023/0281570 A1).
Bentley, III et al. (US 2022/0351313 A1).
Carey (US 2020/0134752 A1).
Steelberg et al. (US 2016/0110801 A1).
Brooks (US 2008/0189166 A1).
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/Nicholas Ulrich/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2179