DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Status of Claims
Claims 1-6 and 8-13 are pending in this application.
Interpretation under 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
Applicant’s arguments, see page 6, line 14 through line 26, and the amendment to independent claim 8, filed June 3, 2026, with respect to the interpretation of claims 8-1 under 35 U.S.C. §112(f), have been fully considered and are persuasive. The interpretation of claims 8-13 under 35 U.S.C. §112(f) has been withdrawn.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. §102
Applicant’s arguments, see page 7, line 1 through page 8, line 23, and the amendment to independent claims 1 and 8, filed June 3, 2026, with respect to the rejection of claims 1-6 and 8-13 under 35 U.S.C. §102(a)(1) as being anticipated by McCormac et al. (U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 2019/0147220 A1), have been fully considered and are persuasive. The rejection of claims 1-6 and 8-13 under 35 U.S.C. §102(a)(1) as being anticipated by McCormac et al. (U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 2019/0147220 A1) has been withdrawn.
New Grounds of Rejection
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1 and 8 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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.
Claims 1 and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Healy et al. (U.S. Patent No. US 12,651,418 B2) (hereafter referred to as “Healy”).
With regard to claim 1, Healy describes identifying a center coordinate of an object included in an image (see Figure 5, element 512 and refer to column 16, lines 38-55); converting the center coordinate into object location information in a real space (Figure 5, element 514 and refer to column 16, lines 55-57); and visualizing 6DoF of the object by labeling the 6DoF based on the object location information (see Figure 5, elements 524 and 526, and refer to column 15, lines 60-66, and to column 16, line 63 through column 17, line 3) wherein the visualizing of the 6DoF comprises labeling the 6DoF of the object (see Figure 5, elements 524 and 526, and refer for example to column 15, lines 60-66, and to column 16, line 63 through column 17, line 3), storing a coordinate value of the 6DoF of the object as a text file (see Figure 6, element 602 and refer for example to column 17, lines 10-13), and displaying an interface where annotations may be entered according to a stored 6DoF coordinate value (refer for example to column 5, lines 4-10, column 5, lines 46-65, and to column 11, lines 54-61).
In regard to claim 8, Healy describes at least one processor and a memory having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the processor (see Figure 10, elements 1002 and 1904 [reference numeral 1904 appears to be a typo, the correct reference numeral should be 1004], and refer to column 16, lines 38-55, also see Figure 11, elements 1102 and 1104, and refer for example to column 18, lines 22-54 and to column 19, line 52 through column 20, line 24) to implement a value movement portion configured to identify a center coordinate of an object included in an image (see Figure 5, element 512 and refer to column 16, lines 38-55); a converter (see Figure 10, elements 1002 and 1904 [reference numeral 1904 appears to be a typo, the correct reference numeral should be 1004], and refer to column 16, lines 38-55, also see Figure 11, elements 1102 and 1104, and refer for example to column 18, lines 22-54 and to column 19, line 52 through column 20, line 24) configured to convert the center coordinate into object location information in a real space (Figure 5, element 514 and refer to column 16, lines 55-57); and a visualizer (see Figure 10, elements 1002 and 1904 [reference numeral 1904 appears to be a typo, the correct reference numeral should be 1004], and refer to column 16, lines 38-55, also see Figure 11, elements 1102 and 1104, and refer for example to column 18, lines 22-54 and to column 19, line 52 through column 20, line 24) configured to visualize 6DoF of the object by labeling the 6DoF based on the object location information (see Figure 5, elements 524 and 526, and refer to column 15, lines 60-66, and to column 16, line 63 through column 17, line 3) wherein the visualizer is further configured to label the 6DoF of the object (see Figure 5, elements 524 and 526, and refer for example to column 15, lines 60-66, and to column 16, line 63 through column 17, line 3), storing a coordinate value of the 6DoF of the object as a text file (see Figure 6, element 602 and refer for example to column 17, lines 10-13), and display an interface where annotations may be entered according to a stored 6DoF coordinate value (refer for example to column 5, lines 4-10, column 5, lines 46-65, and to column 11, lines 54-61).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-6 and 9-13 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
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/JOSE L COUSO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2667
January 10, 2026
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