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 .
DETAILED ACTION
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. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); 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); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Claim 1 is are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 12,106,462. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they are obvious variant.
Instant application
1. A computing platform comprising:
at least one processor;
a communication interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and
memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:
receive, from a first data source, historical images comprising aerial images of a plurality of residential properties;
receive, from a second data source, historical inspection data indicating historical inspection results corresponding to one or more of the plurality of residential properties;
train, using the historical images and the historical inspection data, a roof waiver model, wherein training the roof waiver model configures the roof waiver model to output inspection prediction information directly from an image, and wherein the roof waiver model is a computer vision model;
receive, from the first data source, a new image corresponding to a particular residential property;
analyze, using the roof waiver model, the new image, wherein analyzing the new image directly results in output of a likelihood of passing inspection; and
send, to an enterprise user device, inspection information, based on the likelihood of passing inspection, and one or more commands directing the enterprise user device to display the inspection information, wherein the inspection information indicates whether or not a physical inspection should be performed, and wherein sending the one or more commands directing the enterprise user device to display the inspection information causes the enterprise user device to display the inspection information.
1. A computing platform comprising:
at least one processor;
a communication interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and
memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:
receive, from a first data source, historical images comprising aerial images of a plurality of residential properties;
receive, from a second data source, historical inspection data indicating historical inspection results corresponding to one or more of the plurality of residential properties;
train a roof waiver model of a neural network computer vision model, using a machine learning engine, the historical images, and the historical inspection data, wherein training the roof waiver model configures the roof waiver model to output inspection prediction information directly from an image using a set of rules, and wherein the neural network computer vision model correlates the historical inspection data with the corresponding historical images and generates a labelled set of training data for training the roof waiver model, and wherein the machine learning engine iteratively refines the roof waiver model in response to new images;
receive, from the first data source, a new image corresponding to a particular residential property;
analyze, using the roof waiver model, the new image, wherein analyzing the new image directly results in output of a likelihood of passing inspection;
update the roof waiver model in response to the new image; and
send, to an enterprise user device, inspection information, based on the likelihood of passing inspection, and one or more commands directing the enterprise user device to display the inspection information, wherein the inspection information indicates whether or not a physical inspection should be performed, and wherein sending the one or more commands directing the enterprise user device to display the inspection information causes the enterprise user device to display the inspection information.
Conclusion
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/RANDOLPH I CHU/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2667
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