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Double Patenting
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Claims 1-20 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 12,100,257.
Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because claim limitations of the instant invention are anticipated by the aforementioned US Patent.
In the case of anticipation, there need not be any motivational analysis, since, the claim limitations of the instant invention are encompassed by the above-mentioned US Patent.
In other words, the underlined limitations, that are the common limitations between the Instant invention and the issued Patent being similar, and are thought to be novel, however, the only difference being the section in the issued patent which is not underlined and it would not deviate the novelty of the invention.
Below, a tabular comparison, is indicative of such inclusion:
Application 18/883,689
US Patent 12,100,257
1. A system comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, instructs the one or more processors to: receive one or more first images of a document at first capture conditions; receive one or more second images of the document at second capture conditions; identify a first feature of the document within the one or more second images, the first feature having one or more visual characteristics that differ between the one or more first images and the one or more second images; determine whether the one or more visual characteristics of the first feature correspond to one or more expected visual characteristics; and responsive to determining that the one or more visual characteristics of the first feature correspond to the one or more expected visual characteristics, transmit an indication of acceptance of the document.
1. A system comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, instructs the one or more processors to: receive a first plurality of images of a document at a first set of capture conditions; analyze the first plurality of images of the document at the first set of capture conditions; adjust from the first set of capture conditions to a second set of capture conditions for a second plurality of images based on the analysis of the first plurality of images; receive the second plurality of images of the document at the second set of capture conditions; identify a first feature of the document visible within at least one of the second plurality of images, the first feature having visual characteristics that differ between at least one of the first plurality of images and the at least one of the second plurality of images; and output, in response to comparing respective visual characteristics of the first feature of the document in the at least one of the second plurality of images to corresponding expected visual characteristics of the first feature of the document, an indication of acceptance of the document.
Regarding claims 2-20, similar analysis as those presented for claims 2-20, of the aforementioned US Patent, are applicable.
Prior Art of record
The Prior Art which are pertinent to Applicant’s invention but were not relied upon:
Vorobiev et al. (USPAP 2021/0064,900), shows a similar system, in which, receiving a first plurality of images of a document at a first set of capture conditions and analyzing the first plurality of images of the document at the first set of capture conditions (Please note, paragraph 0007. As indicated a method of capturing a plurality of images using the camera and analyzing the captured images by recognizing images of the plurality of images as images of an identification document, computing the angle of the camera relative to the identification document for the recognized images of the plurality of images, identifying at least one security feature of the identification document based on the recognized images taken at multiple angles, and verifying validity of the at least one security feature based on the recognized images taken at multiple angles).
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/AMIR ALAVI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2668 Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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