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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 .
Specification
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: The specification should be updated to reflect the current status of all co-pending applications.
Appropriate correction is required.
Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-20 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12,003,362. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
Claim 1 of ‘362 Patent
Claim 1 of instant application
A method for associating assets related to events detected in at least one computer network with respective assets in an asset catalog for the at least one computer network, the asset catalog assets being addressable on the at least one computer network, the method comprising:
A method for associating assets related to events detected in at least one computer network with respective assets in an asset catalog for the at least one computer network, the asset catalog assets being addressable on the at least one computer network, the method comprising:
using at least one computer hardware processor to perform:
using at least one computer hardware processor to perform:
while monitoring activity on the at least one computer network, obtaining information about an event related to a first asset, the information specifying computer network addressing information for the first asset;
while monitoring activity on the at least one computer network, obtaining information about an event related to a first asset, the information specifying computer network addressing information for the first asset;
generating a signature of the first asset from the computer network addressing information using at least one trained machine learning model, wherein the signature comprises a numeric representation of the first asset;
generating a signature of the first asset from the computer network addressing information using at least one trained machine learning model, wherein the signature comprises a numeric representation of the first asset;
associating the first asset with at least one asset in the asset catalog using the signature of the first asset and at least one signature of the at least one asset in the asset catalog, wherein the at least one signature of the at least one asset was previously determined using the at least one trained machine learning model; and
associating the first asset with at least one asset in the asset catalog using the signature of the first asset and at least one signature of the at least one asset in the asset catalog, wherein the at least one signature of the at least one asset was previously determined using the at least one trained machine learning model; and
outputting information identifying the at least one asset with which the first asset was associated.
outputting information identifying the at least one asset with which the first asset was associated.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Cohen et al. US 2020/0084045
Soundararajan et al. US 2020/0034876
Bathen et al. CN 120226304 A
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Jeffrey R. Swearingen
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2445
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