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
This office action is in response to the listing of claims filed on March 24, 2025. Claim 1 is pending.
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.
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claim 1 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12,259,700. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
Present Application
Claim 1
Patent 12,259,700
Claims 1
An artificial-intelligence-based (AI-based) platform for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy, the AI-based platform comprising:
a digital twin system having a digital twin of a mining environment, wherein:
the digital twin includes a set of parameters that is detected by a set of sensors of the mining environment,
an initial parameter of the set of parameters indicates a baseline condition of the mining environment at a previous time,
An artificial-intelligence-based (AI-based) platform for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy, the AI-based platform comprising:
a digital twin system having a digital twin of a mining environment, wherein:
the digital twin includes a set of parameters that is detected by a set of sensors of the mining environment,
an initial parameter of the set of parameters indicates a baseline condition of the mining environment at a previous time,
a real-time parameter of the set of parameters indicates an update of the baseline condition of the mining environment at a current time,
the digital twin is configured to generate an indicator of energy consumption of the mining environment,
the indicator is at least one of analytic or configured for visual display,
and the digital twin is configured to adjust the indicator based on the real-time parameter detected by a sensor of the set of sensors of the mining environment;
a real-time parameter of the set of parameters indicates an update of the baseline condition of the mining environment at a current time,
the digital twin is configured to generate an indicator of energy consumption of the mining environment,
the indicator is at least one of analytic or configured for visual display,
and the digital twin is configured to adjust the indicator based on the real-time parameter detected by a sensor of the set of sensors of the mining environment;
a sensing system including at least one of, ground-penetrating sensing of unmined portions of the mining environment, mass spectrometry of mined materials, or computer-vision-based sensing of mined materials;
a sensing system including at least one of,
ground-penetrating sensing of unmined portions of the mining environment, mass spectrometry of mined materials, or computer-vision-based sensing of mined materials;
a system for asset tagging of smart containers associated with the mining environment;
a system for asset tagging of smart containers associated with the mining environment;
a set of wearable devices for detecting physiological status of miners associated with the mining environment;
a set of wearable devices for detecting physiological status of miners associated with the mining environment;
a system for secure recording and resolution of transactions and transaction-related events associated with the mining environment;
a system for secure recording and resolution of transactions and transaction-related events associated with the mining environment;
and an automated system for recording, reporting, and assessing compliance with at least one of contractual policies, regulatory policies, or legal policies.
and an automated system for recording, reporting, and assessing compliance with at least one of contractual policies, regulatory policies, or legal policies.
Conclusion
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/AZIZUL CHOUDHURY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2455
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