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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`90/012,878
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`05/24/2013
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`7868912
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`1092/0102PUS1
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`3806
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`08/30/2013
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`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
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`EXAMINER
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`BASEHOAR, ADAM L
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3992
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`MAIL DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/30/2013
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`EX PARTEREEXAMINATION COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTAL FORM
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`REEXAMINATION CONTROL NO. 90/012.878.
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`PATENT NO. 7868912.
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`ART UNIT 3992.
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`Enclosed is a copy of the latest communication from the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office in the above identified ex parte reexamination proceeding (37 CFR 1 .550(f)).
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`Where this copy is supplied after the reply by requester, 37 CFR 1.535, or the time for filing a
`reply has passed, no submission on behalf of the ex parte reexamination requester will be
`acknowledged or considered (37 CFR 1.550(g)).
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`PTOL-465 (Rev.07-04)
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`Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination
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`Control No.
`90/012,878
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`Examiner
`ADAM BASEHOAR
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`Patent Under Reexamination
`7868912
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`Art Unit
`3992
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
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`bO This action is made FINAL.
`a[8J Responsive to the communication(s) filed on 24 Mav2013.
`c[8J A statement under 37 CFR 1.530 has not been received from the patent owner.
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`A shortened statutory period for response to this action is set to expire g month(s) from the mailing date of this letter.
`Failure to respond within the period for response will result in termination of the proceeding and issuance of an ex parte reexamination
`certificate in accordance with this action. 37 CFR 1.550(d). EXTENSIONS OF TIME ARE GOVERNED BY 37 CFR 1.550(c).
`If the period for response specified above is less than thirty (30) days, a response within the statutory minimum of thirty (30) days
`will be considered timely.
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`Part I
`THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT(S) ARE PART OF THIS ACTION:
`1. 0 Notice of References Cited by Examiner, PTO-892.
`3. 0
`4. o_
`2. 0 Information Disclosure Statement, PTO/SB/08.
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`Interview Summary, PTO-474.
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`Part II SUMMARY OF ACTION
`[8J Claims 1-22 are subject to reexamination.
`1 a.
`1 b. 0 Claims __ are not subject to reexamination.
`2. 0 Claims __ have been canceled in the present reexamination proceeding.
`3. 0 Claims __ are patentable and/or confirmed.
`[8J Claims 1-22 are rejected.
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`5. 0 Claims __ are objected to.
`6. 0 The drawings, filed on __ are acceptable.
`7. 0 The proposed drawing correction, filed on __ has been (7a)0 approved (7b)0 disapproved.
`8. 0 Acknowledgment is made of the priority claim under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a)D All b)D Some* c)D None
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`1 0 been received.
`20 not been received.
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`30 been filed in Application No. __ .
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`40 been filed in reexamination Control No. __
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`50 been received by the International Bureau in PCT application No. __ .
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
`9. 0 Since the proceeding appears to be in condition for issuance of an ex parte reexamination certificate except for formal
`matters, prosecution as to the merits is closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D.
`11, 453 O.G. 213.
`10. 0 Other: __
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`cc: Requester (if third party requester)
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-466 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination
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`Part of Paper No. 20130726
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`Application/Control Number: 90/012,878
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 2
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`This Office action addresses claims 1-22 of United States Patent Number 7,868,912 B2
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`(Venetianer et al), for which it has been determined in the Order Granting Ex Parte
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`Reexamination (hereafter the "Order") mailed 06/20/2013 that a substantial new question of
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`patentability was raised in the Request for Ex Parte reexamination filed on 05/24/2013 (hereafter
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`the "Request"). This is a Non-Final Action.
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`Reexamination
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`2.
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`The patent owner is reminded of the continuing responsibility under 37 CPR l.565(a) to
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`apprise the Office of any litigation activity, or other prior or concurrent proceeding, involving
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`Patent No. 7,868,912 B2 throughout the course of this reexamination proceeding. The third
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`party requester is also reminded of the ability to similarly apprise the Office of any such activity
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`or proceeding throughout the course of this reexamination proceeding. See MPEP § § 2207, 2282
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`and 2286.
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`3.
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`Extensions of time under 37 CPR l .136(a) will not be permitted in these proceedings
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`because the provisions of 37 CPR 1.136 apply only to "an applicant" and not to parties in a
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`reexamination proceeding. Additionally, 35 U.S.C. 305 requires that reexamination proceedings
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`"will be conducted with special dispatch" (37 CPR l.550(a)). Extension of time in ex parte
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`reexamination proceedings are provided for in 37 CPR l.550(c).
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`Application/Control Number: 90/012,878
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 3
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`4.
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`In order to ensure full consideration of any amendments, affidavits or declarations, or
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`other documents as evidence of patentability, such documents must be submitted in response to
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`this Office action. Submissions after the next Office action, which is intended to be a final
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`action, will be governed by the requirements of 37 CPR 1.116, after final rejection and 37 CPR
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`41.33 after appeal, which will be strictly enforced.
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`References Submitted by Requester
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`5.
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`The following seven references have been cited as establishing a substantial new question
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`of patentability. See Order, mailed 06/20/2013.
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`• Gilge - (German Patent Publication No. DE 101 53 484 Al, published 05/08/2003.
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`Reference to the Gilge Patent Publication will be made via its accompanying certified
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`translation (See: Attachment C of the Request))
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`• Lipton - ("ObjectVideo Forensics: Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval For
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`Physical Security Applications," Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems (IDSS-04), The
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`IEE, Savoy Place, London, U.K., February 23, 2004)
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`• Courtney- (U.S. Patent No. 5,969,755, published 10/19/1999)
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`• Olson - ("Moving Object Detection and Event Recognition Algorithms for Smart Cameras,"
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`Proceedings of the 1997 Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, May 1997, pp. 159-
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`175)
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`• Brill - (U.S. Patent No. 6,628,835, published 09/30/2003)
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`• Day - ("Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data," Proceedings on the Eleventh
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`International Conference on Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995, pp. 401-408)
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`■ JP '783 - (Japanese Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997.
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`Reference to the JP '783 Published Application will be made via its accompanying certified
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`translation (See: Attachment J of the Request))
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`Priority Determination
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`6.
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`As described in more detail in the Order (see: Order, pp. 7-9), certain limitations of the
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`independent claims of the Venetianer '912 patent do not appear to be adequately supported by
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`the disclosures of the parent applications (i.e., U.S. Patent Application Ser. Nos. 11/057,154,
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`09/987,707, and 09/694,712). Therefore, for reexamination purposes, independent claims 1, 6, 9,
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`12, and 18 as well as dependent claims 2-5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13-17, and 19-22 (via dependency) of
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`the Venetianer '912 patent are considered to have an effective date of 04/05/2005, the filing date
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`of the Venetianer '912 patent.
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`Claim Rejections
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`7.
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`The rejections below are confined to what has been deemed to be the best available art
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`from the Request. However, prior to conclusion of this reexamination proceeding, claims must
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`be patentable over all prior art cited in the order granting reexamination in order to be considered
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`patentable or confirmed on the reexamination certificate.
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`Page 5
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC§ 102
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`8.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless -
`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in
`public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the
`United States.
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`9.
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`Claims 1-3 and 6-22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`Gilge (German Patent Publication No. DE 101 53 484 Al, published 05/08/2003).
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`-Regarding claims 1-3 and 6-22, Gilge teaches each and every limitation of the claims
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`(see pages 17-22 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-51 of Attachment K, which are
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`hereby incorporated by reference).
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`10.
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`Claims 1-4 and 6-22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`Lipton ("ObjectVideo Forensics: Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval For Physical
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`Security Applications," Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems (IDSS-04), The IEE, Savoy
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`Place, London, U.K., February 23, 2004).
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`-Regarding claims 1-4 and 6-22, Lipton teaches each and every limitation of the claims
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`( see pages 22-26 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-81 of Attachment L, which are
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`hereby incorporated by reference).
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`11.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)
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`as being anticipated by Courtney (U.S. Patent No. 5,969,755, published 10/19/1999).
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`-Regarding claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22, Courtney teaches each and every
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`limitation of the claims ( see pages 26-30 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-51 of
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`Attachment M, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`12.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)
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`as being anticipated by Olson ("Moving Object Detection and Event Recognition Algorithms for
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`Smart Cameras," Proceedings of the 1997 Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, May
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`1997, pp. 159-175).
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`-Regarding claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22, Olson teaches each and every
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`limitation of the claims ( see pages 31-34 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-39 of
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`Attachment N, which are hereby incorporated by reference). On page N-19 of the claim charts it
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`is noted that dependent claim 10 is listed instead of proper! y rejected claim 11. This appears to
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`be a minor informality and the Examiner notes that the citations referenced in Olson as reading
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`on the limitations, appropriately correspond to the limitations of claim 11 (as shown by
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`substantially similar limitations rejected for claim 3 on page N-6). Thus it is clear that claim 11,
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`and not claim 10, is being rejected by Olson.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC§ 103
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`13.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`14.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gilge
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`(German Patent Publication No. DE 101 53 484 Al, published 05/08/2003) in view of JP '783
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`(Japanese Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Gilge in view of JP '783 teaches each and every
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`limitation of the claim (see pages 48-50 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-7 of
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`Attachment X, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`15.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lipton
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`("ObjectVideo Forensics: Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval For Physical Security
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`Applications," Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems (IDSS-04), The IEE, Savoy Place,
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`London, U.K., February 23, 2004) in view of JP '783 (Japanese Published Application No.
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`1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Lipton in view of JP '783 teaches each and every
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`limitation of the claim (see pages 50-51 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-8 of
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`Attachment Y, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`16.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Courtney
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`(U.S. Patent No. 5,969,755, published 10/19/1999) in view of JP '783 (Japanese Published
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`Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Courtney in view of JP '783 teaches each and
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`every limitation of the claim (see pages 51-52 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-5
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`of Attachment Z, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`17.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Olson
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`("Moving Object Detection and Event Recognition Algorithms for Smart Cameras," Proceedings
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`of the 1997 Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, May 1997, pp. 159-175) in view of
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`JP '783 (Japanese Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Olson in view of JP '783 teaches each and every
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`limitation of the claim (see pages 52-53 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-6 of
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`Attachment AA, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`Alternate Rejections
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`18.
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`Claims 1-3 and 6-22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Gilge (German Patent Publication No. DE 101 53 484 Al, published 05/08/2003) in view
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`of Brill (U.S. Patent No. 6,628,835, published 09/30/2003).
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`-Regarding claims 1-3 and 6-22, the combination of Gilge in view of Brill teaches each
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`and every limitation of the claims (see pages 34-37 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages
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`1-72 of Attachment 0, which are hereby incorporated by reference). Further, the Examiner notes
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`that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`modify the video analysis and event detection system of Gilge (Gilge: Paragraphs 69-70:
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`"transmitted with an alarm to the user 38 when the evaluation device 30 has determined that
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`striking behavior patterns were detected") with the described features of the automated complex
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`video event based detection system of Brill, because Brill taught that said described features
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`provided the benefit of recognizing complex events in videos which thereby help filter out false
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`positive determinations (Brill: column 1, lines 36-52: "recognize complex events an thus filter
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`out false positive alarms").
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`19.
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`Claims 1-4 and 6-22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Lipton ("ObjectVideo Forensics: Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval For
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`Physical Security Applications," Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems (IDSS-04), The
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`IEE, Savoy Place, London, U.K., February 23, 2004) in view of Brill (U.S. Patent No.
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`6,628,835, published 09/30/2003).
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`-Regarding claims 1-4 and 6-22, the combination of Lipton in view of Brill teaches each
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`and every limitation of the claims (see page 38 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages 1-
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`105 of Attachment P, which are hereby incorporated by reference). Further, the Examiner notes
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`that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`modify the video analysis and event detection system of Lipton (Lipton: e.g., pp. 56-57: Section
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`1.2 "Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval") with the described features of the automated
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`complex video event based detection system of Brill, because Brill taught that said described
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`features provided the benefit of recognizing complex events in videos which thereby help filter
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`out false positive determinations (Brill: column 1, lines 36-52: "recognize complex events an
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`thus filter out false positive alarms").
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`20.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a)
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`as being unpatentable over Courtney (U.S. Patent No. 5,969,755, published 10/19/1999) in view
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`of Brill (U.S. Patent No. 6,628,835, published 09/30/2003).
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`-Regarding claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22, the combination of Courtney in
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`view of Brill teaches each and every limitation of the claims (see pages 39-40 of the Request,
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`and the claim charts on pages 1-71 of Attachment Q, which are hereby incorporated by
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`reference). Further, the Examiner notes that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time of the invention to modify the video analysis and event detection system of
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`Courtney (Courtney: column 2, line 66-column 3, line 8; Fig. 1) with the described features of
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`the automated complex video event based detection system of Brill, because Brill taught that said
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`described features provided the benefit of recognizing complex events in videos which thereby
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`help filter out false positive determinations (Brill: column 1, lines 36-52: "recognize complex
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`events an thus filter out false positive alarms").
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`21.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a)
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`as being unpatentable over Olson ("Moving Object Detection and Event Recognition Algorithms
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`for Smart Cameras," Proceedings of the 1997 Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans,
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`May 1997, pp. 159-175) in view of Brill (U.S. Patent No. 6,628,835, published 09/30/2003).
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`-Regarding claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22, the combination of Olson in view
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`of Brill teaches each and every limitation of the claims (see pages 40-41 of the Request, and the
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`claim charts on pages 1-60 of Attachment R, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`Further, the Examiner notes that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
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`the time of the invention to modify the automated video surveillance system of Olson (Olson: pp.
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`166-167: "the user can then specify the conditions and actions for alarms by creating one or more
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`monitors"; Figure 5) with the described features of the automated complex video event based
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`detection system of Brill, because Brill taught that said described features provided the benefit of
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`recognizing complex events in videos which thereby help filter out false positive determinations
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`(Brill: column 1, lines 36-52: "recognize complex events an thus filter out false positive
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`alarms").
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`On page R-32 of the claim charts it is noted that dependent claim 10 is listed instead of
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`proper! y rejected claim 11. This appears to be a minor informality and the Examiner notes that
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`the citations referenced in Olson as reading on the limitations, appropriately correspond to the
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`limitations of claim 11 (as shown by substantially similar limitations rejected for claim 3 on page
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`R-11). Thus it is clear that claim 11, and not claim 10, is being rejected by Olson in view of
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`Brill.
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`22.
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`Claims 1-3 and 6-22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Gilge (German Patent Publication No. DE 101 53 484 Al, published 05/08/2003) in view
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`of Day ("Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data," Proceedings on the Eleventh
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`International Conference on Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995, pp. 401-408).
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`-Regarding claims 1-3 and 6-22, the combination of Gilge in view of Day teaches each
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`and every limitation of the claims ( see pages 41-45 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages
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`1-93 of Attachment S, which are hereby incorporated by reference). Further, the Examiner notes
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`that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`modify the video analysis and event detection system of Gilge (Gilge: Paragraphs 69-70:
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`"transmitted with an alarm to the user 38 when the evaluation device 30 has determined that
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`striking behavior patterns were detected") with the described features of the conceptual modeling
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`and heterogeneous query system of Day, because Day taught that said described features
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`provided the benefits of allowing users maximum flexibility in processing heterogeneous queries
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`as well as efficient online query processing against a graphical abstraction of data without
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`performing computations on actual raw video data (Day: p. 402).
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`23.
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`Claims 1-4 and 6-22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Lipton ("ObjectVideo Forensics: Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval For
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`Physical Security Applications," Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems (IDSS-04), The
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`IEE, Savoy Place, London, U.K., February 23, 2004) in view of Day ("Object Oriented
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`Conceptual Modeling of Video Data," Proceedings on the Eleventh International Conference on
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`Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995, pp. 401-408).
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`-Regarding claims 1-4 and 6-22, the combination of Lipton in view of Day teaches each
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`and every limitation of the claims (see pages 45-46 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages
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`1-127 of Attachment T, which are hereby incorporated by reference). Further, the Examiner
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`notes that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`invention to modify the video analysis and event detection system of Lipton (Lipton: e.g., pp. 56-
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`57: Section 1.2 "Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval") with the described features of
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`the conceptual modeling and heterogeneous query system of Day, because Day taught that said
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`described features provided the benefits of allowing users maximum flexibility in processing
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`heterogeneous queries as well as efficient online query processing against a graphical abstraction
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`of data without performing computations on actual raw video data (Day: p. 402).
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`24.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a)
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`as being unpatentable over Courtney (U.S. Patent No. 5,969,755, published 10/19/1999) in view
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`of Day ("Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data," Proceedings on the Eleventh
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`International Conference on Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995, pp. 401-408).
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`-Regarding claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22, the combination of Courtney in
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`view of Day teaches each and every limitation of the claims (see pages 46-47 of the Request, and
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`the claim charts on pages 1-97 of Attachment U, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`Further, the Examiner notes that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
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`the time of the invention to modify the video analysis and event detection system of Courtney
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`(Courtney: column 2, line 66-column 3, line 8; Fig. 1) with the described features of the
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`conceptual modeling and heterogeneous query system of Day, because Day taught that said
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`described features provided the benefits of allowing users maximum flexibility in processing
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`heterogeneous queries as well as efficient online query processing against a graphical abstraction
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`of data without performing computations on actual raw video data (Day: p. 402).
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`Art Unit: 3992
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`25.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a)
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`as being unpatentable over Olson ("Moving Object Detection and Event Recognition Algorithms
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`for Smart Cameras," Proceedings of the 1997 Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans,
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`May 1997, pp. 159-175) in view of Day ("Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data,"
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`Proceedings on the Eleventh International Conference on Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995,
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`pp. 401-408).
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`-Regarding claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-20, and 22, the combination of Olson in view
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`of Day teaches each and every limitation of the claims (see pages 47-48 of the Request, and the
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`claim charts on pages 1-79 of Attachment V, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`Further, the Examiner notes that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
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`the time of the invention to modify the automated video surveillance system of Olson (Olson: pp.
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`166-167: "the user can then specify the conditions and actions for alarms by creating one or more
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`monitors"; Figure 5) with the described features of the conceptual modeling and heterogeneous
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`query system of Day, because Day taught that said described features provided the benefits of
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`allowing users maximum flexibility in processing heterogeneous queries as well as efficient
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`online query processing against a graphical abstraction of data without performing computations
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`on actual raw video data (Day: p. 402).
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`On page V -42 of the claim charts it is noted that dependent claim 10 is listed instead of
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`proper! y rejected claim 11. This appears to be a minor informality and the Examiner notes that
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`the citations referenced in Olson as reading on the limitations, appropriately correspond to the
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`limitations of claim 11 (as shown by substantially similar limitations rejected for claim 3 on page
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`V-14 ). Thus it is clear that claim 11, and not claim 10, is being rejected by Olson in view of
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`Day.
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`26.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Gilge (German Patent Publication No. DE 101 53 484 Al, published
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`05/08/2003) in view of Brill (U.S. Patent No. 6,628,835, published 09/30/2003) in further view
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`of JP '783 (Japanese Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Gilge and Brill in further view of JP '783 teaches
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`each and every limitation of the claim 5 (see page 53 of the Request, and the claim charts on
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`pages 8-19 of Attachment X, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`27.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Lipton ("ObjectVideo Forensics: Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval
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`For Physical Security Applications," Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems (IDSS-04 ),
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`The IEE, Savoy Place, London, U.K., February 23, 2004) in view of Brill (U.S. Patent No.
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`6,628,835, published 09/30/2003) in further view of JP '783 (Japanese Published Application
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`No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Lipton and Brill in further view of JP '783
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`teaches each and every limitation of the claim 5 (see pages 53-54 of the Request, and the claim
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`charts on pages 9-22 of Attachment Y, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 16
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`28.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Courtney (U.S. Patent No. 5,969,755, published 10/19/1999) in view of Brill
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`(U.S. Patent No. 6,628,835, published 09/30/2003) in further view of JP '783 (Japanese
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`Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Courtney and Brill in further view of JP '783
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`teaches each and every limitation of the claim 5 (see pages 54-55 of the Request, and the claim
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`charts on pages 6-14 of Attachment Z, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`29.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Olson ("Moving Object Detection and Event Recognition Algorithms for Smart
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`Cameras," Proceedings of the 1997 Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, May 1997,
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`pp. 159-175) in view of Brill (U.S. Patent No. 6,628,835, published 09/30/2003) in further view
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`of JP '783 (Japanese Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Olson and Brill in further view of JP '783 teaches
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`each and every limitation of the claim (see pages 55-56 of the Request, and the claim charts on
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`pages 7-16 of Attachment AA, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`30.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Gilge (German Patent Publication No. DE 101 53 484 Al, published
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`05/08/2003) in view of Day ("Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data,"
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`Proceedings on the Eleventh International Conference on Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995,
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`Application/Control Number: 90/012,878
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 17
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`pp. 401-408) in further view of JP '783 (Japanese Published Application No. 1997-130783,
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`published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Gilge and Day in further view of JP '783 teaches
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`each and every limitation of the claim (see page 56 of the Request, and the claim charts on pages
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`20-33 of Attachment X, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`31.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Lipton ("ObjectVideo Forensics: Activity-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval
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`For Physical Security Applications," Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems (IDSS-04 ),
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`The IEE, Savoy Place, London, U.K., February 23, 2004) in view of Day ("Object Oriented
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`Conceptual Modeling of Video Data," Proceedings on the Eleventh International Conference on
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`Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995, pp. 401-408) in further view of JP '783 (Japanese
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`Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Lipton and Day in further view of JP '783
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`teaches each and every limitation of the claim (see page 57 of the Request, and the claim charts
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`on pages 23-39 of Attachment Y, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`32.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Courtney (U.S. Patent No. 5,969,755, published 10/19/1999) in view of Day
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`("Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data," Proceedings on the Eleventh
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`International Conference on Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995, pp. 401-408) in further view
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`of JP '783 (Japanese Published Application No. 1997-130783, published 05/16/1997).
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`Application/Control Number: 90/012,878
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 18
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`-Regarding claim 5, the combination of Courtney and Day in further view of JP '783
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`teaches each and every limitation of the claims (see pages 57-58 of the Request, and the claim
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`charts on pages 15-26 of Attachment Z, which are hereby incorporated by reference).
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`33.
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`Claims 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Olson ("Moving Object Detection and Event Recognition Algorithms for Smart
`
`Cameras," Proceedings of the 1997 Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, May 1997,
`
`pp. 159-175) in view of Day ("Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data,"
`
`Proceedings on the Eleventh International Conference on Data Engineering, IEEE, March 1995,
`
`pp. 401-408) in further view of JP '783 (Japanese Published Applica