Office Action 2: Notice of Allowance (2025-05-16)

CLAIMS:
Amendments to the Claims:

This listing of claims will replace all prior versions and listings of claims in the application:

Listing of Claims:

1\. (Currently Amended) A method comprising:receiving time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites;
detecting operational events using the time series data based on comparing the time series data to a corresponding threshold, wherein at least one operational event of the operational events is a low frequency event corresponding to a pump;
ranking the operational events based on an operational event score for each of the operational events, wherein the operational event score is increased for an increase in an amount of energy dissipated by the pump;
associating each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action; \[\[and\]\] outputting at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with \[\[its\]\] a corresponding operational action; and
responsive to receipt of a mode indicator, organizing at least the portion of the ranked operational events according to the mode indicator wherein the mode indicator comprises a natural resource site mode;
wherein the natural resource sites comprise wells in fluid communication with a common reservoir; and
wherein the outputting at least the portion of the ranked operational events comprises outputting a ranked list of at least a portion of the wells that correspond to at least the portion of the ranked operational events.

2\. (Proposed Amendment) The method of claim 1 wherein the outputting comprises rendering graphics for the at least a portion of the ranked events to a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface comprises graphical controls linked to the graphics that associate each of the at least a portion of the ranked events with \[\[its\]\] a corresponding operational action.
3\. (Original) The method of claim 1 wherein the time series data comprise one or more of temperature time series data, pressure time series data, fluid flow time series data and electrical time series data.
4\. (Original) The method of claim 1 wherein the ranking of the operational events comprises computing the operational event score for each of the operational events.
5\. (Original) The method of claim 4 wherein the time series data comprise time series natural resource production data and wherein the computing the operational event score comprises utilizing at least a portion of the time series natural resource production data.
6\. (Original) The method of claim 5 wherein the equipment operations comprise pumping operations performed by pumps and wherein the time series natural resource production data comprise fluid flow time series data for a natural resource pumped from a reservoir by the pumps.
7\. (Original) The method of claim 4 wherein the equipment operations comprise pumping operations performed by pumps and wherein the time series natural resource production data comprise pressure time series data for a natural resource pumped from a reservoir by the pumps.
8\. (Original) The method of claim 1 comprising classifying each of the operational events as active or completed.
9\. (Original) The method of claim 1 comprising, for each of the operational events,
determining one or more of a severity, a duration and a type.

10\. (Canceled)

11\. (Currently Amended) The method of claim \[\[10\]\] 1 wherein the mode indicator comprises a natural resource site mode or an equipment mode.

12-15. (Canceled)1314

16\. (Currently Amended) A method comprising:receiving time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites;
detecting operational events using the time series data based on comparing the time series data to a corresponding threshold, wherein at least one operational event of the operational events is a low frequency event corresponding to a pump;
ranking the operational events based on an operational event score for each of the operational events, wherein the operational event score is increased for an increase in an amount of energy dissipated by the pump;
associating each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action;
outputting at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with a corresponding operational action; and
responsive to receipt of a selection of one of the output ranked operational events, issuing a control instruction that instructs equipment to perform \[\[its\]\] the corresponding operational action.

17\. (Original) The method of claim 16 comprising rendering a graphic to a graphical user interface for the selected one of the output ranked operational events, determining a control status of the selected one of the output ranked operational events, and dynamically updating the graphic responsive to the determined control status.

18\. (Currently Amended) A method comprising:

receiving time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites, wherein the plurality of natural resource sites comprise wells in fluid communication with a common reservoir;
detecting operational events using the time series data based on comparing the time series data to a corresponding threshold, wherein at least one operational event of the operational events is a low frequency event corresponding to a pump, wherein detecting operational events using the time series data comprises detecting an operational event that decreases sandface pressure in a wellbore of one of the wells in relationship to reservoir pressure of the common reservoir;
comparing at least a portion of the time series natural resource production data to model data;and
ranking the operational events comprising computing an operational event score for each of the operational events, wherein the computing increases the operational event score for a decrease in natural resource production at one of the natural resource sites.

19\. (Currently Amended) A system comprising:a processor;
memory accessible to the processor;
processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the process to instruct the system to:receive time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites;
detect operational events using the time series data based on comparing the time series data to a corresponding threshold, wherein at least one operational event of the operational events is a low frequency event corresponding to a pump;
rank the operational events based on an operational event score for each of the operational events, wherein the operational event score is increased for an increase amount of energy dissipated by the pump;

associate each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action; \[\[and\]\] output at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with \[\[its\]\] a corresponding operational action; and responsive to receipt of a mode indicator, organize at least the portion of the ranked operational events according to the mode indicator, wherein the mode indicator comprises an equipment mode wherein the equipment operations are performed by pumps;
wherein the outputting at least the portion of the ranked operational events comprises outputting a ranked list of at least a portion of the pumps that correspond to at least the portion of the ranked operational events.

20\. (Currently Amended) One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions executable to instruct a computing system to:receive time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites, wherein the time series data comprises natural resource site identifiers, channel identifiers, timestamps and values;
detect operational events using the time series data based on comparing the time series data to a corresponding threshold, wherein at least one operational event of the operational events is a low frequency event corresponding to a pump;
rank the operational events based on an operational event score for each of the operational events, wherein the operational event score is increased for an increase amount of energy dissipated by the pump;
associate each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action;
and output at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with \[\[its\]\] a corresponding operational action.

OFFICE ACTION:
DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-9, 11 and 16-20 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
The prior art of record having a filing date before the effective filing date of this application does not disclose nor suggest all the claimed subject matter including detecting operational events using the time series data based on comparing the time series data to a corresponding threshold, wherein at least one operational event of the operational events is a low frequency event corresponding to a pump; ranking the operational events with a corresponding operational action or decrease in sand face pressure according to a natural resource site mode, energy dissipated by the pump nor decrease in natural resource production.
Conclusion
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee.  Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”

APPLICANT REBUTTAL: REMARKSApplicant respectfully requests reconsideration of the present application in view of the foregoing amendments and the reasons that follow.Status of Claims Claims 1, 11, 16, and 18-20 have been amended. Claims 10 and 12-15 have been canceled. Support for the amendments can be found in at least paragraphs [0257], [0279]-[0281], and [0283]-[0284] and original claims 10 and 12-15. Accordingly, no new matter has been added. These amendments are made without prejudice or disclaimer.After amending the claims as set forth above, claims 1-9, 11, and 16-20 remain pending in this application. Applicant respectfully requests reconsideration of these claims.Allowable Subject Matter The Office Action indicates that claims 12-17 were objected to as allegedly being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Applicant thanks the Examiner for this indication.By this Reply, Applicant has amended claims 1, 18, 19, and 20 to incorporate the allowable subject matter of claims 12, 14, 13, and 15, respectively. Additionally, claim 16 has been rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim. Favorable reconsideration and allowance of the Application in view of these amendments is respectfully requested.Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. § 102 On Page 2 of the Office Action, claims 1-11 and 18-20 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as allegedly being anticipated by U.S. Patent Publication No. 2015/0095100 (Vittal).Without acquiescing to the rejections, Applicant has amended claims 1, 18, 19, and 20 to incorporate the allowable subject matter of claims 12, 14, 13, and 15, respectively. Accordingly, Applicant respectfully submits that claims 1, 18, 19, and 20 are allowable over Vittal for at least the reason that Vittal does not disclose, nor was cited for disclosing, the features of dependent claims 12, 14, 13, and 15. Therefore, Applicant respectfully submits that amended claims 1, 18, 19, and 20 are patentable over Vittal. Claims 2-11 depends form claim 1 and are patentable for at least the same reasons. Applicant respectfully requests reconsideration and withdrawal of the claim rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102.Concluding Remarks Applicant believes that the application is in condition for allowance. Favorable reconsideration is respectfully requested. The Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned by telephone if it is felt that a telephone interview would advance prosecution.The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any additional fees which may be required regarding this application under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.16-1.17, or credit any overpayment, to Deposit Account No. 19-0741. Should no proper payment be enclosed herewith, as by the credit card payment instructions in EFS-Web being incorrect or absent, resulting in a rejected or incorrect credit card transaction, the Commissioner is authorized to charge the unpaid amount to Deposit Account No. 19-0741. If any extensions of time are needed for timely acceptance of papers submitted herewith, Applicant hereby petitions for such extension under 37 C.F.R. §1.136 and authorizes payment of any such extensions fees to Deposit Account No. 19-0741.Respectfully submitted, Date 4/29/2025