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(88) Date of publication A3: 18.08.2016 (43) Date of publication: 31.05.2017 Bulletin 2017/22 (21) Application number: 15841555.4 (22) Date of filing: 23.07.2015

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06N 5/02(2006.01) G06F 17/30(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2015/041744 (87) International publication number: WO 2016/043846 (24.03.2016 Gazette 2016/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA (30) Priority: 23.07.2014 US 201462028171 P 17.09.2014 US 201414489313 (71) Applicant: HRL Laboratories LLC Malibu, CA 90265-4797 (US)	(72) Inventors: O'BRIEN, Michael, J. Culver City, CA 90230 (US) BENVENUTO, James Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (US) BHATTACHARYYA, Rajan Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (US) (74) Representative: Boult Wade Tennant  Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)