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`First Named Inventor: Hirohiko Atobe
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being
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`examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`2.
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`This communication is in response to Application No. 15/686,268 filed on
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`08/25/2017.
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`3.
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`Claims 1-15 are currently pending and have been examined.
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`• 4.
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`This application is a continuation of U.S. application No. 15/391, 123
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`filed on 12/27/2016 now U.S Patent 9,770,659 See MPEP 201.07. In
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`accordance with MPEP 609.02 A.2 and MPEP 2001.06 (b) (last
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`paragraph), the Examiner has reviewed and considered the prior art cited
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`in the Parent Application. Also in accordance with MPEP 2001.06 (b) (last
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`paragraph), all documents cited or considered 'of record' in the Parent
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`Application are now considered cited or 'of record' in this application.
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`patent issuing from this application. See MPEP 609.02 A. 2. Finally,
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`Applicants are reminded that the prosecution history of the Patent
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`Application is relevant in this application .
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`5.
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`I OS filed 08/25/2017 is considered.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
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`6.
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`35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
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`Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or
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`composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent
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`therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
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`7.
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`Claims 1-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is
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`directed to a non-statutory subject matter. Specifically the claims are directed towards
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`an abstract idea.
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`8.
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`Analysis based on Examination guidelines
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`STEP 1 : Statutory Categories
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`Is the claim directed to a process, machine, manufacture, or composition of
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`matter?
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`Yes according to MPEP 2106(1), claims 1-15 are directed to one of the four
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`patent-eligible subject categories.
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`STEP 2: Judicial Exceptions
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`STEP 2A: Is the claim directed to "laws of nature, natural phenomena,
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`and abstract ideas".
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`Yes the claims are directed to an abstract idea because claims 1-15 are directed
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`to a method for performing a data storage function.
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`Since an abstract idea is present in the claim, the analysis continues to STPE
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`2B.
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`STEP 28: If an abstract idea is present in the claim, it must be determined
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`whether any element or combination of the elements, in the claim is sufficient to ensure
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`that the claim amounts to significantly more than the abstract idea itself. In other words,
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`are there other limitations in the claim that show a patent-eligible application of
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`the abstract idea, e.g., more than a mere instruction to apply the abstract idea?.
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`Limitations referenced in the Alice Corp. that may be enough to qualify as
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`"significantly more" when recited in a claim with an abstract idea include:
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`Improvements to another technology or technical field
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`Improvements to the functioning of the computer itself
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`• Meaningful limitations beyond generally linking the use of an abstract idea
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`to a particular technological environment.
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`In the instant case, the claims do not include additional elements that are
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`sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception
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`because it is unclear who is performing the steps recited in the claims. A
`mi~li!l~i~li~il~i in order to perform the steps. The claim also recite
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`the step of "a data storage function of storing ... , a control function of
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`receiving ... ," which do not add meaningful limitations of" performing a
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`data storage function" beyond generally linking the system to a particular
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`technological environment, that is, implementation via machine or device.
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`The claims do not amount to significantly more that the underlying
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`abstract idea of" displaying the panel as a moving character according to
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`the information of motion associated with the panel when the panel is
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`disposed in a target division". Accordingly, claims 1-15 are ineligible.
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`• For example, claim 1 does not have "a machine" for performing the
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`claimed functions. It is to be noted that in order to achieve the steps recite
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`in the claims, a machine is needed. Therefore, the Applicant does not
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`demonstrate that the claims are truly drawn to a specific apparatus distinct
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`from other apparatus capable of performing the identical functions.
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`• Double Patenting
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`• 9.
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`The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially
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`created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute)
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`so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the
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`"right to exclude" granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment
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`by multiple assignees. See In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d
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`2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Langi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir.
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`1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In
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`re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970);and, In re
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`Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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`• A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321 (c) may
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`be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a
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`nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application
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`or patent is shown to be commonly owned with this application. See 37
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`CFR 1.130(b).
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`• Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may
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`sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee
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`must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
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`• Claims 1-15 are rejected under the judicially created doctrine of
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`obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-
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`15 of U.S. Pat. No.9,770,659. Although the conflicting claims are not
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`identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other. Accordingly, it
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`would have been obvious to those in possession of the invention defined
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`by claims 1-15 to observe that the limitations described in claims 1-15 are
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`already incorporated in claims 1-15 of U.S. Pat. No.9,770,659. Therefore,
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`one of ordinary skill in the art would have realized that by omitting the
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`limitations of: "the panel layout function disposes the panel selected
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`received by the panel selection function in a target division or receives an
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`instruction that the panel is disposed in the target division, when the panel
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`is allowed to be displayed as an animation when being disposed in the
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`target division" is an obvious expedient since the remaining elements
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`perform the same functions as before. In re Karlson, 136 USPQ 184
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`(CCPA 1963.
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`Conclusion
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