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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`13/383,905
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`01/13/2012
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`Yoshinori Hiramatsu
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`OHNO—116US
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`EXAMINER
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`DANG, HUNGQ
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`ART UNIT
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`2484
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`NOT *ICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/22/2014
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`AIA (First Inventor to File)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Status
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`1)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 07/28/2014.
`El A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2b)|:l This action is non-final.
`2a)|Z| This action is FINAL.
`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)|:| Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`5)IZI Claim(s) 1 and 14-18 is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`is/are allowed.
`6)I:I Claim(s)
`7)|Z| Claim(s) 1and14- 18is/are rejected.
`8)|:I Claim(s)_ is/are objected to.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)I:| Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Application/Control Number: 13/383,905
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`Art Unit: 2484
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AlA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments filed 07/28/2014 have been considered but are moot
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`because the arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in the current
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`rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all 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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`Claims 1 and 14-18 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Yoo et al. (US 2005/0141878 A1 — hereinafter Yoo) and
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`Okamura (US 2006/0123357 A1 — hereinafter Okamura).
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`Regarding claim 1, Yoo discloses a disc reproduction apparatus reproducing a
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`disc in which an HDMV mode or BD-J mode title is held ([0027]— at least BDMV mode,
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`which is the same as HDMV), the disc reproduction apparatus comprising: a
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`reproduction section reproducing the title (Fig. 8— reproducing an AVstream for title
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`#n); a memory holding a program for a user interface that displays a screen for
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`accepting a user's operation on a monitor, the monitor being for displaying a
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`reproduction screen of the title reproduced by the reproduction section and being
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`connected to the disc reproduction apparatus (Fig. 8 — the screen of “Scene 3”,
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`displaying a user interface for accepting a user’s operation as further described in at
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`least [0092]); characterized by: a signal processing section accepting a user’s operation
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`onto a panel and displaying, on the monitor, a pop-up menu specific to a title being
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`reproduced by the reproduction section (Fig. 8 - screen of "Scene 2" displays a pop-up
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`menu, specific to the title as further described in at least [0057]); wherein when the user
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`touches the touch panel, the signal processing section checks in the management
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`information on the disc whether a pop-up menu exists or not in the title being
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`reproduced, and the signal processing section causes the monitor to display the pop-up
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`menu upon determining that the pop-up menu exists and can be displayed (Fig. 8 -
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`screen of "Scene 2" displays a pop-up menu, specific to the title as further described in
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`at least [0057] upon a check of whether the pop-up menu exists and can be displayed
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`as further described in at least [0090]), and displays the user interface on the monitor
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`upon determining that the pop-up menu cannot be displayed (Fig. 8— the screen of
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`“Scene 3”, displaying a user interface, when a real-time pop-up menu, which is specific
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`to the title does not exists and cannot be displayed as further described in at least
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`[0092]).
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`However, Yoo does not disclose the touch panel is integrated with the monitor.
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`Okamura discloses a touch panel is integrated with a monitor ([0080]; [0097]).
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`One of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made would have
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`been motivated to incorporate the teachings of Okamura into the apparatus taught by
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`Yoo to enhance the user interface of the apparatus by allowing the user to issue
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`commands via a touch screen.
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`Claim 14 is rejected using the same rationale as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Regarding claim 15, see the teachings of Yoo and Okamura as discussed in
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`claim 1 above. However, the proposed combination does not comprise the feature of
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`"when there is not a button for accepting a user's operation at a position on the touch
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`panel where the user has touched, the signal processing section determines that the
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`touch is a user's operation to display the pop-up menu or the user interface.”
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`Okamura also discloses when there is not a button for accepting a user's
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`operation at a position on the touch panel where the user has touched, the signal
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`processing section determines that the touch is a user's operation to display the pop-up
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`menu or the user interface ([0080]; [0097] — touching a touch panel where there is no
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`button for accepting a user’s operation at a position on the touch panel, a pop-up menu
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`is determined to be displayed at the touched position).
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`One of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made would have
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`been motivated to further incorporate the above teachings of Okamura into the
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`apparatus as proposed in claim 1 above to further enhance the user interface of the
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`apparatus by implementing a default touching at a desired position to display a pop-up
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`menu.
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`Claim 16 is rejected under the same rationale as discussed in claim 15 above.
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`Regarding claim 17, Yoo also discloses the user interface is independent of the
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`disc (Fig. 8 - screen of “Scene 3”, independent of the disc as further described in
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`[0057]).
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`Claim 18 is rejected under the same rationale as discussed in claim 17 above.
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`Conclusion
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP
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`§ 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37
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`CFR1.136(a).
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