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`15/788,448
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`10/19/2017
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`TADASHI OGA
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`PANDP0243US
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`3254
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`MARK D. SARALINO (PAN)
`RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP
`1621 EUCLID AVENUE
`19TH FLOOR
`CLEVELAND, OH 441 15
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`WILSON ADRIAN S
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`ART UNIT
`2835
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`03/07/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/788,448
`Examiner
`Adrian S Wilson
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`Applicant(s)
`OGA, TADASHI
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2835
`Yes
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`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 10/19/2017.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] 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
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expat/7e Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s) fl is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`E] Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) fl is/are rejected.
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`[:1 Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`Application Papers
`10)[:] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20190302
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`Application/Control Number: 15/788,448
`Art Unit: 2835
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claims 1—5 have been considered for pate ntability.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The followingisa quotation ofthe appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form
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`the basisfor the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a )(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in pu blic use, on sale
`or otherwise a vailable to the public before the effective filing date ofthe claimed invention.
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`Claim(sl1—5 isZare reiected under 35 U.S.C.102a1 as being antici pated by Lee (US
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`Publication 2013(0170126).
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`In re Claim 1, Lee discloses an electronicapparatus comprisingza first housing 100 for
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`accommodating a first circuit 101; a second housing 200 for accommodating a second circuit
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`201; a plurality of hinge sections 40 connecting with the first housing 100 and allowingthe
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`second housingto rotate with respect to the first housing; a first powersupply 102 wiring 63
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`for supplyingelectricpowerfrom the first circuit 101 to the second circuit 201 (paragraphs
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`0097—0102); and a second power supply 202 wiring 63 for supplyingelectricpowerfrom the
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`second circuit 201 to the first circuit (paragraphs 0097—0102), whereinthe first power supply
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`wiring 63 and the second powersupplywiring 63 are situated to be led through any one of the
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`pluralityof hinge sections.
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`In re Claim 2, Lee discloses whereinthe first housing 100 includesa first powersupply
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`input section (paragraph 0098) for receiving an external DC powersupplyvoltage and a
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`rechargeable first battery (paragraph 0098); and whereinthe second housing 200 includesa
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`second powersupplyinput section (paragraph 0100) for receiving an external DC powersupply
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`voltage and a rechargeable second battery (paragraph 0100).
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`In re Claim 3, Lee disclosesa holder300 connecting with the pluralityof hinge sections
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`40 and holdinga part ofthe second housing 200 in a detachable manner.
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`In re Claim 4, Lee discloses wherein the first housing 100 includesan input section 10 for
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`a userto operate, and the second housing 200 includesa displaysection 20.
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`In re Claim 5, Lee discloses wherein the pluralityofhinge sections 40 are two hinge
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`sections.
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`Conclusion
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`/ADRIAN 5 WILSON/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2835
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