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`16/186,501
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`11/10/2018
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`Akira IWAMOTO
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`PANDP0247USA
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`7984
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`MARKD. SARALINO (PAN)
`RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP
`1621 EUCLID AVENUE
`ISTH FLOOR
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`CLEVELAND, OH 44115
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`RATHOD, ABHISHEK M
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`2835
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`02/25/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`ipdocket @rennerotto.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`16/186,501
`Examiner
`ABHISHEK M RATHOD
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`Applicant(s)
`IWAMOTOetal.
`Art Unit
`AIA 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 11/10/2018.
`C) A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)(] This action is FINAL. 2b))This action is non-final.
`3)() An election was made bythe applicant in responseto 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 meritsis
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparfe Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s)__ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C] Claim(s} _is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected.
`8) ( Claim(s)__ is/are objected to.
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`Application Papers
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`11}(¥] The drawing(s)filed on 11/10/2018 is/are: a)[¥j accepted or b)() objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)(¥) Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`c)L) None of the:
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`1.4} Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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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) (J Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`(7) Other:
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20190215
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`Application/Control Number: 16/186,501
`Art Unit: 2835
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Priority
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`Acknowledgmentis made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119
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`(a)-(d).
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/10/2018 has been
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`considered by the examiner.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form
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`the basis for 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 public use, on sale
`or otherwise available to the public before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention.
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`Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a) (1) as being anticipated by Carnevali US
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`Pub 2008/0002355 (provided in the IDS).
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`Regarding claim 1, Carnevali discloses,
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`A mounting apparatus (docking station, Figs. 5-6, 40-43) for mounting an electronic
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`device (laptop, Figs 40-43) including a first housing (first housing of the keyboard section, where
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`element 1 and 2b areindicated in at least fig 42) and a second housing (second housing being
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`the region indicated by element 9, which comprises a display and at least a controller to drive
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`the display, thereby the controller is the central processing unit) including a display and a
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`central processing unit, the first housing and the second housing being coupled so as to be
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`relatively revolvable about a first revolving axis center (the laptop is hinged to be opened or
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`closed), the mounting apparatus comprising:
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`a mount(Fig. 40, region where element 104 is indicated which secures the keyboard
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`housing as seen in figs 41-43) capable of mounting the first housing in a predetermined
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`positional relationship with respect to the mounting apparatus; and
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`a locking member (Figs. 40-43, the region of elements 398 to 414 which is locking
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`member such that the locking member locks the entire device/laptop by securing to the second
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`housing (element 9) as seen in figure 43) capable of locking the electronic device with the
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`second housing.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is
`not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102,if the differences between the claimed invention
`and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the
`effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the
`claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention
`was made.
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`Claim 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Carnevali US Pub
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`2008/0002355 in view of Delpier et al. US Pub 2014/0313665 (both references provided in the
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`IDS).
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`Regarding claim 1, Carnevali teaches,
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`A mounting apparatus (docking station, Figs. 5-6, 40-43) for mounting an electronic
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`device (laptop, Figs 40-43) including a first housing (first housing of the keyboard section, where
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`element 1 and 2b areindicated in at least fig 42) and a second housing (second housing being
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`the region indicated by element 9, which comprises a display and at least a controller to drive
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`the display, thereby the controller is the central processing unit) including a display and a
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`central processing unit, the first housing and the second housing being coupled so as to be
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`relatively revolvable about a first revolving axis center (the laptop is hinged to be opened or
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`closed), the mounting apparatus comprising:
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`a mount(Fig. 40, region where element 104 is indicated which secures the keyboard
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`housing as seen in figs 41-43) capable of mounting the first housing in a predetermined
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`positional relationship with respect to the mounting apparatus; and
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`a locking member (Figs. 40-43, the region of elements 398 to 414 which is locking
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`member such that the locking member locks the entire device/laptop by securing to the second
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`housing (element 9) as seen in figure 43) capable of locking the electronic device with the
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`second housing.
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`In the case applicant disagree with the interpretation of the second housing including a
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`central processing unit is taught by Carnevali.
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`Delpier in similar field of electronic device teaches (figs. 1-2) a first housing (element
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`120) and a second housing (element 105) including a display (element 185) and a central
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`processing unit ( element 120 is a tablet when detached from first housing 120, and the tablets
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`comprise a processor as disclosed in paragraph 15).
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`It would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention was made to use the electronic device of Delpier
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`with the mounting apparatus of Carnevali in the place of the electronic device of Carnevali since
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`securing one typeof electronic device with another type of electronic device since by providing
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`Delpier's electronic device on the mounting apparatus of Carnevali, you will be able to provide
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`securing means to the tablet/second housing, thereby avoiding someone stealing the tablet.
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`Additionally, It would have been obvious to a person having ordinaryskill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention was made to modify the Carnevali’s electronic
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`device with the teaching of Delpier such that the second housing is a tablet like device which is
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`removably attached for the purpose of providing portability to the user when the mounting
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`apparatus is not being occupied.
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`Conclusion
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`ABHISHEK M. RATHOD
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`Examiner
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`Art Unit 2835
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`/ABHISHEK M RATHOD/
`Examiner, Art Unit 2835
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