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`17/216,743
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`03/30/2021
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`Takeshi MORI
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`PANDP0277USO01ICON
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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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`AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L
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`2841
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`06/10/2022
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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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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Application No.
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
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`CHRISTOPHER LAUGUSTIN|2841 Yes
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on 03/30/2021.
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`Application/Control Number: 17/216,743
`Art Unit: 2841
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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
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103)is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section madein this Office action:
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`A personshall 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) 1-2 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by
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`Hsu US 20130301201.
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`Regarding claim 1, Hsu US 20130301201 discloses an electronic device
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`comprising:
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`a first unit (200 in Fig. 1) having an input part (keyboard of 250 in Fig. 1, see
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`[0034]); and
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`a second unit (100 in Fig. 1) having a display (inherent display of tablet 100
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`see [0005]),
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`the first unit (200) and the second unit (100) being detachably coupled (as
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`depicted in Fig. 1-3),
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`wherein the first unit (200) includes a socket (212 in Fig. 1) capable of housing a
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`predeterminedside of the second unit (100 as depicted in Fig. 1 and 2),
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`a first insertion hole (212b in Fig. 3), into which a security member (124 in Fig.
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`3) can be inserted (see Fig. 2), is provided on a side of the socket (212 as depicted in
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`Fig. 3),
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`a second insertion hole (hole of 110 in which 124 is inserted in Fig. 3), into
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`which the security member (124) can be inserted, is provided on a side of the second
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`unit (100),
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`the first insertion hole (212b) of the socket (212) is provided on an upper part of
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`the socket (212 as depicted in Fig. 3), and
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`the second insertion hole (hole of 110 in which 124 is inserted) of the second
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`unit (100) is provided on a lower part of the second unit (100 as depicted in Fig. 1-3).
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`Regarding claim 2, Hsu discloses the electronic device according to claim 1,
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`further comprising
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`a hinge mechanism (inherent hinge mechanism allowing for pivotal connection of
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`250 and 210 in Fig. 1, see [0025]) which couples a portion of the first unit (200) having
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`the input part (keyboard of 250) and the socket(212) such that the portion ofthe first
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`unit (200) having the input part (keyboard of 250) and the socket (212) are relatively
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`rotatable about a rotating axis of the hinge mechanism (inherent hinge mechanism
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`allowing for pivotal connection of 250 and 210 in Fig. 1, see [0025]),
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`wherein, when the second unit (100) is attached to the socket (212), the first
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`insertion hole (212b) of the socket (212) and the second insertion hole (hole of 110 in
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`which 124 is inserted in Fig. 3) of the second unit (100) are at an overlapping position
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`(see Fig. 2) as viewed in a direction parallel to the rotating axis (as depicted in Fig. 2).
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`Conclusion
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`/CHRISTOPHER L AUGUSTIN/
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`/JAMES WU/
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