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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute. cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
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`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`2am This action is FINAL.
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`3)I:] 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 Ex parte Quayle, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`4)IZ] Claim(s) 1-43 and 45 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above claim(s) __ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`0):! The drawing(s) filed on __ is/are: a)[:] accepted or b)E] objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)|:] The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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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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`2E] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __
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`1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible‘for continued
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`examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the
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`finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claims 1-43 and 45 have been considered but are moot in
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
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`forth in section 102 of this title. if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
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`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the'time the
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`unpatentable over Proehl etal (US 6,690,391 B1) in view of Reichardt et al (US 2005/0172319).
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`Regarding Claims 1, 42 and 43, Proehl discloses a system with corresponding method
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`and computer program product for navigating a plurality of options within a user interface (FIG.3,
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`user interface (FlG.10. «104), each card graphically representing a single respective option from a
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`first set‘of options (FIG.10. 210-222 are first set of options);
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`means for obtaining supplemental information related to a first card in the first sequence
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`means for scrolling only the first sequence of cards along the first axis through a
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`horizontally and vertically fixed focus area of the user interface in response to a single user action
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`fixed focus area, 104 is first set of cards scrolling vertically along a first axis of the user interface;
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`means for displaying the related supplemental information when the first card is
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`without being otherwise selected by a user, displaying at least a portion of a second sequence of
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`cards along a second axis of the user interface, each card of the second sequence graphically
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`area 216, the related TV program information is displayed horizontally across the focus area; Col
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`Proehl is silent about scrolling only the second sequence of cards along the second axis
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`through the same focus area without scrolling any cards not in the second sequence, wherein a
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`card in the first sequence displayed along the first axis is subsequently scrollable along the
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`Regarding Claim 41, Reichardt discloses a method for navigating a plurality of
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`options within a user interface of an interactive television system. the method comprising:
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`displaying only cards from} a first sequence of cards along first axis of the user
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`interface. each card graphically representing a single respective interactive application
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`associated with the interactive television system (FIG.5A; Para 77);
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`in response to a single user action. scrolling only the cards from the first
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`sequence along the first axis through a horizontally and vertically spatially fixed focus
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`area of the user interface without scrolling any cards not in the first sequence to
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`progressively change the card within the focus area to a next card in the first sequence
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`(FIGJB; vertically scroll the channels 880 through the horizontally and vertically spatially
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`fixed focus area 830 without scrolling horizontal axis);
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`in response to a first card from the first sequence being scrolled into the focus
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`area without a user initiating a selection action with respect to the first card (FIGJB;
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`when scroll vertically to channel 75 HBO), displaying a second sequence of cards along a
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`second axis of the user interface, each card of the second sequence graphically
`representing a single respective option corresponding to the interactive application
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`represented by the first card (FlG.7B; Rushmore is displayed), the second axis being
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`perpendicular to the first axis;
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`scrolling only the cards from the second sequence of cards along the second
`axis without scrolling any cards not in the second sequence to progressively change the
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`card within the focus area to a next card in the second sequence. wherein a
`representation of only one interactive application or option at a time is scrolled through
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`the focus area; and displaying supplemental information related to the card within the
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`focus area (FIG.7B, 890; scroll horizontally to display different programs at different
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`times).
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`vertical.
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`Reichardt does not specifically disclose first axis is horizontal while the second is
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`Application/Control Number: ’
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`Art Unit: 2623
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`Official Notice is taken that it is well known in the art that the display can be
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`rotated for 90 degrees for viewing purpose.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the
`invention was made to modify Reichardt’s method toinclude rotation of the display to
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`accommodate the user’s viewing preference.
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry'concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should
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`be directed to Fred Peng whose telephone number is (571) 270-1147. The examiner can normally be
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`reached on Monday-Friday 09:00-18:30.
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`If'attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful. the examiner’s supervisor,
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`Vivek Srivastava can be reached on (571) 272-7304. The fax phone number for the organization where
`this application or proceeding is assigned is 571—273-8300.
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the Patent Application
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`Fred Peng
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`Vivek Srivastava
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`VIVEK SRIVASTAVA
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