UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NUMBER
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`FILING OR 371(C) DATE
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`12/170,939
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`07/10/2008
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`23628
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
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`600 ATLANTIC AVENUE
`BOSTON, MA 02210-2206
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`FIRST NAMED APPLICANT
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`ATTY. DOCKET NO./TITLE
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`Yves Behar
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`L2039-700110
`CONFIRMATION NO.1986
`POA ACCEPTANCE LETTER
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`Date Mailed: 03/31/2016
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`NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`This is in response to the Power of Attorneyfiled 03/18/2016.
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`The Power of Attorneyin this application is accepted. Correspondencein this application will be mailed to the
`above address as provided by 37 CFR 1.33.
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`Questions about the contents of this notice and the
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`
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`APPLICATION NUMBER
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`FILING OR 371(C) DATE
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`12/170,939
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`07/10/2008
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`23628
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`
`600 ATLANTIC AVENUE
`BOSTON, MA 02210-2206
`
`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO Rox 14450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`WwH.Uusptogov
`FIRST NAMED APPLICANT
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`ATTY. DOCKET NO./TITLE
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`Yves Behar
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`L2039-700110
`CONFIRMATION NO.1986
`POWER OF ATTORNEY NOTICE
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`OAL
`OO00O00S1 824/39
`Date Mailed: 03/31/2016
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`NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`This is in response to the Power of Attorneyfiled 03/18/2016.
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`* The Power of Attorney to you in this application has been revoked by the assignee who has intervened as
`provided by 37 CFR 3.71. Future correspondencewill be mailed to the new address of record(37 CFR 1.33).
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`Questions about the contents of this notice and the
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`Electronic AcknowledgementReceipt
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`
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`le EdwardJ. Russavage/Sara Sikorski
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`Title of Invention:
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`PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAY CONFIGURATIONS
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
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`Yves Behar
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`Paymentinformation:
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`Submitted with Payment
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`File Listing:
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`Multi
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`Powerof Attorney
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`This AcknowledgementReceipt evidencesreceipt on the noted date by the USPTOof the indicated documents,
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`New Applications Under 35 U.S.C. 111
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`PTO/SB/96(07-09)
`Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031
`US. Patent and Trademark Office: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMBcontrol number.
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`STATEMENT UNDER 37 CER 3.73(b)
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`Applicant/Patent Owner:
`
`
`LiITL LLC
`
`
`October 16, 2012
`
`Filed/Issue Date:
`8,289,688
`Application No./Patent No.:
`Titled:
`PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAY CONFIGURATIONS
`
`system in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.6(a)(4). Dated: March 18, 2016.
`
`
`LITL LLG
`,a
`Corporation
`(Type of Assignee, e.g., corporation, partnership, university, government agency, etc.)
`(Name of Assignee)
`states thatit is:
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`1.
`the assignee ofthe entire right, title, and interest in;
`2.[] an assigneeof less than the entire right,title, and interestin
`(The extent (by percentage) of its ownership interestis
`%); Or
`3.[| an assignee of an undividedinterestin the entirety of (a complete assignmentfrom oneof the joint inventors was made)
`the patent application/patent identified above by virtue of either:
`A. [| An assignmentfrom the inventor(s) of the patent application/patent identified above. The assignment was
`recordedin the United States Patent and Trademark Office at Reel
`;
`Frame
`, or for which a copy thereof is attached.
`
`OR
`B.[x] A chain oftitle from the inventor(s), of the patent application/patentidentified above, to the current assignee asfollows:
`
`
`1. From:|Yves Behar To: _AQUENT LLC
`
`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and TrademarkOffice at
`Reel
`021804
`, Frame
`0011
`, or for which a copy thereof is attached.
`
`
`2. From:_Joshua Morenstein To: _AQUENT LLC
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
`Reel
`021804
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`0011
`, or for which a copythereof is attached.
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`3. From:_Christopher Hiomacronan To: ~AQUENT LLC
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
`Reel
`021804
`, Frame
`0011
`, or for which a copy thereofis attached.
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`Additional documentsin the chain oftitle are listed on a supplemental sheet(s).
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`As required by 37 CFR 3.73(b)(1)(i), the documentary evidence of the chain oftitle from the original ownerto the
`assignee was, or concurrently is being, submitted for recordation pursuant to 37 CFR 3.11.
`
`[NOTE: A separate copy(/.e., a true copyof the original assignment document(s)) must be submitted to Assignment
`Division in accordance with 37 CFR Part 3, to record the assignmentin the records of the USPTO. See MPEP 302.08]
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`The undersigned (whosetitle is supplied below) is authorized to act on behalf of the assignee.
`
`/Edward J. Russavage/
`3/17/2016
`Signature
`Date
`
`Edward J. Russavage
`Attorney for Assignee
`Printed or Typed Name
`Title
`
`Certificate of Electronic Filing Under 37 CFR 1.8
`| hereby certify that this paper (along with any paper referred to as being attached or enclosed) is being transmitted via the Office electronicfiling
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`Electronic Signature for Sara A. Sikorski:
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`/GSara A. Sikorski/
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`ATTORNEY DocKET No. L2039.70001US01
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`
`STATEMENT UNDER 37 CER 3.73(b) - Supplemental Sheet
`
`Continuation of chain oftitle from the inventor(s) to the current assignee.
`
`4. From:
`Naoya Edahiro
`To:
`The document was recordedin the United States Paten
`Reel
`021804
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`ich a copythereofis attached.
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`SsQ UNITED StaTES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO Rox 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`Wwww.uspto.gov
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`APPLICATION NUMBER
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`PATENT NUMBER
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`GROUP ART UNIT
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`FILE WRAPPER LOCATION
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`12/170,939
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`8289688
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`2835
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`9200
`NO.4
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`Correspondence Address/Fee Address Change
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`The following fields have been set to Customer Number 23628 on 02/05/2016
`« Correspondence Address
`« Maintenance Fee Address
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`The addressof record for Customer Number 23628is:
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`23628
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`600 ATLANTIC AVENUE
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`PART 1
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`Dated:=_October10.2012Docket No.: L2039-7001 10
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`Electronic Signature tor Matthew H. Grady:
`/Matthew H. Grady/
`
`| hereby certify that this paper (along with any paper referred to as being attached
`or enclosed)is being transmitted via the Office electronicfiling system in
`accordance with 37 CFR § 1.6(a)(4)
`
`(PATENT)
`
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARKOFFICE
`
`
`In re Patent Applicationof:
`Y ves Beharetal.
`
`Application No.: 12/170,939
`
`Confirmation No.: 1986
`
`Filed: July 10, 2008
`
`Art Unit: 2835
`
`For: PORTABLE COMPUTER WITIT MULTIPLE—Examiner: A. S. Wilson
`
`DISPLAY CONFIGURATIONS
`
`LETTER
`
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`
`DearSir:
`
`The attention of the Patent and Trademark Office is hereby directed to the
`
`PTO/SB/08 and Information Disclosure Statement Transmittal Letter submitted on July 9, 2012.
`
`Due a clerical error, the incorrect Office Action (Office Action L2039-700111 dated April 4,
`
`2011, Serial No. 12/170,951), was cited in an after Allowance IDS, with an accompanying
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`statement directed to the incorrect Office Action. The April 4, 2011 Office Action was
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`previously cited to the Office on April 29, 2011.
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`Applicant intended to submit and make the accompanying statement with respect to
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`the Office Action L2039-700111, Serial No. 12/170,951 dated June 7, 2012, a copy of which
`
`accompanies this submission for the convenience of the Office. Applicant respectfully
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`withdraws the statement submitted on July 9, 2012 with respect to the incorrect Office Action.
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`Itis Applicant’s understanding thatall of the references in July 9, 2012 Office Action have been
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`cited to the Office and Application Serial No. 12/170,951 has been cited as a related Application,
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`in the present matter. Thus, Applicant believes no further action is required.
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`Application No.: 12/170,939
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`2
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`Docket No.: 1.2039-700110
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`It is Applicant’s understanding that no fee is occasioned by this submission. If this
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`submission is not considered timely filed and if a request for an extension of time is otherwise
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`absent, Applicant hereby requests any necessary extension of lime.
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`If there is a fee occasioned
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`by this submission, including an extension fee that is not covered by an accompanying paymient,
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`please charge any deficiency to Deposit Account No. 50/2762, ref. no, L2039-7001 10.
`
`Dated: October 10, 2012
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`
`/Matthew H. Grady/
`
`Electronic signature:
`Matthew II. Grady
`Registration No.: 52,957
`LANDO & ANASTASI LLP
`Riverfront Office Park
`One Main Street
`Suite 1100
`Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
`(617) 395-7000
`Attorney for Applicant
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`1410493.1
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address; COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
`
`
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`12/170,951
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`07/10/2008
`
`Yves Behar
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`L2039-700111
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`7590
`37462
`TANDO & ANASTASI, LLP
`ONE MAIN STREET, SUITE 1100
`CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142
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`06/07/2012
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`ABEBE, SOSINA
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`06/07/2012
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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.
`
`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
`docketing @LALaw.com
`gengelson@LALaw.com
`
`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`12/170,951
`Examiner
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`BEHAR ETAL.
`Art Unit
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
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`Office Action Summary
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`- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLYIS SET TO EXPIRE 3MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (80) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensionsoftime may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
`In no event, however, may a reply betimely filed
`after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`-
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`- 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).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
`
`Status
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`1)X] Responsive to communication(s) filed on 22 March 2012.
`2a)L] This action is FINAL.
`2b) This action is non-final.
`3) Anelection was made by the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4)L] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordancewith the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
`
`Disposition of Claims
`
`5) Claim(s) 1-8 and 10-24 is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s)__—_ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`
`6)L] Claim(s)
`is/are allowed.
`7) Claim(s) 1-8 and 10-24 is/are rejected.
`8)LJ Claim(s)__ is/are objected to.
`9)L] Claim(s)___ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)C] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`
`11) The drawing(s)filed on
`is/are: a)L] accepted or b)[_] objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
`12)(] The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
`
`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`
`13)] Acknowledgmentis made ofa claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or(f).
`a)LAll
`b)L)Some* c)Z Noneof:
`1.1] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.L] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.0] Copies ofthe certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
`
`Attachment(s)
`1) XK Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) [J Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) KX] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 05/78/2012.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-326 (Rev. 03-11)
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`4) OO Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date.__
`5) L] Noticeof Informal Patent Application
`6) Cc Other:
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20120522
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`A requestfor continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), wasfiled in this application afterfinal rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on March
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`22, 2012 has been entered.
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`Response to Arguments
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`This is in responseto applicant’s communication filed on 22 March 2012,
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`wherein: claims 1 — 8 and 10 - 21 are currently pending. Claims 1, 7, 8, 13, 18 and 21
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`have been amended. Claims 22 - 24 have been added. Claim 9 has been cancelled.
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`Applicant's argumentsfiled on March 22, 2012 with respect to claims 1 — 8 and
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`10 - 24 have been fully considered but are mootin view of the new ground(s) of
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`rejection.
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`Double Patenting
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`The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created
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`doctrine groundedin public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the
`unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent
`and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory
`obviousness-type double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims
`are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct
`from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated
`by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140
`F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29
`USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir.
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`1985); in re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422
`F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163
`USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
`A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d)
`may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory
`double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to
`be commonly ownedwith this application, or claims an invention madeasa result of
`activities undertaken within the scopeof a joint research agreement.
`Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a
`terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee mustfully comply with
`37 CFR 3.73(b).
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`2.
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`Claims 7, 10 -11 and 22 - 24 of Application No. 12/170,951 are provisionally
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`rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being
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`unpatentable overclaims 13, 26, 27, 29 and 34 of copending Application No.
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`12/170,939.
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`Claim 7 of Current Application 12/170,951|Claim 13 of Application 12/170,939
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`A portable computer configurable between
`A portable computer configurable
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`betweenaplurality of display modes a plurality of modesincluding a laptop
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`including a laptop mode and an easel
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`mode and an easel mode,the portable
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`mode,the portable computer comprising:|COMPuter comprising:
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`a baseincluding a keyboard;
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`a single display component;
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`a base including an integrated keyboard;
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`couple the single display componentto the
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`a single display component rotatably
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`coupled to the base and including a screen
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`which displays content;
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`a hinge assembly disposedatleast
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`a hinge assembly configured to rotatably
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`partially within the base and the display
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`base, wherein the hinge assembly is at
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`componentthat defines an axis of rotation
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`least partially housed within the base and
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`about which both the base andthe display
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`the single display component, and defines
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`componentare rotatable to transition the
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`a longitudinal axis running along an
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`portable computer between the laptop
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`interface between the single display
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`mode and the easel mode, wherein;
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`component and the base;
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`the laptop mode is configured to
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`display to a user on the single display
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`componenta first content mode having a
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`first content display orientation with the
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`single display component oriented towards
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`wherein the hinge assembly is configured
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`to permit the rotation of the single display
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`component and the base aboutthe
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`longitudinal axis to configure the portable
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`computer between a laptop mode and an
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`the user and the keyboard oriented to
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`easel mode;
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`receive input from the user;
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`the easel mode is configured to
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`wherein in the easel mode the single
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`display to a user on the single display
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`display componentis oriented facing the
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`component a second content mode having
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`operator with the keyboard oriented away
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`a second content display orientation with
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`from the operator; and
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`the single display componentoriented
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`towards the user and the keyboard
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`oriented away from the user, wherein the
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`first and second content display
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`orientations are 180 degreesrelative to
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`each other; and
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`a scroll wheel accessible in each of the
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`at least one integrated navigation
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`plurality of display modes and configured
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`hardware control configured to control
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`to permit a user to manipulate at least one
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`features and manipulate content displaced
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`of operating parameters of the portable
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`on the portable computer, wherein at least
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`computer and the content displayed on the
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`one of the least one integrated navigation
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`screen.
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`hardwarecontrol is accessible in each of
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`the plurality of modes including when the
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`keyboard is inaccessible or oriented away
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`from the user.
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`wherein the keyboard is inaccessible or
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`Claim 10, a first navigation button user-
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`Claim 26, at least one integrated
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`accessible in each of the laptop mode and
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`navigation hardware control, wherein at
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`the easel mode, and configured to permit
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`least one integrated navigation hardware
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`the user to manipulate selected content
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`control accessible in at least the laptop
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`displayed on the screen.
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`and easel modes, and wherein the
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`integrated navigation hardware can be
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`Claim 11, wherein the first navigation
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`operated by a user to control features and
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`button is configured to permit the user to
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`manipulate content displayed on the
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`select for display one of the plurality of
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`portable computer, including any mode
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`modes of content.
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`oriented away from the user.
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`Claim 22, wherein the plurality of modes
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`Claim 27, wherein the plurality of modes
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`includes a frame modein which the single
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`includes a frame mode in whichthe single
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`display componentis oriented towards the
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`display componentis oriented towards the
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`operator, the base contacts a substantially
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`operator, the base contacts a substantially
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`horizontal surface, and the keyboard is
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`horizontal surface, and the keyboard is
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`directed towards the substantially
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`directed towards the substantially
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`horizontal surface.
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`horizontal surface.
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`Claim 23, wherein the frame mode is
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`Claim 34, wherein the act of configuring
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`configured to display to a user on the
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`the content orientation include an act of
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`single display component the first content
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`displaying the visual displayin the first
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`mode havingthe first content display
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`content orientation of the content for the
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`orientation.
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`frame mode.
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`fame mode.
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`Claim 24, wherein the portable computer is
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`Claim 29, a protection module configured
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`configured to prevent the portable
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`to prevent keyboard operation when the
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`computer from responding to keyboard
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`portable computer is configured in the
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`input when the portable computer is in the
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`frame mode.
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`Copending Application No. 12/170,939 rejected with Nishiyama
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`5,436,954” .Nobuchi and Aarras as a whole fail to teach Application No. 12/170,951
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`claims 1, 7 and 13, a scroll wheel disposedat least partially within the base and
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`rotatable about the longitudinal axis, the scroll wheel configured to permit a userto
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`control at least one of operating parameters of the portable computer and content
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`displayed on the display screen.
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`However, Nishiyama discloses a scroll wheel (scroll wheel is equivalent to selector
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`8 in fig. 1) disposed at least partially within the base and rotatable about the longitudinal
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`axis, the scroll wheel (8) configured to permit a userto control at least one of operating
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`parameters of the portable computer and content displayed on the display screen. (col.
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`4; lines 21 - 26)
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`invention to modify the display orientation of Nobuchi and the easel mode taughtin
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`figures 8 & 19 of Aarras to further include the scroll wheel of Nishiyama to allow the
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`user easily select or view information.
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`This is a provisional cbviousness-type double patenting rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent maynot be obtained thoughthe inventionis not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 ofthis title, if the differences between the subject matter soughtto be patented andthepriorart are
`suchthat the subject matter as a whole would have been obviousat the time the invention was made to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which said subjcct matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the
`mannerin which the invention was made.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459
`(1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under
`35 U.S.C. 103(a) are summarized as follows:
`(See MPEP Ch. 2141)
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`aoop
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`Determining the scope and contents of the priorart;
`Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims in issue;
`Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art; and
`Evaluating evidence of secondary considerations for indicating obviousness or
`nonobviousness.
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`4. Claims 1 - 8, 10 - 24 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Nobuchi “US 6,492,974”in view of Aarras “US
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`2006/0264243” and further in view of Nishiyama “5,436,954”.
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`Re-Claim 1, Nobuchi teaches a portable computer comprising: (fig. 1)
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`a base(fig. 1; 1) including a Keyboard (2);
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`a single display component (3) rotatably coupled to the base (1) such that the single
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`display component(3) and the base(1) are rotatable with respect to one another about
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`a longitudinal axis (5) running along an interface betweenthe display component(3)
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`and the base (1) to transition betweenat least a laptop mode(figs. 1 & 16(a)), the single
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`display componentincluding a display screen (3), wherein
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`the laptop mode (figs. 1 & 16 (a)) is configured to display to a user on the single
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`display (3) component a first content mode (fig. 16(a)) having a first content display
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`orientation with the single display component oriented towards the user and the
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`keyboard oriented to receive input from the user; (fig. 16(a)) and col. 1; lines 31 - 34)
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`Nobuchi fails to teac