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`November 14, 2012
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`Attorney’s Docket No.: 18962-0679001 / P14727US1
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-33 were pending as of the action of December 24, 2014.
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`Claims 1, 11-12, 22-23, and 33 are being amended. Support for the amendments can be
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`found in the specification as filed, for example, in FIG. 3 and corresponding descriptions. No
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`new matter has been added by the amendments.
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`Reconsideration of the action is respectfully requested in light of the foregoing
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`amendments and the following remarks.
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`Interview Summary
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`Applicant wishes to thank Examiner Nguyen for the telephonic interview of March 16,
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`2015. Applicant’s representative Xin Ma participated in the interview. Proposed claim
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`amendments were discussed. Features described in the specification as filed in reference to FIG.
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`3 were discussed. No agreement on patentability of the claims was reached.
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`Section 102 Rejections
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`Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-13, 15-17, 19-24, 26-28 and 30-33 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
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`102(b) as allegedly being anticipated by US. Patent Application Publication No. 2001/0001857
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`(“Kendall”). Applicant respectfully traverses the rejection.
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`Claim 1
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`Amended claim 1 recites the following features, emphasis added.
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`providing for display a representation of a first data object and a
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`representation of a second data object;
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`receiving an object connection input for connecting the representation
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`of the first data object with the representation of the second data object; and
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`in response to the object connection input, establishing a connection
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`between the first data object and the second data object, wherein:
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`establishing the connection between the first data object and the
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`second data object triggers a property propagation, the property propagation
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`including applying a property of the first data object to be applied to the
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`second data object upon receiving a selection of single-level propagation, or
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`applying a property of the first data object to be applied to the second data
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`object and a data object designated as a slave of the second data object;
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`upon receiving a first input moving the representation of the
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`first data object, the representation of the second data object moves in
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`synchronization with the representation of the first data object, wherein a
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`relative position between the representation of the first data object and the
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`representation of the second data object is preserved; and
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`upon receiving a second input moving the representation of the
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`second data object, the representation of the second data object moves
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`independently of the representation of the first data object, wherein the
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`relative position between the representation of the first data object and the
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`representation of the second data object is changed.
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`The relied-upon portions of Kendall fail to disclose or suggest these features.
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`The action alleges the following.
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`Kendal also teach the method, wherein:
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`when the user interface item is in the active state, the object connection
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`widget is operable to be moved according to a drag input and placed on the
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`representation of the second data object according to a drop input
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`("Kendall", Fig. 4, [0056]. Kendall describes the handle 408 of object 403
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`can be used with drag input and place on object 401 to create a connection
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`407), and
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`when the object connection widget moves in response to the drag input,
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`an animated line connects the object connection widget and connecting the
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`representation of the first data object ("Kendall", Fig. 4).
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`Applicant reproduces the relied-upon portions of Kendall below.
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`“405
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`Referring now to FIG. 4 there is shown an example of linking of page items
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`according to the preferred embodiment. Each page item comprises a
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`bounding box, preferably rectangular in shape, which encompasses the page
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`item. In the present embodiment, a bounding box further comprises a
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`plurality of link nodes referred to herein as "handles" that can be used as
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`linking and alignment points. Preferably, a handle is located at each corner
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`of a bounding box, at each mid point of the edges of the bounding box and
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`at the centre of the bounding box, For example, a first page item 401 of a
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`family group 400 is enclosed by a first bounding box 402, and a second
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`page 403 is enclosed by a second bounding box 404. The first bounding
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`box, of the example in FIG. 4, comprises nine "handles"405, including the
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`centre handle 406 located at the geometric centre of the bounding box 402.
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`Similarly, the second bounding box 404 also comprises nine handles. Alink
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`407 (or vector) between one handle 408 and another handle 409 of two page
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`items is shown in FIG. 4. Accordingly, the link 407 defines a relationship of
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`the first page item as parent to the second page item as child. Hence, when
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`making a link from a child to a parent, a vector is constructed from one
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`handle of a child item to a handle of a parent item. Kendall, [0056],
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`emphasis added.
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`The above-emphasized features of amended claim 1 distinguish over the relied-upon
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`portions of Kendall. The relied-upon portions of Kendall fail to disclose or suggest the feature of
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`property propagation. Accordingly, Applicant respectfully requests withdrawal of the section
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`102 rejection of claim 1 and its dependent claims.
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`Claims 12 and 23
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`Amended claims 12 and 13 each recite features corresponding to those of amended claim
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`1. Accordingly, Applicant respectfully requests withdrawal of the section 102 rejections of
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`claims 12 and 23 and their respective dependent claims.
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`Section 103 Rejections
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`Claims 3, l4 and 25 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as allegedly being
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`unpatentable over Kendall in view of US. Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0123 000
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`(“Proper”). Applicant respectfully traverses the rejection.
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`Claims 3, 14 and 25 depend from claims 1, 12, and 23, respectively. The relied-upon
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`portions of Proper fail to cure the defects of Kendall as set forth above for claims 1, 12, and 23.
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`Accordingly, Applicant respectfully requests withdrawal of the section 103 rejections of claims
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`3, 14 and 25.
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`Claims 7, l8 and 29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as allegedly being
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`unpatentable over Kendall in view of US. Patent Application Publication No. 2011/0161850
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`(“Gutha”). Applicant respectfully traverses the rejection.
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`Claims 7, 18 and 29 depend from claims 1, 12, and 23, respectively. The relied-upon
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`portions of Proper fail to cure the defects of Kendall as set forth above for claims 1, 12, and 23.
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`Accordingly, Applicant respectfully requests withdrawal of the section 103 rejections of claims
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`7, 18 and 29.
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`Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Applicant submits that all pending claims are in condition for
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`allowance.
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`By responding in the foregoing remarks only to particular positions taken by the
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`Examiner, Applicant does not acquiesce with other positions that have not been explicitly
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`addressed. In addition, Applicant’s selecting some particular arguments for the patentability of a
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`claim should not be understood as implying that no other reasons for the patentability of that
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`claim exist. Finally, Applicant’s decision to amend or cancel any claim should not be
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`understood as implying that Applicant agrees with any positions taken by the Examiner with
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`respect to that claim or other claims.
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`Please apply any charges or credits to Deposit Account No. 06-1050.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Xin Ma/
`Xin Ma
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`Reg. No. 57,555
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`Date: March 24 2015
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