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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`90/013,239
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` FILING DATE
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`05/14/2014
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`7593812
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`GRCP.022015
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`1705
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`KLEIN, O'NEILL. & SINGH, LLP aee
`PAIR
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`TL.
`KLE
`18200 VON KARMAN AVENUE
`TARAE, CATHERINE MICHELLE
`SUITE 725
`IRVINE, CA 92612
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3992
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`MAIL DATE
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`01/29/2015
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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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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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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` UNITED STATES PATENTAND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`EX PARTE REEXAMINATION COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTAL FORM
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`REEXAMINATION CONTROL NO. 90/013,239.
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`PATENT NO. 7593812.
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`ART UNIT 3992.
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`Enclosedis a copy of the latest communication from the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office in the above identified ex parte reexamination proceeding (87 CFR 1.550(f)).
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`Wherethis copy is supplied after the reply by requester, 37 CFR 1.535, or the timeforfiling a
`reply has passed, no submission on behalf of the ex parte reexamination requester will be
`acknowledged or considered (37 CFR 1.550(g)).
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`PTOL-465 (Rev.07-04)
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`10. [] Other: cc: Requester (if third party
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
`9. [] Since the proceeding appearsto be in condition for issuance of an ex parte reexamination certificate except for formal
`matters, prosecution as to the merits is closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D.
`11, 453 0.G. 213.
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`requester)
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`PTOL-466 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination
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`Part of Paper No. 20150116
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`Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination
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`Control No.
`90/013,239
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`Examiner
`MICHELLE TARAE
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`Patent Under Reexamination
`7593812
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`Art Unit
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`3992
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`AIA (First Inventor to
`File) Status
`No
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
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`aX Responsive to the communication(s)filed on 12/9/2014 .
`LIA declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`b.] This action is made FINAL.
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`c.[_] A statement under 37 CFR 1.530 has not beenreceived from the patent owner.
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`month(s) from the mailing date ofthis letter.
`A shortened statutory period for response to this action is set to expire
`Failure to respond within the period for response will result in termination of the proceeding and issuance of an ex parte reexamination
`certificate in accordance with this action. 37 CFR 1.550(d). EXTENSIONS OF TIME ARE GOVERNED BY37 CFR 1.550(c).
`If the period for response specified aboveis less than thirty (80) days, a response within the statutory minimum ofthirty (30) days
`will be considered timely.
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`Part]
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`THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT(S) ARE PART OF THIS ACTION:
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`1.
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`Cc Notice of References Cited by Examiner, PTO-892.
`[_]
`Information Disclosure Statement, PTO/SB/08.
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`CT]
`3.
`4.0
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`Interview Summary, PTO-474.
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`SUMMARYOF ACTION
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`Claims 70-17 and 20 are subject to reexamination.
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`Claims 1-9,78 and 19 are not subject to reexamination.
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`Claims ___ have been canceled in the present reexamination proceeding.
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`Claims ____ are patentable and/or confirmed.
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`Claims 10-17 and 20 are rejected.
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`Claims ____s are objectedto.
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`The drawings, filed on
`are acceptable.
`The proposed drawing correction, filed on
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`has been (7a) CT approved (7b) Cc disapproved.
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`Acknowledgment is made of the priority claim under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a) CAI b) [J Some* c)[ None
`1 (1 been received.
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`of the certified copies have
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`2 [J not been received.
`3 LC] been filed in Application No.
`4 TC been filed in reexamination Control No.
`5 CL] been received by the International Bureau in PCT application No.
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`XI
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 2
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`This is a second Non-Final ex parte reexamination of claims 10-17 and 20 of
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`U.S. Pat. No. 7,593,812 to Obradovich etal. (“812”) in response to Patent Owner’s
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`argumentsfiled December 9, 2014 (“PO 12/9/14 Arguments”) in responseto the first
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`Non-Final action mailed September 24, 2014.
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`No claims have been amended. Claims 10-17 and 20 are pending and rejected
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`below.
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`Response to Arguments
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`PO 12/9/14 Arguments have beenfully considered and are found persuasive.
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`In
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`the Remarks, PO argues that Human Factors doesnotanticipate claims 10-17 and 20
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`because Human Factors does not show a single embodimentof a navigation apparatus
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`with all of the subject matter of claim 10 or the dependentclaims 11-17 or 20, nor does
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`it show the components and descriptions that would be required to build such a
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`navigation apparatus. Rather, Human Factors is merely a collection of multiple, distinct
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`guidelines. (pages 6-12 of Remarks). PO also cites Net MoneyiN, in which the Federal
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`Circuit held that the district court was “wrong to combine parts of separate protocols
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`shownin the [prior art] reference in concluding that [the claim] was anticipated."
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`NetMoneyIN, Inc. v. Verisign, Inc., 545 F.3d 1359, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2008). (pages 6-7 of
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`Remarks).
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`Furthermore, MPEP 2131 says, in part, for a prior art referenceto anticipate a
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`claim, “[t]he elements must be arranged as required by the claim.” Accordingly,
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`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 3
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`Examiner agrees with PO that Human Factors does not teachall of the limitations of
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`claims 10-17 and 20 arranged in the same way as required bythe claims.
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`As such, the 35 U.S.C. 102 (b) rejection of claims 10-17 and 20 over Human
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`Factors is withdrawn and a new rejection of the claims is presented below.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of pre-AlA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 that form the basis for the rejections underthis section madein this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country
`or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one yearprior to the date of application
`for patent in the United States.
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`Claims 10 and 12-17 are rejected underpre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being
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`anticipated by “Sony SkyMap™ User Guide: SkyMap™ Pro and SkyMap™Traveler,”
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`printed June 1998 (“SkyMap”).
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`The article, “Etak SkyMap Navigation Products to Carry Sony Brand Name,”
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`Business Wire, July 27, 1998 servesas further evidence to show when the SkyMap
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`User Guide was madeavailable to the public.
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`As per claim 10, SkyMap discloses a navigation system (pp. 4 and 9, the
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`navigation system includes a notebook computerwith the SkyMapapplication installed
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`and CD-ROMS), comprising:
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`storage for storing records associated with different points of interest (pp. 4-5,
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`and 29-32, a Points of Interest (POI) directory may be queried and a PO! toolbar may
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 4
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`be used to access POls. POls are stored with street maps and street maps are stored
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`on CD-ROMs and/or the computer harddisk.);
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`a device for receiving user preference data (pp. 32 and 63, the notebook
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`computer with the installed Skymap application is the device that receives user
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`preference data:
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`a processor configured to suggest a plurality of points of interest based on the
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`user preference data (pp. 29-33, the notebook computerprocessoris configured to
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`suggest POls based on the category selected by the user:
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 5
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`Step #.
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`{Optionsls Select your choice from thea Net
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`a display elementfor presenting thereon the plurality of points of interest, a user
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`being allowed to select one of the plurality of points of interest (pp. 29-33, POI icons are
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`displayed on the userinterface. The user can right-click on the POI icon for more
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`detailed information about the POI:
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`ACCESSING POY INFomanioN
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`
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`a mechanism for retrieving a record associated with a user selected point of
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`interest, the record containing at least connection data (p. 30, As shownin the previous
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`limitation, POI information includes a telephone number(i.¢., connection data).); and
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`an interface for allowing a user entry to cause a lookup of the connection datain
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`the record to establish a communications connection with the selected point of interest
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 6
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`using the connection data (pp. 30 and 47, A user can look up the telephone numberof a
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`POI in order to call the POI. When a modem is connected to a SkyMap-enabledlaptop,
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`a user can select to establish a phone call with an entry in the Address Book, e.g., with
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`a suggested POI added to the Address Book:
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`PHONE DNALER
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`EPSP
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`Examiner notesthat the part of the limitation that reads, “fo establish a
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`communications connection with the selected point of interest using the connection
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`data,” is mere intended useas establishing a communications connection with the POI
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`is neverpositively recited. A recitation of the intended use of the claimed invention
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`must result in a structural difference between the claimed invention and the prior art in
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`order to patentably distinguish the claimed invention from the prior art.
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`If the prior art
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`structure is capable of performing the intended use, then it meets the claim.).
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 7
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`As per claim 12, SkyMap discloses the system of claim 10, wherein the plurality
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`of points of interest include goodsor service providers (p. 29, POls include goods or
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`service providers:
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`POINTS GF INTEREST
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`
` Dardghag Hots
`Bemrice Basks
` Barks &#
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`As perclaim 13, SkyMap discloses the system of claim 12, wherein the goodsor
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`service providers include a restaurant (/d. at 29).
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`As per claim 14, SkyMapdiscloses the system of claim 10, wherein the user
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`entry includes a user selection of an option provided by the system (/d. at 30, 33 and
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`47, The user can select a POI provided by the system and then select further options
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`related to the POI such as selecting the POI as a waypoint, adding the POI to the user’s
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`address book and calling the POI from the address book.).
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 8
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`As per claim 15, SkyMap discloses the system of claim 14, wherein the option is
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`presented on the display element (/d. at 30 and 47, see screenshots of display elements
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`in claim 10).
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`As per claim 16, SkyMap discloses the system of claim 10, wherein the
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`connection data includes a telephone number (/d. at 30).
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`As per claim 17, SkyMap discloses the system of claim 16, wherein the
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`communications connection includes a telephonic connection (/d. at 47).
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 9
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all obviousnessrejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described
`as set forth in section 102 of thistitle, if the differences between the subject matter sought to
`be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinaryskill in the art to which
`said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the
`invention was made.
`
`Claims 11 and 20 are rejected underpre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
`
`unpatentable over SkyMap and “Human Factors Design Guidelines for Advanced
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`Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) and Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO),” U.S.
`
`Departmentof Transportation, Federal Highway Administration Publication No. FHWA-
`
`RD-98-057, Campbell et al., September 1998 (“Human Factors’).
`
`As per claim 11, SkyMap discloses the system of claim 10, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to plan a route to a desired destination (p. 34, A route
`
`can be planned betweenuser-identified travel points.).
`
`While SkyMapdiscloses searching for POls within a certain distance (p. 32),
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`SkyMap doesnot expressly disclose the plurality of points of interest are suggested
`
`based on locations thereof in relation to the planned route. Human Factors discloses
`
`this at 5-14, “Point of interest information refers to information presented to the driver
`
`that identifies scenic routes, historical sites, national parks, and recreational areas
`
`within a predetermined radius surrounding the route. Having this information will allow
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`drivers to choose whether or not they wish to adjust their route and travel plans to
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`include a specific point of interest.”
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`At the time of the invention, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary
`
`skill in the art to have the navigation system suggest POls basedontheir locations in
`
`relation to the planned route as doing so providesdrivers with the flexibility to choose
`
`whetheror not they wish to adjust their route and travel plans to include a specific point
`
`of interest (Human Factors, 5-14).
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`As per claim 20, SkyMap does not expressly disclose the system of claim 10,
`
`wherein the interface includes an audio input. Human Factors disclosesthis at 9-8,
`
`“Drivers should have some methodfor entering this type of information (e.g., phone, key
`
`pad, touch screen, voice input, etc.”).
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`At the time of the invention, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary
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`skill in the art to have the navigation system include audio input as doing so provides
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 11
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`users with an additional meansof interacting with the navigation system, thereby
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`enhancing the user-friendliness of the system’s interface.
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`Conclusion
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`In order to ensurefull consideration of any amendments, affidavits or
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`declarations, or other documents as evidenceof patentability, such documents must be
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`submitted in responseto this Office action. Submissions after the next Office action,
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`whichis intendedto be a final action, will be governed by the requirements of 37 CFR
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`1.116, after final rejection and 37 CFR 41.33 after appeal, which will be strictly enforced.
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`Extension of Time
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`Extensions of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) will not be permitted in these
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`proceedings becausethe provisions of 37 CFR 1.136 apply only to “an applicant” and
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`not to parties in a reexaminations proceeding. Additionally, 35 U.S.C. 305 requires that
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`ex parte reexamination proceedings "will be conducted with special dispatch" (37 CFR
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`1.550(a)). Extensions of time in ex parte reexamination proceedings are provided for in
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`37 CFR 1.550(c).
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`Amendment in Reexamination Proceedings
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`Patent owneris notified that any proposed amendmentto the specification and/or
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`claimsin this reexamination proceeding must comply with 37 CFR 1.530(d)-(j), must be
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`formally presented pursuant to 37 CFR §1.52(a) and (b), and must contain any fees
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`required by 37 CFR § 1.20(c). See MPEP §2250(IV) for examples to assist in the
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`preparation of proper proposed amendmentsin reexamination proceedings.
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`Service of Papers
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`After thefiling of a request for reexamination by a third party requester, any
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`documentfiled by either the patent owneror the third party requester must be served on
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`the other party (or parities where two or more third party requester proceedings are
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`merged) in the reexamination proceeding in the manner provided in 37 CFR 1.248. See
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`37 CFR 1.550.
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`Notification of Concurrent Proceedings
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`The patent owneris reminded of the continuing responsibility under 37 CFR
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`1.565(a) to apprise the Office of anylitigation activity, or other prior or concurrent
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`proceeding, involving U.S. Pat. No. 7,593,812 throughout the courseofthis
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`reexamination proceeding. The third party requester is also reminded of the ability to
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`similarly apprise the Office of any such activity or proceedings throughoutthe course of
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`this reexamination proceeding. See MPEP §§ 2207, 2282, and 2286.
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 13
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`Future Correspondence
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`If attempts to reach Examiner Michelle Tarae by telephone at 571-272-6727 are
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`unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Woo Choi can be reached on 571-272-4179.
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`All correspondencerelating to this ex parte reexamination proceeding should be
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`directed:
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`By Mail to:
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`Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam
`Central Reexamination Unit
`Commissioner of Patents
`United States Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`By FAX to:
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`(571) 273-9900
`Central Reexamination Unit
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`By Hand:
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`Customer Service Window
`Randolph Building
`401 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Registered users of EFS-Web mayalternatively submit such correspondencevia
`the electronic filing system EFS-Web, at
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`hitos://efs usoto. aov/efile/mvportal/efs-reaistered
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`EFS-Weboffers the benefit of quick submission to the particular area of the
`Office that needs to act on the correspondence. Also, EFS-Web submissions are "soft
`scanned”(i.e., electronically uploaded) directly into the officialfile for the reexamination
`proceeding, whichoffers parties the opportunity to review the contentof their
`submissions after the "soft scanning" process is complete.
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`Anyinquiry concerning this communication should be directed to the Central
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`Reexamination Unit at (671) 272-7705.
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`Application/Control Number: 90/013,239
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Signed:
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`/C. Michelle Tarae/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3992
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`Conferees:
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`/JEFFREY CARLSON/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3992
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`/WooH. Choi/
`Supervisory Patent Reexamination Specialist, Art Unit 3992
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