Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Response to Arguments
The foreign priority application was not successfully retrieved.
Regarding the amendment filed on 1/23/26. See the rejection below incorporating Hutter (20070139725).
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of applicant's claim for foreign priority based on an application filed in Japan on 8/19/22. It is noted, however, that applicant has not filed a certified copy of the priority application as required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
Claim(s) 1-3 and 5-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hutter (2007/0139725) in view of Morita (20110188745).
Hutter teaches an information processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: acquire by an image capturer, captured data of an image captured surface that simultaneously includes all of (see the abstract and par. 19):
(i) an image data of a document. (ii) an image data of a first definition portion placed on the image captured surface, and (iii) an image data of a second definition portion placed on the image captured surface, wherein: the document, the first definition portion, and the second definition portion are separate and distinct from each other and are concurrently placed on the image captured surface (figure 1, par, 8 and 20. Also see claims 3-4 and 14. This teaches distinct codes,
the first definition portion defines in which a first process that is to be performed on the image data of an image of the document and the second definition portion defines a second process that differs from the first process and is to be performed on the image data of the document (see pars. 8, 22, 26 and 30, different processes of image data; and
perform the first process and the second process on the document (pars. 22, 26 and 30).
Morita teaches that the process is done on an image data (see pars. 92 and 95-96, converting image data).
It would have been obvious prior to the effective filing date of the invention to one of ordinary skill in the art to include in Hutter the ability to perform a process on image data as taught by Morita in order to add different image editing to the system.
Regarding claim 2, see pars. 26 and 30 of Hutter and pars. 92 and 95-96 of Morita.
Regarding claim 3, see Hutter, pars. 26 with multiple distinct area. Also see pars. 94 and 97 of Morita which teaching acquiring next cell.
Regarding claim 5, see pars. 26 and 30 of Hutter. The regions are different.
Regarding claim 6, see pars. 26 and 30 of Hutter.
Regarding claims 7-8, see the rejection of claim 1.
Regarding claim 9, see pars. 27-28 of Hutter, face up and right side up.
Regarding claim 10, see par. 20 and 27 of Hutter. Defines the front and rear of the platen, relative position.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/HADI AKHAVANNIK/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2676