DETAILED ACTION
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 . Claims 20-33 are pending.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
Claims 20-33 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor, at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Regarding Claim 20. Claim 20 contains the following subject matter:
“a communication interface comprising circuitry configured to receive content; and a processor configured to: based on a frame rate of the received content being identical to a first frame rate,
adjust the received content to a first resolution by changing horizontal resolution and vertical resolution of the received content,
control the display panel to display the content of the first resolution at the first frame rate”.
Applicant discloses performing the following operations as a result of determining “a frame rate of the received content being identical to a first frame rate”:
[0020] The processor may, based on a frame rate of the content being identical with the first frame rate, be configured to increase the frame rate of the content by performing frame interpolation on the content, and to adjust the content with the frame rate increased to the second resolution.
[0114] In the above, the frame rate of the content being greater than the first frame rate has been described, but the embodiment is not limited thereto, and the processor 120 may, based on the frame rate of the content being identical with the first frame rate, increase the frame rate of the content by performing frame interpolation on the content, and adjust the content with the increased frame rate to a second resolution.
[0191] Based on the frame rate of the content being identical with the first frame rate, performing frame interpolation on the content to increase the frame rate of the content may be further included, and the adjusting (S820) may include adjusting the content to which the frame rate is increased to the second resolution.
Claim 8. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to: based on a frame rate of the content being identical to the first frame rate, increase the frame rate of the content by performing frame interpolation on the content, and adjust the horizontal resolution of the received content and vertical resolution of the received content.
Claim 17. The method of claim 11, further comprising: based on a frame rate of the content being identical to the first frame rate, increasing the frame rate of the content by performing frame interpolation on the content, and wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the horizontal resolution of the received content and vertical resolution of the received content.
Claim 20 contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor, at the time the application was filed, had possession of an invention, that adjusts the resolution of received content and displays the content at the first frame rate, after determining the received content frame rate is identical to a first frame rate. Therefore Claim 20 ius rejected under 35 USC §112(a) as new matter.
Regarding Claim 27. Claim 27 contains essentially the same subject matter as Claim 20 therefore Claim 27 is also rejected under 35 USC §112(a) as new matter.
Regarding Claims 21-26, and 28-33. Claims 21-26, and 28-33 are rejected under 35 USC §112(a) for containing the new matter of their respective parent claim.
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). A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/Douglas Wilson/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2622