DETAILED ACTION
This action is responsive to the request for continued examination filed 10/21/2025.
Claims 1-13 are pending. Claim 1 is currently amended.
All prior rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are withdrawn as necessitated by amendment.
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 1-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claims contain 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 a joint inventor, at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. Claim 1 has been amended to recite “wherein the second, separate application recognizes the content and layout of the digitized display.” There does not appear to be any description in the specification as filed that includes recognizing the layout of the display.
“Layout” is only mentioned once in the specification, at [0032] which describes that the second application does not have a priori knowledge of the layout of the displayed UI. The specification only describes the recognizing of artifacts, including both alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric artifacts and relations therebetween. There is no description pertaining to recognizing a layout, or to recognizing an overall arrangement or organization of the objects on a page such that could reasonably support a finding that Applicant possessed an invention which recognized a layout of a digitized display under the broadest reasonable interpretation of the term “layout.” Therefore, this amendment constitutes new matter.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments have been considered but are moot, as the prior art rejections have been withdrawn.
Conclusion
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to KEITH D BLOOMQUIST whose telephone number is (571)270-7718. The examiner can normally be reached M-F, 8:30-5 PM.
Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice.
If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Kieu Vu can be reached at 571-272-4057. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000.
/KEITH D BLOOMQUIST/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2171
1/7/2026