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 .
This Office Action is responsive to: Application filed 28 Mar. 2024
Claims 1-10 are pending in this case. Claims 1, 9 and 10 are independent claims
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by JEONG et al. (Pub. No.: US 2016/0035074 A1; Filed: Jul. 31, 2015) (hereinafter “JEONG”).
Regarding independent claims 1, 9 and 10, JEONG disclose a display method comprising:
receiving, via a first user interface image, an operation of determining a first combination of partial
images including one of a plurality of first candidate images that are candidates for a first partial image and one of a plurality of second candidate images that are candidates for a second partial image (0022; 0023; 0026; 0027; 0185; 0203-0205; 0241-0243); and
displaying a second image including the first partial image and the second partial image corresponding to the first combination and disposed along an outline of a first image (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250).
Regarding dependent claims 2, JEONG disclose the display method according to claim 1, wherein the first user interface image includes
an image indicating the first combination including the one of the plurality of first candidate images and the one of the plurality of second candidate images (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250-0252), and
an image indicating a second combination including one of the plurality of first candidate images
and one of the plurality of second candidate images, the second combination being different from the image indicating the first combination (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250-0252), and
the operation is an operation of selecting the image indicating the first combination (0022; 0023; 0026; 0027; 0185; 0203-0205; 0241-0243).
Regarding dependent claims 3, JEONG disclose the display method according to claim 1, wherein the first user interface image includes an image for receiving an operation of selecting one of the plurality of first candidate images as a candidate for the first partial image and an operation of selecting one of the plurality of second candidate images as a candidate for the second partial image (0022; 0023; 0026; 0027; 0185; 0203-0205; 0241-0243).
Regarding dependent claims 4, JEONG disclose the display method according to claim 2, wherein the one of the plurality of first candidate images in the image indicating the first combination and the one of the plurality of first candidate images in the image indicating the second combination have different appearances (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0243).
Regarding dependent claims 5, JEONG disclose the display method according to claim 2, wherein the one of the plurality of first candidate images in the image indicating the first combination and the one of the plurality of first candidate images in the image indicating the second combination have a same color and a same pattern (0108; 0165; 0336),
the one of the plurality of second candidate images in the image indicating the first combination and the one of the plurality of second candidate images in the image indicating the second combination have a same color and a same pattern (0016; 0023; 0108; 0165; 0226; 0234; 0243), and
a disposition of the one of the plurality of first candidate images in the image indicating the first
combination is different from a disposition of the one of the plurality of first candidate images in the image
indicating the second combination (0016; 0023; 0108; 0165; 0226; 0234; 0243).
Regarding dependent claims 6, JEONG disclose the display method according to claim 1, further comprising:
displaying a second user interface image for selecting any one of a first method and a second method (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250), wherein
when the first method is selected, the first user interface image includes
an image indicating the first combination including the one of the plurality of first candidate images and the one of the plurality of second candidate images (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250), and
an image indicating a second combination including one of the plurality of first candidate images and one of the plurality of second candidate images, the second combination being different from the image indicating the first combination (0016; 0023; 0108; 0165; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250), and
when the second method is selected, the first user interface image includes
an image for receiving an operation of selecting one of the plurality of first candidate images as a candidate for the first partial image and an operation of selecting one of the plurality of second candidate images as a candidate for the second partial image (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250).
Regarding dependent claims 7, JEONG disclose the display method according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, via a third user interface image, an operation of determining a third combination of partial images including one of a plurality of third candidate images that are candidates for a third partial image and one of a plurality of fourth candidate images that are candidates for a fourth partial image, wherein (0251-0252)
displaying the second image includes displaying the second image and a third image that includes the third partial image and the fourth partial image corresponding to the third combination and that is disposed along the outline of the first image (0251-0252).
Regarding dependent claims 8, JEONG disclose the display method according to claim 1, wherein
the first partial image is disposed in a first region of the second image (0016; 0023; 0226; 0234; 0241-0243; 0250), and
the second partial image is disposed in a second region of the second image that does not overlap the first region (0241-0243).
NOTE
It is noted that any citations to specific, pages, columns, lines, or figures in the prior art references and any interpretation of the reference should not be considered to be limiting in any way. A reference is relevant for all it contains and may be relied upon for all that it would have reasonably suggested to one having ordinary skill in the art. See MPEP 2123.
Conclusion
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/James J Debrow/
Primary Patent Examiner
Art Unit 2174
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