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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on: 8-28-2025, 1-3-2025, 1-3-2025, 1-3-2025, 1-3-2025, 1-3-2025, 1-3-2025, 1-3-2025, and 1-3-2025 are considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the first text segments in the presented first text string" in line 17. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 12 recites the limitation "the first word in the first location as displayed by the first device" in line 17. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 19 recites the limitation "the first word in the first location as displayed by the first device" in line 21. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 12, and 19 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action. Claims 2-11 depend on claim 1, claims 13-18 depend on claim 12, and claim 20 depends on claim 19.
The prior art of: U.S. Pat. No. 8,265,671 by Gould et al, U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. No. 2005/0226398 by Bojeun, U.S. Pat. No. 11,935,540 by Thomson, U.S. Pat. No. 9,917,939 by Stimpson et al, U.S. Pat. No. 12,482,458 by Engelke et al, and U.S. Pat. No. 12,488,799 by Engelke et al do not disclose the claimed limitations in claims 1, 12, and 19.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See PTO-892 Form.
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/LISA HASHEM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2692
/CAROLYN R EDWARDS/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2692