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 .
DETAILED ACTION
The action is in response to claims dated 7/3/2024.
Claims pending in the case: 1- 17
Double Patenting
Claims 1-17 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over one or more claims of U.S. Patent No. US 12093500 and US 11442593 as explained below. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other as shown below.
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the claims at issue are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Claims 1 and 13 are non-provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over one or more claims (see mapping below) of patent No. 12093500.
The claims of the instant application and the claims of the references are compared in table below with the limitations similar in scope highlighted using underlines.
Instant application
US 12093500
1. A display system for displaying virtual content in a three-dimensional (3D) spatial environment, the display system comprising: a head-mounted display configured to present virtual content to an eye of a user of the display system; and circuitry in communication with the head-mounted display, the circuitry configured to:
receive a request to place 3D content in a bounded volume within the 3D spatial environment, wherein the 3D content is web based;
identify parameters associated with the request to place the 3D content, the parameters comprising at least one of: coordinates of a location in the 3D spatial environment of the user to display the 3D content, an orientation of the 3D content, or dimensions of the 3D content;
determine whether a threshold amount of the 3D content can be displayed in the bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment based on the parameters; and
in response to determining that the threshold amount of the 3D content cannot be displayed in the bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment, automatically resize the bounded volume to allow display of at least the threshold amount of the 3D content in the resized bounded volume, wherein resizing the bounded volume comprises: requesting an authorization for the resizing that includes illustrating a proposed new size of the bounded volume; and resizing the bounded volume in response to receiving the authorization.
Claim 13 is similar in scope to Claim 1.
1. A head-mounted display (HMD) system comprising: a hardware computer processor; a non-transitory computer readable medium having software instructions stored thereon, the software instructions executable by the hardware computer processor to cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
receive a request to display network-accessible content in a three-dimensional (3D) spatial environment depicted on a display of the HMD system, wherein the network-accessible content includes at least one two-dimensional (2D) web page;
identify parameters associated with the content comprising at least one of: an initial location in the 3D spatial environment to display the content, an initial orientation of the content, or initial dimensions of the content; render the content within a bounded volume in the 3D spatial environment according to the identified parameters, including rendering the at least one 2D web page on at least one first surface of the bounded volume; receive a user selection, by a user of the HMD system, of at least a portion of the content that includes the at least one 2D web page; receive a request, originated by the user, to change the orientation of the selected at least a portion of the content from the initial orientation to an updated orientation that includes a mapping to display the at least one 2D web page on at least one second surface of the bounded volume that is different than the at least one first surface;
determine whether a threshold amount of the content is displayable in the bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment at the updated orientation;
in response to determining that the threshold amount of the content is not displayable in the bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment at the updated orientation, determine whether a resizing of the bounded volume is authorized by the user; in response to determining that the resizing of the bounded volume is authorized by the user, automatically resize the bounded volume to display at least the threshold amount of the content at the updated orientation; reorient the selected at least a portion of the content to the updated orientation according to the user request; and render the at least a portion of the content at the updated orientation, including rendering the at least one 2D web page on the at least one second surface of the bounded volume.
Claims 1-17 are non-provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over one or more claims (see mapping below) of patent No. US 11442593.
The claims of the instant application and the claims of the references are compared in table below with the limitations similar in scope highlighted using underlines.
Instant application
US 11442593
1. A display system for displaying virtual content in a three-dimensional (3D) spatial environment, the display system comprising: a head-mounted display configured to present virtual content to an eye of a user of the display system; and circuitry in communication with the head-mounted display, the circuitry configured to:
receive a request to place 3D content in a bounded volume within the 3D spatial environment, wherein the 3D content is web based;
identify parameters associated with the request to place the 3D content, the parameters comprising at least one of: coordinates of a location in the 3D spatial environment of the user to display the 3D content, an orientation of the 3D content, or dimensions of the 3D content;
determine whether a threshold amount of the 3D content can be displayed in the bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment based on the parameters; and
in response to determining that the threshold amount of the 3D content cannot be displayed in the bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment, automatically resize the bounded volume to allow display of at least the threshold amount of the 3D content in the resized bounded volume, wherein resizing the bounded volume comprises: requesting an authorization for the resizing that includes illustrating a proposed new size of the bounded volume; and resizing the bounded volume in response to receiving the authorization.
Claims 2-12 are similar in scope to -->
Claim 13-17 is similar in scope to Claim 1-5 respectively.
1. A display system for displaying virtual content in a three-dimensional (3D) spatial environment, the display system comprising: a head-mounted display configured to present virtual content to an eye of a user of the display system; and circuitry in communication with the head-mounted display, the circuitry configured to:
receive a request to access 3D content that is web based;
identify parameters associated with the 3D content comprising at least one of: a location in the 3D spatial environment of the user to display the 3D content, an orientation of the 3D content, or dimensions of the 3D content;
determine whether a threshold amount of the 3D content can be displayed in a bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment based on the parameters;
in response to determining that the threshold amount of the 3D content cannot be displayed in the bounded volume of the 3D spatial environment, automatically resize the bounded volume to allow display of at least the threshold amount of the 3D content in the resized bounded volume.
Claims 2-11, 1 respectively.
Claim Rejections using prior art
For claims 1-17, no prior art was found to teach or make obvious all the limitations as claimed. The independent claims include the limitations found to be allowable in the parent applications. Since the prior arts fail to disclose, suggest or teach all the claimed limitations, prior art rejection has not been presented.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure in attached 892.
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/Mandrita Brahmachari/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2176
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