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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 .
Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claims 1-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-19 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12064301-B2. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
Current Application
US Patent No. 12064301-B2
A dental system comprising: at least one dental station including at least one dental treatment device;
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in data communication with the at least one processor, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including program instructions executable by the at least one processor enabling or operating an exchange of data between the at least one dental station and at least one remote network; and
at least one Graphic User Interface (GUI) display configured and arranged to display at least a plurality of operating parameters or functions of the at least one dental station, wherein the program instructions include instructions sufficient to direct the at least one processor to update the at least one GUI display with a plurality of user-selectable graphics relating to the dental station and another plurality of user-selectable graphics relating to dental procedures, at least a plurality of the user-selectable graphics arranged on a central display; and
wherein selection of at least one of the plurality of user-selectable graphics controls at least one function of the at least one dental station and selection of at least another of the plurality of user-selectable graphics controls at least one dental procedure-related function of the at least one dental station.
A dental system comprising: at least one dental station including at least one dental treatment device;
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in data communication with the at least one processor, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including program instructions executable by the at least one processor enabling or operating an exchange of data between the at least one dental station and at least one remote network; and
at least one Graphic User Interface (GUI) display configured and arranged to display at least a plurality of operating parameters or functions of the at least one dental station, wherein the program instructions include instructions sufficient to direct the at least one processor to update the at least one GUI display with a plurality of user-selectable graphics relating to the dental station and another plurality of user-selectable graphics relating to dental procedures, at least a plurality of the user-selectable graphics arranged on a central display; and
wherein selection of at least one of the plurality of user-selectable graphics controls at least one function of the at least one dental station and selection of at least another of the plurality of user-selectable graphics controls at least one dental procedure-related function of the at least one dental station.
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Conclusion
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/Pinalben Patel/Examiner, Art Unit 2673
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