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 .
Status of Claims
Claims 3, 14, and 19 have been cancelled; therefore, Claims 1-2, 4-13, 15-18, and 20 are currently pending in application 18/830,353.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 7/15/2026 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by the examiner.
Claim Objections
Claim 18 is objected to because of the following informalities: Claim 18 recites, “detect a change to the particular associated with the workspace”. The Examiner believes the Applicant meant for the claim to recite “detect a change to the particular content associated with the workspace” (similar to claims 2 and 13). Appropriate correction is required.
Double Patenting
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 1-2, 4-13, 15-18, and 20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-19 of U.S. Patent No. 12,118,513. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because both inventions disclose equivalent elements for providing users with an in-page object for creating content on a workspace page.
18/830,353
US 12,118,513 (18/408,429)
Independent Claims 1, 12, and 17
A (computer-implemented method, A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium) electronic device for creating content presented on a user interface including a page of a workspace comprising: at least one hardware processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the electronic device to:
cause a control of a container to initiate a generative process to create in-container content of a particular type, wherein the container is an in-page object on the page in response to the generative process:
[Dependent Claims 4./15./20.The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is further caused to: determine a selection of the particular content based on a location of the container on the page relative to the particular content by: determining a location of an additional container on the page of the workspace, wherein the selection of the particular content associated with the workspace is bounded between any two of the container, the additional container, and a border of the page of the workspace.]
cause a generative artificial intelligence (AI) system to create generative content of the particular type based on particular content associated with the workspace;
dynamically modify a size of an area of the container on the page to contain the generative content as generative in-container content; and
populate the area of the container to present the generative content as in-container content.
Independent Claims 1, 16, and 17
A computer-implemented method (non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium; electronic device) for creating in-block content presented in a block on a page of a workspace, the method comprising:
receiving an input that actuates a control of the block configured to initiate a generative process to create in-block content of a particular type, wherein the block is embedded as an in-page object on the page of the workspace and has dimensions that define a block area occupying a corresponding page area on the page of the workspace;
in response to the input: determining a selection of in-page content based on a location of the block relative to the in-page content and the particular type of in-block content, wherein the in-page content is presented on the page of the workspace and is located outside of the block area;
causing a generative artificial intelligence (AI) system to create generative content of the particular type based on input including the selection of the in-page content;
modifying a size of the block area to contain the generative content as generative in-block content, wherein the size of the block area is dynamically constrained to fit the generative in-block content; and
populating the modified block area to present the generative in-block content.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed on 7/15/2026, with respect to the 102(a)(2) rejection of Claims 1-2, 4-13, 15-18, and 20, have been fully considered by the Examiner, and in combination with Applicant’s amendments to independent claims, are persuasive. The rejection is withdrawn.
Applicant's arguments filed on 7/15/2026, with respect to the Double Patenting rejection of Claims 1-2, 4-13, 15-18, and 20, have been considered but are not persuasive. The rejection will remain as FINAL, based on the rejection above.
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
Conclusion
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August 10, 2026
/JONATHAN P OUELLETTE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3629
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