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
This action is responsive to patent application as filed on 6/28/2023 which is a CON of 18/343,737 filed 06/28/2023, now USPAT 12093338 which is a CON of U.S. Pat. App. No: 17/935,133 filed 09/26/2022, now USPAT 11727081, which is a CON of U.S. Pat. App. No: 16/336,536 filed 03/26/2019, now USPAT 11481465 which is a 371 of PCT/CN2016/100183 filed 09/26/2016.
This action is made Non-Final.
Claims 1 – 20 are pending in the case. Claims 1, 11, and 20 are independent claims.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 9/20/2023, is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Drawings
The drawings filed on 6/28/2023 have been accepted by the Examiner.
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 obviousness-type double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims 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).
A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement.
Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of parent application U.S. Patent No. 12,093,338. Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because claims 1-20 of the ‘338 patent recite or render obvious every limitation of the instant claims.
Claim 1 essentially recites a system for performing the steps of ‘338 claim 1, without reciting the features of extracting data from a data source based on the modified statement file; and display the statement on the statement browser based on the extracted data, however these features are recited in Claim 6 of the instant application.
Claim 12 essentially recites a method for performing the method of ‘338 claim 11, without reciting the features of extracting data from a data source based on the modified statement file; and display the statement on the statement browser based on the extracted data, however these features are recited in Claim 16 of the instant application.
Claim 20 essentially recites a computer readable medium for performing the steps of claim 20 of ‘338, without reciting the features of extracting data from a data source based on the modified statement file; and display the statement on the statement browser based on the extracted data.
Claims 2-11 and 13-19 similarly recite limitations disclosed or made obvious by claims 2-11 and 13-19 in the 338 patent (see table below).
Instant Application
‘338 Patent
Claim 2
Claim 2
Claim 3
Claim 3
Claim 4
Claim 4
Claim 5
Claim 5
Claim 6
Claim 1
Claim 7
Claim 6
Claim 8
Claim 7
Claim 9
Claim 8
Claim 10
Claim 9
Claim 11
Claim 10
Claim 13
Claim 12
Claim 14
Claims 13
Claim 15
Claim 14
Claim 16
Claim 11
Claim 17
Claim 15
Claim 18
Claim 16
Claim 19
Claim 18
Note
The Examiner cites particular columns, line numbers and/or paragraph numbers in the references as applied to the claims below for the convenience of the Applicant(s). Although the specified citations are representative of the teachings in the art and are applied to the specific limitations within the individual claim, other passages and figures may apply as well. It is respectfully requested that, in preparing responses, the Applicant fully consider the references in their entirety as potentially teaching all or part of the claimed invention, as well as the context of the passage as taught by the prior art or disclosed by the Examiner. See MPEP 2123.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure and is listed in the attached PTOL-892 form.
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/MOHAMMED H ZUBERI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2178
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