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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
Claims 1 – 20 are presented for examination.
Priority
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Specification
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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 – 20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting over claims 1 – 6 and 10 – 14 of U.S. Patent No. 12,189,477 since the claims, if allowed, would improperly extend the “right to exclude” already granted in the patent.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
Claim 1 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 12,189,477
A method by a host device, comprising:
A method by a volatile memory device, comprising:
transmitting, via a first pin of the host device, one or more commands and one or more addresses associated with the one or more commands;
receiving, via a first pin of the volatile memory device, one or more commands and one or more addresses associated with the one or more commands;
receiving, during a first type of access operation, first command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a second pin of the host device associated with data mask signaling; and
transmitting, during a first type of access operation, first command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a second pin of the volatile memory device associated with data mask signaling; and
transmitting, during a second type of access operation, second command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a third pin of the host device associated with redundant data strobe signaling.
receiving, during a second type of access operation, second command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a third pin of the volatile memory device associated with redundant data strobe signaling.
One of ordinary skill in the art would clearly recognize independent claim 1, of application 18/983124 is an obvious variation of the claimed subject matter of independent claim 1, of patent 12,189,477. Specifically, both claim 1, of the current application 18/983124, and claim 1, of patent 12,189,477 discloses: A method comprising such steps as “via a first pin of the host device, one or more commands and one or more addresses associated with the one or more commands”, “during a first type of access operation, first command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a second pin of the host device associated with data mask signaling”, and “during a second type of access operation, second command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a third pin of the host device associated with redundant data strobe signaling”.
One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize the method disclosed by claim 1, of the current application 18/983124, as an obvious variation of the operations performed by the method disclosed in claim 1 of Patent 12,189,477.
The method disclosed by claim 1, of the current application 18/983124 and the method disclosed in claim 1 of Patent 12,189,477 disclose a communication between devices and performing the reciprocal communication operations would be an obvious variation of the method disclosed in claim 1 of Patent 12,189,477.
Therefore, one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize the method claim 1, of the current application 18/983124, as performing t an obvious variation of the operations of the method of claim 1, of U.S. Patent 12,189,477, and as such are obvious variants of each other.
Claim 2 – Application 18/983124
Claim 2 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 3 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 4 – Application 18/983124
Claim 4 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 5 – Application 18/983124
Claim 5 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 6 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 7 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 8 – Application 18/983124
Claim 10 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 9 – Application 18/983124
Claim 11 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 10 – Application 18/983124
Claim 12 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 11 – Application 18/983124
Claim 13 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 12 – Application 18/983124
Claim 14 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 13 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 14 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 15 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 16 – Application 18/983124
Claim 2 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 17 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 18 – Application 18/983124
Claim 4 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 19 – Application 18/983124
Claim 5 – Patent 12,189,477
Claim 20 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 12,189,477
Claims 1 – 20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting over claims 1, 3, 6, 7, and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 11,249,847 since the claims, if allowed, would improperly extend the “right to exclude” already granted in the patent.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
One of ordinary skill in the art would clearly recognize independent claim 1, of application 18/983124 is an obvious variation of the claimed subject matter of independent claim 1, of patent 11,249,847. Specifically, both claim 1, of the current application 18/983124, and claim 1, of patent 11,249,847 discloses: communication with a non-volatile memory device.
Independent claim 1, of application 18/983124 discloses: transmitting, via a first pin of the host device, one or more commands and one or more addresses associated with the one or more commands, and receiving, during a first type of access operation, first command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a second pin of the host device associated with data mask signaling;
While, claim 1, of patent 11,249,847 discloses: receiving a write command from a host device via a first set of pins; receiving data from the host device during a plurality of time intervals via a second set of pins based at least in part on receiving the write command. One of ordinary skill in the art at the time of filing would recognize “commands” as a broader form of “write method”.
The method disclosed by claim 1, of the current application 18/983124 and the method disclosed in claim 1 of Patent 11,249,847 disclose a communication between devices and performing the reciprocal communication operations would be an obvious variation of the method disclosed in claim 1 of Patent 11,249,847.
Therefore, one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize the method claim 1, of the current application 18/983124, as performing the operations of the method of claim 1, of U.S. Patent 11,249,847, and as such are obvious variants of each other.
Claim 1 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1,7,10 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 2 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 3 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 4 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 5 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1, 6 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 6 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 7 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 8 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1,7,10 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 9 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 10 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 11 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 12 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1, 6 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 13 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 14 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 15 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1,7,10 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 16 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 17 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 18 – Application 18/983124
Claim 6 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 19 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1, 6 – Patent 11,249,847
Claim 20 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3 – Patent 11,249,847
Claims 1 – 20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting over claims 1, 3 – 6, 9, and 15 of U.S. Patent No. 11,775,385 since the claims, if allowed, would improperly extend the “right to exclude” already granted in the patent.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
One of ordinary skill in the art would clearly recognize independent claim 2, of application 18/983124 is an obvious variation of the claimed subject matter of independent claim 1, of patent 11,775,385. Specifically, both claim 2, of the current application 18/983124, and claim 1, of patent 11,775,385 discloses: communication with a non-volatile memory device.
independent claim 1, of application 18/983124 discloses: transmitting, via a first pin of the host device, one or more commands and one or more addresses associated with the one or more commands; receiving, during a first type of access operation, first command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a second pin of the host device associated with data mask signaling.
While, claim 1, of patent 11,775,385 discloses: receiving a write command from a host device via a first set of pins; receiving data from the host device during a plurality of time intervals via a second set of pins based at least in part on receiving the write command. One of ordinary skill in the art at the time of filing would recognize “commands” as a broader form of “write method”.
The method disclosed by claim 1, of the current application 18/983124 and the method disclosed in claim 1 of Patent 11,775,385 disclose a communication between devices and performing the reciprocal communication operations would be an obvious variation of the method disclosed in claim 1 of Patent 11,775,385.
Therefore, one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize the method claim 1, of the current application 18/983124, as performing the operations of the method of claim 1, of U.S. Patent 11,775,385, and as such are obvious variants of each other.
Claim 1 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1, 15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 2 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 3 – Application 18/983124
Claim 15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 4 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1,15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 5 – Application 18/983124
Claim 9 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 6 – Application 18/983124
Claim 9 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 7 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3-6 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 8 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 9 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 10 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 11 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 12 – Application 18/983124
Claim 15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 13 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1, 15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 14 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1,15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 15 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 16 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 17 – Application 18/983124
Claim 15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 18 – Application 18/983124
Claim 1,15 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 19 – Application 18/983124
Claim 9 – Patent 11,775,385
Claim 20 – Application 18/983124
Claim 3-6 – Patent 11,775,385
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
Tsern; Ely K. et al. US 20130139032 A1
Hara; Tokumasa et al. US 20090319840 A1
EGUCHI; Yasuyuki US 20170242585 A1
YUN; Eun-Jin US 20140122974 A1
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TAKIZAWA; Ryousuke US 20130024744 A1
Schaefer; Scott E. et al. US 20200278908 A1
Hsieh; Chao-Kuei US 20190205248 A1
Park; Jong-wook US 20130275830 A1
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