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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
Rejections have been removed in response to amendments. For example, claim 1 recites a display device comprising a display and a processor configured to cause the display to display a representative travel path representative of a travel path traveled by a vehicle; thus, the claim directed to a display device comprising a device and a processor, which are devices. All other limitations relate to the shape and orientation of the representative travel path do not posses any patentable weight since the recited limitation does not require the processor to generate the representative travel path based on magnitude of lateral acceleration that needed to be detected by sensor of the vehicle, for example; thus, these limitation do not constitutes abstract idea.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Rejections have been removed in response to amendments.
For examination purpose, claims 1, 6 and 15 are broadly considered as a method and a display device comprising a display and a processor configured to cause the display to display a representative travel path representative of a travel path traveled by a vehicle.
All other limitations relate to the shape and orientation of the representative travel path do not posses any patentable weight since the recited limitation does not require the processor to generate the representative travel path based on magnitude of lateral acceleration that needed to be detected by sensor of the vehicle, for example.
Similarly, claims 2-5, 7-14 and 16-18 further limit the shape and orientation of the representative travel path do not posses any patentable weight, and they will be rejected in combination with claims 1, 6 and 15 as being a method and a display comprising a display and a processor configured to cause the display to display a representative travel path representative of a travel path traveled by a vehicle.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-18 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Okada (WO 2020100332 A1).
Regarding claims 1-18, Okada discloses a method and a display device for vehicle behavior (e.g. Abstract), the display device comprising: a display (e.g. Fig. 17: 305a, 305) and a processor (e.g. Fig. 15: 304) configured to cause the display to display a representative travel path a travel path of the vehicle and/or an acceleration representation path representative of an acceleration of a vehicle along a travel path of the vehicle (e.g. Figs. 1 & 19).
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 06/03/2026 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
Rejections under 35 U.S.C. 101 and 35 U.S.C. 112 have been removed in response to the amendments; however, as explained above, the amendments recite limitations directed to a display device comprising a display and a processor configured to display a representative travel path; however, the claimed invention does not require the processor to generate the representative travel path, and the claimed invention does not clearly define how the representative travel path is being generated without reciting necessary component, such as sensor for detecting/determining lateral acceleration of the vehicle. Thus, displaying the representative travel path is considered as intended use of the claimed invention (i.e. display and processor), and Okada discloses a processor that is capable of displaying any representative travel path on a display.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/KAM WAN MA/Examiner, Art Unit 2688
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