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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
Information Disclosure Statement
The Information Disclosure Statement filed on 16 Jan 2025 has been considered by the examiner.
Double Patenting
Claim 1 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 11, 494,077 in view of Janzen (Pub. No. US 2005/0228939).
Claim Correspondence
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 11,494,077
1
1. Janzen [par. 0007-0008] provides the additional teaching of a signal containing address and command signals. It would be obvious to send multiple types of data over the same signal line to reduce complexity by reducing the number of required lines.
Claim 1, 10, 21, and 30 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 2, 9, and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 11, 494,077 in view of Kim (Pub. No. US 2007/0165457).
Claim Correspondence
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 11,836,347
1
1. Kim [par. 0032; claim 1] provides the additional teaching of a signal containing data and command signals. It would be obvious to send multiple types of data over the same signal line to reduce complexity by reducing the number of required lines.
10
9
21
2
30
10
Claim 11 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 11, 494,077 in view of Janzen (Pub. No. US 2005/0228939) and IM (Pub. No. US 2008/0162790).
Claim Correspondence
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 11,494,077
11
1. Janzen [par. 0007-0008] provides the additional teaching of a signal containing address and command signals. It would be obvious to send multiple types of data over the same signal line to reduce complexity by reducing the number of required lines.
Im [figs. 1-2; pars. 0007-0008, 0090] provides the additional teaching of a NAND flash memory with channels and pins. It would be obvious to provide this arrangement to improve performance.
Claim 1, 10, 21, and 30 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 2, 9, and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 11, 494,077 in view of Kim (Pub. No. US 2007/0165457) and IM (Pub. No. US 2008/0162790).
Claim Correspondence
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 11,836,347
11
1. Kim [par. 0032; claim 1] provides the additional teaching of a signal containing data and command signals. It would be obvious to send multiple types of data over the same signal line to reduce complexity by reducing the number of required lines.
Im [figs. 1-2; pars. 0007-0008, 0090] provides the additional teaching of a NAND flash memory with channels and pins. It would be obvious to provide this arrangement to improve performance.
“A later patent claim is not patentably distinct from an earlier patent claim if the later claim is obvious over, or anticipated by, the earlier claim. In re Longi, 759 F.2d at 896, 225 USPQ at 651 (affirming a holding of obviousness-type double patenting because the claims at issue were obvious over claims in four prior art patents); In re Berg, 140 F.3d at 1437, 46 USPQ2d at 1233 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (affirming a holding of obviousness-type double patenting where a patent application claim to a genus is anticipated by a patent claim to a species within that genus). “ ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v BARR LABORATORIES, INC., United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (DECIDED: May 30, 2001).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-9 and 12-20, 22-29, and 31-40 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Claims allowable for reciting the same language found allowable in the parent cases.
Conclusion
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LARRY T. MACKALL
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2131
24 January 2026
/LARRY T MACKALL/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2139