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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 .
Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claims 1-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-18 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12,238,250. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
19/031842
US 12,238,250
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a user interface including a display;
an image scanner;
a printer; and
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a user interface including a display;
an image scanner;
a printer; and
a controller configured to:
perform a plurality of types of image processing including image scanning processing with the image scanner and copy processing with the image scanner and the printer;
a controller configured to:
perform a plurality of types of image processing including image scanning processing with the image scanner and copy processing with the image scanner and the printer;
cause the display to display a standby screen configured to display thereon a selected one of a plurality of screens switchable from one screen to another; and
cause the display to display a standby screen configured to display thereon a selected one of a plurality of screens switchable from one screen to another;
when a first user is logging in to the image forming apparatus, perform:
displaying a plurality of first icons to be arranged in a particular form of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns within a particular area on the standby screen, the plurality of first icons being enabled to include an icon associated with the image scanning processing, an icon associated with the copy processing, and one or more icons not associated with the plurality of types of image processing;
when a first user is logging in to the image forming apparatus, perform:
displaying a plurality of first icons to be arranged in a particular form of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns within a particular area on the standby screen, the plurality of first icons being enabled to include an icon associated with the image scanning processing, an icon associated with the copy processing, and one or more icons not associated with the plurality of types of image processing;
in said displaying the plurality of first icons, displaying, as the plurality of first icons, one or more icons associated with the first user, and one or more icons not associated with a second user, to be arranged in the particular form within the particular area, without displaying any icons associated with the second user, the second user being different from the first user;
in said displaying the plurality of first icons, displaying, as the plurality of first icons, one or more icons associated with the first user, and one or more icons not associated with a second user, to be arranged in the particular form within the particular area, without displaying any icons associated with the second user, the second user being different from the first user; and
displaying information other than the plurality of first icons outside the particular area.
displaying information other than the plurality of first icons outside the particular area; and
when the second user is logging in to the image forming apparatus, perform: displaying the plurality of second icons to be arranged in the particular form of the plurality of rows and the plurality of columns within the particular area on the standby screen, the plurality of second icons being enabled to include the icon associated with the image scanning processing, the icon associated with the copy processing, and the one or more icons not associated with the plurality of types of image processing; in said displaying the plurality of second icons, displaying, as the plurality of second icons, one or more icons associated with the second user, and one or more icons not associated with the first user, to be arranged in the particular form within the particular area, without displaying any icons associated with the first user; and displaying information other than the plurality of second icons outside the particular area.
Conclusion
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/LENNIN R RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2683
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