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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 § 103
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 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 1-2 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Ahn KR 20100092326 and in view of Wood US 6142784
Claim 1: The Ahn reference provide a teaching of an electronic educational toy for children, comprising:
a toy body (see FIG. 2 item 11) , wherein:
the toy body comprises a body (see FIG. 2 item 11), a rotating block group (see page 4 3rd complete paragraph and page 4 ), a control module (see page 5 paragraph 1 controller 3 ), and
a display module (see page 4 paragraph 3 rotating display unit),
the rotating block group comprises a plurality of rotating blocks (see page 4 3rd complete paragraph item 21),
the plurality of rotating blocks are rotatably connected to the body (see FIG. 1 item 21 are connected to the body 11),
each of the plurality of rotating blocks is disposed with a plurality of display screens (see see page 4 3rd complete paragraph item 21 plurality of monitor)
the plurality of display screens of the plurality of rotating blocks currently in a same plane as the display module is used as an exhibition surface (see FIG. 2 item 2)
the control module is disposed on the body and is electrically connected to the setting module, the plurality of display screens of each of the plurality of rotating blocks, and the display module,
the control module generates a corresponding data group according to a selected game mode of the different game modes (see page 4 2nd complete paragraph data connection groove and page 5 first paragraph controller 3)
the plurality of display screens of the plurality of rotating blocks display the corresponding data group (see page 4 4th complete paragraph).
the display module displays the content currently displayed on the exhibition surface of the plurality of rotating blocks in real time and displays the judgment result (see page 2 1st complete paragraph).
The Ahn reference is silent on the teaching of a setting module is disposed on the body to select different game modes, the control module judges whether content currently displayed on the exhibition surface of the plurality of rotating blocks is correct according to the selected game mode and outputs a judgment result.
However, the Wood reference provides a teaching of a setting module is disposed on the body to select different game modes, the control module judges whether content currently displayed on the exhibition surface of the plurality of rotating blocks is correct according to the selected game mode and outputs a judgment result (see col. 7:25-35).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the with the feature of a setting module is disposed on the body to select different game modes, the control module judges whether content currently displayed on the exhibition surface of the plurality of rotating blocks is correct according to the selected game mode and outputs a judgment result, as taught by the Wood reference, in order to provide an interactive game to the user and increasing the chance
Claim 2: The Ahn reference is silent on the teaching of when the selected game mode is a sort mode, the control module determines whether numbers currently disposed on the exhibition surface of the plurality of rotating blocks are arranged in a preset order.
However, the Wood reference provides a teaching of when the selected game mode is a sort mode, the control module determines whether numbers currently disposed on the exhibition surface of the plurality of rotating blocks are arranged in a preset order (see col. 5:60-6:5).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the Ahn reference with the feature of when the selected game mode is a sort mode, the control module determines whether numbers currently disposed on the exhibition surface of the plurality of rotating blocks are arranged in a preset order, as taught by the Wood reference, in order to provide an interactive game to the user and increasing the chance
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 3-10 are 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.
Conclusion
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/ROBERT J UTAMA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3715
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