DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Specification
The lengthy specification has not been checked to the extent necessary to determine the presence of all possible minor errors. Applicant’s cooperation is requested in correcting any errors of which applicant may become aware in the specification.
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.
Claims 1-3 and 12-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kurota (US 10989993 B2).
As to claim 1, Kurota discloses the claimed subject matter, including projecting (column 12 lines 39-41, column 14 lines 33-38, column 17 lines 62-64, Figs. 6D, 6F, 7B, 7D, 9D, 9F) a first image including a first figure (602) from the projection device (100); displaying (Figs. 6A, 6C, 6E, 6G, 7A, 7C, 9A, 9C, 9E, column 13 lines 38-59), with the information processing device (200), a second image including a second figure (602) corresponding to the first figure on a display device different from the projection device; when moving operation of moving a position of the first figure is received by the information processing device (column 16 lines 47-49, column 17 lines 39-46), causing the information processing device to display, on the second image, in correlation with the second figure, a movement indicator indicating that the first figure is moved in the first image (column 16 lines 29-41); and projecting the first figure after the movement from the projection device (column 17 lines 31-38).
As to claim 2, the claimed limitation is disclosed by Kurota (Figs. 6A-6H, 7A-7D, 9A-9F).
As to claims 3 and 12, the claimed limitations are disclosed by Kurota (Figs. 9C, 9E, 9F, column 20 lines 24-58).
As to claim 13, the claimed limitation is disclosed by Kurota (Figs. 6C, 6D, column 13 lines 16-59).
As to claims 14 and 15, Kurota discloses the claimed subject matter, including displaying (Figs. 6A, 6C, 6E, 6G, 7A, 7C, 9A, 9C, 9E, column 13 lines 38-59), on the display device, a second image including a second figure (602) corresponding to a first figure (602) included in a first image projected from a projection device (100, column 12 lines 39-41, column 14 lines 33-38, column 17 lines 62-64, Figs. 6D, 6F, 7B, 7D, 9D, 9F); when moving operation of moving a position of the first figure is received (column 16 lines 47-49, column 17 lines 39-46), displaying, on the second image, in correlation with the second figure corresponding to the first figure selected by the moving operation, a movement indicator indicating that the first figure is moved in the first image (column 16 lines 29-41); and transmitting a projection instruction for the first figure after the movement to the projection device (column 17 lines 31-38).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-11 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
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
KUBOTA (US 20240257787 A1) discloses a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program, point selection method, and information processing apparatus.
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January 10, 2026