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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 .
The action is responsive to the following communication: an application filed on 01/24/2025 where:
Claims 1-4 are currently pending.
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement.
Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
Claims 1-4 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-4 of U.S. Patent No. 12,238,253. Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the only difference between the claims of the instant application and the U.S. Patent No. 12,238,253 claims is a “a copy executor” rather than a “a scan job executor”. However, using different functions such as scanning or copying in a printing device is well-known in the prior art (MPEP 2144.03}. It would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have used a copy function in a printer in order to obtain a print of the image being copied.
Instant Application 19/036,212 Claim 1
U.S. Patent No. 12,238,253 Claim 1
An image processing device comprising: a controller comprising one or more processors and a storage storing one or more instructions; a device information generator that generates device information including identification information of the image processing device; and a copy executor that executes a copy job, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: display the generated device information, receive setting information including a setting value of the copy job via a network, execute the copy job by controlling the copy job executor based on the received setting information, and execute an automatic logout when the setting information is not acquired for a certain period of time after a user login and while an authentication mode is enabled.
An image processing device comprising: a controller comprising one or more processors and a storage storing one or more instructions; a device information generator that generates device information including identification information of the image processing device; and a scan job executor that executes a scan job, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: display the generated device information, receive setting information including a setting value of the scan job and one or more e-mail addresses to which a document data is to be sent, execute the scan job by controlling the scan job executor based on the received setting information, and execute an automatic logout when the setting information is not acquired for a certain period of time after a user login and while an authentication mode is enabled.
Instant Application 19/036,212 Claim 2
U.S. Patent No. 12,238,253 Claim 2
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to display the device information at any time during at least one of a device startup period, a recovery from a sleep mode, an auto clear, and the user login when the authentication mode is enabled during the user login.
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to display the device information at any time during at least one of a device startup period, a recovery from a sleep mode, an auto clear, and the user login when the authentication mode is enabled during the user login.
Instant Application 19/036,212 Claim 3
U.S. Patent No. 12,238,253 Claim 3
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to: receive the setting information from a terminal device that reads the displayed device I information via a network service, and periodically send, to the network service, a request to acquire the setting information corresponding to the identification information.
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to: receive the setting information from a terminal device that reads the displayed device information via a network service, and periodically send, to the network service, a request to acquire the setting information corresponding to the identification information.
Instant Application 19/036,212 Claim 4
U.S. Patent No. 12,238,253 Claim 4
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the device information is encoded using one or more of a quick response code, a barcode, a symbol, and an alphanumeric.
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the device information is encoded using one or more of a quick response code, a barcode, a symbol, and an alphanumeric.
In view of this; it is noted that allowing claims 1-4 of the instant application would result in an unjustified or improper timewise extension of the "right to exclude" granted by a patent.
Conclusion
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/ANDREW H LAM/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2682
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