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
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 double patenting rejection is appropriate where the claims at issue 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).
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The patent claims include all of the limitations of the instant application claims, respectively. The patent claims also include additional limitations. Hence, the instant application claims are generic to the species of invention covered by the respective patent claims. As such, the instant application claims are anticipated by the patent claims and are therefore not patentably distinct therefrom. (See Eli Lilly and Co. v. Barr Laboratories Inc., 58 USPQ2D 1869, "a later genus claim limitation is anticipated by, and therefore not patentably distinct from, an earlier species claim", In re Goodman, 29 USPQ2d 2010, "Thus, the generic invention is 'anticipated' by the species of the patented invention" and the instant “application claims are generic to species of invention covered by the patent claim, and since without terminal disclaimer, extant species claims preclude issuance of generic application claims”).
Claims 1-18 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 12,248,662.
The present application claims the same subject matter of user terminal device and displaying method thereof, which is same as the US patent 12,248,662.
For example:
19/062,475
12,248,662
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display including a first area and a second area divided with reference to a folding line;
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
control the display to display a first screen on the first area and the second area while the display is in an unfolded state, wherein the first screen includes a plurality of user interface (UI) elements, and
based on a folding of the display with reference to the folding line being detected while the first screen is displayed, control the display to display a part of the first screen on the second area and display a second screen on the first area, wherein at least one UI element of the plurality of UI elements displayed on the first screen is moved toward the second screen.
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a display divided into a first area and a second area with reference to a folding line; a memory storing instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display a first screen on the first area and the second area, based on a folding of the display being detected while the first screen is displayed, control the display to display a part of the first screen on the second area and display a second screen on the first area.
2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second screen comprises a user interface (UI) for controlling an application displayed on the second area.
2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second screen comprises an UT for controlling an application displayed on the second area, and wherein the first screen is larger than the second screen.
3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the UI comprises at least one icon for controlling an operation of the application.
3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the application is a camera application, and the UI comprises an UI element for controlling an operation of the camera application.
3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the UI comprises at least one icon for controlling an operation of the application.
4. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the UT comprises an UI element for checking a state of the electronic apparatus.
4. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the UI comprises at least one icon for checking a current state of the electronic apparatus.
5. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to control an operation of the electronic apparatus through the UT.
5. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to: control an operation of the electronic apparatus through the UI.
6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the folding of the display with reference to the folding line being detected, remove the at least one UT element from the first screen.
6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first screen comprises a plurality of icons, and wherein the processor is further configured to, based on a folding of the display being detected, remove the plurality of icons from the first screen.
7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first screen comprises a first image, and the part of the first screen comprises a reduced first image.
7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first screen comprises a first image, and the part of the first screen comprises a reduced first image.
8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, while the display is folded with reference to the folding line, control the display to provide a visual effect of changing at least one UI element of the first screen.
8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: while the display is folded, control the display to provide a visual effect of changing at least one object of the first screen.
9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a hinge for folding or unfolding the display.
9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a hinge for folding or unfolding the display.
10. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus including a display including a first area and a second area divided with reference to a folding line, the method comprising: displaying a first screen on the first area and the second area while the display is in an unfolded state, wherein the first screen comprises a plurality of user interface (UI) elements, and,2 based on a folding of the display with reference to the folding line being detected while the first screen is displayed, displaying a part of the first screen on the second area and displaying a second screen on the first area, wherein at least one UI element of the plurality of UI elements displayed on the first screen is moved toward the second screen. I1. The method of claim 10, wherein the second screen comprises an UT for controlling an application displayed on the second area, and wherein the first screen is larger than the second screen.
10. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus including a display divided into a first area and a second area with reference to a folding line, the method comprising: displaying a first screen on the first area and the second area, based on a folding of the display being detected while the first screen is displayed, displaying a part of the first screen on the second area and display a second screen on the first area.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second screen comprises an UI for controlling an application displayed on the second area, and
wherein the first screen is larger than the second screen.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second screen includes a user interface (UI) for controlling an application displayed on the second area.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the application is a camera application, and the UI includes an UI element for controlling an operation of the camera application.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the UI includes at least one icon for controlling an operation of the application.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the UI includes an UI element for checking a current state of the electronic apparatus.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the UI includes at least one icon for checking a current state of the electronic apparatus.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein an operation of the electronic apparatus is controlled through the UI.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein an operation of the electronic apparatus is controlled through the UI.
15. The method of claim 10, further comprising, based on the folding of the display with reference to the folding line being detected, removing the at least one UI element from the first screen.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the first screen includes a plurality of icons, and wherein the method further comprises, based on a folding of the display being detected, removing the plurality of icons from the first screen.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the first screen includes a first image, and the part of the first screen includes a reduced first image.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the first screen includes a first image, and the part of the first screen includes a reduced first image.
17. The method of claim 10, further comprising, while the display is folded with reference to the folding line, displaying a visual effect of changing at least one UI element of the first screen.
17. The method of claim 10, further comprising, while the display is folded, displaying a visual effect of changing at least one object of the first screen.
18. The method of claim 10, wherein the electronic apparatus further includes a hinge for folding or unfolding the display.
18. The method of claim 10, wherein the electronic apparatus further includes a hinge for folding or unfolding the display.
Claims 1-18 are allowable over the prior art of record. The rejection(s) under the obvious double patenting rejection, set forth in this Office action, would need to be overcome.
Conclusion
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INSA . SADIO
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2628
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