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 .
Double Patenting
Claims 1-18 are directed to the same invention as that of claims 1-18 of commonly assigned US 12260011 B2. Under 35 U.S.C. 101, more than one patent may not be issued on the same invention.
The USPTO may not institute a derivation proceeding in the absence of a timely filed petition. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office normally will not institute a derivation proceeding between applications or a patent and an application having common ownership (see 37 CFR 42.411). The applicant should amend or cancel claims such that the reference and the instant application no longer contain claims directed to the same invention.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-18 are allowed over prior art.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Regarding Claim 1, Do in view of NOGAMI teaches a method for reading sensory augmentation comprising the steps of:
displaying a text on a reading device;
determining a current location of a reader in the text with a gaze tracking system;
identifying a subsequent location in the text;
processing the text at the subsequent location with an emotion processing unit to predict an emotional response to the text at the subsequent location;
generating a sensory augmentation routine based on the predicted emotional response;
and initiating playback of the sensory augmentation routine upon the reader reaching the subsequent location in the text;
determining if the reader is currently reading.
However in the context of claim 1 as a whole, the prior art does not teach
“stopping the playback of the sensory augmentation routine if the reader is not currently reading; and
determining a current reading speed of the reader if the reader is currently reading.” Therefore, claim 1 in the context as a whole is allowable.
Claims 2-9 are allowable by virtue of their dependencies.
Claims 10-18 are allowed for the same reason described as above.
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Conclusion
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/Samantha (YUEHAN) WANG/
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2617
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