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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 .
Case Status
The current application is a CON3 of 18/488,770, now US Patent 12,499,416, and CON2 of 18/159,502, Jan. 25, 2023, which is US Patent 11,847,613, which is a CON1 of 16/791,760 which is U.S. Patent No. 11,599,855.
Claim Status
Claims 1-20 are pending. They comprise of 2 groups:
System1: 1-10, and
Method1: 11-20.
All appear to have similar scope and will be rejected together.
A system configured to provide a user interface of a collaboration environment, the system comprising:
[I] one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
[1] effectuate communication of information from a server to a remotely located client computing platform over one or more network connections so that the remotely located client computing platform presents a user interface of a collaboration environment, the user interface including a selectable user interface element that allows a first user associated with the remotely located client computing platform to implement an automation record created by a second user;
[2] determine, by the server and based on selection of the selectable user interface element within the user interface, the automation record created by the second user is being implemented, the automation record defining a trigger event and including instructions to execute an automated action in response to occurrence of the trigger event;
[3] implement, by the server, the automation record by:
[4] detecting the occurrence of the trigger event based on one or more changes in state of the collaboration environment; and
[5] executing the automated action in the collaboration environment in response to the detecting the occurrence of the trigger event; and
[6] update, based on execution of the automated action, the information communicated from the server to the remotely located client computing platform over the one or more network connections so that the user interface presented via the remotely located client computing platform displays an attribution label, the attribution label identifying the second user as a creator of the automation record to facilitate awareness of who created the automation record.
Note: for referential purpose, numerals [1]-[6] are added to the beginning of each step.
Double Patenting
The current application is a continuation of application (1st) 16/791,760 which is U.S. Patent No. 11,599,855).
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,599,855.
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,599,855. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the difference between these two set of claims is that claim 1 of U.S. Patent no. 11,599,855 contains an established Internet connection, communication of information between the server and the remoted client computing platform, and the step of monitoring environment state information which are included/taught in the first 3 steps of claim 1.
The current application is a continuation of application (2nd) 18/159,502 which is U.S. Patent No. 11,847,613).
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,847,613.
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,847,613. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the difference between these two set of claims is that claim 1 of U.S. Patent no. 11,847,613 contains a “manage, …, environmental state information maintaining a collaboration environment..” which is inherently included in step “effectuate communication…” and “detecting the occurrence…” of current application.
The current application is a continuation of application (3rd) 18/488,770, which is U.S. Patent No. 11,847,613).
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 12,499,416.
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 12,499,416. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the difference between these two set of claims is that claim 1 of U.S. Patent no. 12,499,416 contains two more steps of “establish a network connection” and “obtain … selection of the selectable user interface element” which are inherently included in step 1 of application 19/340,979. Also the “monitoring …” and “detecting occurrence” steps of claim 1 of U.S. Patent no. 12,499,416 are inherently included in the “detecting the occurrence of the trigger event…” of claim 1 of the current application.
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 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); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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/TAN D NGUYEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3689
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