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`EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
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`1.
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`An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the
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`changes and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be
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`filed as provided by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an
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`amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
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`Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in a telephone
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`interview with Arthur K Shafer on August 27, 2012.
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`In the Claims:
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`Claims 1-11, and 35-60 are canceled.
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`Reasons for Allowance
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
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`The closest prior art is Work (US Patent No. 7,725,525). Work discloses a
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`method that matches between search queries and potential targets of such
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`search queries are automatically brokered by comparing search criteria specified
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`in the search queries with profile criteria describing potential targets, and
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`reporting instances of acceptable correspondence between the search criteria
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`and the profile criteria. The search criteria includes portions of descriptive profiles
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`of the potential targets. Descriptive profiles include some or all of an individual's
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1014 9.1
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1014 p.1
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`capabilities, history, values, interests, style, goals, projects, contacts, profiles of
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`said contacts, employment history, education history, organizational activities.
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`Applicant's arguments filed on June 28, 2012 (Pages 19-22 in particular)
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`are deemed to be persuasive and adequately reflect the Examiner's opinion as to
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`why claims 12-34 and 61 -62 are allowable over the prior art of record.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no
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`later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should
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`preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled
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`“Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
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`Conclusion
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`3.
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`The prior art made of record cited in the PTO-892 form and not relied
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`upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from
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`the examiner should be directed to Romain Jeanty whose telephone number is
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`(571 )272-6732. The examiner can normally be reached on Mon-Thurs 7:30 am
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`to 6:00 pm.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the
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`examiner’s supervisor, Lynda Jasmin can be reached on (571) 272-6782. The
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`fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is
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`assigned is 571 -273-8300.
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1014 p2
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1014 p.2
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from
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`PAIR. Status information for unpublished applications is available through
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`/Romain Jeanty/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3624
`August 25, 2012
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1014 9.3
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1014 p.3
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