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`«The MAILING DA TE 0! this communication appears on the cover sheet wlth the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS IOR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
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`'THIS NOTICE or ALLOWABILITY Is NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is sublect to withdrawal from issue at .
`the initiative of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEi’ 1308.
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`2. CI Certified copies of the priority dOCuments have been received In Application No.
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`‘3. CI Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents'have been received in this national stage
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`1. DZI This communication is responsive to the amendment filed 4/76/2002
`2. IXI The allowed cieimis) is/are 2—37
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`4. CI Acknowledgement is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119IaI-(d). #6) g
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`Ia) CI The translation of the foreign language provisional application has been received.
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`61D Acknowledgement is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 120 and/or 121.
`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE" of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below. Failure to timely comply will result In ABANDONMENT of this, application. THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS'NOT
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`7. III A SUBSTITUTE OATH on DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF
`INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reasonis) why ’the oath or declaration is deficient.
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`Identifying lndicie such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.841s” should be written on the drawings In the top margin Inot the back) 0!
`each sheet. The drawings should be filed as a separate paper with a transmittal letter addressed to the Official Dmftepereon.
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`9.I:I DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
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`3 I] Notice of Draftsperson‘a Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
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`Serial Number: 09/223, 545
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`Art Unit: 1773 '
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`The application has been amended as follows:
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`in the Abstract, lines 1-6 have been replaced by'the following:
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`Thevfollowing is-an examiner's statement ofreasons for allowance:
`The prior art ofrecord fails to disclose or suggest a metallized composite comprising a .
`first thermoplastic layer, an intermediate discontinuous-layer comprising discrete islands ofmetal ,
`embedded within an adhesive layer, and a second thermoplastic layer Specifically, KURFMAN
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`‘ ET AL '6l9 and '822 fail to disclosea laminate containing a discontinuous metal layer, while WO I
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`96/33026 and EP 0 358 445 and EP 0 616 906 and EISFELLER ’871 each fail to discloses
`thermoplastic laminates containing a discontinuous metal layer comprising metal particles
`embedded vi/ithin an adhesive layer which lies between tyvo thermoplastic sheets.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the
`payment ofthe issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue
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`Art Unit: 1773
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are‘unsuccessful, the examiner's supervisor,
`Mr. Paul Thibodeau, can be reached on (703) 308-2367. ,
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`For Art Unit 1773, the official fax phone numbers are as follows:
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