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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address—
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`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS ES {OR REMAINS) CLOSED In this application.
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`herewith (or previously mailed}. a Notice of Allowance IPTOL—BS) or other appropriate communication will be mailed In due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOTA GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEF’ 1308.
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`This communication is responsive to an amendmentreceived Agni 29 2093.
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`The allowed claim(s) isr‘are ;4 5 and rouzo.
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`3. Ci The drawings filed onm are accepted by the Examiner.
`4. Ci Acknowledgment Is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-{d) or (f).
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`1. [3 Certified copies of the priorityr documents have been received.
`2. [:3 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
`3. [:3 Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau {PCT Rule 1T.2(a)},
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`5. D Acknowledgment is made of a‘ciaim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(2) (lo a provisional appiicafion).
`(a) i3 The translation of the foreign language provisional application has been received.
`5. a Acknowledgment is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 120 and/for 12?.
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`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 applicatloo. THIS THREE-MDRTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE
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`7. B A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must. be submitted. Mode the attached EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF
`lNFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which QIVES reason(s] why the oath Dr declaration is deficient.
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`8. E CORRECTED DRAWINGS must be submitted.
`(a) E including changes required by the Notice of Draflspereon's Patent Drawing Reviewt PTO~94B) attached
`3) Ci hereto orz) E] to Paper No. it.
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`(b) [:1 including changes required by the proposed drawing correction filed W. which has been approved by the Examiner..
`(c) [:3 including changes required bythe attached Examiner’s Amendment I Comment or In the Office action of Paper No. _____
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`Identifying Indicia such as the application number (see 3'! CFR 1.84m” should be written on the drawings Inthe top margin (not the back)
`of each sheet. The drawings should be filed as a separate paper with a Iransmittal letter addressed to the Official Draflsperson.
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`Q. C] DEPOSIT OF andr'or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE OEPOSIT OF BlOLOGlCAL MATERIAL.
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`1D Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`3E3 Notice of Drafiperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO—948)
`51:} information Disclosure Statements {PTO-1449). Paper No. _______.
`TC? Examiners Comment Regarding Requirement for‘Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`25:} Notice of Informal Patent Application {PTO-152}
`48 Interview Summary (PTO-413), Paper No.____ .
`6Q Examiner’s AmendmentiCon-rment
`8- Examiner’s Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`PTO~37 (Rev. 04-01)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`PRINTING INDUSTRIES c'i-i
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`E ‘ HIBI‘T 1105
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`AMERICA
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`09565365
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`Jerome Grant El
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`VOGT ET AL
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`Application/Control Number: 09/365,365
`Art Unit: 2624
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`Reasons for Allowance
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`1- Claims 2, 4, 6, and “30—20 are atlowed for “the‘reasons provided beiow.
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`Claim 2 is allowed for the reason the prior art does not teach or suggest, "...
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`wherein the end user facility further comprises a communication routing device coopting
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`‘ the end user facility to the communication netwurit, a computer which performs page
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`building operations, and a proctor which provides printed sampies of pages."
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`Claim 4 is aliowed for the reason the prior art does not teach or suggest in claimed
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`combination,
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`wherein said fiie processing further comprises performing open
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`prepress interface operations."
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`Claim 6 is aliowoci for the reason the prior art does not teach or suggest in ciaimecl
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`combination, “.u wherein the printing customer facility further comprises a
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`communication routing device coupling the printing company facility to the
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`communicatton network, a computer which performs imposition operations, and a plate
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`setter which exposes a printing piate."
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`Ciaims 10-15 are allowed for the reason the prior art does not teach or suggest,
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`parsing said thin Postscript file to extract data associated with low resolution images
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`and replace with high resolution data, thereby forming a fat Postscript file... creating a
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`' portable document format file from the fat Postscript file and converting said PDF file to
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`a file in ptate ready format..."
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`Claims 16—20 are allowed for the reason the prior art does not teach or suggest in
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`claimed combination, “.-. generating low resolution files corresponding to said high
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`resolution flies... providing said low resolution tiles to a remote client for the designing
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`of a page layout via a communication network... generating a mate-ready file from the
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`page layout designed by said remote client..."
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier commenications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Jerome Grant ii whose telephone number is 703-305—
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`4391. The examiner can normally be reached-on Mon.«Fri. from 9:00 to 5:00.
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`if attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's
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`supervisor. David K. Moore. can be reached on (703) BUS—T452. The fax phone number
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`fortbe organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 7'03—872u9314.
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`Any inquiry of a general nature or relating to the status of this appiicetien or
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`proceeding should be directed to the receptionist whose telephone number is 703-305-
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