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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`12/727,537
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`23460
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`03/19/2010
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`7590
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`05/26/2011
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`LEYDIG v01T&MAYER,LTD
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`CHICAGO, IL 60601-6731
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`LeRoy G. Hagenbuch
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`706047
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`3463
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`CAMBY, RICHARD M
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`3661
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOT *ICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`05/26/201 1
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e—mail address(es):
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`Chgpatent @ leydig.c0m
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`PTOL—90A (Rev, 04/07)
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Office Action Summary
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` 12/727,537 HAGENBUCH, LEROY G.
`Examiner
`Art Unit
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`3661
`Richard M. Camby
`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR1. 136(a).
`In no event however may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX () MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)|Zl Responsive to communication(s) filed on 3/18/11.
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`a)|:l This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IXI This action is non-final.
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`3)|:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)IXI Claim(s) 1-24 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)|:| Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`6)|Xl Claim(s) 1-4 and6—24 is/are rejected.
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`7)IZI Claim(s)_ is/are objected to.
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`8)I:I Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)|:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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` Attachment(s)
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`OH] The drawing(s) filed on _ is/are: a)I:I accepted or b)I:I objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`11)|:| The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)I:I AII
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`b)I:I Some * c)I:I None of:
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`1.|:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3.|:l Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`1) IZI Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) I] Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) IZI Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date _.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) I] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper N0(S )/Mai| Date. _
`5)I:I Notice 0f Informal Patent Application
`6)I:I Other:—
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No. /Mai| Date 20110515
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`Application/Control Number: 12/727,537
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`Art Unit: 3661
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Terminal Disclaimer
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`The terminal disclaimer filed on 12/13/10 disclaiming the terminal portion of any
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`patent granted on this application which would extend beyond the expiration date of
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`patents 7,765,039 and 7,039,507 has been reviewed and is accepted. The terminal
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`disclaimer has been recorded.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(e) the invention was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section 122(b), by
`another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent
`granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention by the
`applicant for patent, except that an international application filed under the treaty defined in section
`351 (a) shall have the effects for purposes of this subsection of an application filed in the United States
`only if the international application designated the United States and was published under Article 21(2)
`of such treaty in the English language.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-24 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated
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`by Camhi et al. 5,430,432.
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`The patent to Camhi et al. discloses in Figure 1 a device that may be used with a
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`truck, bus, automobile or motorcycle as disclosed in Column 3, last line. Figure 3 is a
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`more complex form of the device as disclosed in columns 5-8. The device oif figure 3
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`uses a microprocessor 14b to gather vehicle parameters. As disclosed in column 5, last
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`paragraph the device has a storage unit 268 and interface 30 as well as external
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`terminal 36 that can be used through line 248. Column 6, lines 30-35 notes that the
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`brake rotors and drums as well as the wheels can be monitored. Column 7, lines 10-18
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`note that steering wheel position and throttle position may be monitored and recorded
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`prior to a crash or collision as recited in column 7, lines 57-68. Column 8 discloses that
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`the parameters before the crash can be recorded and sent to a remote location through
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`output interface 30.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claim 2 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Camhi et
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`al ‘432.
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`The patent to Camhi et al. discloses all features of the claimed invention except
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`for the monitoring and recording engine RPM leading up to the collision. The device
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`does however record vehicle speed and throttle position which would lead one having
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`ordinary skill in the art to also monitor engine RPM ,as this is a related variable. The
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`engine RPM would be monitored in order to give a history of the engine speed in
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`relation to the throttle position and vehicle speed.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claim 5 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would
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`be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base
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`claim and any intervening claims.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Richard M. Camby whose telephone number is (571)
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`272-6958. The examiner can normally be reached on Tues-Fri 9:00 a.m.-7:OO pm.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Thomas G. Black can be reached on (571) 272-6956. The fax phone
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`number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571 -
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`273-8300.
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`system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272—1000.
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`/Richard M. Camby/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3661
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`Notice of References Cited Examiner
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`Application/Control No.
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`12/727537
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`Richard M. Camby
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
`HAGENBUCH, LEROY G.
`Art Unit
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`3661
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`Camhi et al.
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`*A copy of this reference is not being furnished with this Office action. (See MPEP § 707.05(a).)
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`PTO-892 (Rev. 01-2001)
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`Notice of References Cited
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`Part of Paper No. 20110515
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