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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FlUNG DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`10/765,487
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`01127/2004
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`Mario Boisvert
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`l4-733C2D l
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`9537
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`05/30/2008
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`T A ROLLI, SUNDfiELM, COVELL & TUMMJNO, LLP
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`EXAMINER
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`FLETCHER, MARLON T
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2837
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`MAIL DATE
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`05/30/2008
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time peliod for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`10/765,487
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`Examiner
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`BOISVERT ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`Marion T. Fletcher
`2837
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`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1 )1:8:1 Responsive to communication( s) filed on 10 January 2008.
`2a)[8J This action is FINAL.
`2b)0 This action is non-final.
`3)0 Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)[8J Claim(s) 1-37 is/are pending in the application.
`4a) Of the above claim(s) __ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`5)[8J Claim(s) 1-32.36 and 37 is/are allowed.
`6)1:8:1 Claim(s) 33-35 is/are rejected .
`7)0 Claim(s) __ is/are objected to.
`8)0 Claim(s) __ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)0 The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`10)0 The drawing(s) filed on __ is/are: a)O accepted or b)O objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
`11 )0 The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PT0-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)0 Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a)O All b)O Some* c)O None of:
`1.0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ .
`3.0 Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`4) 0 Interview Summary (PT0-413)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark OffiCe
`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20080527
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`Application/Control Number: 10/765,487
`Art Unit: 2837
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`Page 2
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Rejections- 35 USC§ 102
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`1.
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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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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public
`use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the United
`States.
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`2.
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`Claims 33-35 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`Okuyama et al. (4,608,637).
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`Okuyama et al. disclose an apparatus for controlling motion of.a motor driven
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`element over a range of motion and for altering said motion when undesirable
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`resistance to the motion is encountered, said apparatus comprising: a sensor (6a, 6ab,
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`6d, 6da) for measuring a parameter of a motor coupled to the motor driven element that
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`varies in response to a resistance to motion during all or part of a range of motion of the
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`motor driven element (column 7, lines 49-62); a memory for storing a number of
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`measurement values from the sensor based on measurements of said parameter over
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`at least a portion of the range of motion (column 8, line 51-64 ); a controller
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`(microcomputer 9) coupled to the memory for determining to de-activate the motor
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`based on the measurement values stored in the memory as the motor driven element
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`moves over its range of motion; and a controller interface coupled to the motor (Ma, Md,
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`Mab, Mda) for altering motion of said motor driven element in response to a
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`determination made by the controller (column 5, lines 9-60), wherein altering is also in
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`response to a determination that the parameter is outside the parameter range.
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`Application/Control Number: 10/765,487
`Art Unit: 2837
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`Page 3
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`As recited in claim 33, Okuyama et al. disclose an apparatus for controlling
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`activation of a motor coupled to a motor vehicle window or panel for moving said.
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`window or panel along a travel path and deactivating the motor if an obstacle is
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`encountered by the window or panel, said apparatus comprising: a sensor for sensing
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`movement of the window or panel and providing a sensor output signal related to a
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`speed of movement of the window or panel (discussed above; column 7, lines 30-37),
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`and a controller having an interface coupled to the sensor and the switch for controllably
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`energizing the motor (figure 4a); said controller sensing a collision with an obstruction
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`when power is applied to the controller by: monitoring movement of the window or panel
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`by monitoring a signal from the sensor related to the movement of the window or panel
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`(column 7, lines 6-23; and column 8, lines 35-50), identifying a collision of the window or
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`panel with an obstacle due to a change in the signal from the sensor that is related to a
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`change in movement of the window or panel (Abstract; and column 8, lines 51-64 ); and
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`outputting a control signal to said switch to deactivate said motor in response to a
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`sensing of a collision between an obstacle and said window or panel (column 8, line 65
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`-column 9, line 7).
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`With respect to claims 34, Okuyama et al. a Hall-effect sensor (6a-) and a
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`magnetic pick-up (7a-).
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`As recited in claim 35, Okuyama et al. disclose the apparatus, wherein the
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`controller comprises a programmable controller including a processing unit for executing
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`a control program and including a memory for storing multiple window or panel speed
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`values corresponding to a signal received from the sensor (column 6, lines 52-60).
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`Application/Control Number: 10/765,487
`Art Unit: 2837
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`3.
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`Claims 1-32 and 36-37 are allowed.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments filed 1/10/2008 have been fully considered but they are
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`not persuasive.
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`Applicant's arguments are mostly persuasive. However, with regards to claims
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`33-35, the examiner believes that there is no distinction over the prior art. Therefore the
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`rejection to those claims remain.
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time
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`policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within
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`TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not
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`mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
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`than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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`Application/Control Number: 10/765,487
`Art Unit: 2837
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`examiner should be directed to Marlon T. Fletcher whose telephone number is 571-272-
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`/Marlon T Fletcher/
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`Application/Control No.
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`Index of Claims
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`Ill Ill IIIII II II I 1111
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`10765487
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`Examiner
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`Fletcher, Marlen T
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
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`BOISVERT ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2837
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`Rejected
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`Cancelled
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`Restricted
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`Interference
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`Objected
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`Application/Control No.
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`Index of Claims
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`Ill Ill IIIII II II I 1111
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`10765487
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`Examiner
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`Fletcher, Marlen T
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
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`BOISVERT ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2837
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`Rejected
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`Cancelled
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`Allowed
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`Restricted
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`Interference
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