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`David S. Breed
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`05/20/20 ll
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`BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ
`8170 McCormick Boulevard, Suite 223
`Skokie, IL 60076-2914
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`EMMINER
`AMORES, KAREN J
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`ART UNIT
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`3616
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`APPLICATION N0.l
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`11877118
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTORI
`PATENT IN REEXAMINATION
`BREED, DAVID S.
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`BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ
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`IL 60076-2914
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`EXAMINER
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`KAREN A" BECK
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Ex.
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`Karen J. AMORES
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`Art Unit: 3616
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`Attorney Docket No. ATI-333
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`Application of:
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`David S. Breed
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`Serial No.:
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`1|/877,118
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`Confirmation No.:
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`7371
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`Filing Date:
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`October 23, 2007
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`Title:
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`Seat Load or Displacement Measuring System
`for Occupant Restraint System Control
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`Customer Number:
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`22 846
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`AMENDMENT UNDER 37 C.F.R. 1.312
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`Dear Sir:
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`May 11, 2011
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`In response to the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Action mailed March 16, 2011, please
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`amend the above-identified application as follows.
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`Amendments to the Specification are set forth on page 2 of this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments are set forth on page 3 of this paper.
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`U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/877,118
`Amendment dated May 11, 2011
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFICATION:
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`Please amend the paragraph in the specification beginning at page 1, line 4 as follows:
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`A.
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`a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/849,559 filed May 4, 2001. now US. Pat.
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`No. 6,689,962, which is a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/193,209 filed Nov. 17, 1998,'ld ;
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`new U.S. Pat. No. 6,242,704, which is a—CI-P efU.S. patent app!-icatiien Ser. No.
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`Please delete the paragraphs in the specification beginning at page 1, lines 7 and 9.
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`Please amend the paragraph in the specification beginning at page 1, line 14 as follows:
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`D.
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`a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. I0/227,781 filed Aug. 26, 2002, now U.S. Pat.
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`No. 6,792,342, which is a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/500,346 filed Feb. 8, 2000, now
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`U.S. Pat. No. 6,442,504
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`U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/877,118
`Amendment dated May 11. 2011
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`REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
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`Entry of this amendment pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §l.312 is rcspcctfully rcqucstcd.
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`In this amendment,
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`the specification has been amended to remove reference to parent
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`applications filed before U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/ 193,209, filed November 17, 1998.
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`It is
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`respectfully submitted that the pending claims are entitled to the benefit of the filing date of the ‘209
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`application.
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`No further search is required for the proposed changes because the effective filing date of the
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`claims was not a factor in the last Office Action.
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`An early and favorable action on entry and consideration of this amendment
`solicited.
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`is earnestly
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`FOR THE APPLICANT
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Brian Roffe/
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`Brian Roffe
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`Reg. No. 35,336
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`Brian Roffe, Esq.
`8170 McCormick Boulevard, Suite 223
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`Tel.: (516) 448-6435
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`Application Number:
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`SEAT LOAD OR DISPLACEMENT MEASURING SYSTEM FOR OCCUPANT
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
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`David S. Breed
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`Amendment dated Mar. 4, 2010
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`and receiver or the transmitting function could be alternated between the two devices. Also, in many
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`cases, more that dig two transmitters and receivers are used and in still other cases, other types of
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`sensors, such as weight, chemical, radiation, vibration, acoustic. seatbelt tension sensor or switch,
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`heartbeat, self tuning antennas (12, 14), motion and seat and seatback position sensors, are also used
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`alone or in combination with the transducers 6 and 8. As is also the case in FIG. 1, the transducers 6 and
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`8 are attached to the vehicle embedded in the A-pillar and headliner trim, where their presence is
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`disguised, and are connected to processor 20 that may also be hidden in the trim as shown or elsewhere.
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`Other mounting locations can also be used and, in most cases, preferred as disclosed in US RE 37260.
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`Please amend the paragraph in the specification beginning at page 19, line 27 as follows:
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`The ultrasonic or electromagnetic sensor systems [[,]] 6, 8, 9 and 10 in FIG. 7 can be controlled
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`or driven, one at a time or simultaneously, by an appropriate driver circuit such as ultrasonic or
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`electromagnetic sensor driver circuit 58 shown in FIG. 9.
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`The transmitters of the ultrasonic or
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`electromagnetic sensor systems 6, 8, 9 and 10 transmit respective ultrasonic or electromagnetic waves
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`toward the seat 4 and transmit pulses (see FIG. 10(c)) in sequence at times t1, t2, t3 and t4 (t4 > t3 > t2 >
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`t1) or simultaneously (t1=t2=t3=t4). The reflected waves of the ultrasonic or electromagnetic waves are
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`received by the receivers ChA—ChD of the ultrasonic or electromagnetic sensors 6, 8, 9 and 10. The
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`receiver ChA is associated with the ultrasonic or electromagnetic sensor system 8, the receiver ChB is
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`associated with the ultrasonic or electromagnetic sensor system 5, the receiver Gk]; 1 is associated
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`with the ultrasonic or electromagnetic sensor system 6, and the receiver ChD is associated with the
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`ultrasonic or electromagnetic sensor system 9.
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`Change(s) applie
`to document,
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`Please amend the paragraph in the specification beginning at page 31, line N as follows:
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`The process of adapting a system of occupant or object sensing transducers to a vehicle is
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`4/26/20‘ I
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`described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/940,881, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,663.502, and is
`incorporated by reference herein.
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`Please amend the paragraph in the specification beginning at page 34, line 32,723 follows:
`A process for adapting an ultrasonic system to a vehicle will now be described. Note, some steps
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`will not apply to some vehicles. A more detailed list of steps is provided in Appendix 2 of U.S. patent
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`application Ser. No. 10/940,881, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,663,502.
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`incorporated by reference herein.
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`Although the pure ultrasonic system is described here for automotive applications, a similar or analogous
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`set of steps applies for other vehicle types and when other technologies such as weight and optical
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`AMORES. KARENI
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`10/23/2007
`11/877,118
`TITLE OF HVVENTION: SEAT LOAD OR DIS PLACEMENT MEASURING SYSTEM FOR OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM CONTROL
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`7371
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