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`In re PATENT APPLICATION OF:
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`Attorney Docket:
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`2655-0185
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`NetZPhonc, Inc. (Patent No. 6,009,469)
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`Group Art Unit:
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`3992
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`Control No.:
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`90/010,422
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`Examiner: KOSOWSKI, Alexander
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`Issue Date: December 28, 1999
`Title: GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE FOR
`INTERNET TELEPHONY APPLICATION
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`Confirmation No.2
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`6565
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`SECOND DECLARATION OF KETAN MAYER—PATEL UNDER 37 C.F.R. 1.132
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`Hon. Commissioner of' Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313—1450
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`1. INTRODUCTION
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`1.
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`I am the same Ketan Mayer-Patel that filed a Declaration in response to the first Office
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`Action in the re-examination of US. Patent No. 6,009,469 (hereinafter “the ‘469 patent”).
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`2.
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`3.
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`I have reviewed the outstanding Office Action dated May 10, 2010.
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`I understand that claims 8, 9, and 14-18 were alleged to be obvious over the combination
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`of NetBlOS and Pinard (US. Patent No. 5,533,110), either alone or in combination with the
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`VocalChat User’s Guide, and claims 8, 9, and 14-18 were alleged to be obvious over the
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`combination of the Etherphone papers in view of Pinard, either alone or in combination with the
`VocalChat User’s Guide.
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`4.
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`I understand that in response to evidence presented in my first Declaration the Office
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`Action now alleges “under a broadest reasonable interpretation, this [accessible] limitation could
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`simply mean that a user is registered with the system.” As this argument was not presented in
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`the first Office Action, I was not able to know that such a position needed to be addressed.
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`5.
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`I do not believe that one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made
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`would have believed that the definitions proposed by the Office Action are proper —— even under
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`a “broadest reasonable interpretation” standard.
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 001
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 001
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`Re-Examination of Patent No. 6,009,469
`Control No.: 90/010,422
`Filed:
`February 24, 2009
`Second Declaration of Ketan Mayer-Patel under 37 C.F.R. 1.132
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`6.
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`The dictionary definitions of “accessible” and “registered” show that they are not
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`synonymous with each other. See Exhibit 1 attached hereto. According to the definitions, a
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`system such as NetBlOS would indicate whether a name is “registered” (e.g., recorded or listed),
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`but it would not indicate that a callee process is accessible (e. g., easy to reach or use or easily
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`approached or entered).
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`7.
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`Accordingly, I do not agree that “under a broadest reasonable interpretation, this
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`[accessible] limitation could simply mean that a user is registered with the system.”
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`8.
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`In fact, NetBlOS explicitly provides for permanent registration of names. As described
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`in Section 15.1.3.2 of RFC 1001, “Names held by an NBNS are given a lifetime during name
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`registration.” The same section further states “The lifetime period is established through a simple
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`negotiation mechanism during name registration: In the name registration request, the end-node
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`proposes a lifetime value or requests an infinite lifetime. The NBNS places an actual lifetime
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`value into the name registration response. The NBNS is always allowed to respond with an
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`infinite actual period.” (Emphasis added.) Thus, in any number of cases, the NBNS may
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`demand an infinite lifetime for names registered by nodes, with the effect that the NBNS would
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`deliberately preserve the name and address information registered by a node permanently on the
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`NBNS even weeks, months or years after the node had stopped using the name or had gone off-
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`line altogether. Therefore, the correspondence between a name and an IP address is not
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`indicative that a first callee process is accessible.
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`9.
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`Moreover, the node requesting information on whether a name is registered does not
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`receive an indication from the NBNS that the registered name corresponds to a name that has
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`been given an infinite lifetime and could therefore be completely out-of—date. Section 4.2.13 of
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`RFC 1002 describes the Positive Name Query Response (reproduced below) that is returned
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`when a name has been registered, and there is no indication that the returned address is for a
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`name associated with an identified lifetime, let alone an infinite lifetime.
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 002
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 002
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`Re-Examination of Patent No. 6,009,469
`Control No.: 90/010,422
`Filed:
`February 24, 2009
`Second Declaration of Ketan Mayer-Patel under 37 CPR 1.132
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`In addition, there is no indication in the Positive Name Query Response disclosed by
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`11.
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`Furthermore, RFC 1002 further shows that a name registration is not an indication of
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`whether a first callee process is accessible since a NBNS can refuse to release registered names
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`For policy reasons. As described in Section 4.2.9, a node may request that a name be released
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`using a Name Release Request (reproduced below).
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 003
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 003
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`Re-Examination of Patent No. 6,009,469
`Control No.: 90/010,422
`Filed:
`February 24, 2009
`Second Declaration ofKetan Mayer-Patel under 37 C.F.R. 1.132
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`In response, as shown in Section 4.2.11, a server can generate a Negative Name Release
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`Response, as shown below.
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 004
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 004
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`Control No.: 90/010,422
`Filed:
`February 24, 2009
`Second Declaration of Ketan Mayer—Patel under 37 CPR. 1.132
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`13.
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`Thus, the registration of a name does not indicate that NetBIOS discloses that a “first
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`callee process is accessible.”
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 005
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 005
`
`
`
`Re-Examination of Patent No. 6,009,469
`Control N0.: 90/010,422
`Filed:
`February 24, 2009
`Second Declaration of Ketan Mayer—Patel under 37 C.F.R. 1.132
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`14.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that
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`all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further that these
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`statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any
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`patent issued thereon.
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`Dated:
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`July 12, 2010
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`Ketan Mayer-Patel, PhD.
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 006
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 006
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`EXHIBIT 1
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 007
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 007
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`ac'ces-sible [ak—ses-uh-buhl]
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`~adjective
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`speak with, or use.
`1. easy to approach, reach,
`2. that can be used, entered, reached, ctc.: an accessible road; accessible ruins.
`3. obtainable; attainable: accessible evidence.
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`4. open to the influence of (usually fol. by to ): accessible to bribery.
`Dictionary.com Unabridged
`Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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`ac-cessi'ble
`adj.
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`(ak—sés'o-bol)
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`l.
`2.
`3.
`4.
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`Easily approached or entered.
`Easily obtained: accessible money.
`Easy to talk to or get along with: an accessible manager.
`Easily swayed or influenced: accessible to flattery.
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`aC'ces'si‘bil'i‘ty , aC‘ces'si-ble-ness n. , aC'ces'si-bly adv.
`The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
`Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
`Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 008
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 008
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`registered [rej-uh-sterd]
`—adjective
`1. recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
`2. Commerce . officially listing the owner's name with the issuing corporation and suitably
`inscribing the certificate, as with bonds to evidence title. Abbreviation: r
`3. officially or legally certified by a government officer or board: a registered patent.
`4. denoting cattle, horses, dogs, etc., having pedigrees verified and filed by authorized
`associations of breeders.
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`dictionarycorn
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`registered (réj'i—sterd)
`adj.
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`Having the owner's name listed in a register: registered bonds.
`1.
`Having the pedigree recorded and verified by an authorized association of breeders: a
`2.
`registered golden retriever.
`3.
`Officially qualified or certified: a registered pharmacist.
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`The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
`Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
`Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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`registered
`Main Entry:
`adjective
`Part of Speech:
`Definition:
`recorded
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`Synonyms:
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`cataloged, certified, enrolled
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`registered
`Main Entry:
`adjective
`Part of Speech:
`Definition:
`pedigreed
`Synonyms:
`blooded, full-blooded, pure-blooded, purebred, thoroughbred
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`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et al. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 009
`Petitioner Vonage Holdings Corp. et a1. - Exhibit 1028 - Page 009
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