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`PATENT
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`In reApplication of: Oyvind Hillesund
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`Group Art Unit: 3617
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`Serial No.:
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`09/787,723
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`Examiner:
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`J. Sotelo
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`Filed:
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`July 2, 2001
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`Atty. Dkt. No.: 2088.004100
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`For: CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING
`MARINE SEISMIC STREAMERS
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Customer No.: 28116
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`Commissioner for Patents
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`CERTIFICATE OF MAILING UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.8
`I hereby certify that this paper or fee is being deposited with the United
`States Postal Service with sufficient postage as "FIRST CLASS
`MAIL" addressed to: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box I450,
`Alexandri VA 22313-1450 on D ember 15,2005 by:
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`In compliance with the duty of disclosure under 37 C.F.R. § 1.56, it is respectfully
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`requested that this Information Disclosure Statement be entered and the documents listed on
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`attached Form PT0-1449 be considered by the Examiner and made of record. Copies of the
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`listed foreign patent documents and journal articles required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(a)(2) are
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`enclosed for the convenience of the Examiner.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R §§ 1.97(g),(h), this Information Disclosure Statement is not
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`to be construed as a representation that a search has been made, and is not to be construed to be
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`an admission that the information cited is, or is considered to be, material to patentability as
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`defined in 37 C.F.R. § 1.56(b).
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`The present Information Disclosure Statement is being filed within three months of the
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`filing date of this patent application or prior to the receipt of a first Official Action reflecting an
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`examination on the merits, and hence is believed to be timely filed in accordance with 37 C.F.R
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`§ 1.97(b ).
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`No fees are believed
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`to be due
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`in connection with the filing of this
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`Information Disclosure Statement; however, should any fees under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.16 to 1.21 be
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`deemed necessary for any reason relating to these materials, the Director is hereby authorized to
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`deduct said fees from Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C., Deposit Account No. 50-
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`0786/2088.0041 00/JAP.
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`Applicants note that there are several foreign language references. Applicants have no
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`English-language counterpart to those references, nor do they have a translation. Applicants
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`therefore offer the following descriptions of those references:
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`N0992701: From the Abstract of corresponding W09828636, this reference is cited for
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`teaching a control device (or "bird") for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer is
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`provided with an elongate, partly flexible, body which is designed to be connected electrically
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`and mechanically in series with the streamer. In its preferred form, the bird has two opposed
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`wings, which are independently controllable in order to control the streamers lateral position, as
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`well as its depth.
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`DE69702673: From the Abstract of corresponding W09828636, this reference is cited
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`for teaching a control device (or "bird") for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer
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`is provided with an elongate, partly flexible, body which is designed to be connected electrically
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`and mechanically in series with the streamer. In its preferred form, the bird has two opposed
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`wings, which are independently controllable in order to control the streamers lateral position, as
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`well as its depth.
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`EP0319716: From the Abstract, this reference is cited for teaching a method for
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`obtaining seismic data of an area, especially a sea area, in which objects such as drilling
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`platforms prevent acquisition with the aid of conventional seismology, e.g. using towed
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`streamers. The entire area is firstly subdivided into subareas, in which receiver chains are
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`arranged between two objects in each case. A sound generator is then moved relative to the
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`receiver chain along a grid, whose grid points correspond to the exiter points of the generator.
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`The fully acquired subareas are subsequently combined by a grid transformation to produce a
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`uniform 3D data volume. Aside from this, it was produced to the undersigned and was
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`represented as the result of a search related to the subject matter of the present application.
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`EP0321705: From the Abstract, the reference is cited for teaching a method for
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`obtaining seismic data of an area having a central structure, e.g. an island, with the aid of a
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`streamer towed by a ship, in which the ship describes a spiral course (2) about the central
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`structure (1) in order to obtain the data. The spiral is preferably an Archimedes spiral with
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`equidistant spacing of the individual spiral line sections. Aside from this, it was produced to the
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`undersigned and was represented as the result of a search related to the subject matter of the
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`present application.
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`EP0525391: From the Abstract, this reference is cited for teaching, in the acquisition of
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`marine seismic data using towed streamers, only a relatively narrow underground strip is
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`covered. Detecting the underground without gaps therefore requires sailing over many closely
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`neighboring profile lines.
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`In the measuring arrangement according to the invention and in the
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`method, as wide as possible an underground strip is detected by means of a single sail along a
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`profile by providing that at least one streamer is held at an acute offset angle (alpha) between its
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`longitudinal axis and the bearing of the ship and is moved through the water essentially parallel
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`to the bearing, the offset angle (alpha) being controlled form the ship in a wide angular range in
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`order to evade obstacles. The technique
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`is suitable for the rapid and cost-effective 3-
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`dimensional coverage of the marine seismology of relatively large measurement areas, in
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`particular in coastal areas and around drilling platforms. Aside from this, it was produced to the
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`undersigned and was represented as the result of a search related to the subject matter of the
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`present application.
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`Applicant respectfully requests that the listed documents be made of record in the present
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`case.
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`Date: December 15, 2005
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`WILLIAMS, MORGAN & AMERSON, P.C.
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