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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`Examiner-Initiated Interview Summary
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`13/471,161
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`Examiner
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`SHANAHAN, MICHAEL E.
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`Art Unit
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`TEMICA M. BEAMER 2646
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`Application No.
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`App|icant(s)
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`All participants (applicant, app|icant’s representative, PTO personnel):
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`(1) TEMICA M. BEAMER.
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`(2) AMY DURRANT (for JOHN KING).
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`Date of Interview: 30 October 2012.
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`(4)
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`Type:
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`I:I Video Conference
`IX] Telephonic
`I] Personal [copy given to: El applicant
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`El app|icant’s representative]
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`Exhibit shown or demonstration conducted:
`If Yes, brief description:
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`[I Yes
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`IX] No.
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`I:|112 I:|102 I:|103 Elothers
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`Issues Discussed
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`Substance of Interview
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`Confirmation was needed for the date of a reference (non Qatent literature reference #227) on an IDS submitted by
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`I:| Attachment
`/TEMICA M. BEAMER/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2646
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-413B (Rev. 8/11/2010)
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`lntervitivasummary
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`Paper No. 20120911-A
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`App|icant(s)
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`13/471,161
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`SHANAHAN, MICHAEL E.
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`TEMICA M. BEAMEFI
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`2617
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`1. IX This communication is responsive to amendmentfiled 9/7/2012.
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`4. I] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119( )—(d) or (f).
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`2. I] Notice of Draftperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO—948)
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`/TEMI