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`12/28/2006
`11/617,509
`TITLE OF INVENTION: APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING. CONVERTING AND TRANSMITTING A VISUAL IMAGE SIGNAL VIA A DIGITAL
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`11/617,509
`TITLE OF INVENTION: APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING, CONVERTING AND TRANSMITTING A VISUAL IMAGE SIGNAL VIA A DIGITAL
`TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
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`4247
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF CONINEERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING 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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`11/617,509
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`12/28/2006
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`David A Monroe
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`06-0719
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`4247
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`MOORP I ANDRPY
`wogsnommm
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`SUITE 100
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`SAFAIPOU'R, HOUSHANG
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`2625
`DATE MAILED: 11/16/2009
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
`11/617,509 MONROE, DAVID A
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`Notice of Allowability
`Examiner
`Art Unit
`HOUSHANG SAFAIPOUR 2625
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL—85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`1. E This communication is responsive to RCE filed on 10/20/2009.
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`2. [XI The allowed claim(s) is/are 43-73.
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`3. I] Acknowledgment is made ofa claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)—(d) or (f).
`a) [I All
`b) [I Some*
`c) [I None
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`1. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3. El Copies ofthe certified copies ofthe priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* Certified copies not received:
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE “MAILING DATE” ofthis communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
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`4. D A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF
`INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient.
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`5. I] CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as “replacement sheets”) must be submitted.
`(a) El including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached
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`1) El hereto or 2) [I to Paper No./Mai| Date
`(b) I] including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment / Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mai| Date _.
`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawings in the front (not the back) of
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`6. El DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`Attachment(s)
`1. E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2. El Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
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`5. El Notice of Informal Patent Application
`6. El Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mai| Date
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`Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`7.
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`/Houshang Safaipour/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2625
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`8.
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`Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`3. IE Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mai| Date
`4. El Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
`9. El Other
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`EXAMINER ’S AMENDMENT
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`1.
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`An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes
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`and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided by CFR
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`1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the
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`payment of issue fee.
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`Authorization to amend the claims was given in telephone interview with Jeffrey D. Hunt
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`(Registration No. 38,189) on August 12, 2009.
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`In the claims:
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`62. (currently amendcd) Thc apparatus according to claim 62 fl and further comprising:
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`the first housing section being supported for pivotal movement relative to the second housing
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`section about a pivot axis.
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`74.
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`Canceled
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`75.
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`Canceled
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`76.
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`Canceled
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`/H0ushang Safaipour/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2625
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 3 7 CFR 1.114
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`1.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in
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`37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after allowance or after an Office action under Ex
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`Parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213 (Comm'r Pat. 1935). Since this application is eligible
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`for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(c) has been
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`timely paid, prosecution in this application has been reopened pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.
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`Applicant's submission filed on 10/20/2009 has been entered.
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`Reasons 0r Allowance
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`_[\)
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`3.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-42 and 74-76 are canceled.
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`Claims 43—73 are allowed.
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`This is examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance.
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`Regarding claims 43—73, the prior art, either singularly or in combination, does not teach
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`or suggest an apparatus comprising:
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`a portable housing, the portable housing being wireless:
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`an image collection device supported by the portable housing, the image collection
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`device being operable to provide visual image data of a field of view;
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`memory supported by the portable housing, the memory being suitable to receive visual
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`image data in digital format, the memory being suitable to retain the visual image data in digital
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`format,
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`an input device supported by the portable housing, the input device being operable by the
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`user;
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`operation of the input device by the user enabling the memory to retain the visual image
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`data in digital format, the memory being suitable to provide retained visual image data in digital
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`format;
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`media supported by the portable housing, the media being suitable to embody at least one
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`compression algorithm;
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`at least one processing platform supported by the portable housing, the at least one
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`processing platform being operable to execute the at least one compression algorithm, the at least
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`one processing platform being provided the retained visual image data in digital format,
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`execution of the at least one compression algorithm providing compressed visual image data;
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`a display supported by tile portable housing, the display being operable to display for
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`viewing by a user a perceptible visual image of the field of view, the perceptible visual image
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`being generated from the visual image data in digital format;
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`a mobile phone supported by the portable housing, the mobile phone being operable to
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`send to a remote recipient a Wireless transmission, the Wireless transmission conveying the
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`compressed digital image data; and
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`movement by the user of the portable housing commonly moving the image collection
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`device,
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`movement by the user of the portable housing commonly moving the display.
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`The features identified, in combination with other claim limitations, are neither suggested
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`nor discussed by the prior art of record.
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`Allowance.”
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`/H0ushang Safaipour/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2625
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