VWGoA - Ex. 1007
`Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Petitioner
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`11/413,890
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`Examiner
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`ROTHSCHILD, LEIGH M.
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`Art Unit
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`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
`In no event however may a reply be timely filed
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)IXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 26 July 2010.
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`2a)IZI This action is FINAL.
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`2b)I:I This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under EX parte Quayle, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)IZI Claim(s) 25-36 and 38-44 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above Claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`6)IXI Claim(s) 25-31 34 and 38-44 is/are rejected.
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`7)IZI Claim(s) 32,33 and 35 is/are objected to.
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`8)I:I Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`10)IZ The drawing(s) filed on 26 July 2010 is/are: a)IZI accepted or b)I:I objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`11)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)I:I All
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`b)I:I Some * c)I:I None of:
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`1.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3.I:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`4) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date. _
`2) D Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) |:| Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`5) I:I Notice of Informal Patent Application
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`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date
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`6) D Other:
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20100917
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`Application/Control Number: 1 l/4l3,890
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Response to Amendment
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`This office action is in response to the remark entered on July 26th, 2010.
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`Claims 1 — 24, 37 have been cancelled.
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`Claims 25, 26, 29,33,34,35,36,38 have been amended.
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`Claims 42 - 44 has been newly added.
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`Applicant newly submitted Figure 3 has been entered.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 1 02
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 USC. 102 that form the
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`basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless ,
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`(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this
`or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for a patent.
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`7.
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`Claims 25 — 31, 34 and 38 — 44 are rejected under 35 USC. 102(a) as being anticipated
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`by Knockeart et al ( US Pat Pub 2004/0064245).
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`As for claim 25, Knocekert et al shows a system for remotely entering location
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`information into a positional information device ( See Fig 15B, Server Plan Route Step 1553,
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`1156 for Destination Specification by Operator, Fig 21A PSTN ), the system comprising:
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`a server configured to receive a request for an address of at least one location not already stored
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`in the positional information device ( See Fig 11 for address input; See Fig 4B, In-Vehicle
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`Database; Fig 14, Point of Interest Type/Address ),
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`to determine the address of the least one
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`location and to transmit the determined address to the positional information device ( See Fig
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`15A, 15B Route Plan In-Vehicle, Route Plan in Server); the positional information device
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`including a locational information module for determining location information of the positional
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`information device ( See Fig 2, GPS Receiver 252 ); a communication module for receiving the
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`determined coordinates address of the at least one location from the server ( See Fig 2, Sever
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`System 255, Cellular Transceiver 254 ); a processing module configured to receive the
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`determined coordinates address from the communication module ( See fig 2, On Board
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`Computer, Processor 212 ) and determine route guidance based on the location of the positional
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`information device ( See Fig 15A, Current Location Determination 1503 ) and the determined
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`address (See Fig 15A, Destination Specification 1502 ); and a display module for displaying the
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`route guidance ( See Fig 2, Display 242 ); and a communications network for coupling the
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`positional information device to the server ( See Fig 3, Telephone Network 350, PSTN Network
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`340).
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`As for claims 26,27, 31, and 34 Knocekert et al shows the positional information device
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`transmits an identifier with the request to the server ( Para 0124 - 0127 using particular phone
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`number via PSTN Network ); the remote computer transmits a identifier with the request to the
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`server ( Para 0124 - 0127 using particular phone number via PSTN Network );wherein the
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`identifier is a mobile phone number or an IP address ( Para 0124 - 0127 using particular phone
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`number via PSTN Network ).
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`As for claim 28, Knocekert shows the communications network is a telematics network (
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`See Fig 1 ).
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`As for claim 29 and 30, Knocekert et al shows the request is received from the positional
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`information device ( See Fig 2, In vehicle System) and the request is received from a
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`remote computer ( See Fig 20B, Personal Computer 2031 ).
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`As for claim 36, Knocekert et a1 shows the server retrieves the address from a database
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`residing on the server ( See Fig 1, Map Provider 160 ).
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`As for claims 38 - 40, Knocekert et al shows the server resolves the address of the at least
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`one location into latitude and longitude coordinates ( See Para 0128, Server System 125 provides
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`longitude and latitude ) and the address is determined by information associated to the address (
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`See Para 0133 for Map Database ) and the associated information is a name of a person residing
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`at the address, a cross street of the address, a zip code of the address, a phone number of the
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`address or an alternative spelling of the address ( Para 0083; See Fig 14, P01 Type ).
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`As for claim 41, Knocekert et al shows the server is operated by a live operator and the
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`request for the at least one location is received by voice communications ( See Fig 21, PSTN
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`Network to Operator ).
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`As for claim 42, Knocekert et al show the server is fiarther configured to transmit an
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`appropriate map related to the determined address to the positional information device ( See Fig
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`15B, Step 1562, Determine Spot Map near vehicle location; Step 1563, Send Spot Map to
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`vehicle ).
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`As for claim 43, Knocekert et al shows if the processing module of the positional
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`information device determines that a map corresponding to the determined address is not
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`available ( See Step 1506, where the additional map is unavailable and required from server),
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`the communication module transmits a second request for an appropriate map associated to the
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`determined address ( See Fig 15A, Step 1512, Receiver Spot Map ).
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`As for claim 44, Knocker et a shows the server is further configured to transmit an
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`appropriate map related to the determined address to the positional information device ( See Fig
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`15B, Step 1562, Determine Spot Map near vehicle location; Step 1563, Send Spot Map to
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`vehicle ).
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`Claim Objections
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`Claims 32, 33 and 35 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but
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`would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base
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`claim and any intervening claims.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant newly recited claim limitation along with remark arguments with respect to
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`newly amended claims 25, 26, 29,33,34,35,36,38 with newly added claims 42 - 44 has been
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`further considered and moot in view of new ground of rejection. Applicant’s attention is now
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`directed to newly recited reference above, Knockeart et al (US Pat Pub 2004/0064245), where
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`applicant newly recited and added claim limitation has now been addressed.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
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`disclosure.
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`Inoue ( US Pat Pub 2006/0041374 ) mobile communication network for navigational purpose
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`utilizing server using mobile device
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`I Kim ( US Pat Pub 2007/01430151 ) mobile communication network for navigational purpose
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`utilizing server; GPS
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`I Benco et al ( US Pat Pub 2006/0240860 ) mobile communication network for navigational
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`purpose utilizing server using mobile device
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`I Kondou et al (US Pat Pub 2002/0156578 )
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`I Cossin et al (2005/0004944)
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`I Beesley et al (US Pat Pub 2004/0049338 )
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time
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`policy as set forth in 37 CFR l.l36(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO
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`MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after
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`the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period
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`however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing
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`/Ian Jen/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3664
`/KHOI TRAN/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3664
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