VWGoA - Ex. 1012
`Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Petitioner
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`01/05/2005
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`Donald L. Otto
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`Cleveland, OH 44115-2191
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`. APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`GLOLP0106USD
`Jeffery R. Parker
`11/18/2002
`10/298,367
`TITLE OF INVENTION: LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES FOR USE IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS AND THE LIKE
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`DATE DUE
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`04/05/2005
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`ASSAF, FAYEZ G
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`I. Chan e of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
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`5. Change in Entity Status (from status indicated above)
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`0 a. Applicant claims SMALL ENTITY status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`10/298,367
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`11/18/2002
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`Jeffery R. Parker
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`GLOLPOIOGUSD
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`3656
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`7590
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`01/05/2005
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`Donald L. Otto
`Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
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`1621 Euclid Avenue
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`EXAMINER
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`ASSAF, FAYFZG
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`DATE MAILED: 01/05/2005
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
`(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 0 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after t
`mailing date of this notice and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a ha
`months) after the mailing date of this notice, the Patent Term Adjustment will be 0 day(s).
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`Notice of Allowability
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`All claims being allowable. PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
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`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. IE This communication is responsive to the Amendment filed 10/25/2004.
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`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`2. E The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-8 10-23 26-33 and 53-55.
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`3. IX The drawings filed on 12 February 2004 are accepted by the Examiner.
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`4. E] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a) C] All
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`1. E] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. [3 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3. E] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
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`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`5. [:I 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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`6. E] CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as “replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`(a) CI including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached
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`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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`7. 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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`1. El Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2. [I Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
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`3. X Information Disclosure Statements (PTO-1449 or PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date 10/01/2004
`4. [:1 Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
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`5. E] Notice of Informal Patent Application (PTO-152)
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`6. [:1 Interview Summary (PTO-413),
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Election/Restrictions
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`Claim 1 is generic and allowable. Accordingly,
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`restriction requirement as to the encompassed species is hereby
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`withdrawn and claims 26—33, directed to the second species are
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`no longer withdrawn from consideration since all of the claims
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`to this species depend from or otherwise include each of the
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`limitations of an allowed generic claim.
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`In view of the above
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`noted withdrawal of the restriction requirement as to the linked
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`species, applicant(s) are advised that if any claim(s) depending
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`from or including all the limitations of the allowable generic
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`linking claim(s) be presented in a continuation or divisional
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`application, such claims may be subject to provisional statutory
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`and/or nonstatutory double patenting rejections over the claims
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`of the instant application. Once a restriction requirement is
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`withdrawn,
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`the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 121 are no longer
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`applicable.
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`See In re Ziegler, 44 F.2d 1211, 1215, 170 USPQ
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`129, 131—32
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`See also MPEP § 804.01.
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`‘Examiner’s Amendment
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`An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should
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`the changes and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an
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`amendment may be filed as provided by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure
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`consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no
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`later than the payment of the issue fee.
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`The application has been amended as follows:
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`In the Specification:
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`line 5, after “10/005,090, filed December 5, 221”,
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`-—now U.S. Patent No.
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`6,508,563 B2--.
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`Reasons for Allowance
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`Claims 1—8, 10—23, 26-33 and 53-55 are allowable in View of
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`the Amendment to claims filed 10/25/2004 and further in view of
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`Applicant remarks.
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`Conclusion
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be
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`Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier
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`communications from the examiner should be directed to Fayez G.
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