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`APPLICATION NO.
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`F ING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`11/438,016
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`05/19/2006
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`Hongxing Hu
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`9432—000386/US
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`2731
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`10/28/2009
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`7590
`52800
`GREGORY A. STOBBS
`5445 CORPORATE DRIVE
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`EXAMINER
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`DINH, DUC Q
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`ART UNIT
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`2629
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`MAIL DATE
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`10/28/2009
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 1
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 1
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`Notice of Abandonment
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`Application No.
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`App|icant(s)
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`11/438,016
`Examiner
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`DUC Q. DINH
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`HU ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
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`This application is abandoned in view of:
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`1. E App|icant’s failure to timely file a proper reply to the Office letter mailed on 03 April 2009.
`(a) I:I A reply was received on
`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`period for reply (including a total extension oftime of
`month(s)) which expired on
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`), which is after the expiration of the
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`(b) I:I A proposed reply was received on
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`, but it does not constitute a proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 (a) to the final rejection.
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`(A proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 to a final rejection consists only of: (1) a timely filed amendment which places the
`application in condition for allowance; (2) a timely filed Notice of Appeal (with appeal fee); or (3) a timely filed Request for
`Continued Examination (RCE) in compliance with 37 CFR 1.114).
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`but it does not constitute a proper reply, or a bona fide attempt at a proper reply, to the non-
`(c) I:I A reply was received on
`final rejection. See 37 CFR 1.85(a) and 1.111. (See explanation in box 7 below).
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`(d) E No reply has been received.
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`2. I:I Applicant’s failure to timely pay the required issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, within the statutory period of three months
`from the mailing date of the Notice of Allowance (PTOL—85).
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`(a) I:I The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, was received on
`), which is after the expiration of the statutory period for payment of the issue fee (and publication fee) set in the Notice of
`Allowance (PTOL—85).
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`(b) I:I The submitted fee of $
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`is insufficient. A balance of $
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`is due.
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`The issue fee required by 37 CFR 1.18 is $
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`. The publication fee, if required by 37 CFR 1.18(d), is $
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`(c) I:I The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, has not been received.
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`3.|:| Applicant’s failure to timely file corrected drawings as required by, and within the three—month period set in, the Notice of
`Allowability (PTO—37).
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`(a) I:I Proposed corrected drawings were received on
`after the expiration of the period for reply.
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`(b) I:I No corrected drawings have been received.
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
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`j)
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`, which is
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`4. I:I The letter of express abandonment which is signed by the attorney or agent of record, the assignee of the entire interest, or all of
`the applicants.
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`5. E] The letter of express abandonment which is signed by an attorney or agent (acting in a representative capacity under 37 CFR
`1.34(a)) upon the filing of a continuing application.
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`6. |:| The decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interference rendered on
`of the decision has expired and there are no allowed claims.
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`and because the period for seeking court review
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`7. I:I The reason(s) below:
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`/Duc Q Dinh/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2629
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`Petitions to revive under 37 CFR 1.137(a) or (b), or requests to withdraw the holding of abandonment under 37 CFR 1.181, should be promptly filed to
`minimize an neative effects on atent term.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-1432 (Rev. 04-01)
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`Notice of Abandonment
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`Part of Paper No. 20091026
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 2
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 2
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`F ING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`11/438,016
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`05/19/2006
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`Hongxing Hu
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`9432—000386/US
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`2731
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`04/03/2009
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`7590
`52800
`GREGORY A. STOBBS
`5445 CORPORATE DRIVE
`SUITE 400
`TROY, MI 48098
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`EXAMINER
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`DINH, DUC Q
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`ART UNIT
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`2629
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`MAIL DATE
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`04/03/2009
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 3
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 3
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`11/438,016
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`Examine,
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`DUC Q. DINH
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`App|icant(s)
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`HU ET AL.
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`A,, Unit
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`2629 -
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 1 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`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
`after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`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 19 May 2006.
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`2a)I:I This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IXI 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 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)IXI C|aim(s) £3 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above c|aim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)I:I C|aim(s) j is/are allowed.
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`6)I:I C|aim(s) j is/are rejected.
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`7)I:I C|aim(s)
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`is/are objected to.
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`8)IXI C|aim(s)1-£3 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)I:I The drawing(s) filed on
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`is/are: a)I:I 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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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`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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`Attach ment(s)
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`1) D Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) D Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) IXI Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 10/11/06.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper N0(S)/IVI3” Data E
`5) I:I Noiice Oi informal Paieiii Appiicaiion
`6) D Other:
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20090326
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 4
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 4
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`Application/Control Number: 11/438,016
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`Page 2
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`Art Unit: 2629
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Election/Restrictions
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`1.
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`Restriction to one of the following inventions is required under 35 U.S.C. 121:
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`I.
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`Claims l-38, drawn to cell phone interface using in a vehicle, classified in class
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`455, subclass 569.2.
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`11.
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`Claims 39-48, drawn to display video media system, classified in class 463,
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`subclass 10.
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`The inventions are distinct, each from the other because of the following reasons:
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`2.
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`Inventions I and II are related as combination and subcombination. Inventions in this
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`relationship are distinct if it can be shown that (l) the combination as claimed does not require
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`the particulars of the subcombination as claimed for patentability, and (2) that the
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`subcombination has utility by itself or in other combinations (MPEP § 806.05(c)). In the instant
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`case, the combination as claimed does not require the particulars of the subcombination as
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`claimed because they are separately usable. The subcombination has separate utility such as the
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`invention II does not use the cell phone interface to control the cellular phone system in
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`invention I.
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`The examiner has required restriction between combination and subcombination
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`inventions. Where applicant elects a subcombination, and claims thereto are subsequently found
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`allowable, any claim(s) depending from or otherwise requiring all the limitations of the
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`allowable subcombination will be examined for patentability in accordance with 37 CFR l.l04.
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 5
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 5
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`Application/Control Number: 11/438,016
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`Page 3
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`Art Unit: 2629
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`See MPEP § 821 .04(a). Applicant is advised that if any claim presented in a continuation or
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`divisional application is anticipated by, or includes all the limitations of, a claim that is allowable
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`in the present application, such claim may be subject to provisional statutory and/or nonstatutory
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`double patenting rejections over the claims of the instant application.
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`3.
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`Restriction for examination purposes as indicated is proper because all these inventions
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`listed in this action are independent or distinct for the reasons given above Q1 there would be a
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`serious search and examination burden if restriction were not required because one or more of
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`the following reasons apply:
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`(a) the inventions have acquired a separate status in the art in view of their different
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`classification;
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`(b) the inventions have acquired a separate status in the art due to their recognized
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`divergent subject matter;
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`(c) the inventions require a different field of search (for example, searching different
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`classes/subclasses or electronic resources, or employing different search queries);
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`(d) the prior art applicable to one invention would not likely be applicable to another
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`invention;
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`(e) the inventions are likely to raise different non-prior art issues under 35 U.S.C. 101
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`and/or 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph.
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`Applicant is advised that the reply to this requirement to be complete must include
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`(i) an election of a invention to be examined even though the requirement may be traversed (37
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`CFR 1.143) and (ii) identification of the claims encompassing the elected invention.
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 6
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 6
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`Application/Control Number: 11/438,016
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`Page 4
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`Art Unit: 2629
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`The election of an invention may be made with or without traverse. To reserve a right to
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`petition, the election must be made with traverse. If the reply does not distinctly and specifically
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`point out supposed errors in the restriction requirement, the election shall be treated as an
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`election without traverse. Traversal must be presented at the time of election in order to be
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`considered timely. Failure to timely traverse the requirement will result in the loss of right to
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`petition under 37 CFR l.l44. If claims are added after the election, applicant must indicate
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`which of these claims are readable on the elected invention.
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`If claims are added after the election, applicant must indicate which of these claims are
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`readable upon the elected invention.
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`Should applicant traverse on the ground that the inventions are not patentably distinct,
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`applicant should submit evidence or identify such evidence now of record showing the
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`inventions to be obvious variants or clearly admit on the record that this is the case. In either
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`instance, if the examiner finds one of the inventions unpatentable over the prior art, the evidence
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`or admission may be used in a rejection under 35 U.S.C. l03(a) of the other invention.
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`4.
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`Applicant is reminded that upon the cancellation of claims to a non-elected invention, the
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`inventorship must be amended in compliance with 37 CFR l.48(b) if one or more of the
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`currently named inventors is no longer an inventor of at least one claim remaining in the
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`application. Any amendment of inventorship must be accompanied by a request under 37 CFR
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`l.48(b) and by the fee required under 37 CFR l.l7(i).
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to DUC Q. DINH whose telephone number is (571)272-7686. The
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`examiner can normally be reached on Mon-Fri from 8:00.AM-4:00.PM.
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 7
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`Art Unit: 2629
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, AMR A. AWAD can be reached on (571)272-7764. The fax phone number for the
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`organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the Patent
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`Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for published applications
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`may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR. Status information for unpublished
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`system, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would
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`like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative or access to the automated
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`information system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000.
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`/Duc Q Dinh/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2629
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 8
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 8
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`Index 01' Claims
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`11438016
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`App|icationIContro| No.
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`App|icant(s)IPatent Under
`Reexamination
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`Art Unit
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` Examiner
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` Cancelled
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` DUC Q DINH
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`Non-Elected
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`Allowed
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`Restricted
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`Interference
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`Objected
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`El Claims renumbered in the same order as presented by applicant
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`El CPA
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`El T.D.
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`El R.1.47
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`DATE
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`App|icationIContro| No.
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`App|icant(s)IPatent Under
`Reexamination
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`11438016
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`HU ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`Interference
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`Objected
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`El Claims renumbered in the same order as presented by applicant
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`Part of Paper No. : 20090327
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`Samsung Ex. 1304 p. 10
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` Examiner
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`DUC Q DINH
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` Index of Claims
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Application No.: 11/438,016
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`Confirmation No.: 2731
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`Filed: May 19, 2006
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`Art Unit: N/A
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`Human Machine Interface Method And
`Devic‘e For Cellular Telephone Operation
`in Automotive Infotainment Systems
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`admission that any patent. publication or other information referred to therein is “prior art”
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`for this invention unless specifically designated as such.
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`It is submitted that the Information Disclosure Statement is in compliance with 37
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`CFR 1.98 and the Examiner is respectfully requested to consider the listed references.
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`The Director is hereby authorized to charge any deficiency in the fees filed, asserted
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