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`UNITED S'rA'l‘Es PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DA'I'I‘.
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`FIRST NAMI‘J) INNIEN'I'OR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`(TONI-'IRMA'I'ION NO.
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`131024.027
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`021’09120] 1
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`Donald K. Smith
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`Please find below andlor 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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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`Doc keling PalenlBoslon (.3) proskaue I'.C()I1‘l
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`PTOL—FJ'UA (Rev. 04m?)
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`ASML 1009
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`ASML 1009
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`13024.02?
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`Examine,
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`Applicant(s)
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`SMITH ET AL.
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`M Unit
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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 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICH EVER IS LONGER FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 3? 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 adjuament. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`Responsive to communication(s) filed on 26 June 2012.
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`This action is FINAL.
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`2mg This action is non—final.
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`An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`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 Ouayie, 1935 CD. 1 1, 453 QC. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`SHE Claim(s) 1-_55isiare pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) flj isiare withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:I Claim(s) _ isiare allowed.
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`THE Claim(s) fiisiare rejected.
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`8)I:l Claim(s) _ isiare objected to.
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`9)|:I Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction andior election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11”] The drawing(s) filed on
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`isiare: a)I:l accepted or b)l:] 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 CFFI 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 OFF! 1.121(d).
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`12)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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`13)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:l All
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`b)I:l Some ‘ c)I:I None of:
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`1.|: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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`Atlachmenfls)
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`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) D Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review [PTO—948}
`3) E Information Disclosure Statement(s) {PTOISBI'OB}
`Paper No(s)iMai| Date 1/10/2012.
`LJ.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) D Inteniiew Summary [PTO-413]
`Paper Nots)iMail Date. _
`5) t:I Notice 0f Informal Patent Application
`6) D Other:
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`PTOL—326 (Rev. 03—1 1)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No.iMai| Date 20120?03
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`Application/Control Number: 13i024,027
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`Art Unit: 2881
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Eiectian/Hesirictions
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`1.
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`Applicant’s election without traverse of Group 1 (claims 1-8) in the reply filed on
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`6/26/2012 is acknowledged. Newly amended claims 9, 19, 36, 47, 48, 55, and the
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`claims that depend thereon will not be considered at this time.
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`Ciaim Rejections - 35 USC § 1' 12
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`The following is a quotation of the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`2.
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`Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite
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`for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant
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`regards as the invention. The term "high" in claim 1
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`is a relative term which renders the
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`claim indefinite. The term "high" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not
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`provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the
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`art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
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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 U.S.C. 102 that form
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`the 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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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in
`public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in
`the United States.
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`3.
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`Claims 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Cheymol
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`et al. US. PGPUB NO. 2006/039435.
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`Application/Control Number: 13i024,027
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`Art Unit: 2881
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`Regarding claim 1, Cheymol discloses that in a chamber [0072] xenon gas may
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`be injected [0052] and then irradiated by a laser [0053] which may be an infrared laser
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`[0010].
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`Regarding claim 2, Cheymol discloses that xenon gas may be injected into the
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`chamber [0052]. Xenon is a noble gas.
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`Regarding claim 3, Cheymol discloses that xenon gas may be injected into the
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`chamber [0052].
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`Regarding claim 4, Cheymol discloses that in a chamber [0072] xenon gas may
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`be injected [0052] and then irradiated by a laser [0053] which may be an infrared laser
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`[0010].
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`Regarding claim 5, Cheymol discloses that xenon gas may be injected into the
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`chamber [0052].
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`Regarding claim 6, Cheymol discloses that xenon gas may be injected into the
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`chamber [0052]. Nakar Radiometric Characterization of Uitrahigh Radiance Xenon
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`Short-arc Discharge Lamps specifies that the prominent absorption lines of xenon occur
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`at 823, 882, and 992 nm [top paragraph, page 226].
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`Regarding claim 7, Cheymol discloses that xenon gas may be injected into the
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`chamber [0052]. Nakar Radiometric Characterization of Uitrahigh Radiance Xenon
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`Short-arc Discharge Lamps specifies that the prominent absorption lines of xenon occur
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`at 823, 882, and 992 nm [top paragraph, page 226].
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`Regarding claim 8, Cheymol discloses that xenon gas may be injected into the
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`chamber [0052].
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`4.
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`Claims 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`Kusunose U.S. PGPUB No. 2002/0080834.
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`Regarding claim 1, Kusunose discloses that in a vacuum chamber [0026], a
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`target material of xenon gas [002?] may be irradiated with an infrared laser [0025] to
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`produce extreme ultraviolet radiation [0026].
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`Regarding claim 2, Kusunose discloses that the target material may be xenon
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`gas [0027]. Xenon is a noble gas.
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`Regarding claim 3. Kusunose discloses that the target material may be xenon
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`gas [0027].
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`Regarding claim 4, Kusunose discloses that in a vacuum chamber [0026], a
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`target material of xenon gas [002?] may be irradiated with an infrared laser [0025] to
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`produce extreme ultraviolet radiation [0026].
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`Regarding claim 5, Kusunose discloses that the target material may be xenon
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`gas [0027].
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`Regarding claim 6, Kusunose discloses that the target material may be xenon
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`gas [002?]. Nakar Radiometric Characterization of Uitrahigh Radiance Xenon Short-arc
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`Discharge Lamps specifies that the prominent absorption lines of xenon occur at 823,
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`882, and 992 nm [top paragraph, page 226].
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`Regarding claim 7, Kusunose discloses that the target material may be xenon
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`gas [0027]. Nakar Radiometric Characterization of Uitrahigh Radiance Xenon Short-arc
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`Discharge Lamps specifies that the prominent absorption lines of xenon occur at 823,
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`882, and 992 nm [top paragraph, page 226].
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`Regarding claim 8, Kusunose discloses that the target material may be xenon
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`gas [002?].
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to JASON MCCORMACK whose telephone number is
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`(571 )270-1 489. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday - Thursday 7:00am
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`MASON MCCORMACK/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2881
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`ROBERT KIIW
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2881
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