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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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`111548,471
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`10/1112006
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`Carrel W. Ewing
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`7273-70199-03
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`07114/2008
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`EXAMINER
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`PATEL, ASHOKKUMAR B
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2154
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`MAIL DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`07/14/2008
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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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`Raritan v. Server Technology
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`RARITAN EXHIBIT 1006
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`11/548,471
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`Examiner
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`Applicant(s)
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`EWING ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2154
`ASHOK B. PATEL
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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)[8J Responsive to communication(s) filed on 11 October 2006.
`2a)0 This action is FINAL.
`2b)[8J This action is non-final.
`3)0 Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`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)[8J Claim(s) 1-23 is/are pending in the application.
`4a) Of the above claim(s) __ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`5)0 Claim(s) __ is/are allowed.
`6)[8J Claim(s) 1-23 is/are rejected.
`7)0 Claim(s) __ is/are objected to.
`8)0 Claim(s) __ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)0 The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`10)0 The drawing(s) filed on __ is/are: a)O accepted or b)O objected to by the Examiner.
`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).
`11 )0 The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PT0-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`a)O All b)O Some* c)O None of:
`1.0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ .
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17 .2(a)).
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`Application/Control Number: 11/548,471
`Art Unit: 2154
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`Claims 1-23 are subject to examination.
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`Double Patenting
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`Page 2
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`2.
`The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially
`created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as
`to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the "right to exclude"
`granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees.
`A nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection is appropriate where
`the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application
`claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined
`application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the
`reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed.
`Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In
`re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686
`F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ
`619 (CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA
`1969).
`A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321 (c) or
`1.321 (d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a
`nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or
`patent either is shown to be commonly owned with this application, or claims an
`invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint
`research agreement.
`Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may
`sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must
`fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
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`3.
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`Claims 1-23 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type
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`double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-23 of U.S. Patent No. 7,
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`043, 543. Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not
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`patentably distinct from each other because these claims include the limitations
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`which is common to claims 1-23 of the U.S. Patent No. 7, 043, 543.
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`This is a provisional obviousness-type double patenting rejection because
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`the conflicting claims have not in fact been patented.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/548,471
`Art Unit: 2154
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`Page 3
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`The following comparison as alphabetized shows the limitations that are
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`considered common to both applications:
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`Instant Application
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`US Patent 7, 043, 543
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`Claims 1-14 recite to have electrical Claims 1-14 recite to have electrical
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`power distribution device.
`
`power distribution plugstrip.
`
`The difference
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`is
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`to consider
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`the
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`Plug strip
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`as
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`electrical
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`power
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`distribution device is evident from the
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`claim 15 of the instant application.
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`It is known to one having ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time of invention was
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`made to use the plugstrip as electrical
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`power distribution device because it
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`facilitates
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`to have multiple power
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`outlets branching from at least one
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`power input.
`
`Claims 15-23 recite to have electrical Claims 15-23 recite to have electrical
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`power distribution device.
`
`power distribution plugstrip.
`
`The difference
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`is
`
`to consider
`
`the
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`Plug strip
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`as
`
`electrical
`
`power
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`distribution device is evident from the
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`Application/Control Number: 11/548,471
`Art Unit: 2154
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`claim 15 of the instant application.
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`It is known to one having ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time of invention was
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`made to use the plugstrip as electrical
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`power distribution device because it
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`facilitates
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`to have multiple power
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`outlets branching from at least one
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`power input.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-23 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type
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`double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-21 of U.S. Patent No. 7,
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`171, 461. Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not
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`patentably distinct from each other because these claims include the limitations
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`which is common to claims 1-21 of the U.S. Patent No.7, 171,461.
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`This is a provisional obviousness-type double patenting rejection because
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`the conflicting claims have not in fact been patented.
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`The following comparison as alphabetized shows the limitations that are
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`considered common to both applications:
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`Instant Application
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`US Patent 7, 171, 461.
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`Claims 1:
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`Claims 1:
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`Application/Control Number: 11/548,471
`Art Unit: 2154
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`Page 5
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`An electrical power distribution device
`connectable to one or more electrical
`loads in an electrical equipment rack,
`the electrical power distribution device
`comprising in combination:
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`A remotely manageable power
`management output strip comprising
`in combination:
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`A. an electrical power distribution
`device enclosure;
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`A. a power strip housing;
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`the
`input penetrating
`B. a power
`electrical power distribution device
`enclosure;
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`C. a plurality of power outputs disposed
`along the electrical power distribution
`the
`device enclosure, each among
`plurality of power outputs being
`connectable to a corresponding one of
`said one or more electrical loads;
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`B. a plurality of power inputs disposed
`in the power strip housing;
`
`C. a first plurality of power outputs
`disposed in the power strip housing,
`each among the first plurality of power
`outputs being connectable to one or
`more electrical loads external to the
`power strip housing and connected to
`a first power input among the plurality
`of power inputs;
`
`D. a plurality of power control relays
`disposed
`in
`the electrical power
`distribution device enclosure, each
`among said plurality of power control
`relays being connected to said power
`input and
`in
`independent power
`controlling communication with one or
`more corresponding power outputs
`among said plurality of power outputs;
`
`F. a plurality of power control sections
`disposed in the power strip housing,
`each said power control section being
`in
`communication
`with
`the
`communications bus and thereby in
`power controlling communication with
`one or more corresponding power
`outputs among
`the first or second
`plurality of power outputs;
`
`Claim 4. The remotely manageable
`power management output strip of
`claim 1 wherein each among
`the
`plurality of power control sections
`includes a power control
`relay
`in
`power-controlling communication with
`least one corresponding power
`at
`output.
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`G. a communications system disposed
`in the power strip housing, being in
`communication
`with
`said
`communications bus, and having a
`communications processor system in
`communication
`with
`(i)
`said
`communications bus; (ii) said plurality
`of power control sections through the
`communications
`bus;
`(iii)
`a
`communications port connectable to
`an
`external
`communications
`link
`external to the power strip housing;
`
`H. a display disposed in the power
`strip housing in communication with
`the communications bus; and
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`I. a current determining section
`disposed in the power strip housing in
`communication
`with
`the
`communications bus, whereby
`the
`current determining
`section may
`power-related
`communicate
`information to said display.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/548,471
`Art Unit: 2154
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`E. a current-related information display
`disposed on
`the electrical power
`distribution device enclosure in current(cid:173)
`related
`information
`determining
`least one
`communication with at
`among said power
`input and said
`plurality of power outputs; and
`
`information
`current-related
`a
`F.
`reporting system associated with the
`electrical power distribution device
`enclosure and being (i)
`in current(cid:173)
`related
`information
`determining
`communication with at
`least one
`among said power
`input and said
`plurality of power outputs, and
`(ii)
`connectable
`in
`current-related
`information
`transfer
`communication
`with
`a
`separate
`communications
`network distal from the electrical power
`distribution device.
`
`Claim
`
`6.
`
`The
`
`electrical
`
`power
`
`distribution device of claim 1 wherein
`
`the current-related information display
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`is
`
`in
`
`current
`
`determining
`
`communication with all among
`
`the
`
`plurality of power outputs through at
`
`least one current sensing device.
`
`Claim
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`7.
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`The
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`electrical
`
`power
`
`distribution device of claim 1 wherein
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`the current-related information display
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`is
`
`in
`
`current
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`determining
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`communication with all among
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`the
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`plurality of power outputs through at
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`least one current sensing device.
`
`Claim
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`8. The
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`electrical
`
`power
`
`distribution device of claim 5 wherein
`
`the current-related information display
`
`is
`
`in
`
`current
`
`determining
`
`communication with all among
`
`the
`
`plurality of power outputs through at
`
`least one current sensing device.
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`The same analogy
`
`is applicable to
`
`The same analogy
`
`is applicable to
`
`claim 15.
`
`claim 8
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`5.
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`Claims 1-23 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type
`
`double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-24 of co-pending
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`application no. 11/ 548, 187. Although the conflicting claims are not identical,
`
`they are not patentably distinct from each other because these claims include the
`
`limitations which is common to claims 1-24 of co-pending application no. 11/ 548,
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`187.
`
`This is a provisional obviousness-type double patenting rejection because
`
`the conflicting claims have not in fact been patented.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/548,471
`Art Unit: 2154
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`Page 8
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`The following comparison as alphabetized shows the limitations that are
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`considered common to both applications:
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`Instant Application claims 1-23.
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`co-pending application no. 11/548, 187.
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`Claims 1-24
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from
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`the examiner should be directed to ASHOK B. PATEL whose telephone number
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`examiner's supervisor, Nathan A. Flynn can be reached on (571) 272-1915. The
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`Application/Control Number: 11/548,471
`Art Unit: 2154
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`Page 9
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`/Ashok B. Patel/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2154
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`Index of Claims
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`Application/Control No.
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`11548471
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`Examiner
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`ASHOK B PATEL
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
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`EWING ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2154
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`Rejected
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`Cancelled
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`N Non-Elected
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`=
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`Allowed
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`Restricted
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`Interference
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`A
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`0
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`Appeal
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`Objected
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`D Claims renumbered in the same order as presented by applicant
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`D CPA
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`D T.D.
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`D R.1.47
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`CLAIM
`Final
`Original
`1
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`07/09/2008
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`DATE
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`Search Notes
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`11548471
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`Examiner
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
`EWING ET AL.
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`2154
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`~TION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
`BY APPLICANT
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`k'f""E
`( p· INFO
`\ '\.~~ Jl
`\ ~ 1
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`7273-70199-03
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`Attorney Docket Number
`Application Number
`Filing Date
`First Named Inventor
`Art Unit
`Examiner N arne
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`number and the issue date. For published U.S. applications, provide the publication number and the publication date. For unpublished pending
`patent applications,_pJovide the application number and the filing date.
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`Initials*
`(optional)
`/A.P./
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`Number
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`Publication Date
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`Name of Applicant or Patentee
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`US-2007-0016664-A1
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`01118/2007
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`Ewing et al.
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`US-2006-0031453-A1
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`02/09/2006
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`Ewing et al.
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`US-2006-0072531-A1
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`Ewing et al.
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`US-2006-0031454-A1
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`Ewing et al.
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`10/06/2005
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`Ewing et al.
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`US-2005-0203987-A1
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`Ewing et al.
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`US-2006-0259538-A1
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`Maskal y et al.
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`US-2007-0050443-A1
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`03/01/2007
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`Maskaly et al.
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`US-2007-0140238-A1
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`06/2112007
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`Ewing et al.
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`US-2007-0136453-A1
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`06/14/2007
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`Ewing et al.
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`US-2007-0130243-A1
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`Ewing et al.
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`DATE
`CONSIDERED:
`
`07/09/2008
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`\ v
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`EXAMINER
`SIGNATURE:
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`*Examiner: Initial if reference considered, whether or not in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through cite if not
`in conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
`BY APPLICANT
`
`7273-70199-03
`111548,471
`October 11, 2006
`Ewing
`2836
`Not yet assigned
`
`Attorney Docket Number
`Application Number
`Filing Date
`First Named Inventor
`Art Unit
`Examiner Name
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`Copies of U.S. Patent documents do not need to be provided, unless requested by the Patent and Trademark Office:. For patents, provide the patent
`number and the issue date. For published U.S. applications, provide the publication number and the publication date. For unpublished pending
`patent applications, provide the application number and the filing date.
`Examiner's
`Cite No.
`(optional)
`Initials*
`/A.P./
`
`Number
`
`Publication Date
`
`Name of Applicant or Patentee
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`5,506,573
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`04/0911996
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`Ewing et al.
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`5,534,734
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