VWGoA - Ex. 1009
`Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Petitioner
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Patent and Trademark Offlce
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or
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`Notice ofAllowability
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`Application No.
`O8/683,828
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`AppIicant(s)
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`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due or other appropriate communication will be
`mailed in due course.
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`IX} This communication is responsive to Jul 27, 79.98
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`IXI The allowed claim(s) is/are 44-63
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`E] The drawings filed on jg are acceptable.
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`El Acknowledgement is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-Id).
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`of the CERTIFIED copies of the priority documents have been
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`D received.
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`[I received in Application No. (Series Code/Serial Number)
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`D received in this national stage application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`*Certified copies not received:
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`Cl Acknowledgement is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119le).
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR RESPONSE to comply with the requirements noted below is set to EXPIRE
`THREE MONTHS FROM THE "DATE MAILED" of this Office action. Failure to timely comply will result in
`ABANDONMENT of this application. Extensions of time may be obtained under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`l:] Note the attached EXAM|NER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPLICATION, PTO-152, which discloses
`that the oath or declaration is deficient. A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION IS REQUIRED.
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`E Applicant MUST submit NEW FORMAL DRAWINGS
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`CI because the originally filed drawings were declared by applicant to be informal.
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`XI including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948, attached hereto or
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`I] including changes required by the proposed drawing correction filed on
`approved by the examiner.
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`[:1 including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment/Comment.
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the reverse side of the
`drawings. The drawings should be filed as a separate paper with a transmittal lettter addressed to the Official
`Draftsperson.
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`CI Note the attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`Any response to this letter should include, in the upper right hand corner, the APPLICATION NUMBER (SERIES
`CODE/SERIAL NUMBER).
`If applicant has received a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due, the ISSUE BATCH NUMBER
`and DATE of the NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE should also be included.
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`Attachmentisl
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`E] Notice of References Cited, PTO-892
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`[:1 Information Disclosure Statementlsl, PTO-1449, Paper Nolsl.
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`C] Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948
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`El Notice of Informal Patent Application, PTO-152
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`E] Interview Summary, PTO-413
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`[:1 Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`E] Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit of Biological Material
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`K Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`U. S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTO—37 (Rev. 9-95)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No.
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`Application/Control Number: 08/683,828
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`Page 2
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`Art Unit: 2735
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`" Allowable Subject Matter
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance: Examiner’s primary
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`reason for allowance is in the environment of a control apparatusfor a vehicle comprising, ‘a
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`first control device, located at a vehicle, for generating and transmitting a control signal, first
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`control device is responsive to a second signal, second signal is generated and transmitted by a
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`second control device remote from first control device and second control device is responsive to
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`a third signal, third signal is generated and transmitted by a third control device, third control
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`device is at a location remote from vehicle and second control device, in that signals are
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`sequentially relayed from outside control devices to a control device within the vehicle’.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the
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`payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue
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`fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled "Comments on Statement of Reasons for
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`Allowance."
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication should be directed to Examiner Timothy
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`Edwards at telephone number (703) 305-4896. The examiner can normally be reached on
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`Monday-Thursday, 8230a-4:00p. The examiner can not be reached on Fridays.
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`Application/Control Number: 08/683,828
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`Art Unit: 2735
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`If attempt to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's supervisor,
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`Michael Horabik, can be reached on (703) 305-4704.
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`Any inquiry of a general nature or relating to the status of this application should be
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`directed to the Group receptionist whose telephone number is (703) 305-8576, Mon-Fri, 8:30a-
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`5:00p.
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`Any response to this action should be mailed to:
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`Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
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`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`or faxed to:
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`(703) 308-9051, (for formal communications intended for entry)
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`Or:
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`(703) 305-3988 (for informal or draft communications, please label
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`"PROPOSED" or "DRAFT")
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`Hand-delivered responses should be brought to Crystal Park II, 2121 Crystal Drive,
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`Arlington. VA., Sixth Floor (Receptionist).
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`Timothy Edwards, Jr.
`October 20, 1998
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