UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`APPLICATION NO. (cid:9)
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. (cid:9)
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`05/16/2011
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`12/18/2012
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`95/001,621
`cokemo A
`7590
`92045 (cid:9)
`The Caldwell Firm, LLC
`PO Box 59655
`Dept. SVIPGP
`Dallas, TX 75229
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`7,241,034
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`SVIPGP I 09RE
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`1240
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`EXAMINER
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`TON, MY TRANG
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3992
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`MAIL DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/18/2012
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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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`SL Corp. Exhibit 1004
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`(cid:9)
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`7,71,V ``•`,, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`(THIRD PARTY REQUESTER'S CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS)
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`Kenyon & Kenyon, LLP One Broadway
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`DEC 1 8 2019
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`CENTRAL REEXAMINATION Ulur,
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`Transmittal of Communication to Third Party Requester
`Inter Partes Reexamination
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`REEXAMINATION CONTROL NUMBER 95/001,621 y 011)0I.1
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`PATENT NUMBER 7 241 034.
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`TECHNOLOGY CENTER 3900.
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`ART UNIT 3992.
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`Enclosed is a copy of the latest communication from the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office in the above-identified reexamination proceeding. 37 CFR 1.903.
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`Prior to the filing of a Notice of Appeal, each time the patent owner responds to this
`communication, the third party requester of the inter partes reexamination may once file
`written comments within a period of 30 days from the date of service of the patent owner's
`response. This 30-day time period is statutory (35 U.S.C. 314(b)(2)), and, as such, it cannot
`be extended. See also 37 CFR 1.947.
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`If an ex parte reexamination has been merged with the inter partes reexamination, no
`responsive submission by any ex parte third party requester is permitted.
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`All correspondence relating to this inter partes reexamination proceeding should be
`directed to the Central Reexamination Unit at the mail, FAX, or hand-carry addresses
`given at the end of the communication enclosed with this transmittal.
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`PTOL-2070 (Rev.07-04)
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`Control Nos.
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`Patent Under Reexamination
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`ACTION CLOSING PROSECUTION
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`95/001,621; 90/011,011
`Examiner
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`MY-TRANG TON
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`7,241,034
`Art Unit
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`3992
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`-- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address. --
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`Responsive to the communication(s) filed by:
`Patent Owner on 26 July, 2012
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`Third Party(ies) on (cid:9)
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`Patent owner may once file a submission under 37 CFR 1.951(a) within 1 month(s) from the mailing date of this
`Office action. Where a submission is filed, third party requester may file responsive comments under 37 CFR
`1.951(b) within 30-days (not extendable- 35 U.S.C. § 314(b)(2)) from the date of service of the initial
`submission on the requester. Appeal cannot be taken from this action. Appeal can only be taken from a
`Right of Appeal Notice under 37 CFR 1.953.
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`All correspondence relating to this inter pages reexamination proceeding should be directed to the Central
`Reexamination Unit at the mail, FAX, or hand-carry addresses given at the end of this Office action.
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`PART I. THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT(S) ARE PART OF THIS ACTION:
`1. q Notice of References Cited by Examiner, PTO-892
`2. q Information Disclosure Citation, PTO/SB/08
`3. q (cid:9)
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`PART II. SUMMARY OF ACTION:
`1a. Z Claims 1-41 are subject to reexamination.
`are not subject to reexamination.
`1 b. q Claims (cid:9)
`2. Z Claims 1 and 2 have been canceled.
`are confirmed. [Unamended patent claims]
`3. q Claims (cid:9)
`4. Z Claims 3-13 and 15-35, 38-41 are patentable. [Amended or new claims]
`5. Z Claims 14,36 and 37 are rejected.
`are objected to.
`6. q Claims (cid:9)
`(cid:9) q are acceptable (cid:9) q are not acceptable.
`7. q The drawings filed on
` is: (cid:9) q approved. q disapproved.
`8 (cid:9) q The drawing correction request filed on (cid:9)
`9 (cid:9) DAcknowledgment is made of the claim for priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has:
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`q been received. (cid:9) q not been received. (cid:9) q been filed in Application/Control No (cid:9)
`10. q Other (cid:9)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-2065 (08/06)
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`Paper No. 20121204
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 2
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`ACTION CLOSING PROSECUTION
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`This is an inter partes reexamination of United States Patent Number
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`7,241,034 ("the '034 patent"), a merger of proceedings having control Number
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`95/001,621 and 90/011,011.
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`The '034 patent issued on July 10, 2007 based on US Patent Application
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`No. 10/285,312 (the base application) filed on October 31, 2002.
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`The '034 patent is currently assigned to "Dana Corporation".
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`Status of Patent Owner's Response
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`Patent owner responded to the prior office action on 7/26/2012
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`("Response") and proposed amendments to claims 3-5, and cancellation of
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`claims 1-2. This proposed amendment has been considered by the examiner
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`and made of record. This action is in response to the Patent Owner's response.
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`Status of Requester's Comments
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`There is no comment from the third Party requester.
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`Status of the claims
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 3
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`The following is the status of the claims with respect to the proposed
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`Amendment:
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`Claims 1-2 are cancelled.
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`Claims 3-5 are amended (Amend claim 3 to allegedly incorporate the
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`features of claim 1, and amend claim 4-5 to depend on claim 3).
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`Claims 6-41 are newly added (the amendments filed 4/27/2012).
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`Of these, claims 3 and 7 are independent claims.
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`Thus, all subsequent reexamination prosecution and examination will be
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`on the basis of the claims as amended in the proposed amendment. It is noted
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`that although the Office actions will treat proposed amendments as
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`though they have been entered, the proposed amendments will not be
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`effective until the reexamination certificate is issued.
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`References
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`Request for reexamination in EP 90/011,011:
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`U.S. Patent 4,733,333 issued to Shibata (hereinafter "Shibata")
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`Request for reexamination in IP 95/001,621:
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 4
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`1. United Kingdom Patent Application Publication No. 2309773 by
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`Uchida (hereinafter "Uchida").
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`2. United Kingdom Patent Application Publication No. 2309774 by
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`Takahashi (hereinafter "Takahashi").
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`3. U.S. Patent No. 5,182,460 by Hussman (hereinafter "Hussman").
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`4. German Patent Application Publication No. 3110094 by Miskin et al
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`(hereinafter "Miskin et al."}.
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`5. German Patent Application Publication No. 3129891 by Leleve
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`(hereinafter "Leleve").
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`6. U.S. Patent No. 6,305,823 by Toda et al (hereinafter "Toda. et al.").
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`7. U.S. Patent No: 6,193,398 by Okuchi et al (hereinafter "Okuchi et
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`al.").
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`8. U.S. Patent No. 5,909,949 by Gotoh (hereinafter "Gotoh").
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`9. U.S. Patent No. 4,954,933 by Wassen et al (hereinafter "Wassen et
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`al.").
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 5
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`Status of Previous not adopted Rejections
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`Request for reexamination in EP 90/011,011:
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`Shibata's issue has been withdrawn in the Non-Office action. For
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`reasoning see the Non-final Office action at pages 9-10.
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`Request for reexamination in IP 95/001,621:
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`1/ Issues 3, 8, 13 and 18 were found not to raise a SNQ in the Order will
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`not be listed and will not be discussed further.
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`2/ Issues 1-2, 4-7, 9-12, 14-17 and 19-20 raised for the original claims
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`1-5 will not be evaluated because of the amendment filed on 4/27/2012.
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`3/ Issues 21, 23, 26, 29-33, 35, 36, 38 were found not adopted in the
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`non-final Office action are not listed and will not be discussed further. For
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`reasoning see the Non-final Office action at pages 11-12, 23-25, 53-55, 85-98.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 6
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`Status of Previous Rejections
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`The following rejections were previously made by the Office:
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`Issue 22: Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 15, 17-19, 23-24, 28-29, 31-32, 35-37 are
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`rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Takahashi.
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`Issue 24: Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-9, 12, 14, 15, 17-19, 23-25, 31-37 are
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`rejected under 35 U.S.0 § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Toda in view of
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`Uchida.
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`Issue 25: Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-9, 12, 14, 15, 17-19, 23-25, 28-29, 31-37
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`are rejected under 35 U.S.0 § 103(a) as unpatentable over Toda in view of
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`Takahashi.
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`Issue 27: Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10,- 12-15, 17-19, 23-24, 28-37 are
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`rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of
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`Okuchi et al. and Uchida.
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`Issue 28: Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-19, 23-24, 28-37 are rejected
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the combination of
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`Okuchi et al. and Takahashi.
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`Issue 34: Claims 16, 20, 21, 25-27 (as amended on 4/27/2012) are
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`rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Takahashi in view
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`of the admitted prior art described in the '034 patent specification.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Issue 37: Claim 22 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Takahashi in view of Wassen.
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`Details of previous rejections
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`In view of the amendment filed by Patent Owner on 7/26/2012,
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`grounds of rejection have been changed to reflect the changes.
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`As to issue 22: The rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 15, 17-19, 23-24, 28-
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`29, 31-32, 35-37 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Takahashi
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`is withdrawn.
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`Insofar as claim 3 has been amended to allegedly incorporate the
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`features of claims 1 and 3,•and claim 7 has been amended to allegedly
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`incorporate the features of claims 1 and 7, Takahashi is no longer an
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`anticipatory reference. Examiner agrees to withdrawn the previously adopted
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`rejections in issue 22. The reference put forth in the request, Takahashi, is not
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`seen to teach the subject matter of claims 3 and 7.
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`Remaining proposed reject claims 4-6, 8, 15, 17-19, 23-24, 28-29, 31-32,
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`35-37 are dependent claims and therefore are distinguishable from Takahashi
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`at least the same reasons as their respective independent claims 3 and 7, and
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`add further claim limitations of their own.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`As to issue 24: The rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-9, 12, 14, 15, 17-19,
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`23-25, 31-37 under 35 U.S.0 § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Toda in view
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`of Uchida is withdrawn.
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`Insofar as claim 3 has been amended to allegedly incorporate the
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`features of claims 1 and 3, and claim 7 has been amended to allegedly
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`incorporate the features of claims 1 and 7, the combination of Toda and Uchida
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`no longer renders claims 3 and 7 obvious. Examiner agrees to withdrawn the
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`previously adopted rejections in issue 24. The references put forth in the
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`request, Toda in view of Uchida, are not seen to teach the subject matter of
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`claims 3 and 7.
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`Remaining proposed reject claims 4-6, 8-9, 12, 14, 15, 17-19, 23-25, 31-
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`37 are dependent claims and therefore are distinguishable from Toda in view of
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`Uchida. at least the same reasons as their respective independent claims 3 and
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`7, and add further claim limitations of their own.
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`As to issue 25: The rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-9, 12, 14, 15, 17-19,
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`23-25, 28-29, 31-37 under 35 U.S.0 § 103(a) as unpatentable over Toda in
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`view of Takahashi is withdrawn.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Insofar as claim 3 has been amended to allegedly incorporate the
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`features of claims 1 and 3, and claim 7 has been amended to allegedly
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`incorporate the features of claims 1 and 7, the combination of Toda and
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`Takahashi no longer renders claims 3 and 7 obvious. Examiner agrees to
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`withdrawn the previously adopted rejections in issue 25. The references put
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`forth in the request, Toda in view of Takahashi, are not seen to teach the
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`subject matter of claims 3 and 7.
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`Remaining proposed reject claims 4-6, 8-9, 12, 14, 15, 17-19, 23-25, 28-
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`29, 31-37 are dependent claims and therefore are distinguishable from Toda in
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`view of Takahashi at least the same reasons as their respective independent
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`claims 3 and 7, and add further claim limitations of their own.
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`As to issue 27: The rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-19, 23-
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`24, 28-37 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of
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`Okuchi et al and Uchida is withdrawn.
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`Insofar as claim 3 has been amended to allegedly incorporate the
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`features of claims 1 and 3, and claim 7 has been amended to allegedly
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`incorporate the features of claims 1 and 7, the combination of Okuchi and
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`Uchida no longer renders claims 3 and 7 obvious. Examiner agrees to
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`withdrawn the previously adopted rejections in issue 27. The references put
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`forth in the request, Okuchi in view of Uchida, are not seen to teach the
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`subject matter of claims 3 and 7.
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`Remaining proposed reject claims 4-6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-19, 23-24, 28-37
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`are dependent claims and therefore are distinguishable from Okuchi in view of
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`Uchida at least the same reasons as their respective independent claims 3 and
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`7, and add further claim limitations of their own.
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`As to issue 28: The rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-19, 23-
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`24, 28-37 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Okuchi et al. and Takahashi is withdrawn.
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`Insofar as claim 3 has been amended to allegedly incorporate the
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`features of claims 1 and 3, and claim 7 has been amended to allegedly
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`incorporate the features of claims 1 and 7, the combination of Okuchi and
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`Takahashi no longer renders claims 3 and 7 obvious. Examiner agrees to
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`withdrawn the previously adopted rejections in issue 28. The references put
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`forth in the request, Okuchi in view of Takahashi, are not seen to teach the
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`subject matter of claims 3 and 7.
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`Remaining proposed reject claims 4-6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-19, 23-24, 28-37
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`are dependent claims and therefore are distinguishable from Okuchi in view of
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`Takahashi at least the same reasons as their respective independent claims 3
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`and 7, and add further claim limitations of their own.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`As to issue 34: The rejection of claims 16, 20, 21, 25-27 (as amended on
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`4/27/2012) under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Takahashi in
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`view of the admitted prior art described in the '034 patent specification is
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`withdrawn.
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`Claims 16, 20, 21, 25-27 are dependent claims and therefore are
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`distinguishable from Takahashi in view of the admitted prior art described in
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`the '034 patent specification at least the same reasons as their respective
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`independent claim 7, and add further claim limitations of their own.
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`As to issue 37: The rejection of claim 22 under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as
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`being unpatentable over Takahashi in view of Wassen is withdrawn.
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`Claim 22 is dependent claim and therefore is distinguishable from
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`Takahashi in view of Wassen at least the same reasons as its respective
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`independent claim 7, and add further claim limitation of its own.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
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`Art Unit: 3992
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`Claims 14, 36 and 37 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second
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`paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly
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`claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.
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`Regarding claim 14: claim 7 already recites the limitations "two or more
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`actuators". It appears that "a first actuator" and "a second actuator" now
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`recite in claim 14 are a part of "two or more actuators" already recites in claim
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`7. Thus, in order to avoid any confusion, it is suggested that claim 14 should
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`be amended as:
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`14. (Currently Amended) The automatic directional control system defined in claim 7, wherein the
`automatic directional control system is configured [to include] such that said two or more
`actuators include a first actuator and a second actuator and wherein [a] the first actuator
`connected to the headlight to effect movement thereof in a first direction and [a] the second
`actuator connected to the headlight to effect movement thereof in a second direction different
`form the first direction.
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`Claims 36 and 37 include the same limitations for "the controller" as
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`claim 7 and are therefore redundant. These claims should be cancelled.
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`STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR PATENTABILITY AND/OR CONFIRMATION
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for patentability
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`and/or confirmation of the claims found patentable in this reexamination
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`proceeding:
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`Independent claim 3 is patentable because of the fact that no single
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`reference of record or combination of references teach "at least one of said two
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`or more sensors generates at least one of said two or more sensor signals that
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`is representative of a rate of change of the steering angle of the vehicle" in
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`combination with a "a controller" and "two or more actuators" as required in
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`claim 3.
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`Dependent claims 4-6 come freighted with the limitations of claim 3 from
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`which they stem and are therefore patentable for the same reasons.
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`Independent claim 7 is patentable because of the fact that no single
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`reference of record or combination of references teach "wherein said first
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`sensor is adapted to generate a signal that is representative of a condition
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`including the steering angle of the vehicle and said second sensor is
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`adapted to generate a signal that is representative of a condition
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`including the pitch of the vehicle " in combination with "a controller" and
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`"two or more actuators" as required in claim 7.
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`Dependent claims 8-13, 15-35, 38-41 come freighted with the limitations
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`of claim 7 from which they stem and are therefore patentable for the same
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`reasons.
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`Any comments considered necessary by PATENT OWNER regarding the
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`above statement must be submitted promptly to avoid processing delays. Such
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`submission by the patent owner should be labeled: "Comments on Statement of
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`Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation" and will be placed in the
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`reexamination file.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Conclusion
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`This is an ACTION CLOSING PROSECUTION (ACP); see MPEP §
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`2671.02.
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`(1) Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.951(a), the patent owner may once file written
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`comments limited to the issues raised in the reexamination proceeding and/or
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`present a proposed amendment to the claims which amendment will be subject
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`to the criteria of 37 CFR 1.116 as to whether it shall be entered and
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`considered. Such comments and/or proposed amendments must be filed
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`within a time period of 30 days or one month (whichever is longer) from the
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`mailing date of this action. 'Where the patent owner files such comments
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`and/or a proposed amendment, the third party requester may once file
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`comments under 37 CFR 1.951(b) responding to the patent owner's submission
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`within 30 days from the date of service of the patent owner's submission on the
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`third party requester.
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`(2) If the patent owner does not timely file comments and/or a proposed
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`amendment pursuant to 37 CFR 1.951(a), then the third party requester is
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`precluded from filing comments under 37 CFR 1.951(b).
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`(3) Appeal cannot be taken from this action, since it is not a final Office
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`action.
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Extensions of Time
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`Extensions of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) will not be permitted in inter
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`partes reexamination proceedings because the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136
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`apply only to "an applicant" and not to parties in a reexamination proceeding.
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`Additionally, 35 U.S.C. 314(c) requires that inter partes reexamination
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`proceedings "will be conducted with special dispatch" (37 CFR 1.937). Patent
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`owner extensions of time in inter partes reexamination proceedings are
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`provided for in 37 CFR 1.956. Extensions of time are not available for third
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`party requester comments, because a comment period of 30 days from service
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`of patent owner's response is set by statute. 35 U.S.C. 314(b)(3).
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`Notification of Other Proceedings
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`The patent owner is reminded of the continuing responsibility under 37
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`CFR 1.985(a), to apprise the Office of any litigation activity, or other prior or
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`concurrent proceeding, involving the '034 patent throughout the course of this
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`reexamination proceeding. The third party requester is also reminded of the
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`ability to similarly apprise the Office of any such activity or proceeding
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`throughout the course of this reexamination proceeding. See MPEP § 2686 and
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`2686.04.
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`All correspondence relating to this inter partes reexamination proceeding
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`Application/Control Numbers: 95/001,621, 90/011,011 (cid:9)
`Art Unit: 3992
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`By Mail to: Mail Stop lnterPartes Reexam
`Attn: Central Reexamination Unit
`Commissioner for Patents
`United States Patent 86 Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`By FAX to: (571) 273-9900
`Central Reexamination Unit
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`By hand:
`Customer Service Window
`Randolph Building
`401 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Registered users of EFS-Web may alternatively submit such
`correspondence via the electronic filing system EFS-Web, at
`https: / sportal.uspto.gov/ authenticate /authenticateuserlocalepf.html.
`EFS-Web offers the benefit of quick submission to the particular area of
`the Office that needs to act on the correspondence. Also, EFS- Web
`submissions are "soft scanned" (i.e., electronically uploaded) directly into
`the official file for the reexamination proceeding, which offers parties the
`opportunity to review the content of their submissions after the "soft
`scanning." processing complete.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications
`from the examiner, or as to the status of this proceeding, should be directed to
`the Central Reexamination Unit at telephone number (571) 272- 7705.
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`/My-Trang N. Ton/
`Primary Examiner
`Central Reexam Unit 3992
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`Conferees:
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`/Margaret Rubin/
`Primary Examiner 3992
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