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`Application No.
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`10/285,312
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`Examiner
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`Ali Alavi
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`Applicant(s)
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`SMITH ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2875
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`All participants (applicant, applicant's representative, PTO personnel):
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`(1) Ali Alavi. (cid:9)
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`(2) Richard McMillan. (cid:9)
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`Date of Interview: 31 January 2007.
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`(3) (cid:9)
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`(4) (cid:9)
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`Type: a)0 Telephonic b)I=1 Video Conference
`c)E1 Personal [copy given to: 1)0 applicant (cid:9)
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`2)E applicant's representative]
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`Exhibit shown or demonstration conducted: d)EI Yes (cid:9)
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`If Yes, brief description: (cid:9)
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`e)E1 No.
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`Claim(s) discussed: 1, 7, and 14.
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`Identification of prior art discussed: 6,305,823, 5,909,949, and 6,193,398.
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`Agreement with respect to the claims f)Z was reached. g)p was not reached. h)0 N/A.
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`Substance of Interview including description of the general nature of what was agreed to if an agreement was
`reached, or any other comments: We discussed independent claims 1, 7, and 14. We agreed that claim 14 is
`allowable over the prior art of record because of the specific limitation of "a predetermined minimum threshhold
`amount to prevent the actuator from being operated continiously or duly in response to relatively small variations in
`the sensed operating speed.".
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`(A fuller description, if necessary, and a copy of the amendments which the examiner agreed would render the claims
`allowable, if available, must be attached. Also, where no copy of the amendments that would render the claims
`allowable is available, a summary thereof must be attached.)
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`THE FORMAL WRITTEN REPLY TO THE LAST OFFICE ACTION MUST INCLUDE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE
`INTERVIEW. (See MPEP Section 713.04). If a reply to the last Office action has already been filed, APPLICANT IS
`GIVEN A NON-EXTENDABLE PERIOD OF THE LONGER OF ONE MONTH OR THIRTY DAYS FROM THIS
`INTERVIEW DATE, OR THE MAILING DATE OF THIS INTERVIEW SUMMARY FORM, WHICHEVER IS LATER, TO
`FILE A STATEMENT OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE INTERVIEW. See Summary of Record of Interview
`requirements on reverse side or on attached sheet.
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`asts
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`ALI ALAVI
`PRIMARY EXAMINER
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`Examiner Note: You must sign this form unless it is an
`Attachment to a signed Office action. (cid:9)
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`Examiner's signature, if required
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-413 (Rev. 04-03)
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`Interview Summary
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`Paper No. 20070131
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`SL Corp. Exhibit 1016
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