Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
`13/450,938
`Examiner
`ANH TRAN
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`Applicant(s)
`MISKIN, MICHAEL
`Art Unit
`AJA {First Inventor to
`File) Status
`2844
`No
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-(cid:173)
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`1.181 This communication is responsive to 4125114.
`DA declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on ___ .
`2. D An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on __ ; the restriction
`requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`3.181 The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-5. As a result of the allowed claim(s), you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highway program at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
`httg://www.usgto.gov/patentsi init events/gphiindex.jsg or send an inquiry to PPHieedback@usgto.aov.
`4. D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`*c) D None of the:
`a) D All
`b) D Some
`1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ .
`3. D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* Certified copies not received: __ .
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE" of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
`5. D CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`D including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment I Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawings in the front (not the back) of
`each sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
`6. 0 DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`Attachment(s)
`1. D Notice of References Cited (PT0-892)
`2. D Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date __
`3. D Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4. D Interview Summary (PT0-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
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`5. D Examiner's Amendment/Comment
`6. 181 Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
`7. D Other __ .
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`U.S. Patent and Trademarl< Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20140513
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`IPR PAGE 1
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`Acuity v. Lynk
`Acuity Ex.
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`1018
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`Application/Control Number: 13/450,938
`Art Unit: 2844
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`1.
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1-5 are allowed.
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance: with respect
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`2.
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`3.
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`to claim 1, in addition to other limitations in the claim, the prior art of record fails to
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`teach, disclose or render obvious the applicant's invention as claimed, particularly the
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`feature describing at least a first and a second LED each discretely packaged, the LEDs
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`being connected in an AC circuit and each LED package being mounted to a substrate
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`at a distance from the other of preferably approximately 3 mm or less, and more
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`preferably 2.0 mm or less.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later
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`than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably
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`accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled "Comments on
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`Statement of Reasons for Allowance."
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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 ANH TRAN whose telephone number is (571)272-1813.
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`The examiner can normally be reached on M-Th (8:00-6:30).
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's
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`supervisor, Alexander Taningco can be reached on 571-272-2048. The fax phone
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`Application/Control Number: 13/450,938
`Art Unit: 2844
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`/ANH TRAN/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2844
`5/13/14
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