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`111550,863
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`PATENT NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`7543634
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`45023-37
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`9381
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`JIM FEHR, Edmonton, CANADA;
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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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`111550,863
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`10119/2006
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`JIMFEHR
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`45023-37
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`9381
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`01/29/2009
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`23971
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`BENNETT JONES LLP
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`4500 BANKERS HALL EAST
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`EXAMINER
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`THOMPSON, KENNETH L
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3672
`DATE MAILED: 01129/2009
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`11/550,863
`Examiner
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`Applicant(s)
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`FEHR ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`Kenneth Thompson
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`3672
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`-- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-(cid:173)
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`1. IZ! This communication is responsive to RCE filed 5 November 2008.
`2. 1Zl The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-13, 15-22 and 24-27.
`3. D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a) D All
`b) D Some*
`c) D None
`of the:
`1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2. D Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PT0-948)
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`Paper No./Mail Date __
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`of Biological Material
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`8. ~ Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Off1ce
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`Application/Control Number: 11/550,863
`Art Unit: 3672
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`ALLOWANCE
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 5
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`November 2008 has been entered.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`Parrish, U.S. 1,956,694 discloses a similar packer.
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`Mills, U.S. 4,794,989 discloses pairs of similar multiple packer elements having
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`test ports there between.
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`Brisco, U.S. 4,569,396 discloses similar spaced packers and a ported mandrel.
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance:
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`The prior art of record does not disclose or suggest all the claimed limitations
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`including first and second sleeves covering first and second ports between first second
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`and third multiple element packers.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later
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`/Kenneth Thompson/
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
`FEHR ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`3672
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`Classification
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`277/342
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`166/387
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`166/305.1
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`Notice of References Cited
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`01-1989
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`Mills, Aubrey C.
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`Brisco, David P.
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`Application/Control No.
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`11550863
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`Examiner
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`Thompson, Kenneth
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
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`FEHR ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`3672
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`Class
`166
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`175
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`Subclass
`387, 386, 373, 374, 142, 146, 147, 184, 185, 194, 318,
`269, 126, 127, 131, 191, 305.1, 306,313
`237, 317
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`Date
`1/21/09
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`Examiner
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`1/21/09
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`Filing Date
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`11550863
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`2006-10-19
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`I FEHR, JIM
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