Attorney Did. N0. 111971—8013.U801
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`N THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PATENT
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`1N RE APPLICATEON OF: LEK HON
`Appucmow No:
`13/754,521
`FILED:
`JANUARY 30, 2013
`FOR: ELECTRONtC CIGARETTE
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`EXAMENERZ MAYES, DIONNE
`WALLS
`ART UNIT:
`CON” “Oi
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`1747
`6079
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`AMENDMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Atexandria, VA 22313—1450
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`Dear Commissioner:
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`in response to the Office Action dated 09/25/2015, please amend the above-
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`identified application as foltows:
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`Amendments to the Claims are reftected in the Eisting of claims which begins on
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`page 2 of this paper.
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`Remarks begin on page 6 of this paper.
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`Continued on Next Page.
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`I hereby certify that this paper (along with any referred to as beéng attached or enclosed) is being electronically flied
`with the {1.8. Patent and Trademark Office on the date entered below.
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`Certificate of Electronic Filing
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`December 28, 2015
`Date of Electronic Submission
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`lAmy Candelore.’
`Signature
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`N THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PATENT
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`1N RE APPLICATEON OF: LEK HON
`Appucmow No:
`13/754,521
`FILED:
`JANUARY 30, 2013
`FOR: ELECTRONtC CIGARETTE
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`EXAMENERZ MAYES, DIONNE
`WALLS
`ART UNIT:
`CON” “Oi
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`1747
`6079
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`AMENDMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Atexandria, VA 22313—1450
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`Dear Commissioner:
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`in response to the Office Action dated 09/25/2015, please amend the above-
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`identified application as foltows:
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`Amendments to the Claims are reftected in the Eisting of claims which begins on
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`page 2 of this paper.
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`Remarks begin on page 6 of this paper.
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`Continued on Next Page.
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`I hereby certify that this paper (along with any referred to as beéng attached or enclosed) is being electronically flied
`with the {1.8. Patent and Trademark Office on the date entered below.
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`Certificate of Electronic Filing
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`December 28, 2015
`Date of Electronic Submission
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`lAmy Candelore.’
`Signature
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`Appiication No. 13!?54,52‘l
`Response to Office Action dated 09/252015
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`Attorney Dkt. No. 111971~8013.U80‘i
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace alt prior versions of claims in the application.
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`1—15. (Cancelled)
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`16. (New) A vaporizing device comprising:
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`a battery assembly comprising a battery, a sensor, an LED and a micro-
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`controller unit electrically connected to a circuit board within a tubular battery assembly
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`housing;
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`a first etectrode at an end of the battery assembly housing;
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`an atomizer assembly comprising an atomizer and a iiquid supply in a tubular
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`atomizer assembiy housing;
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`with the atomizer including a heater wire coil wound around a porous body, with
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`the heater wire coil and the porous body positioned perpendicuiar to a longitudinai axis
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`of the tubular atomizer assembly housing;
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`the heater wire coil and the porous body in an airflow path through the tubular
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`atomizer assembly housing leading to a suction nozzle wherein the air passes across
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`the heater wire coil and the porous body;
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`a second electrode at an end of the atomizer assembty housing; and
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`ilif'
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`the battery assembiy and the atomizer assembiy eiectricaily connected by
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`engagement of
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`the first electrode with the second electrode, and with electricity
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`conducted from the battery to the heater wire coil
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`through the first and second
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`electrodes for the heater wire coit.
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`17. (New) The device of ciaim 16 with the atomizer further inctuding a through
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`hole aligned with the heater wire coil.
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`Response to Office Action dated 09/252015
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`Attorney Dkt. No. 1tt971—8013U801
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`18. (New) The device of ciaim 17 with the through hoie centered between spaced
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`apart wire leads of the heater wire coli.
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`19.
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`(New) The device of ciairn 18 with the sensor'in between a pressure
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`balancing hole in the battery assembly housing and the first electrode.
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`20. (New) The device of claim 16 with the first eiectrode contacting the second
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`electrode regardiess of an anguiar orientation of the battery assembiy relative to the
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`atomizer assembly.
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`21. (New) The device of claim 18 with the airflow path further inctuding an air
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`inlet in a side wail of the tubular atomizer assembiy housing at the second electrode.
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`22. (New) The device of ciaim 18 further including fiber containing cigarette liquid
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`in contact with the porous body.
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`23. (New) A vaporizing device comprising:
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`a battery assembly comprising a battery, a sensor, an LED and a micro-
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`controller unit within a battery assembly housing having a pressure balancing hole on a
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`first side of the sensor, and a first cavity in the tubular battery assembty housing on a
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`second side of the sensor opposite from the first side of the sensor;
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`ari atomizer assembly comprising an atomizer and a second cavity in a
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`tubular atomizer assembty housing, with the first cavity connecting into the second
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`cavity, the atomizer including a heater wire coii wound on a porous body, and the heater
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`wire coil and the porous body perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tubular atomizer
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`assembly housing, the heater wire coii arid porous body in an airflow path through the
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`tubular atomizer assembly housing wherein air flows across the wire coil and the porous
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`bodygand
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`the battery assembly and the atomizer assem biy electrically connected via
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`a first electrode at a first end of the battery assembiy contacting a second eiectrode at a
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`Attorney Did. No. 111971—801313801
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`first end of the atomizer assembly with the battery assembty at any angular orientation
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`relative to the atomizer assembly.
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`24. (New) The vaporizing device of claim 23 with the airfiow path passing through
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`a through hole in the atomizer.
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`25. (New) The device of claim 24 wherein the heater wire coil
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`is on a central
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`section of the porous body.
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`26. (New) The device of claim 25 with the through hole between spaced apart
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`wire ieads of the heater wire coil.
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`27. (New) The device of claim 26 with the airflow path further including an air
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`inlet in a side wall of the tubular atomizer assembly housing adjacent to the second
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`electrode.
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`28. (New) The device of claim 26 further including fiber containing a cigarette
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`liquid in contact with the atomizer.
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`29. (New) The device of claim 26 wherein the porous body provides capiliary
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`action.
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`30.
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`(New) A vaporizing device comprising:
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`a battery assembly comprising battery, 3 sensor, and a micro-controiier unit
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`electricaliy connected to a circuit board within the battery assembiy housing, and a first
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`electrode at a first end of the battery assembly housing;
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`an atomizer assembly comprising an atomizer and
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`tiquid absorbed in fiber
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`material in a tubuiar atomizer assembty housing, and a second electrode at a first end
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`of the atomizer assembly, the atomizer including a porous body in physical contact with
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`the fiber material, and the atomizer inciuding a heater wire wound in a coil on a part of
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`the porous body which is perpendicular to a iongitudinat axis of the tubular atomizer
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`assembiy housing;
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`Attorney Dkt. No. 1119?1—8013.USO1
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`an airflow path through a through hoie of the atomizer located between spaced
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`apart wire leads of the heater wire coii, and the heater wire coil and the porous body in
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`the airflow path, wherein air flows across the wire and porous body; and
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`the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly via the first
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`electrode contacting the second electrode.
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`31. (New) The device of ciaim 30 with the airflow path further including an air
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`inlet in a side wait of tubuiar atomizer assembiy housing adiacent to the first end of the
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`tubular atomizer assembly housing.
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`32. (New) The device of claim 30 with the sensor in between a pressure
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`balancing hole in the tubular battery assembly housing and the first electrode.
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`33. (New) The device of claim 30 with a central axis of the through hole bi—
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`secting the heater wire coil.
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`34. (New) The device of claim 33 further including a first cavity in the battery
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`assembty connecting into a second cavity in the atomizer assembly.
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`35. (New) The device of claim 30 with the first electrode contacting the second
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`eiectrode with the battery assembly at any angular orientation retative to the atomizer
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`assembly.
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`36. (New) The device of claim 35 wherein the porous body provides capillary
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`action.
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`3?. (New) The device of claim 16 with the first eiectrode contacting the second
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`eiectrode with the battery assembiy at any anguiar orientation relative to the atomizer
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`assembiy.
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`Apptication No. 13/754,521
`Response to Office Action dated 09/259015
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`Attorney Dirt. No. 111971-8013.U801
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`REMARKS
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`Reconsideration and withdrawal of the rejections is requested. Claims 1—15 are
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`cancelled and new claims 16—37 have been added.
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`Responsive to the double patenting rejection at page 2 of the Office Action, a
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`Terminal Disclaimer and fee are filed with this paper disclaiming over US. Patent Nos
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`8,375,957. Responsive to the section 112 rejections at paragraph 5 of the Office Action,
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`the air-liquid separator has been deleted from the claims.
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`New claim 16 includes an atomizer inciuding a heater wire coil wound around a
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`porous body and perpendicular to the longitudinai axis of the atomizer assembiy
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`housing, and with the battery assembiy and the atomizer assembty electrically
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`connected by engagement of electrodes on the housings.
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`New claim 23 describes a first cavity in the atomizer assembly connecting into a
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`second cavity in the battery assembly; a heater wire coil wound around a porous body
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`and perpendicular to the longitudinai axis of the housing, and etectrodes at the ends of
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`the battery assembly and the atomizer assembly electrically connecting them.
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`New claim 30 includes an atomizer including a heater wire wound in a coil on a
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`part of the porous body which is perpendicular to a iongitudinal axis of the housing, an
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`airflow path through a through hole located between spaced apart wire leads of the
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`heater wire ccii, and the battery assembly electricaliy connected to the atomizer
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`assembty via a first electrode contacting a second electrode.
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`Turning to the section 103 rejections at pages 4~9 of the Office Action,
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`the
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`combination of Vegas and Giibert faits to disclose a wire or coil as in claims 16, 28 and
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`Application No. 13/754,521
`Response to Office Action dated 09/25/2015
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`Attorney Did. No. 11i971-80i3.USO1
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`30. Voges uses a bubbie jet printer type of droplet ejection device 14. Col. 5, iines 61—
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`65. The combination of Voges and Gilbert also does not disclose use of a heater or to
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`create vapor. Indeed, Voges expressly teaches away from a heater, stating at Col. 3,
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`lines 52~56z
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`“In yet other devices a nicotine containing substance is heated to vapourise an
`amount of nicotine which is then available for inhalation. The amount of nicotine
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`deiivered by such devices is difficult to control and is temperature dependant."
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`Voges aisc teaches away from the porous
`disclosing at Col. 2, lines 3041:
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`body of ciaims 16, 29 and 36,
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`“Early cigarette substitutes employed a porous carrier impregnated with a liquid
`nicotine containing composition through which an air stream couid be drawn to volatilize
`nicotine. This approach yielded insufficient nicotine per puff, suffered from a tendency
`for the carrier to dry out and delivered a variable amount of nicotine per puff, depending
`on factors such as air temperature, humidity, iung capacity of the user and amount of
`liquid composition remaining in the carrier.”
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`Gilbert does not disclose a wire or coil, or a porous body, and is applied in
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`combination with Voges only as disciosing a screw thread eiectrode. As neither of
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`Voges or Gilbert individuaiiy discioses these eiernents, the combination of Voges and
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`Gilbert does not disclose these eiements.
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`In View of the foregoing,
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`it
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`is submitted that the ciaims are in condition for
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`ailowance. A Notice of Allowance is requested.
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`Dated: December 28 2015
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`Customer No. 34055
`Perkins Coie LLP
`Patent — LA
`PO. Box 1247
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`Seattie, WA 981114247
`Phone:
`(310) 788-3267
`Fax:
`(206) 359~7198
`Emaii: KOhriner@perkinscoie.com
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`Respectfuily submitted,
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`PERKINS COlE LLP
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`ByleennethHOhriner/
`Kenneth H. Ohriner
`Reg. No. 31 ,646
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