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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`10)IZ The drawing(s) filed on 20 January 2009 is/are: a)IZI accepted or b)I:I objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)—(d) or (f).
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`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date 06/29/2009.
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`canceling or amending the conflicting claims so they are no longer coextensive in
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`scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection
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`that of claims 1-22 of prior U.S. Patent No. 7,487,459 B2 and claims 1-48 of prior U.S.
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`applicant for patent, except that an international application filed under the treaty defined in section
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`Bernhardson discloses navigating options within a user interface (abstract; fig.
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`bar elements; each element representing an available option from a plurality of option
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`Application/Control Number: 12/356,486
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`published applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR.
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`/X. L. Bautista/
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