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`14/507,329
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`10/06/2014
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`Swaminatha Vasudevan
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`20069—CON2
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`4590
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`ARRIS Enterprises, LLC
`Legal Dept - Docketing
`101 Tournament Drive
`HORSHAM, PA 19044
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`CHAN, 5A1 MING
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`2462
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`10/04/2016
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/0r attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e—mail address(es):
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`arrisdocketing@arris.com
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`PTOL‘gOA (Rev‘ 04/07)
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`SONY - EX.-1006
`Sony Corporation - Petitioner
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`SONY - Ex.-1006
`Sony Corporation - Petitioner
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` Application No.
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`Corrected
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`Notice of Allowability
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`14/507,329
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`31mm: CHAN
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`Applicant(s)
`VASUDEVAN ET AL.
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`AIA (First Inventor to File)
`323""
`Status
`No
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`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. IZI This communication is responsive to 7/5/2016.
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`[I A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2. I] 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. IX The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-10 and 12-18. 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 http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp or send an inquiry to PPeredback@uspto.gov.
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`4. El Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Certified copies:
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`b) I] Some
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`*c) I] None of the:
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`1. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3. I] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
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`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* 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.
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`5. El CORRECTED DRAWINGS ( as “replacement sheets”) must be submitted.
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`including changes required by the attached Examiner’s Amendment / Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mai| Date
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`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).
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`6. I] 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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`5. IX Examiner‘s Amendment/Comment
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`6. I] Examiner‘s Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`7. D Other
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`Attachment(s)
`1. I] Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2. I] Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
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`Paper No./Mai| Date
`3. I] Examiner‘s Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4. El Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mai| Date
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` US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
`20160929
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date
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`Application/Control Number: 14/507,329
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`Page 2
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`Art Unit: 2462
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
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`EXAMINER'S COMMENT
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject
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`matter:
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`Claims 1-10 and 12-18 are allowed.
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`Claim 1
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`is allowed because the closest prior art, Mahvi et al. (U.S. Patent #
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`6259486), and Relan et al. (U.S. PG-Publication # 2005/0229226), either singularly or in
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`combination, fail to anticipate or render obvious a method comprising:
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`“wherein initiating the action to conserve resources comprises sending
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`instructions to the content provider to halt delivery of a video portion of the television
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`content, wherein the television content delivered after sending the instructions does
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`not comprise the video portion,” in combination with all other limitations in the claim as
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`claimed and defined by applicants.
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`Because the above limitations of claim 1 patentably define over the art of record,
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`claim 1
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`is allowable.
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`Independent claim 16 include similar limitations as claim 1 and as
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`a result is allowable for similar reasons as claim 1.
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`Application/Control Number: 14/507,329
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`Page 3
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`Art Unit: 2462
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments filed on 7/5/2016 have been fully considered and
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`persuasive.
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`Conclusion
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`Application/Control Number: 14/507,329
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`Art Unit: 2462
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`/Sai-Ming Chan/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2462
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`September 29, 2016
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