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`3COM-2910 .WHD.US . P
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`11/30/2000
`09/727,727
`TITLE OF INVENTION: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESSLY AUTODIALING A TELEPHONE NUMBER FROM A RECORD STORED ON
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`3COM-2910 .WHD.US . P
`E. Michael Lunsford
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESSLY AUTODIALING A TELEPHONE NUMBER FROM A RECORD STORED ON
`A PERSONAL INFORMATION DEVICE
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`7522
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`Notice of Allowabllrty
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`09/727,727
`Examine,
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`LUNSFORD ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`Marceau Milord
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`2682
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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.
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
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`2. X The allowed claim(s) islare 19-34.
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`3. Cl Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`b) I] Some“
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`1. X This communication is responsive to 2-14—2006.
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`Art Unit: 2682
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`After a further search and thorough examination of the present application and in view of
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`allowance.
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`2.
`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: the cited prior arts
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`February 14, 2006.
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