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`Waters Techs. Corp. v. Biomedical Device Consultants & Labs
`IPR2018-00498
`Ex. 2008
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`Application/Control Number: 12/718,316
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`Art Unit: 2856
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments, see pages 8—14 and Affidavit filed by the invetor, filed 10 May
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`2013, with respect to all pending claims have been fully considered and are persuasive. The
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`previous rejection of all claims under the prior art has been withdrawn.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1—25 and 27 are allowed over the Prior Art of record.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: All of the Prior art
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`2.
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`3.
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`found typically only disclosed testing arrangements for simulated vascular structures, not heart
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`valves or valved prostethics, having all of the elements and connectivity recited in instant
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`independent claim 1, not the disclosed chamber to perform the testing of the posthetic device, as
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`recited in instant independent claim 17 and the pressurization system recited in instant
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`independent claim 25, wherein accelerated testing is capable of being perform3ed, and
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`elastomeric rolling bellows are employed.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the
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`payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue
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`fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for
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`Allowance.”
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`Conclusion
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`4.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Primary Examiner John Fitzgerald whose telephone number is
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`Application/Control Number: 12/7 1 8,3 16
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`Art Unit: 2856
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`(571) 272—2843. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday—Friday from 7:00 AM to
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`3:30 PM. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's
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`supervisor, Hezron Williams, can be reached on (571) 272—2208. The central fax phone number
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`for the organization Where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571—273—8300.
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the Patent Application
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`Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for published applications may be
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`obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR. Status information for unpublished
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`applications is available through Private PAIR only. For more information about the PAIR
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`system, see http://pair—direct.uspto.gov. Should you have questions on access to the Private PAIR
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`system, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866—217—9197 (toll—free).
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`/John Fitzgerald/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2856
`8/3 0/ l 3
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