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`Application/Control Number: 12/848 432
`Art Unit: 2167
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`Specification
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`The abstract of the disclosure is objected to becausethe title of the invention
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`Double Patenting
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`of U. S. Patent No. 7,779,011 since the claims, if allowed, would improperly extend the
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`The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the
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`common subject matter, as follows: a method for searching indexed items using a
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`keypad with overloaded keys; wherein the indexed items have been mappedto the
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`USPQ 210 (CCPA 1968). See also MPEP § 804.
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`Instant Application
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`Patent 7,779,011
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`A method of processing unresolved
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`with overloaded keysin which a given key
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`with overloaded keys in which a given key
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`is in fixed association with a number and
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`is in fixed association with a number and
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`at least one alphabetic character, the
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`at least one alphabetic character, said
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`unresolved keystroke entries being
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`unresolved keystroke entries being
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`directed at identifying an item from a setof
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`directed at identifying an item from a set of
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`items, each of the items being associated
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`items, eachof said items being associated
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`with information describing the item
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`with information describing the item
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`comprising one or more words, the method
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`comprising one or more words, said
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`method comprising:
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`Providing accessto an index ofthe items,
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`Indexing said items by associating subsets
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`the index having an association between
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`of said items with corresponding strings of
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`subsets of the items and corresponding
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`one or more unresolved keystrokes for
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`strings of one or more unresolved
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`overloaded keys so that the subsets of
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`keystrokes for overloaded keysso that the
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`items are directly mapped to the
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`subsets of items are directly mapped to
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`correspondingstrings of unresolved
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`the corresponding strings of unresolved
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`keystrokes for various search query prefix
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`describing the indexed items of said
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`keystrokes for various search queryprefix
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`substrings;
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`substrings;
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`For at least one subsetof items,
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`For at least one subsetof items,
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`determining which letters and numbers
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`determining letters and numbers present in
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`present in the information associated with
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`the information associated with and
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