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`BERNARD HUNT
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`PHB-34.306
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`4674
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH REQUEST RE-TRANSMISSION UNTIL ACKNOWLEDGED
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`EXAMINER
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`GANTT, ALAN T
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`ART UNIT
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`2684
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DA TE MAILED: 11/05/2004
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`09/455,124
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`1210611999
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`BERNARD HUNT
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`PHB-34.306
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`4674
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH REQUEST RE-TRANSMISSION UNTIL ACKNOWLEDGED
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`SMALL ENTITY
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`nonprovisional
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`NO
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`ISSUE FEE
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`$1370
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`PUBLICATION FEE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`09/455,124
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`12/06/1999
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`BERNARD HUNT
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`PHB-34.306
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`4674
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH REQUEST RE-TRANSMISSION UNTIL ACKNOWLEDGED
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`SMALL ENTITY
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`nonprovisional
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`NO
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`EXAMINER
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`GANTT, ALAN T
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`ISSUE FEE
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`$1370
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`ART UNIT
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`2684
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`PUBLICATION FEE
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`TOT AL FEE(S) DUE
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`$1370
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`DATE DUE
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`370-345000
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`1rlJ1 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`09/455,124
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`12/06/1999
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`BERNARD HUNT
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`PliB-34.306
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`4674
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`24737
`7590
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`PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS
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`EXAMINER
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`GANTT, ALAN T
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2684
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`DATE MAILED: 11/05/2004
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`Determination of Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`09/455,124
`Examiner
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`Alan T. Gantt
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`HUNT, BERNARD
`Art Unit
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`2684
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-(cid:173)
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
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`1. [8J This communication is responsive to 7120104.
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`2. [8J The allowed claim(s) is/are 1.3-6 9 10 14.15 and 19-27.
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`3. [8J The drawings filed on 1216199 are accepted by the Examiner.
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`4. [8J Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`b) D Some* c) D None
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`6. D CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
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`1) D hereto or 2) D to Paper No./Mail Date __ .
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`6. D Interview Summary (PT0-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
`7. D Examiner's AmendmenUComment
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`8. [8J Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Application/Control Number: 09/455,124
`Art Unit: 2684
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments filed 7 /20/04 have been fully considered and are deemed
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`persuasive. Applicant has incorporated material previously indicated as allowable subject
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`matter.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1, 3-6, 9, 10, 14, 15, and 19-27 are allowed.
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`The following is an examiner's statement ofreasons for allowance:
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`Regarding claims 1, 6, and 9, a method of operating a radio communication system where
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`the primary station determines whether a request for service has been transmitted by a secondary
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`station from a combination of the received signals in a plurality of successive time slots allocated
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`to the at least one respective secondary station was neither found, suggested, nor made evident
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`by the prior art.
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`Regarding claims 14and 15, a method of operating a radio communication system where
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`the primary station determines whether a request for service has been transmitted by a secondary
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`station by determining whether a signal strength of the respective transmitted request exceeds a
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`threshold value was neither found, suggested, nor made evident by the prior art.
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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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`Any inquiry concerning this communication from the examiner should be addressed to
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`Any inquiry of a general nature or relating to this application should be directed to the
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`October 15, 2004
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`Title:
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`RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH REQUEST RE-TRANSMISSION
`UNTIL ACKNOWLEDGED
`(As Amended)
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`Commissioner for Patents
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