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`Title: METHOD AND NETWORK FOR ENSURING SECURE FORWARDING
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`US Patent No. 7,937,581
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`I ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. I CONFIRMATION NO.
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`Sami Vaarala
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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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`12/560,481
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`09116/2009
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`Sami Vaarala
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`290.1052CON
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`EXAMINER
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`Y ALEW, FIKREMARIAM A
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2436
`DATE MAILED: 02/07/2011
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`12/560,481
`Examiner
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`VAARALA ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Fikremariam Yalew
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`2436
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`-- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-(cid:173)
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`1.1Z! This communication is responsive to 11123/2010.
`2. 1Zl The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-9.
`3. IZI 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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`1. [gl Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`9. [gl Other See comment.
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20110127
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`Application/Control Number: 12/560,481
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`1.
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`This correspondence is in response to AMENDMENTS and REMARKS filed on
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`11/23/2010.
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`2.
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`Claims 1-9 are pending.
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`Response to Arguments
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`3.
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to the rejection of the pending claims over prior arts
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`of record have been fully considered and are persuasive. The rejections of Claims 1-9 have been
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`withdrawn.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`4.
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`Claims 1-9 are allowed. No reason for allowance is needed as the record is clear in light
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`of further search conducted and applicant's arguments filed on 11/23/2010.
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`Conclusion.
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`/Fikremariam Yalew/
`Examiner, Art Unit 2436
`01/27/2010
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`/Nasser Moazzami/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2436
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