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`Illumina Ex. 1134
`IPR Petition - USP 10,435,742
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`Application No.
`FirsIAcIion Interview Pilot Program 16/159185
`Pre-lnleri/iew Communication
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`JEZIA RILEY
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`Applicant(s)
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`- The MAILING 0/? N077F/CA 770/V DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address -
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`THE SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE ONE MONTH OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING OR NOTIFICATION DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
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`This time period for reply is extendable under 37 CFR 1.136(a) for only ONE additional MONTH.
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`This communication constitutes notice under 37 CFR 1.136(a)(1)(i).
`Applicant must, within the time period for reply, file: (1) A letter requesting not to have a first action interview; (2) A reply under 37 CFR
`1.111 waiving the first action interview and First Action Interview Office Action; or (3) An Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form (PTOL-
`413A) electronically via EFS-Web, accompanied by a proposed amendment or arguments, and schedule the interview within 2 months from
`the filing of the request. A failure to respond to this communication will be treated as a request not to have an interview. If applicant waives
`the First Action Interview Office Action, the instant Pre-lnterview Communication is deemed the first Office Action on the Merits. The next
`subsequent Office action may be made final if appropriate. See MPEP 706.07( ).
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`Status
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`1) [:1 Responsive to communication(s) filed on
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`C] A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`Disposition of Claims
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`2) 33 Claim(s) fl is/are pending in the application.
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`2a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`:I Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`ZI Claim s fl is/are rejected.
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`j Claim(s)
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`is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`7) :I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`8) 2} The drawing(s) filed on 10/2/18 is/are: a)
`accepted or b) CI objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`9) CI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119( )-(d) or (f).
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`a) C] All b) C] Some * c) C] None of:
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`1. CI Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2. I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3. CI Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National
`Stage application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2( )).
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`*See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Contact Information
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`Examiner's Telephone Number: (571)272—0786
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`Examiner's Typical Work Schedule: 7:30—6:009m
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`Supervisor's Name: Gary Benzion
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`Attachment(s)
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`1) D Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Supervisor's Telephone Number:
`571—272—0782
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`3) 1:] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date.
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`2) D Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/OB)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
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`U.S.Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) C] Other:
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`PTOL-413FP (Rev. 08-13)
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`First Action Interview Pilot Program - Pre-lnterview Communication
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`Part Of Paper No./Mail Date 20190214
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`Firs! Action Interview Pilot Program
`Pro-Interview Communication
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`Exam'mr
`JEZIA RILEY
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`A" ”n“
`1637
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`“A Status
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`Application No.
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`16/150,185
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`Applicant(s)
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`Ju etal.
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`fl Claim(s)
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`Reference(s)
`(if applicable)
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`1
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`1—2
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`US 9,719,139
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`Notification of Rejection(s) and/or 0bjection(s)
`Rejection
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`Statutory Basis
`Brief Explanation of Rejection
`Claims 1—2 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting rejection as being
`unpatentable over claim 1 of US. Patent No. 9,719,139. Although the claims at issue are not
`identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other (see below)
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`Double patenting
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`Expanded Discussion/Commentary
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`because they both claim a nucleotide having identical formula where R can be MOM (see Figure 7) and therefore is not a —CHZCH=CH2 group.
`And OR is not a methoxy group or an ester group.
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`DATE:
`14 February 2019
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`/JEZIA RILEY/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1637
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`U.S.Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-413FP (Rev. 08-13)
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