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`PATENT NO.
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`DATED
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`2 Walter G. Mayfield and Daniel Martin Valdez
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`It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re application of:
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`Application No. 16/460,770
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`Filed: July 2, 2019
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`For: SYSTEM COMPRISING A
`PORTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR
`USE WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC
`DEVICE
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`momomamoocamooncoawoomom
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`US Patent No. 10,562,077
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`Issued: February 18, 2020
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`Examiner: Anthony M. I-Iaughton
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`Confirmation No: 9783
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`Attorney Docket No. : MAYG— 1 00 l —USC7
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`Attn: Certificate of Correction Branch
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`REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION OF PATENT
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`It is certified that the errors
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`The correction is being made to the following lines:
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`In the claims, at claim 1, column 22, line 5, delete “complimentary” and substitute therefor
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`It is certified that an error appears or errors appear in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent
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`In the claims, at claim 1, column 22, line 5, delete “complimentary" and substitute therefor
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NO.: 16/460,770
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`SYSTEM COMPRISING A PORTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
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`SYSTEM COMPRISING A PORTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
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`HAUGHTON. ANTHONY MICHAEL
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`ART UNIT
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`ANTHONY M HAUGHTON
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`2835
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`Yes
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1-13 are allowed.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: Claims 1-13 are considered
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`to be allowable because the prior art of record neither anticipates nor renders obvious the limitations of
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`the base claim 1. Claim 1 includes a system comprising: a portable switching device coupled to a
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`portable electronic device; wherein: the switching device and the electronic device are configured to
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`selectively couple to each other employing magnetic force from a first magnet disposed within the
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`switching device; the switching device comprises a first case; the electronic device comprises a second
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`case and an electronic circuit that is responsive to the switching device; the portable switching device is
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`configured to activate, deactivate, or send into hibernation the portable electronic device; the switching
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`device plays, pauses and/or changes the volume of a remote device; the lid is recessed to configure to
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`the switching device; and when coupled, the second case functions to protect the first case in
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`combination with all other elements of the base claim. Claims 2-13 are all dependent upon claim 1 and
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