IN THE UNITED STA TES PA TENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`In re application of: KWOK WAI CHEUNG et al. Attorney Docket No.: IPVMCP02
`
`Application No.: 11/452,115
`
`Filed: June 12, 2006
`
`Title: SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES TO
`MANAGE MULTIPLE MODES OF
`COMMUNICATION
`
`Examiner: TROST IV, WILLIAM
`GEORGE
`
`Group: 2617
`
`CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited with the U.S.
`Postal Service with sufficient postage as first-class mail on March 21,
`2007 in an envelope addressed to the Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
`1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
`
`Signed:
`
`Patricia Tate
`
`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
`37 CFR §§1.56 AND 1.97(b)
`
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`
`Dear Sir:
`
`The references listed in the attached PTO Form 1449, copies of which are attached, may be
`material to examination of the above-identified patent application. Applicants submit these
`references in compliance with their duty of disclosure pursuant to 37 CFR §§1.56 and 1.97. The
`Examiner is requested to make these references of official record in this application.
`
`This Information Disclosure Statement is not to be construed as a representation that a search
`has been made, that additional information material to the examination of this application does not
`exist, or that these references indeed constitute prior art.
`
`This Information Disclosure Statement is: (i) filed within three (3) months of the filing date
`of the above-referenced application, (ii) believed to be filed before the mailing date of a first Office
`Action on the merits, or (iii) believed to be filed before the mailing of a first Office Action after the
`filing of a Request for Continued Examination under §1.114.
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`Appln. No. 11/452,115
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`Atty. Docket No. IPVMCP02
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`Accordingly, it is believed that no fees are due in connection with the filing of this
`Information Disclosure Statement. However, if it is determined that any fees are due, the
`Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge such fees to Deposit Account 50-3874 (Order No.
`IPVMCP02).
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`Respectfully submitted,
`
`C. DouglassThomas
`Registration No. 32,947
`
`5150 El Camino Real,
`Building A, Ste. 22
`Los Altos, CA 94022
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`Appln. No. 11/452,115
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`2
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`Examiner
`Initial
`/K.D./
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`1.
`2.
`3.
`4.
`5.
`6.
`7.
`8.
`9.
`10.
`11.
`12.
`13.
`14.
`15.
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`V 16.
`
`Bannister et al.
`5,548,636 Aug-96
`Ludwig et al.
`5,758,079 May-98
`Finket al.
`5,786,893 Jul.-98
`5,970,388 Oct.-99 Will
`Osborn et al.
`6,119,022 Sep-00
`Thomas et al.
`7,116,976 Oct.-06
`Potter
`2003/0103600 A1 Jun-03
`Earl
`2003/0129968 A1 Jul-03
`Jang et al.
`2003/0232629 A1 Dec-03
`Yang
`2005/0071253 A1 Mar.-05
`Jefferson et al.
`2006/0288099 A1 Dec.-06
`Zahavi et al
`6,577,859 B1 Jun-03
`Conklin et al.
`6,665,534 B1 Dec.-03
`Aarnio et al.
`6,801,793 B1 Oct-04
`Brown et al.
`7,010,288 B2 Mar.-06
`Krishnan
`7,403,261 B1 May-06
`
`Foreign Documents
`
`Jjorm 1449 (Modified)
`
`1 mar 2 3
`
`TlXlnformation Disclosure
`?n/17 ® L
`u' Statement By Applicant
`
`®*^Use Several Sheets if Necessary)
`
`Atty. Docket No.
`Application No.:
`Applicant
`Filing Date
`Group
`
`IPVMCP02
`11/452,115
`KWOK WAI CHEUNG et al.
`June 12, 2006
`2617
`
`Page 1 of 3
`
`No. Patent No.
`
`U.S. Patent Documents
`Patentee
`Date
`
`Class
`
`Sub­
`class
`
`Filing Date
`
`Init.
`
`Document No.
`
`Date
`
`Country
`
`/K.D./
`
`WO 01/45243 A2 Jun-01
`
`PCT
`
`Class
`
`Subc
`lass
`
`Translation
`Yes No
`
`/K.D./
`
`A
`
`B
`/K.D./
`/K.D./ C
`
`Other Documents (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.)
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`"iotum History," lotum Corp., http://iotum.com/simplyrelevant/2006/04/03/iotum-history/,
`downloaded May 15, 2006, pages 1-4.
`
`Examiner
`
`/Kiet Doan/
`
`01/16/2010
`Examiner: Initial citation considered. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
`considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
`
`Date Considered
`
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`Form 1449 (Modified)
`
`Information Disclosure
`Statement By Applicant
`
`Atty. Docket No.
`Application No.:
`Applicant
`Filing Date
`Group
`
`IPVMCP02
`11/452,115
`KWOK WAI CHEUNG et al.
`June 12,2006
`2617
`
`(Use Several Sheets if Necessary)
`
`Page 2 of 3
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`/K.D./
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`D
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`E
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`F
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`G
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`H
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`I
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`K
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`L
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`M
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`N
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`R
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`S
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`http:www.vodafone.co.nz/business/10.2.3_messaging.jsp, downloaded October 14, 2003,
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`Science, Stanford University, January 1999, pages 1-13.
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`Thousands of Mobile Phone Retail Stores Nationwide", fastmobile Press Release,
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`http://www.alternic.org/drafts/drafts-r-s/draft-rosenberg=sip-pip-OO.txt, November 13,1998,
`Bell Laboratories, Columbia, pages 1-31.
`
`Examiner
`
`/Kiet Doan/
`
`01/16/2010
`Examiner: Initial citation considered. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
`considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
`
`Date Considered
`
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`Form 1449 (Modified)
`
`Information Disclosure
`Statement By Applicant
`
`Atty. Docket No.
`Application No.:
`Applicant
`Filing Date
`Group
`
`IPVMCP02
`11/452,115
`KWOK WAI CHEUNG et al.
`June 12,2006
`2617
`
`(Use Several Sheets if Necessary)
`
`Page 3 of 3
`
`/K.D./
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`T
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`U
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`V
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`X
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`Y
`
`Z
`
`Joseph, Anthony D. et al., "The Case for Services over Cascaded Networks", EECS
`Department, CS Division, University of California, Berkeley, http://iceberg.cs.berkeley.edu/,
`International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Multimedia 1998, pages 1-9.
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`Format (PIDF), draft-ietf=simple-rpid-06.txt, June 2, 2005, http://www1.ietf.org/mail-
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`w Schulzrinne, H. et al., RPID: Rich Presence Extensions to the Presence Information Data
`Format (PIDF), draft-ietf-simple-rpid-10.txt, December 20, 2005, pages 1-41.
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`jointly by Sonim, Symbian and Texas Instruments", Sonim Press Release, December 2,.
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`2003, pages 1-24.
`Symbian Ltd., "Symbian OS Version 7.0s: Functional description", Revision 2.1, June
`2003, pages 1-29.
`AA Symbian Ltd., "Technology: Creating Symbian OS phones",
`http://www.symbian.com/technology/create-symb-OS-phones.html, downloaded
`November 5, 2003, page 1-8.
`Symbian Ltd., "Technology: Why is a different operating system needed",
`http://www.symbian.com/technology/why-diff-os.html, downloaded November 5, 2003,
`pages 1-5.
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`http://www.vtext.com/customer_site/jsp/messaging_lo.jsp, downloaded October 2, 2003,
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`February 20, 2003.
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`2003, pages 1-2.
`
`AB
`
`AC
`
`AE
`
`Examiner
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`.... x
`,
`/Kiet Doan/
`
`Date Considered
`
`01/16/2010
`
`Examiner: Initial citation considered. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
`considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
`
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`Page 1 of 1
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Addie«: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
`
`CONFIRMATION NO. 1743
`
`CLASS
`455
`
`GROUP ART UNIT
`2617
`
`ATTORNEY
`DOCKET NO.
`IPVMCP02
`
`United States Extent and Trademark Office
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`HDHiiiiiiiiiuiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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`Bib Data Sheet
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`SERIAL NUMBER
`11/452,115
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`FILING OR 371(c)
`DATE
`06/12/2006
`RULE
`
`APPLICANTS
`Kwok Wai Cheung, Tai Po, HONG KONG;
`Peter P. Tong, Mountain View, CA;
`C. Douglass Thomas, Campbell, CA;
`
`** CONTINUING DATA *************************
`This application is a CIP of 11/006,343 12/07/2004 PAT 7,116,976
`which claims benefit of 60/527,565 12/08/2003
`
`** FOREIGN APPLICATIONS ********************
`
`IF REQUIRED, FOREIGN FILING LICENSE GRANTED** QMAI . FKmTY **
`** 07/11/2006
`0
`Foreign Priority claimed Q yes Q no
`35 USC 119 (a-d) conditions yes
` no
`me*
`Allowance
`Verified and
`______ ,________________ .________
`Examiner's Signature
`Acknowledged
`Initials
`ADDRESS
`34071
`TITLE
`SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES TO MANAGE MULTIPLE MODES OF COMMUNICATION
`
` Met after
`
`STATE OR
`COUNTRY
`HONG
`KONG
`
`SHEETS
`DRAWING
`2
`
`TOTAL
`CLAIMS
`19
`
`INDEPENDENT
`CLAIMS
`4
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`FILING FEE
`RECEIVED
`715
`
`FEES: Authority has been given in Paper
`No._________ to charge/credit DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
`, for following:
`No.
`
` All Fees
`
` 1.16 Fees ( Filing )
`
` 1.17 Fees ( Processing Ext. of
`time)
` 1.18 Fees ( Issue)
`O Other_________________
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`RECEIVED
`650 903 9800CENTRALFAXC®^F
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`AUG 0 2 2007
`
`Form 1449 (Modified)
`
`Information Disclosure
`Statement By Applicant
`
`(Use Several Sheets if Necessary)
`
`Atty. Docket No.
`Application No.:
`Applicant
`Filing Date
`Group
`
`IPVMCP02
`11/452,115
`CHEUNG et al.
`June 12,2006
`2617
`Page 1 of 1
`
`Examiner
`Initial
`/K.D,/
`
`K
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`No.
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`Patent No.
`
`U.S. Patent Documents
`Patentee
`Date
`
`1.
`2.
`3.
`4.
`5.
`6.
`7.
`8.
`9.
`10.
`
`Kirkland
`2004/0122979 A1 Jun-67
`2005/0037785 A1 Fet>05
`Chen
`2005/0191994 A1 Sep.-05 May et al.
`2005/0192061 Al Sep.-05 May et al.
`2005/0273327 A1 Dec.-05 Krishnan
`6.816,578 B1 Nov.-04 Kredo et al.
`6,978,136 B2 Dec.-05
`Jenniges et al.
`Zhang et al.
`7,027.842 B2 Apr.-06
`7,072,452 B1 Jul.-06
`Roberts et al.
`7,043,261 B1 May-06
`Krishnan
`
`Foreign Documents
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`Inii.
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`Document No ,
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`Date
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`Country
`
`Class
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`Sub­
`class
`
`Filing Date
`
`4?
`
`Class
`
`Subc
`Is
`
`Translation
`Yes No
`
`Other Documents (Including Author. Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.)
`U.S. Patent Application No. 11/497,651, filed August 2, 2006.
`
`/K.D./ A
`
`B C D B FGH I JK L
`
`Examiner
`
`.... , _
`/Kiel Doan/
`
`Date Considered
`
`01/23/2009
`
`Examiner: Initial citation considered. Draw line through citation if not in confonnance and not considered.
`Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
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`orm 1449 (Modified)
`
`MAR 21
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`^information Disclosure
`2007 S'
`tatement By Applicant
`
`^(Use Several Sheets if Necessary)
`
`Atty. Docket No.
`Application No.:
`Applicant
`Filing Date
`Group
`
`IPVMCP02
`11/452,115
`KWOK WAI CHEUNG et al.
`June 12, 2006
`2617
`Page 1 of 3
`
`No. Patent No.
`
`U.S. Patent Documents
`Patentee
`Date
`
`Class
`
`Sub­
`class
`
`Filing Date
`
`704S>1‘21ol
`
`Translation
`Yes No
`
`Subc
`lass
`
`Examiner
`Initial
`/K.D./
`
`/
`
`1.
`2.
`3.
`4.
`5.
`6.
`7.
`8.
`9.
`10.
`11.
`12.
`13.
`14.
`15.
`16.
`
`Bannister et al.
`5,548,636 Aug-96
`Ludwig et al.
`5,758,079 May-98
`5,786,893 Jul.-98
`Fink et al.
`5,970,388 Oct.-99 Will
`6,119,022 Sep-00
`Osborn et al.
`Thomas et al.
`7,116,976 Oct.-06
`Potter
`2003/0103600 A1 Jun-03
`2003/0129968 A1 Jul-03
`Earl
`Jang et al.
`2003/0232629 A1 Dec-03
`2005/0071253 A1 Mar.-05
`Yang
`Jefferson et al.
`2006/0288099 A1 Dec.-06
`Zahavi et al
`6,577,859 B1 Jun-03
`6,665,534 B1 Dec.-03
`Conklin et al.
`Aarnio et al.
`6,801,793 B1 Oct-04
`Brown et al.
`7,010,288 B2 Mar.-06
`■7,403,264 B1 May-06
`Krishnan
`
`Foreign Documents
`
`Init.
`
`Document No.
`
`Date
`
`Country
`
`Class
`
`/K.D./
`
`WO 01/45243 A2 Jun-01
`
`PCT
`
`/K.D./
`
`/K.D./
`
`/K.D./
`
`A
`
`B
`
`C
`
`Examiner
`
`Other Documents (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.)
`"Company Overview", http://www.fastmobile.com/company_overview.html, downloaded
`November 5, 2003, p. 1.
`"Introducing the Tellme Voice Application Network", Tellme,
`http://www.tellme.com/products/, downloaded October 2,2003, page 1.
`"iotum History," lotum Corp., http://iotum.com/simplyrelevant/2006/04/03/iotum-history/,
`downloaded May 15, 2006, pages 1-4.
`
`/Kiel Doan/
`
`Date Considered
`
`01/16/2010
`
`Examiner: Initial citation considered. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
`considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
`
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`
`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
`
`APPLICATION NO.
`
`FILING DATE
`
`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
`
`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
`
`CONFIRMATION NO.
`
`11/452,115
`
`06/12/2006
`
`Kwok Wai Cheung
`
`IPVMCP02
`
`1743
`
`03/24/2010
`
`7590
`34071
`TP VENTURE.
`[NC.
`5150 EL CAMINO REAL
`SUITE A-22
`LOS ALTOS, CA 94022
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`EXAMINER
`
`DOAN, KIET M
`
`ART UNIT
`
`2617
`
`MAIL DATE
`
`03/24/2010
`
`PAPER NUMBER
`
`DELIVERY MODE
`
`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
`
`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
`
`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Supplemental Action
`Notice of Allowability
`
`Application No.
`
`11/452,115
`Examiner
`
`KIET DOAN
`
`Applicant(s)
`
`CHEUNG ET AL.
`Art Unit
`
`2617
`
`— The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`This communication is responsive to 09/17/2009.
`1.
`
`2. K The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-6, 9-11, 23-25 and 28-33.
`
`3. LZI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
` Some* c)
` None of the:
`a) All b)
` Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`1.
` Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No._____.
`2.
` Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`3.
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* Certified copies not received:_____.
`
`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE “MAILING DATE” of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
`
`4.
`
` A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF
`INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient.
`
`(b)
`
`5. EJ CORRECTED DRAWINGS ( as “replacement sheets”) must be submitted.
` including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached
`(a)
` hereto or 2) to Paper No./Mail Date
`1)
` including changes required by the attached Examiner’s Amendment / Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date
`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawings in the front (not the back) of
`each sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
` DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner’s comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
`
`6.
`
`Attachment(s)
` Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`1.
` Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`2.
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`3.
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`4.
`
` Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date_____
` Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
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` Notice of Informal Patent Application
`5.
`6. K Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date 03/19/2010 .
`7. £3 Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`8.
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`9.
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` Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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` Other_____.
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20100319
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`Interview Summary
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`Application No.
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`11/452,115
`Examiner
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`KIET DOAN
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`Applicant(s)
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`CHEUNG ETAL.
`Art Unit
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`2617
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`All participants (applicant, applicant’s representative, PTO personnel):
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`(1) KIET DOAN.
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`(2) Peter Tong.
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`Date of Interview: 19 March 2010.
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`(3)_____ .
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`(4)_____ .
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`Type: a)[/] Telephonic b)Q Video Conference
`C)Q Personal [copy given to: 1)Q applicant 2)Q applicant’s representative]
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`Exhibit shown or demonstration conducted: d'Q Yes e)KI No.
`If Yes, brief description:_ .
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`Claim(s) discussed: 6.
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`Identification of prior art discussed:_____ .
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`Agreement with respect to the claims f)[X] was reached. g)D was not reached. h)D N/A.
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`Substance of Interview including description of the general nature of what was agreed to if an agreement was
`reached, or any other comments: A Supplemental Examiner's Amendment was authorized to correct minor language
`of claim 6 (please see office action).
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`(A fuller description, if necessary, and a copy of the amendments which the examiner agreed would render the claims
`allowable, if available, must be attached. Also, where no copy of the amendments that would render the claims
`allowable is available, a summary thereof must be attached.)
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`THE FORMAL WRITTEN REPLY TO THE LAST OFFICE ACTION MUST INCLUDE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE
`INTERVIEW. (See MPEP Section 713.04). If a reply to the last Office action has already been filed, APPLICANT IS
`GIVEN A NON-EXTENDABLE PERIOD OF THE LONGER OF ONE MONTH OR THIRTY DAYS FROM THIS
`INTERVIEW DATE, OR THE MAILING DATE OF THIS INTERVIEW SUMMARY FORM, WHICHEVER IS LATER, TO
`FILE A STATEMENT OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE INTERVIEW. See Summary of Record of Interview
`requirements on reverse side or on attached sheet.
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`/Kiet Doan/
`Examiner, Art Unit 2617
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-413 (Rev. 04-03)
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`Interview Summary
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`Paper No. 20100319
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`Summary of Record of Interview Requirements
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`Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Section 713.04, Substance of Interview Must be Made of Record
`A complete written statement as to the substance of any face-to-face, video conference, or telephone interview with regard to an application must be made of record in the
`application whether or not an agreement with the examiner was reached at the interview.
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`Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 1.133 Interviews
`Paragraph (b)
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`In every instance where reconsideration is requested in view of an interview with an examiner, a complete written statement of the reasons presented at the interview as
`warranting favorable action must be filed by the applicant. An interview does not remove the necessity for reply to Office action as specified in §§ 1.111,1.135. (35 U.S.C. 132)
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`37 CFR §1.2 Business to be transacted in writing.
`All business with the Patent or Trademark Office should be transacted in writing. The personal attendance of applicants or their attorneys or agents at the Patent and
`Trademark Office is unnecessary. The action of the Patent and Trademark Office will be based exclusively on the written record in the Office. No attention will be paid to
`any alleged oral promise, stipulation, or understanding in relation to which there is disagreement or doubt.
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`The action of the Patent and Trademark Office cannot be based exclusively on the written record in the Office if that record is itself
`incomplete through the failure to record the substance of interviews.
`It is the responsibility of the applicant or the attorney or agent to make the substance of an interview of record in the application file, unless
`the examiner indicates he or she will do so It is the examiner's responsibility to see that such a record is made and to correct material inaccuracies
`which bear directly on the question of patentability.
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`Examiners must complete an Interview Summary Form for each interview held where a matter of substance has been discussed during the
`interview by checking the appropriate boxes and filling in the blanks. Discussions regarding only procedural matters, directed solely to restriction
`requirements for which interview recordation is otherwise provided for in Section 812.01 of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, or pointing
`out typographical errors or unreadable script in Office actions or the like, are excluded from the interview recordation procedures below. Where the
`substance of an interview is completely recorded in an Examiners Amendment, no separate interview Summary Record is required
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`The interview Summary Form shall be given an appropriate Paper No., placed in the right hand portion of the file, and listed on the
`“Contents” section of the file wrapper. In a personal interview, a duplicate of the Form is given to the applicant (or attorney or agent) at the
`conclusion of the interview In the case of a telephone or video-conference interview, the copy is mailed to the applicant’s correspondence address
`either with or prior to the next official communication. If additional correspondence from the examiner is not likely before an allowance or if other
`circumstances dictate, the Form should be mailed promptly after the interview rather than with the next official communication.
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`The Form provides for recordation of the following information:
`- Application Number (Series Code and Serial Number)
`- Name of applicant
`- Name of examiner
`- Date of interview
`- Type of interview (telephonic, video-conference, or personal)
`- Name of participant(s) (applicant, attorney or agent, examiner, other PTO personnel, etc.)
`- An indication whether or not an exhibit was shown or a demonstration conducted
`- An identification of the specific prior art discussed
`- An indication whether an agreement was reached and if so, a description of the general nature of the agreement (may be by
`attachment of a copy of amendments or claims agreed as being allowable). Note: Agreement as to allowability is tentative and does
`not restrict further action by the examiner to the contrary.
`- The signature of the examiner who conducted the interview (if Form is not an attachment to a signed Office action)
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`It is desirable that the examiner orally remind the applicant of his or her obiigation to record the substance of the interview of each case. It
`should be noted, however, that the Interview Summary Form will not normally be considered a complete and proper recordation of the interview
`unless it includes, or is supplemented by the applicant or the examiner to include, all of the applicable items required below concerning the
`substance of the interview.
`A complete and proper recordation of the substance of any interview should include at least the following applicable items:
`1) A brief description of the nature of any exhibit shown or any demonstration conducted,
`2) an identification of the claims discussed,
`3) an identification of the specific prior art discussed,
`4) an identification of the principal proposed amendments of a substantive nature discussed, unless these are already described on the
`interview Summary Form completed by the Examiner,
`5) a brief identification of the general thrust of the principal arguments presented to the examiner,
`(The identification of arguments need not be lengthy or elaborate. A verbatim or highly detailed description of the arguments is not
`required. The identification of the arguments is sufficient if the general nature or thrust of the principal arguments made to the
`examiner can be understood in the context of the application file. Of course, the applicant may desire to emphasize and fully
`describe those arguments which he or she feels were or might be persuasive to the examiner.)
`6) a general indication of any other pertinent matters discussed, and
`7) if appropriate, the general results or outcome of the interview unless already described in the Interview Summary Form completed by
`the examiner
`Examiners are expected to carefully review the applicant’s record of the substance of an interview. If the record is not complete and
`accurate, the examiner will give the applicant an extendable one month time period to correct the record.
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`Examiner to Check tor Accuracy
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`If the claims are allowable for other reasons of record, the examiner should send a letter setting forth the examiner's version of the
`statement attributed to him or her. If the record is complete and accurate, the examiner should place the indication, “Interview Record OK” on the
`paper recording the substance of the interview along with the date and the examiner’s initials.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/452,115
`Art Unit: 2617
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`Page 2
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`1. This office action is a Supplemental Examiner’s Amendment to claim 6.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
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`An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes
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`and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided
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`by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be
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`submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
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`Authorization for this examiner’s amendment was given in a telephone interview
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`with Peter Tong at 650-283-3535 on 03/19/2010.
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`The application is amended as follows:
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`Claim 6. A computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1,
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`wherein the user receives the message through the personal
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`communication apparatus, and
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`wherein the status of the user is defined by the user using the personal
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`communication apparatus
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to KIET DOAN whose telephone number is (571)272-7863.
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`The examiner can normally be reached on 9-5.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/452,115
`Art Unit: 2617
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`Page 3
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Charles Appiah can be reached on 571-272-7904. The fax phone number
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`for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the
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`Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for
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`published applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR.
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`Status information for unpublished applications is available through Private PAIR only.
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`For more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should
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`you have questions on access to the Private PAIR system, contact the Electronic
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`Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free).
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`If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative or
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`access to the automated information system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA)
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`or 571-272-1000.
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`/Kiet Doan/
`Examiner, Art Unit 2617
`
`/Charles N. Appiah/
`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2617
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