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`VTS-006-6003-0056
`Brian Eplett
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`13/894,221
`TITLE OF INVENTION: INTEGRATED TECHNIQUE FOR ENHANCED POWER AMPLIFIER FORWARD POWER DETECTION
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`13/894,221
`TITLE OF INVENTION: INTEGRATED TECHNIQUE FOR ENHANCED POWER AMPLIFIER FORWARD POWER DETECTION
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`8903
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`Brian Eplett
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
`13/894,221
`EPLETT, BRIAN
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`AIA (First Inventor to
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`ape
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`Notice of Allowability Feast|File) StatusHeOE
`No
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`-- The MAILING DATEof 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
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANTOF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
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`1. XX] This communication is responsive to the application filed on 5/14/13.
`OA declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2. (1 Anelection was madebythe applicant in responsetoarestriction requirement set forth during the interview on ; the restriction
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`requirement and election have been incorporatedinto this action.
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`4. [1] Acknowledgmentis madeof a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
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`6. (] DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION aboutthe deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
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`/HENRY CHOE/
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`Art Unit: 2843
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Reasonsfor Allowance
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`Claims 1-17 are allowed.
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance: Regarding
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`claim 1, the closest prior art of record, [Drogi et al (Fig. 2) of 2011/0148519] does not
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`disclose the following limitations: the physical location of the amplitude control circuit
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`and phasecontrol circuit. Regarding claim 7, the closest prior art of record, [Drogi et al
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`(Fig. 2) of 2011/0148519] does not disclose the following limitations: the functional
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`limitations of the summing.
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`Conclusion
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`Anyinquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Henry Choe whose telephone number is (571) 272-
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`1760.
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`/Henry K Choe/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2843
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