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`MICROS Delivers Harmony to POS Technology with Simphony(TM). The Industry's First True Enterprise POS
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`Nafa:ma! Stage of an !ntemationa! A.ppHcation under 35 LLS,C:, 371
`If a time\' submission !o enter the nationai stage of an international applica.!,on is compliant wi!I, the conditions of 35 U .S.C.
`37"1 and other applicable requiren1ents a Forn1 PCT/DO/EO/903 indicat!ng acceptance of the application as a national stage
`subm,ss,on under 35 US.C. 371 will be issued in Hddition !o the F::ing Receipt, in due course.
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`New International AppUcaUon fi!ed wm1 the USPTO as a Receiving Off!ce
`If a new intemationai app!ication is being fileci and tl1e internationa! application includes tile necessa.ty components for an
`intemational fiiing date (see PCT .Article 1 i and MPEP 1810)- a ~JoWication of !he ln!erncrtional ApplicHtion Number and of !he
`International r::iling Da!,,, (Form F-CT/HO!"I 05) will b,,, ,ssu::id in due c:ours,,,, subject to pr,,,sc:,·iptions concerning national secur,ty,
`and the date shown on this .Ad,nowledoernent Receipt 1Nill establish the internationa! filing date of the application.
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`Lightspeed Ex. 1003.13
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`Docket No.: MERZ010.001C3
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`Page 1 of 2
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`COMMENTS ON EXAMINER'S REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
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`First Inventor: Baratta, Wayne
`App. No.: 15/827948
`Examiner: Masud, Rokib
`Title: WEB-BASED POINT OF SALE BUILDER
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`Conf. No.: 2925
`Filed: November 30, 2017
`Art Unit: 3687
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`Mail Stop Issue
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Dear Commissioner:
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`In response to the Notice of Allowance mailed on December 1, 2021, Applicant
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`respectfully submits the following comments.
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`Applicant takes no position regarding any reasons for allowance presented by the
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`Examiner (in the Notice of Allowance and/or elsewhere in the application's file history) other
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`than the positions Applicant may have previously taken during prosecution. Therefore, any
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`reasons for allowance presented by the Examiner should not be attributed to Applicant as an
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`indication of the basis for Applicant's belief that the claims are patentable. Furthermore,
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`Applicant respectfully submits that there may also be additional reasons for patentability of the
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`claimed subject matter not explicitly stated in this record and Applicant does not waive its rights
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`to such arguments by not further addressing such reasons herein.
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`Applicant also respectfully reserves the right to traverse the characterizations of what any
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`particular reference shows or discloses, of what any combination of references shows or
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`discloses, or the appropriateness of combining references. Applicant does not acquiesce to the
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`characterizations of what any of the references discussed in Examiner's Statement of Reasons for
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`Allowance (the "Statement") disclose or suggest. Further, by making certain amendments to the
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`claims, Applicant is not conceding that previously pending claims are not patentable. Rather, the
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`amendments are being made to facilitate expeditious prosecution of this application. Applicant
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`reserves the right to pursue at a later date any previously pending or other broader or narrower
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`claims that capture any subject matter supported by the application's disclosure. Accordingly,
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`reviewers of this or any child or related prosecution history shall not reasonably infer that the
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`Applicant has made any disclaimers or disavowals of any subject matter.
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`Lightspeed Ex. 1003.14
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`Docket No.:
`App. No.:
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`MERZ010.001C3
`15/827948
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`Page 2 of 2
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`Applicant respectfully traverses the Statement to the extent it suggests that patentability
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`rests on a particular feature, or combination of particular features, of a particular claim or claims.
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`It is each claim, taken as a whole and independent from other claims, that determines
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`patentability. Moreover, Applicant respectfully traverses the Statement to the extent it
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`paraphrases or summarizes limitations of the claims or implies that any of the claims requires
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`something other than the combination of recited limitations. Applicant does not acquiesce to the
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`Statement's characterization or interpretation of the claim language.
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`Applicant respectfully objects to the Statement to the extent it may imply that
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`patentability of the dependent claims rests solely on patentability of the independent claims.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that each claim is patentable because of the particular
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`combination of recited limitations.
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`Dated: December 6, 2021
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`54579147
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
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`By:/Keith M Lim/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
`Keith M Lim
`Registration No. 68,912
`Registered Practitioner
`(949) 760-0404
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`Lightspeed Ex. 1003.15
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`MERZ0 10.00·1 C3.pdf
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`C176O421O4CA23E38077FC94250ABE0450A96ECAC2B93EC2
`DBF0E17E63O804171FDB38107F177C2
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`2021 -i 2-06 Corr1ments on
`A!!owance -
`MERZ0i 0.001 C3.pdf
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`77E1BFE9574C28AE63DF84B88C2FEE19FA60254922C292815
`EDAFC4371E8846FA9F0710980C8EEBBC17A28403BF861885C
`2A20C2C86E36F880D3BC868814CE06
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`Page 2 of 2
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`This Acknovvledgement Receipt eviciences receipt on t:1e noted Cate by t:1e USPTO of tl1e indicated documents, characte:-izec
`by the applirnnt, and including page counts. where appiicabie. It serves as evidence of rece,pt sini:lar to a Post CHrd. as
`described in MF'EP 503.
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`If a new Hpplica!ion is be,ng filed and the application indudes !he necessary components for fiiing date (see 37 CH~ 1 .53(b)··(d)
`and MPU-' 506), a Hlk1g F."(ec:eipt (37 CFR 1 .54) wili b::i issued in due cours::i and the ca.te shown on this Acknowledgement
`Receipt vvill estabiish tr1e filing date of the application
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`N;afa.ma! Stage of an !ntematim,a! Appl!cafam under 35 U.S.C. 371
`If a time\' submission !o enter the nationai stage of an international applica.t,on is compliant wi!I, the conditions of 35 U .S.C.
`371 and ot11er applicable requirements a Form PCT/DO/EO/903 indicating acceptance of the application as a national stane
`subm,ss,on under 35 US.C. 371 will be issued in Hddition !o the F::ing Receipt, in due course.
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`I! a new internationai appiication is being filed and tile internationai application includes U-1e necessary components for an
`intemational ming date (see PCT Article 1 i and MPEP 1810)- a ~JoWication of !he lnterncrtional ApplicHtion Number and of !he
`International Filing Date (Form PCT/RO/"105) will be issued in due course, subject to presetiptions concerning national security,
`and the date shown on this .Aclqmwledoernent Receipt 1Nill establish tile internationai filing date of the application.
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`Lightspeed Ex. 1003.17
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`PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL
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`Complete and send this form, together with applicable fee(s), by mail or fax, or via EFS-Web.
`By mail, send to: Mail Stop ISSUE FEE
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`By fax, send to:
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`(571)-273-2885
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`CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS (Note: Use Block 1 for any change of address)
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`INSTRUCTIONS: This form should be used for transmitting the ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required). Blocks 1 through 5 should be completed where appropriate. All
`further correspondence including the Patent, advance orders and notification of maintenance fees will be mailed to the current correspondence address as indicated unless corrected
`below or directed otherwise in Block 1, by (a) specifying a new correspondence address; and/or (b) indicating a separate "FEE ADDRESS" for maintenance fee notifications.
`Note: A certificate of mailing can only be used for domestic mailings of the
`Fee(s) Transmittal. This certificate cannot be used for any other accompanying
`papers. Each additional paper, such as an assignment or formal drawing, must
`have its own certificate of mailing or transmission.
`Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
`I hereby certify that this Fee(s) Transmittal is being deposited with the United
`States Postal Service with sufficient postage for first class mail in an envelope
`addressed to the Mail Stop ISSUE FEE address above, or being transmitted to
`the USPTO via EFS-Web or by facsimile to (571) 273-2885, on the date below.
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`20995
`7590
`12/01/2021
`KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP
`2040 MAIN STREET
`FOURTEENTH FLOOR
`IRVINE, CA 92614
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`(Typed or printed name)
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`(Signature)
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`(Date)
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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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`15/827,948
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`11/30/2017
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`Wayne BARATTA
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`MERZ010.001C3
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`2925
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: WEB-BASED POINT OF SALE BUILDER
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`ENTITY STATUS
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`ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION FEE DUE PREY. PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
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`DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`UNDISCOUNTED
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`$1200
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`$0.00
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`$0.00
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`$1200
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`03/01/2022
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`EXAMINER
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`MASUD, ROKIB
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`ART UNIT
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`CLASS-SUBCLASS
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`3687
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`705-028000
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`1. Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
`CFR 1.363).
`0 Change of correspondence address ( or Change of Correspondence
`Address form PTO/SB/122) attached.
`0 "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address" Indication form PTO/
`SB/47; Rev 03-09 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer
`Number is required.
`3. ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATA TO BE PRINTED ON THE PATENT (print or type)
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`2. For printing on the patent front page, list
`( 1) The names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
`or agents OR, alternatively,
`(2) The name of a