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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re application of:=Carolyn W. Hafeman
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`Application No.:
`Filed:
`For: Computer Recovery or Return
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`Patent No,:
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`Issued:
`CERTIFICATE OF EFS SUBMISSION (CEFS)(37 C.F.R.§ 1.8(a)(@)(1)(C)
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`[hereby certify that on May 22, 2017 the following correspondence:
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`Name of Paper: NEW APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL
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`Numberof Pages: 5
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`Fees: Filing Fee
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`Amount: $730.00
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`Payment By: Credit Card
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`Other: Patent applicationtitled "Computer Recovery or Return"; 10 sheets of drawings;
`COMBINED DECLARATION AND POWEROF ATTORNEY; APPLICATION DATA
`SHEET 37 C.F.R, 1.76
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`is being submitted to the Patent and Trademark Office via the Office Electronic Filing System in
`accordance with § 1.6(a)(4) at 04:30 P.M.local time.
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`Whacty Klawe
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`Signature
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`Reg. No.:
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`Cfapplicable)
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`Telephone Number; 412-621-9222
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`Tracey L, Klaas
`Type or print name ofperson certifying
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`PATENT
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`Subclass:
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`Preliminary Classification:
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`Proposed Class:
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria VA 22313-1450
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`NEW APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL
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`Transmitted herewith forfiling is the patent application of
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`Inventor(s):
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`Carolyn W. Hafeman
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`For(title):
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`Computer Recovery or Return
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`1.
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`Type of Application
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`This application is for a continuation.
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`2.
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`Benefit of Prior U.S. Applications (35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, or 121)
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`The new application being transmitted claims the benefit of prior U.S. applications. Enclosed are
`ADDED PAGES FOR NEW APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL WHERE BENEFIT OF PRIOR
`U.S. APPLICATIONS CLAIMED.
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`3.
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`Papers Enclosed
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`A.
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`Requiredforfiling date under 37 C.F.R. § 1.53(b) (Regular) or 37 C.F.R. § 1.153 (Design)
`Application
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`29 Page(s) of Specification
`3 Page(s) of Claims
`10 Sheet(s) of Drawing(s)--Formal
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`B.
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`Other Papers Enclosed
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`3 Page(s) of declaration and powerof attorney
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`1 Page(s) of abstract
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`7 Page(s) of APPLICATION DATA SHEET37 C.F.R. 1.76
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`Declaration or Oath
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`Enclosed
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`Executed by:
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`inventor,
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`5.
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` Inventorship Statement
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`The inventorship forall the claims in this application is the same.
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`6.
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`Language
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`English
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`7.
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`Fee Calculation
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`Utility Application
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`Basic fee (Fee Code 1011,2011, §1.16(a)(1))
`Search fee (Fee Code 1111,2111, $1.16(k)
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`Examination fee (Fee Code 1311,2311, §1.16(0)
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`Fees for Claims
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`CLAIMS
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`NUMBER FILED NUMBER EXTRA
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`RATE
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`$ 140.00
`$ 600.00
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`$ 720.00
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`Totalutility filing fee calculation
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`8. Assertion of Small Entity Status
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`Applicant hereby asserts status as a small entity under 37 C.F.R. § 1.27(b)(1).
`Status as a small entity was asserted in the prior application 10/304,827 filed on November
`25, 2002 from which benefit is being claimed for this application under 35 U.S.C. § 120 and which
`status as a small entity is still proper and assertedfor this application.
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`Fee Payment Being Made at This Time
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`37 C.F.R. § 1.16 (a), (b), or (c) (basic fee)
`37 C.F.R. § 1.16 (h), (i), or G) (presentation of extra claims).
`37 C.F.R. § 1.16 (k), (1), or (m) (search fee)
`37 C.F.R. § 1.16(0), (p), or (q) (examination fee)
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`Total Fees Enclosed
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`Method of Payment of Fees
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`$ 70.00
`$ 0.00
`$ 300.00
`$ 360.00
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`$ 730.00
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`Authorization is hereby made to charge the amount of $730.00 to credit card as shown on the
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`Charge any additional fees required by this paper or credit any overpayment in the manner
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`Practitioner's Docket No. CWILSON-1 CIP-CONT IV
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`PATENT
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`ADDED PAGES FOR APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL WHERE BENEFIT OF PRIOR US.
`APPLICATIONS CLAIMED
`(37 C.F.R. § 1.78)
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`FILING DATE
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`For Applications Claiming the Benefit of a Prior Provisional Application (35 U.S.C.
`A.
`§119(e))
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`B.
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`C,
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`English Language Translation for Prior Provisional Application (ifapplicable)
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`For Applications Claiming the Benefit of 35 U.S.C. Sections 120, 121 and 365(c)
`"This application is a continuation of copending application number 15/199,316 filed on June 30,
`2016, which is a continuation of application number 14/691,222 filed on April 20, 2015, whichis a
`continuation of application number 14/087,866 filed on November 22, 2013, which is a
`continuation of application number 10/945,332 filed on September 20, 2004, which is a
`continuation-in-part of application number 10/304,827 filed on November 25, 2002."
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`Publication of International Application—Provisional Protection
`The international application correspondingto the instant application published under PCT Article
`21(2) in the English language.
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`E. Maintenance of Codependency of Prior Application
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`1.
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`No extension is necessary in prior application
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`Issue fee paid on March 16, 2017.
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`F.
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`Further Inventorship Statement Where Benefit of Prior Application(s) Claimed
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`(a)
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`This application discloses and claims only subject matter disclosed in the prior application
`whose particulars are set out above and the inventor in this application is the same.
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`G.
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`Small Entity (37 CFR.§ 1.28(a))
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`Applicanthas established small entity status by the filing of a statementin parent application
`10/304,827 on November 25, 2002.
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`201 N. Craig Street
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`COMPUTER RECOVERY OR RETURN
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`This is a continuation of U.S. patent application serial number 15/199,316 filed
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`June 30, 2016, now U.S. Patent 9,672,388 whichis a continuation of U.S. patent application serial
`number 14/691,222 filed April 20, 2015, now U.S, Patent 9,390,296 issued July 12, 2016, which is
`a continuation of U.S. patent application serial number 14/087,866 filed November 22, 2013, now
`U.S. Patent 9,021,610 issued April 28, 2015, which isa continuation ofU.S. patent applicationserial
`number 10/945,332 filed September 20, 2004, now U.S.Patent 8,601,606 issued December3, 2013,
`which is a continuation-in-part ofU.S. patent application serial number 10/304,827 filed November
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`25, 2002, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`[0002]
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`The present invention is related to the return of lost or stolen computers. More
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`specifically, the present inventionis related to the return of lost or stolen computers using a recovery
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`screen that appears during or after boot-up of the computer.
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`BACKGROUNDOEFTHE INVENTION
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`Current methods of computerreturn or recovery products include:
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`Physical
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`labels that attach to the outside hardware of the computer
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`equipment.
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`[0005]
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`These hardwarelabels can contain custom recovery information, but because
`they are hardware based, they can not be interactively changed by the owner.
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`Also, since they do not have any ability to affect the computer boot-up
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`process,
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`they can do nothing to help protect
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`the confidential owner
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`information on the hard drive. An example of a well known physical
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`hardware/recovery label is the STOP Tag by Security Tracking of Office
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`Property in Connecticut. This labeling system has been patented in France,
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`the US, and other countries. The product can be easily defeated by removing
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`the physicallabel. In the case of STOP Tag which includesa ‘recovery mark’
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`which states "STOLEN PROPERTY"underneaththe label, a new label can
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`be simply added overthe ‘recovery mark’ to hide the STOLEN PROPERTY
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`sign. (The Security Tracking of Office Property equipment recovery patent
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`is #5,163,711 This patent actually refers to how the labels adhere to the
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`equipment- but this is their patent).
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`[0006]
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`The computer security recovery/return program of the present invention
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`utilizes this type of hardware recovery approach to a small degree, butis
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`greatly different from this system, because this is a software program rather
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`than a hardware solution. Additionally, the present invention is greatly
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`superior, since the owner can interactively customize the return/recovery
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`information displayed at any time, and the present invention also helps
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`protect the important, confidential owner information on the hard drive, by
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`the positioning of the program layer in the equipment boot-up process.
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`[0007]
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`Computer Software Programs that attempt recovery through the use of the
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`modem.
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`There are several patented computersecurity software products on the market
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`today that are designed for the purpose of recovering lost or stolen
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`equipment. These programs use the computer’s modem to regularly call a
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`recovery center. Then once a computeris stolen, the recovery center waits for
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`the stolen computer to call in. When the computer modem calls in, the
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`recovery centers use something similar to the reverse 911 system to get the
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`phone numberthat the stolen equipment is accessing. Using the phone
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`number, the recovery system then can try to get a map of where the co