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`PATENT NUMBER 6570095.
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`Control No.
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`ORDER GRANTING/DENYING
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`REQUEST FOR INTER PARTES
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address.--
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`The request for inter partes reexamination has been considered. Identification of the claims, the
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`[] PTO-892
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`1. IX] The requestfor inter partes reexamination is GRANTED.
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`An Office action is attached with this order.
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`_] An Office action will follow in due course.
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`2. (_] The requestforinter partes reexamination is DENIED.
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`This decision is not appealable. 35 U.S.C. 312(c). Requester may seek review of a denial by petition
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`EXTENSIONS OF TIME ONLY UNDER 37 CFR 1.183. In due course, a refund under 37 CFR 1.26(c)
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`Application/Control Number: 95/000,474
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`DECISION GRANTING INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION
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`Reexamination has been requested for claims 1-33 of the United States Patent Number
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`6,570,095to Clark et al., entitled “MULTI-PAIR DATA CABLE WITH CONFIGURABLE CORE
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`FILLING AND PAIR SEPARATION”.
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`A substantial new question of patentability affecting claims 1-33 of the United States
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`Patent Number 6,570,095 to Clark etal. (the ‘095 patent, hereafter) is raised by the requestfor
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`inter parte reexamination.
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`Service of Papers
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`proceeding in the manner provided in 37 CFR 1.248. See 37 CFR 1.550(f).
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`inter partes reexamination proceedings "will be conducted with special dispatch" (37 CFR
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`Analysis of the Prior Art Provided in the Request
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`Regarding GmbH reference:
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`It is agreed that the consideration of GmbH raises a substantial new question of
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`patentability to claims 1, 9-13, 20-21 and 27-29 of the ‘095 patent. As pointed out by the
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`Requesterin the Request for Reexamination at pages 24-40, GmbHteachesa data
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`communications cable having four twisted pairs of insulated conductors 1, including a first
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`twisted pair and a second twisted pair. The cable disclosed in GmbHincludes twodielectric pair
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`separators 5. In the configuration shownin Fig. 3, each pair separator has two folds that form
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`groovesfor the twisted pairs. As can be seen from Fig. 3, the separator is disposed between the
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`twisted pairs. The pair separator provides shielding between individualpairs, that is, provides
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`crosstalk isolation between the pairs. GmbH further discloses that the pair separator may be
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`made of a metalfoil, such as aluminum, or a metalfoil laminated by plastic. There is a
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`substantial likehood that a reasonable examiner would consider these teachings importantin
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`deciding whether or not the claims are patentable. However, the prosecution history of the base
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`application, US Serial No. 09/853,512, does not indicate that GmbH wasincluded for
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`consideration by the Examiner in charge of the base application. Accordingly, GmbH raises a
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`substantial new question of patentability as to claims 1, 9-13, 20-21 and 27-29 which question
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`has not been decidedin the previous examination of the ‘095 patent.
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`2.
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`Regarding GmbH and Roberts references:
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`It is agreed that the consideration of the combination of GmbH and Roberts raises a
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`substantial new question of patentability to claims 1 and 10 of the ‘095 patent. As pointed out by
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`the Requester in the Request for Reexamination at pages 40-44, GmbH teachesa data
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`Responsive to the communication(s) filed by:
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`RESPONSE TIMES ARE SET TO EXPIRE AS FOLLOWS:
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`30 DAYSfrom the date of service of any patent owner's response. 37 CFR 1.947. NO EXTENSIONS
`OF TIME ARE PERMITTED. 35 U.S.C. 314(b)(2).
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`All correspondencerelating to this inter partes reexamination proceeding should be directed to the Central
`Reexamination Unit at the mail, FAX, or hand-carry addresses given at the end of this Office action.
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`This action is not an Action Closing Prosecution under 37 CFR 1.949,noris it a Right of Appeal Notice under
`37 CFR 1.953.
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`1.L] Notice of References Cited by Examiner, PTO-892
`2._] Information Disclosure Citation, PTO/SB/08
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`PART Il. SUMMARYOF ACTION:
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`ja.bYClaims 1-33 are subject to reexamination.
`1b. [] Claims
`are not subject to reexamination.
`2. () Claims
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`3. [Claims
`are confirmed. [Unamended patent claims]
`4. () Claims
`are patentable. [Amended or newclaims]
`5. &] Claims 1-33 are rejected.
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`([] are not acceptable.
`Llare acceptable
`7. CJ The drawingsfiled on
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`(| approved. [] disapproved.
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`[Xx] Acknowledgmentis madeof the claim for priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has:
`[] been received.
`_[_] not been received.
`beenfiled in Application/Control No 95000474.
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`Requester’s proposedrejection: Ground 1
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`Requester’s proposedanticipation rejection of claims 1, 9-13, 20-21, and 27-29 under 35
`USC 102(b) by GmbH is adoptedin part.
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`The proposed anticipation rejection of claims 1, 9-13 and 20-21 is not adoptedfor the
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`reasonsset forth below. The proposed anticipation rejection of claims 27-29 is adopted for the
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`samereasonsprovided by the Requester and repeated as set forth below.
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`Claim 1 recites:
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`A data communications cable comprising:
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`a first twisted pair of insulated conductors;
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`a second twisted pair of insulated conductors;
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`a dielectric pair separator consisting of a dielectric layer disposed
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`between thefirst twisted pair and the second twisted pair of insulated conductors,
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`the dielectric pair separator being folded and arrangedto provide a plurality of
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`grooves extending along a longitudinal length of the dielectric pair separator, the
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`dielectric pair separator providing a sufficient spacing betweenthefirst twisted
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`pair of insulated conductors and the secondtwisted pair of insulated conductors
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`so as to provide a desired crosstalk isolation betweenthefirst twisted pair of
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`insulated conductors and the secondtwisted pair of insulated conductors;
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`ajacket assembly enclosing the first twisted pair of insulated conductors,
`the second twisted pair of insulated conductors and the dielectric pair separator;
`and
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`(1e) wherein the plurality of grooves do not form completely enclosed
`channels.
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`Asrecited in 1c, the claim expressly requires “a dielectric pair separator consisting of a
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`dielectric layer’. The Requesterindicates at page 26 of the Request for Reexamination that
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`because GmbHdiscloses that the pair separator may be made of a metalfoil, such as
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`are twisted togetherin a helical manneralong the longitudinal length of the data
`communications cable.
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`Because claims 11-13 and 20-21 depend from claim 10, where the proposed anticipation
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`rejection is not adopted, the proposed anticipation rejection to claims 11-13 and 20-21 in view of
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`GmbH is not adopted.
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`Claim 27 recites:
`A data communications cable comprising:
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`a first twisted pair of insulated conductors;
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`(27b) a secondtwisted pair of insulated conductors;
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`aconfigurable dielectric pair separator that separates the first and second
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`twisted pairs of conductors, the configurable dielectric pair separator being
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`substantially flat;
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`a jacket enclosing thefirst and secondtwisted pairs of insulated
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`conductors and the dielectric pair separator; and
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`(27e) wherein the configurable dielectric pair separator, the first twisted pair of
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`insulated conductors and the secondtwisted pair of insulated conductors are
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`twisted about a commoncentral axis to form a twisted pair cable; and
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`(27f) wherein the configurable dielectric pair separator is arranged within the
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`jacket to form at least two grooves.
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`GmbHdiscloses a cable having four twisted pairs of insulated conductors 1, includingafirst
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`Regarding 27a and 27b, GmbHdiscloses a data communications cable(title). Fig. 3 of
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`twisted pair and a second twisted pair. English trans, at page 3, para. 3, lines 1-2: "An invention-
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`specific data transmission cable depicted in Figure 1 has four pairs 1 of insulated, stranded
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`copper conductors 2 or cants".
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`Regarding 27c, Fig. 3 of GmbH showsa configurable dielectric pair separator 5 that
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`separatesthe first and secondtwisted pairs of conductors 1. The configurable dielectric pair
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`separator is substantially flat because it can be bent and madeofa flat sheet of materials.
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`Regarding 27d, GmbHdiscloses a cable with the twisted pairs and separator within a
`protective sheath (Fig. 3, item 4). English trans, at page 3, para.3, lines 17-19: "As an outer
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`mechanicalprotection, ‘an invention-specific transmission cable has a cable cover 4, which
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`’ consists of customary thermoplastic cover materials."
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`Regarding 27e, GmbHdiscloses stranding the cable at page 6, para. 3,lines 4-7:
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`“Especially with stranding of the conductorpairs in the SZ stranding procedure, the existing
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`laying tools for the partial shieldings 11, 12 can support changing the stranding direction.” SZ
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`stranding is a form of twisting to close a cable where the cable is alternatively twistedto the right
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`and left about the central axis of the cable.
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`Regarding 27f, Fig. 3 of GmbH showsconfigurable dielectric pair separators are
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`arranged within the jacket to form four grooves. Each dielectric pair separator is arranged within
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`the jacket to form two grooves.
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`Claims 28 and 29 recites:
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`The data communications cable as claimedin claim 27, wherein the
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`configurable dielectric pair separatoris arranged to provide a sufficient spacing
`betweenthefirst twisted pair of insulated conductors and the secondtwisted pair
`of insulated conductors so as to provide a desired crosstalk isolation between the
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`first twisted pair of insulated conductors and the secondtwisted pair of insulated
`conductors.
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`The data communications cable as claimed in claim 27, wherein the at
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`least two grooves do not form completely enclosed channels.
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`Requester’s proposed rejection: Ground 18
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`Requester’s proposed obviousnessrejection of claims 31-33 under 35 USC 103(a) over
`GmbHin view of Gaeris, and further in view of Gingue is adopted.
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`The proposed obviousnessrejection of claims 31-33 is adopted for the same reasons
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`provided by the Requester in the Request for Reexamination at pages 84-89 and repeated as
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`below.
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`Claim 31 recites:
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`A data communications cable comprising:
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`a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors:
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`a configurable dielectric pair separator disposed betweenatleast two of
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`the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors, the configurable dielectric
`pair separator including a substantially flat dielectric tape formed of a foamed
`polymer;
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`ajacket enclosing the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors
`and the configurable dielectric pair separator; and
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`(31d) wherein the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors and the
`configurable dielectric pair separator are twisted about a common axis to form a
`twisted pair cable.
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`Regarding 31a, the cable disclosed in GmbH contains four twisted pairs of insulated
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`conductors 1, including a first twisted pair and a second twisted pair.
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`Regarding 31b, GmbHdiscloses a cable with the twisted pairs and separatorwithin a
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`protective sheath 4. English trans, at page 3, para. 3, lines 17-19: "As an outer mechanical
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`protection, an invention-specific transmission cable has a cable cover4, which consists of
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`customary thermoplastic cover materials."
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`Docket No.: M0506-702350
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARKOFFICE
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`6,570,095
`Patent No.:
`95/000,474
`Re-examination Control No.:
`July 6, 2009
`Re-examination Filing Date:
`5251
`Re-examination Confirmation No.:
`NGUYEN, Minh T.
`Examiner:
`3992
`Art Unit:
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`CERTIFICATE OF TRANSMISSION UNDER37 C.F.R. §1.8(a
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`The undersignedhereby certifics that this documentis being electronically fled in accordance with
`§ 1.6(a)(4), on the 10° day of December, 2009.
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`/Sarah M. Gates/
`Sarah M. Gates
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`Mail Stop /nter Partes Reexam
`Attn: Central Reexamination Unit
`Commissioner for Patents
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`AMENDMENT AND RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION IN INTER PARTES
`REEXAMINATION
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`Tn responseto the Office Action mailed September 10, 2009, please amend the above-
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`identified application as follows. Changes to the Claims are shown by underlining for added
`matter.
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`Amendmentsto the Claimsare reflected in the listing of claims which begins on page 2
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`of this paper.
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`Remarksbegin on page6 of this paper.
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`REMARKS
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`This Amendment and Responseis filed in response to the Office Action mailed
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`September 10, 2009. The Patent Ownerpresents the following remarks in support of the
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`patentability of the claims.
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`STATUS OF CLAIMS AND SUPPORT FOR AMENDED CLAIMS.....ceseeseeseeees 12
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`SUMMARYOF DECLARATIONS .00.....ccccccccccseccescecssecnseeeceseesseeccoeecnseensaaeceeeeceeenseeeseees 12
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`INTRODUCTION oo... ccccccccccecccccscessccseseecsaesesecceseceseesesseceesecaeesessssessecsaesenssesaessseesessseeens 13
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`REJECTIONS IN VIEW OF DE 297 19 866 ooo... ccccccecssccesscessesessssessecssesenesesusssseesessseeens 15
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`B,
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`Cc.
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`D.
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`E.
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`F,
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`A.
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`Claims 27-29 are Not Anticipated by the ’866 Patent 0... eee seecseeeeeneeeeceneseseenecnae 15
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`No Teaching of Flat Separator... ccccccccscccsseteseecseeceeceeecseecteeeeeeeneeesenes 16
`2,
`No Teaching of Cabling... cccccccseeseesssesssecssesseesseereeeseesneeeseeeersenneaees 17
`Claims 1, 9-13, 20 and 21 are Patentable Overthe ’866 Patent and
`U.S. 3,622,083 ooo. cccccecssscecssecscecssecesaececseeseecesesseneesuecsenseseeesesrsesuaesseeeessaeesersesnness 17
`Claims 2, 4, 5, 14 and 16 are Patentable Over the ’866 Patent and
`ULS. 5,670,748 ooo cccceccceccceccsscecneeceseceseaesssecsenecceaesesecesssseseescsaeeeeesseseseeeesessecenesessaess 20
`1.
`Gingue Does Not Cure Lack of Teaching of Dielectric Separator............ 20
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`Gingue Does Not Teach Materials for Separator... ee ecsesenenenneeees 20
`Claims 3 and 15 are Patentable Overthe ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts ’683 Patent and EP 0 569 217 vo cccccccsccseusssececssreesesnseeecesstensessenees 21
`Claims 6, 7, 17 and 18 are Patentable Over the ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts ’683 Patent and U.S. 5,789,711 occ cccccccscccccesssessssscesscersrsessesesesess 22
`Claims 6 and 17 are Patentable Overthe ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts °683 Patent and U.S. 3,888,710 occ ccccccccscccccesssesseessesssersesesesecesesens 23
`Claims 8 and 19 are Patentable Over the ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts ’683 Patent and U.S. 4,644,099 ooo csccsesssscecssreeseenseecessteesessenees 24
`Claim 21 is Patentable Over the ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts ’683 Patent and Admitted Prior Art..........cccccccecccccsseescessseecevsrenecesenens 25
`1.
`No Teaching Of Cabling.....ccccccccccssecscccccesceeceeeseeceeeceeecteecteeeeeeeneeeseaees 25
`2,
`Admitted Prior Art Does Not Cure Lack of Teaching Dielectric
`SOPArator vo. ccececcscceccsecstecssecseeeeevecesseceseceseceeeceeeceeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeesesesseenseeneeene 26
`Claim 21 is Patentable Overthe ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts °683 Patent and the Gareis 711 Patent ........c.ccccssssecceecsessrsecenecesecene 26
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`No Prima Facie Rejection ..ccccccccccsccsscccccccseeeceeeseeceeceeecseecteeeteseeneeessaees 26
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`The Proposed Combination is Improper........ccccecceccseecseecseecteeeteeeneeessees 27
`Claim 22 is Patentable Overthe ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts ’683 Patent and U.S. 4,755,629 vc cccccccscccccesssessesscesssersesesssesesesens 28
`Claim 23 is Patentable Overthe ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts °683 Patent and U.S. 5,574,250 woo. cccsssecscceccessssssseecsesccessnnenenecesseene 29
`Claim 23 is Patentable Overthe ’866 Patent,
`the Roberts ’683 Patent and U.S. 4,385,485 woo. ccccccccccesssessesceesserssesssecesesesenees 29
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`2004, and the Notice ofAllowability issued November 2, 2004, both taken from the file history of
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`U.S. Application No 10/336,535 and attached hereto as Appendix FE).
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`2.
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`No Teaching of Cabling
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`Claim 27 further recites that “the configurable dielectric pair separator, the first twisted
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`pair of insulated conductors and the second twisted pair of insulated conductors are twisted about
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`a common central axis to form a twisted pair cable.” In the Office Action, it is stated that the
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`*866 patent “discloses stranding the cable at page 6, para. 3, lines 4-7.” The Patent Owner
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`respectfully disagrees. The ’866 patent discloses stranding of the individual conductors to form
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`each twisted pair, and specifically discloses using “SZ” stranding to do so. The *866 patent
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`states that “the stranding of pair 1 can consist of a so-called helix stranding or an SZ stranding.”
`(See page 3, 3M paragraph of English translationof the ’866 patent). However, the ’866 patent
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`does not disclose or suggest cabling, i.e. twisting together the entire cable core, the plurality of
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`twisted pairs and the configurable dielectric pair separator about a common axis to form the
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`twisted pair cable. Rather, the °866 patent discloses only twisting of the conductorpairs to form
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`helixes, not twisting/cabling of the cable as a whole. Cabling of the cable including the shielding
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`foils disclosed in the ’866 patent would be complex, would likely result in inoperable cables, and
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`so would have been avoided. (Gareis Dec. at 14-17), Thus, the ’866 patent does not disclose or
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`suggest a data communications cable in which the configurable dielectric pair separator, the first
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`twisted pair of insulated conductors and the second twisted pair of insulated conductors are
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`twisted about a common central axis to form a twisted pair cable, as recited in claim 27.
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`B.
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`Claims1, 9-13, 20 and 21 are Patentable Over the ’866 Patent and
`U.S. 3.622.683
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`Claims 1, 9-13, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over
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`the *866 patent in view of U.S. Patent No. 3,622,683 to Roberts et al. (hereinafter “the Roberts
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`°683 patent). The Patent Owner respectfully traverses this rejection.
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`Each of independent claims 1 and 10 recites a data communications cable comprising “a
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`dielectric pair separator consisting of a dielectric layer.” As acknowledged in the Office Action,
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`the *866 patent does not disclose a dielectric pair separator that consists of a single dielectric
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`layer,
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`In the Office Action, it is asserted that it would have been obviousto one of ordinary skill
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`in the art to modify the separator of the *866 patent to consist of a dielectric layer only as it
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`would have been obviousto try this configuration. Specifically, in the Office Action, it is stated
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`that one of ordinary skill in the art would be under market pressure to reduce costs for the cable
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Belden Technologies, Inc., Patent Owner
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`By:
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`/Sarah M. Gates/
`Sarah M. Gates, Reg. No. 60,661
`LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP
`One MainStreet
`Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
`United States of America
`Telephone: 617-395-7000
`Facsimile: 617-395-7070
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerningthis application or proceeding.
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`"03/16/2010
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` Pe) UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Commissionerfor Patents
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`CENTRAL REEXAMINATION UNIT
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`Transmittal of Communication to Third Party Requester
`Inter Partes Reexamination
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`REEXAMINATION CONTROL NUMBER95/000. 474.
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`PATENT NUMBER6570095.
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`TECHNOLOGY CENTER 3999.
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`ART UNIT 3992.
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`Enclosed is a copy of the latest communication from the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office in the above-identified reexamination proceeding. 37 CFR 1.903.
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`Prior to thefiling of a Notice of Appeal, each time the patent owner respondsto this
`communication, the third party requester ofthe inter partes reexamination may once file
`written comments within a period of 30 days from the date of service of the patent owner's
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`response. This 30-day time period is statutory (35 U.S.C. 314(b)(2)), and, as such, it cannot
`be extended. See also 37 CFR 1.947.
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`If an ex parte reexamination has been merged with the inter partes reexamination, no
`responsive submission by any ex parte third party requester is permitted.
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`All correspondencerelating to this inter partes reexamination proceeding should be
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`given at the end of the communication enclosed with this transmittal.
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`MINH NGUYEN 3992
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`Patent owner may oncefile a submission under 37 CFR 1.951(a) within
`of this Office action. Where a submission is filed, third party requester mayfile responsive comments under 37
`CFR 1.951 (b) within 30-days (not extendable- 35 U.S.C. § 314(b)(2)) from the date of service oftheinitial
`submission on the requester. Appeal cannot be taken from this action. Appeal can only be taken from a
`Right of Appeal Notice under 37 CFR 1.953.
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`All correspondencerelating to this inter partes reexamination proceeding should be directed to the Central
`Reexamination Unit at the mail, FAX, or hand-carry addresses given at the end of this Office action.
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`PARTI. THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT(S) ARE PART OF THIS ACTION:
`1. L] Notice of References Cited by Examiner, PTO-892
`2. X] Information Disclosure Citation, PTO/SB/08
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`PART Il. SUMMARY OF ACTION:
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`1a. X] Claims 1-40 are subject to reexamination.
`1b.[] Claims _ are not subject to reexamination.
`2. []Claims___ have been canceled.
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`Claims 6,7,13,17 and 18 are confirmed. [Unamendedpatent claims)
`XJ Claims 24-26 are patentable.
`[Amendedor new claims]
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`XX] Claims 1-5,8-12,14-16,19-23,27-40 are rejected.
`[] Claims __ are objected to.
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`[J are not acceptable.
`[] are acceptable
`_] The drawingsfiled on
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`[] The drawing correction requestfiled on
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`[] approved. (] disapproved.
`L_] Acknowledgmentis made ofthe claim forpriority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has:
`_] been received.
`L) not been received.
`C1 been filed in Application/Control No
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