Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 162-8 Filed 02/13/19 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 14466
`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 162-8 Filed 02/13/19 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 14466
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` EXHIBIT 7
`EXHIBIT 7
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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 162-8 Filed 02/13/19 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 14467
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`Docket No.: MOC-001
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`(N THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`First amed Inventor:
`Malcolm K. Beyer, Jr.
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`Application o.: 14/529 978
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`Confirmation o.: l 092
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`Filed: October 31 , 2014
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`For: METHOD TO PROVfDE AD HOC A D
`PASSWORD PROTECTED DIGIT AL AND
`VOICE NETWORKS
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`Art Unit: 2646
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`Examiner: 0. Obayanju
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`AMENDMENT lN RESPONSE TO NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`ln response to the Office Action dated February 2, 2016, please amend the above(cid:173)
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`identified U.S. patent application as follows:
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which begins on
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`page 2 of this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 15 of this paper.
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`ApplicationNo. 14/529,978
`Reply to Office Action ofFebmaiy 2, 2016
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`Docket No.: MOC-001
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-4, 7, 9-16, 19, 20, 22-27, 30, 31, 33-38, 40-42, 45, 48, 49, 51-53, 56, and 59-81
`were presented for examination and were rejected. In the present Amendment, claims 1, 2, 7, 10-
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`15, 20, 23-26, 31, 34-37, 42, 45, 48, 53, 56, 59-64, 66, 68, 74-76, and 78-81 are amended, claims
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`82-88 are added, and claims 40, 41, 51, and 52 are canceled without prejudice or disclaimer.
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`No new matter is added. Support for the claim amendments can be found for examl).le
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`U.S. Patent No. 7 630 724 (e.g.:., in the Abstract in col. 3: 11-20 3:32-35. 3:42-51 3:58-63 6: 1-
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`23 6:44-59 9: 23-47 10:56-11 :15 11:44-58 12:12-62 14:60-67 15:7-16 16:42-59 and 17:45-
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`. and in FIG. 4) It is noted that the ' 724 patent was incorporated by reference into the present
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`application at the time of the present application' s filing.
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`Interview Summary
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`The Applicant and the undersigned thank the Examiner for his time and courtesy during
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`the interview that took place on April 4, 2016. The interview was held pursuant to an Interview
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`Agenda that was emailed to Examiner Obayanj u on March 31, 2016. Copies of the email and the
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`Interview Agenda are submitted herewi th. The participants included Examiner Obayanju,
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`Applicant' s undersigned representative (Daniel J. Bums), Applicant' s legal representative
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`(Samuel S. Stone), and the first named inventor (Malcolm K. Beyer, Jr.).
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`During the interview, the participants discussed the proposed claim amendments listed in
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`the Interview Agenda in rel ation to the cited art. In particular, the participants discussed whether
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`U.S. Pub. No. 2005/0227705 ("Rousu") taught or suggested "wherein the device is configured to
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`initiate transmission of the information comprising the updated location of the device in
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`response to a displacement of the device by a predetermined distance relati ve to a previous
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`location of the device." No agreement was reached on this point.
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`In addition, the Examiner encouraged Applicant's representatives to further amend the
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`independent claims. Without acceding to the rejections, and in the interest of advancing
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`prosecution, Applicant's representatives agreed to further amend the independent claims.
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`Accordingly, the independent claims are amended herein.
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`Applicability of Post-A IA Provisions of the Patent Laws to the Present Application
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`The Office Action (p. 2) states that " [t)he present application is being examined under
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`the pre-AIA first to invent provisions" of the patent laws. Applicant respectfully notes that the
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