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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 225-7 Filed 02/21/19 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 19618
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` EXHIBIT 6
`EXHIBIT 6
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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 225-7 Filed 02/21/19 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 19619
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`Docket No. : MOC-003
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`First Named Inventor:
`Malcolm K. Beyer, Jr.
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`Application No.: 14/695,233
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`Confirmation No.: 5326
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`Filed : April 24, 2015
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`For: METHOD TO PROVIDE AD HOC AND
`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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`MS Amendment
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`AMENDMENT FILED WITH REQUEST FOR CONTINUED EXAl\tIINATION (RCE)
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`In response to the Office Action dated December 7, 2015, in connection with the patent
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`application identified above, the following Amendment and Response is respectfully submitted,
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`along with a Request for Continued Examination (RCE). The Commissioner is hereby authorized
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`to charge RCE fees and excess claim fees to the credit card identified in this filing, and no
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`additional fees are believed to be required. If any such fees are due, however, the Commissioner
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`is hereby also authorized to charge such fees to Deposit Account No. 07-1700, referencing
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`Docket No. MOC-003.
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`Please amend the above-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 page 2
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`of this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 12 of this paper.
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`ACT!VE/84943670.l
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`Application No. 14/695,233
`Reply to Office Action of December 7, 2015
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`12
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`Docket No.: MOC--003
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`Administrative Overview
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-8, 10-18, 20-28, and 30-48 were pending. In the present Amendment, claims 1,
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`4, 5, 11, 14, 15, 21 , 24, and 25 are amended, claims 10, 20, and 30 are canceled without
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`prejudice or disclaimer, and new claims 49-53 are added.
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`No new matter is added. Su ort for the amendments to claims 1
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`and for new claims 49 and 50 can be found for exam le in U.S. Patent No. 7 03 1 728 "the ' 728
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`atent") in col. 6 lines 13-17 and 34-36, col. 7 lines 44-50 and col. 4 lines 39-56. Sup ort for
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`the amendments to claims 5 15 and 25 can be found for examP.le in the '728 patent in col. 4
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`line 50. Su ort for new claim 51 can be found for examQle in the ' 728 atent in col. 4 line 64
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`- col. 5 line 8 and in col. 10 lines 51-61. Sug ort for new claim 52 can be found for exam le
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`in the ' 728 atent in col. 5, line 23. Su ort for new claim 53 can be found
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`' 728 atent in col. 6 lines 5-21 and 34-36 in col. 7 lines 44-50 and in col. 4 lines 25-56. It is
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`noted that the ' 728 atent was incor orated by reference into the resent a
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`lication at the time
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`Applicability of Post-AIA 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 the
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`pre-AIA first to invent provisions" of the patent laws. For the reasons stated in the Response
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`filed on October 30, 2015, it is understood that the present application will be examined under
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`the post-AJA, first-to-file provisions of the patent laws.
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`Interview Summary
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`Applicant thanks Examiner Obayanju for conducting a telephonic interview on February
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`18, 2016. The participants included Examiner Obayanju, Applicant's undersigned representative
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`(Daniel J. Bums), Applicant's legal representative (Samuel S. Stone), and the inventor (Malcolm
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`Beyer, Jr.). The interview was held pursuant to an Interview Agenda that was emailed to the
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`Examiner on February 18, 2016. Copies of the Interview Agenda and the email message are
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`submitted herewith.
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`ACTIVE/84943670.1
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