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`EXHIBIT 7
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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 225-8 Filed 02/21/19 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 19622
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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 AND RESPONSE TO NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`In response to the Office Action dated March 24, 2016, in connection with the patent
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`application identified above, the following Amendment and Response is respectfully submitted.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge excess claim fees to the credit card identified
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`in this filing, and no additional fees are believed to be required . If any such fees are due,
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`however, the Commissioner is hereby also authorized to charge such fees to Deposit Account
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`No. 50-4634, referencing 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 16 of this paper.
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`ACT!VE/85959245.2
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`Application No. 14/695,233
`Reply to Office Action of March 24, 2016
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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, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-53 were pending. In the present Amendment, claims 1,
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`2, 5-7, 11, 15, 16, 21, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 43, 44, 52, and 53 are amended, claims 8, 18, 28,
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`35, 36, 49, and 51 are canceled without prejudice or disclaimer, and new claims 54-67 are added.
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`Su ort for the amendments to claims 1 11 21 and 53 and for new claims 54-60 can be
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`lines 13-17 and 34-36· col. 7 lines 44-50· col. 2 lines 27-31 · col. 3 lines 48-52·
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`32· col. 4 line 64 - col. 5, line 8· col. 6 lines 41-46· and col. 10 lines 51-55.
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`Support for new claims 61-62 can be found for example, in the ' 728 patent in col. 3
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`lines 35-40· col. 4 lines 56-64· col. 8 lines 20-25· and col. 10 line 56 - col. 11 line 4.
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`Su R_Ort for new claims 63-66 can be found for example in the '728 atent in the
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`Abstract and in col. 2 lines 5-17 and 43-52· col. 4 lines 37-39· col. 5 line 55 - col. 6 line 4·
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`6 lines 61-67· col. 10 lines 52-57· and col. 12 lines 43-64.
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`atent in col. 2 lines 31-
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`Sup ort for the amendments to claims 5 15, and 25 can be found for exam le in the
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`' 728 patent in col. 4 lines 50-52 and col. 6 lines 16-18.
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`The other amended claims are amended for clarity and for consistency with the claims
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`from which the de end.
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`It is noted that the '728 atent was inco orated by reference into t~h_e _
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`at the time of the resent a
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`lication's filing. No new matter is added.
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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-AIA, first-to-file provisions of the patent laws.
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