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`500.38315VC3
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Applicants:
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`NAKANO et al.
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`Application No.:
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`12/845,266
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`Filed:
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`Title:
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`7/28/2010
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`ELECTRIC CAMERA
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`Art Unit:
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`2622
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`Exn:
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`Nguyen
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`CONF. No.:
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`9653
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`MS: AMENDMENT
`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313—1450
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`Sir:
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`AMENDMENT
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`July 16, 2012
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`In response to the Office Action dated March 14, 2012, the period of response
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`for which extension is requested by the attached Petition for Extension of Time,
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`please amend the present application as listed below and as set forth on the
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`following pages:
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`Amendments to the Claims;
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`Remarks are included following the amendments.
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`MAXELL_APPLE0001434
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`Application No. 12/845,266
`Art Unit: 2622
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`Dkt. 500.38315VC3
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application.
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1. (Currently Amended) An electric camera comprising:
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`an image sensing device with a light receiving sensor having an array of
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`pixels arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid pattern, in an N number of
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`vertically arranged pixel lines, wherein N is equal to or greater than three times a
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`number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen;
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`a signal processing unit, that generates image signals by using the output
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`signals of the image sensing device; and
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`a display unit with athedisplay screen, to display an image corresponding to
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`the image signals;
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`wherein during monitoring in a static image mode, the signal processing unit
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`generates image signals by mixing or culling signal charges accumulated in the N
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`number of vertically arranged pixel lines to provide pixel lines only at pixel intervals
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`of K1 pixels;
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`wherein during recording in a moving video mode, the signal processing unit
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`generates image signals by mixing or culling signal charges accumulated in the N
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`number of vertically arranged pixel lines to provide pixel lines only at pixel intervals
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`of K2 pixels, a value of K1 being different from a value of K2; and
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`wherein during recording in the static image mode, the signal processing unit
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`generates image signals by using all signal charges accumulated in the N number of
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`vertically arranged pixel lines, to provide N pixel lines.
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`MAXELL_APPLE0001435
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`2. (Original) An electric camera according to the claim 1, wherein the value K1 is
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`larger than the value K2.
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`3. (Original) An electric camera according to the claim 1, wherein during the moving
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`video mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by using the signal
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`charges mixed or culled at pixel intervals of K2 pixels.
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`4. (Currently Amended) An electric camera according to the claim 3, comprising:
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`an image—instability detector which detects an image—instability of the electric
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`camera;
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`wherein the signal processing unit generates image signals by using the part
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`of signal charges mixed or culled at pixel intervals of K2 pixels, the part being
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`changed according to an amount of image-instability detected by the instability
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`detector to correct the image-instability, during a—the moving video mode.
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`5. (Original) An electric camera comprising:
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`an image sensing device with a light receiving sensor having an array of
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`pixels arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid pattern, in an N number of
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`vertically arranged pixel lines;
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`a signal processing unit that generates image signals by processing the
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`output signals of the image sensing device; and
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`a display unit with a display screen, that displays an image corresponding to
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`the image signals;
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`MAXELL_APPLE0001436
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`wherein when recording an image in a static image mode, the signal
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`processing unit generates image signals by using all signal charges accumulated in
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`all N number of vertically arranged pixel lines of the image sensing device, to provide
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`N pixel lines;
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`wherein when monitoring an image in a static image mode, the signal
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`processing unit generates image signals by using pixel lines that have been mixed or
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`culled from the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines to only include pixel lines
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`separated from one another by intervals of a first distance; and
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`wherein when recording an image in a moving video mode, the signal
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`processing unit generates image signals by using a portion of, or the entirety of, pixel
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`lines which have been mixed or culled from the N number of vertically arranged pixel
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`lines to only include pixel lines separated from one another by intervals of a second
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`distance, where the second distance is different from the first distance.
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`6. (Cancelled)
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`7. (Original) An electric camera according to the claim 5, further comprising:
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`an image—instability detector which detects an image—instability of the electric
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`camera; and
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`wherein when recording in the moving video mode, in order to correct the
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`image-instability, the signal processing unit generates image signals by changing the
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`pixel lines used, and the portion of the pixel lines used, according to an amount of
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`image-instability detected by the instability detector.
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`MAXELL_APPLE0001437
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`8. (Original) An electric camera according to the claim 5, wherein a value of the first
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`distance is larger than a value of the second distance.
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`9. (Currently Amended) An electric camera according to the claim 5, wherein N is
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`equal to or greater than a product of a fixed parameter multiplied by a number of
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`effective scanning lines M of a—the display screen
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`10. (Original) An electric camera according to the claim 9, wherein the fixed
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`parameter is equal to three.
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`11. (Currently Amended) A method for operating an electric camera, wherein the
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`electric camera includes the features of
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`an image sensing device with a light receiving surface having an array of
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`pixels arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid pattern with an N number of
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`vertically arranged pixel lines,
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`a signal processing unit that generates image signals by processing the
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`output signals of the image sensing device, and
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`a display unit with a display screen that displays an image corresponding to
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`the image signals, the method comprising:
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`selecting between the—gistatic image mode and a moving video mode, and
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`when in a—th_estatic image mode, selecting an operation from a list including (1)
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`recording an image in a—th_estatic image mode, and (2) monitoring an image in the
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`static image mode;
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`upon selecting the operation of recording an image in the static image mode,
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`using the signal processing unit to generate image signals by using all signal
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`MAXELL_APPLE0001438
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`Application No. 12/845,266
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`charges accumulated in all N number of vertically arranged pixel lines of the image
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`sensing device, to provide N pixel lines;
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`upon selecting the operation of monitoring an image in the static image mode,
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`using the signal processing unit to generate image signals by using pixel lines which
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`have been mixed or culled from the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines of the
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`image sensing device to provide only pixel lines separated from one another by
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`intervals of a given distance; and
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`upon selecting the operation of recording an image in the moving video mode,
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`using the signal processing unit to generate image signals by using a portion of, or
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`the entirety of, the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines which have been
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`mixed or culled to provide only pixel lines separated from one another by intervals of
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`a second distance, wherein a value of the second distance is different from a value
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`of the first distance.
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`12. (Cancelled)
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`13. (Original) A method for operating an electric camera of claim 11,
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`wherein when recording in the moving video mode, in order to correct image—
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`instability, the signal processing unit generates image signals by changing the pixel
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`lines used, and the portion of the pixel lines used, according to an amount of image-
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`instability detected by a instability detector which detects an image-instability of the
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`electric camera.
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`14. (Original) A method for operating an electric camera of claim 11, wherein the
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`value of the first distance is larger than the value of the second distance.
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`MAXELL_APPLE0001439
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`15. (Original) A method for operating an electric camera of claim 11, wherein N is
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`equal to or greater than a product of a fixed parameter multiplied by a number of
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`effective scanning lines M of a display screen.
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`16. (Original) A method for operating an electric camera of claim 15, wherein the
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`fixed parameter is equal to three.
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`MAXELL_APPLE0001440
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`REMARKS
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`This Amendment is filed in response to the Office Action dated March 14,
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`2012. In the office action, claims 1-4, 9, and 11-16 were objected to due to minor
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`informalities. Claims 6 and 12 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
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`as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. Claims 1-5, 7-11, and 13-16
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`were rejected on the grounds of non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting
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`over claims 1, 2, 6, 8, 13, 14, 18, and 20 of U.S. Patent 6,765,616. Claims 6 and 12
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`were rejected on the grounds of non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting
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`over claims 1, 6, 8, 13, and 18 of U.S. Patent 6,765,616 in view of Hijishiri et al. (U.S.
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`6,906,746).
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`By the present amendment, claims 6 and 12 have been cancelled without
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`prejudice or disclaimer of the subject matter thereof, without forfeiture of the right to
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`file the claims in a continuing application, and without comment regarding the
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`correctness or lack thereof of the rejection of said claims.
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`In addition, claims 1, 4, 9, and 11 have been amended to correct the minor
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`informalities identified in the recent Office Action. No new claims have been added,
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`and no new matter has been added. Also, a terminal disclaimer is being filed with
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`this response. Therefore, this response places the application in condition for
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`allowance.
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`At entry of this paper, claims 1-5, 7-11, and 13-16 will be pending for further
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`consideration and examination in the application. All rejections are traversed, in so
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`far as the rejections are applicable to the present claims. Reconsideration and
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`allowance of this application, as amended. is respectfully requested.
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`MAXELL_APPLE000 1441
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`REJECTIONS UNDER 35 USC §102
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`In the office action, claims 1-4, 9, and 11-16 were objected to due to minor
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`informalities.
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`In the present response, claims 1, 4, 9, and 11 have been amended to
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`correct the minor informalities, in the manner recommended by the Examiner.
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`Therefore, the objections should be withdrawn.
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`REJECTIONS UNDER 35 USC §112
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`In the office action, claims 6 and 12 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
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`paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. By the present
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`amendment, claims 6 and 12 have been cancelled without prejudice or disclaimer of
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`the subject matter thereof, without forfeiture of the right to file the claims in a
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`continuing application, and without comment regarding the correctness or lack
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`thereof of the rejection of said claims. Therefore, the rejection should be withdrawn.
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`DOUBLE PATENTING REJECTIONS
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`Claims 1-5, 7-11, and 13-16 were rejected on the grounds of non-statutory
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`obviousness—type double patenting over claims 1, 2, 6, 8, 13, 14, 18, and 20 of U.S.
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`Patent 6,765,616. By the present amendment, a terminal disclaimer is being filed
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`with this response, without comment regarding the correctness or lack thereof of the
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`rejection of said claims. Therefore, the rejection should be withdrawn.
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`Claims 6 and 12 were rejected on the grounds of non-statutory obviousness-
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`type double patenting over claims 1, 6, 8, 13, and 18 of U.S. Patent 6,765,616 in
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`view of Hijishiri. By the present amendment, claims 6 and 12 have been cancelled
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`without prejudice or disclaimer of the subject matter thereof, without forfeiture of the
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`right to file the claims in a continuing application, and without comment regarding the
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`correctness or lack thereof of the rejection of said claims. Therefore, the rejection
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`should be withdrawn.
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`In view of the foregoing amendments and remarks, Applicant respectfully
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`submits that the claims listed above as presently being under consideration in the
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`application are now in condition for allowance.
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`EXAMINER INVITED TO TELEPHONE
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`The Examiner is herein invited to telephone the undersigned attorneys at the
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`local Washington, DC area telephone number of 703/312—6600 for discussing any
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`Examiner’s Amendments or other suggested actions for accelerating prosecution
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`and moving the present application to allowance.
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`CONCLUSION
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`In view of the foregoing amendments and remarks, Applicant respectfully
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`submits that the claims listed above as presently being under consideration in the
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`application are now in condition for allowance.
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`To the extent necessary, Applicants petition for an extension of time under 37
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`CFR 1.136. Please charge any shortage in fees due in connection with the filing of
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`this paper, including extension of time fees, to the Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus,
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`LLP Deposit Account No. 01-2135 (Docket No. 500.38315VCB), and please credit
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`any excess fees to such deposit account.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUS, LLP
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`By
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`lAyal l. Sharon/
`Ayal l. Sharon
`Registration No. 55,986
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`AIS
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`1300 North Seventeenth Street, Suite 1800
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`Arlington, Virginia 22209
`Telephone:
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