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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 646-2 Filed 03/08/21 Page 2 of 12 PageID #: 33013
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONERFORPATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`90/014,661
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`01/27/2021
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`6580999
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`2638-19.09
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`1060
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`02/26/2021
`7590
`177632
`BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.
`1100 13th STREET, N.W.
`SUITE 1200
`WASHINGTON, DC 20005-4051
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`EXAMINER
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`TARAE. CATHERINE MICHELLE
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3992
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`MAIL DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`02/26/2021
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 646-2 Filed 03/08/21 Page 3 of 12 PageID #: 33014
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Commissioner for Patents
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`DO NOT USE IN PALM PRINTER
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`(THIRD PARTY REQUESTER'S CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS)
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`ERISE IP, P.A.
`7015 COLLEGE BLVD., STE 700
`OVERLAND PARK, KS 66211
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`EX PARTEREEXAMINATION COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTAL FORM
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`REEXAMINATION CONTROL NO. 90/014,661.
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`PATENT UNDER REEXAMINATION 6580999.
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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 ex parte reexamination proceeding (37 CFR 1.550(f)).
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`Where this copy is supplied after the reply by requester, 37 CFR 1.535, or the time for filing a
`reply has passed, no submission on behalf of the ex parte reexamination requester will be
`acknowledged or considered (37 CFR 1.550(g)).
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`PTOL-465 (Rev.07-04)
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 646-2 Filed 03/08/21 Page 4 of 12 PageID #: 33015
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`Order Granting Request For
`Ex Parle Reexamination
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`Control No.
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`90/014,661
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`Examiner
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`C. M TARAE
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`Patent Under Reexamination
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`6580999
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`Art Unit
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`AIA (FITF) Status
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`3992
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`No
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`--The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
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`The request for ex parte reexamination filed 01/27/2021 has been considered and a determination has
`been made. An identification of the claims, the references relied upon, and the rationale supporting the
`determination are attached.
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`Attachments: a) □ PT0-892,
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`PTO/SB/08,
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`c)O Other:
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`1. 0
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`The request for ex parte reexamination is GRANTED.
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`RESPONSE TIMES ARE SET AS FOLLOWS:
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`For Patent Owner's Statement (Optional): TWO MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication
`(37 CFR 1.530 (b)). EXTENSIONS OF TIME ARE GOVERNED BY 37 CFR 1.550(c).
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`For Requester's Reply (optional): TWO MONTHS from the date of service of any timely filed
`Patent Owner's Statement (37 CFR 1.535). NO EXTENSION OF THIS TIME PERIOD IS PERMITTED.
`If Patent Owner does not file a timely statement under 37 CFR 1.530(b), then no reply by requester
`is permitted.
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`'CATHERINE M TARAE/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3992
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`cc:Requester ( if third party requester)
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-471G(Rev. 01-13)
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`Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination
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`Part of Paper No. 20210301
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 646-2 Filed 03/08/21 Page 5 of 12 PageID #: 33016
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 2
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`DECISION ON REQUEST FOR EX PARTE REEXAMINATION
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`A substantial new question (SNQ) of patentability affecting claims 1 and 3 of U.S.
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`Pat. No. 6,580,999 to Maruyama et al. ("the '999 Patent") is raised by the Request for
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`Ex Parte reexamination filed January 27, 2021 ("Request").
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`Reexamination is granted for claims 1 and 3.
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`Concurrent Proceedings
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`The '999 Patent is the subject in Maxell Ltd. v. Apple Inc, No. 5:1 0-cv-0036 (E.D.
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`Texas), currently open. The '999 Patent is also the subject in pending Reexamination
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`90/014,640. The '999 Patent was the subject in IPR2020-00409, where institution was
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`denied.
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`References Asserted by Requester as Raising SNQs of Patentability
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`• JPH07-280583 to Suzuki et al. published October 27, 1995 and filed on
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`April 13, 1994 ("Suzuki"). Suzuki qualifies as prior art under at least 35
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`USC 102(b).
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`• JPH10-170301 to Nozaka et al. published June 26, 1998 and filed on
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`December 9, 1996 ("Nozaka"). Nozaka qualifies as prior art under at least
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`35 USC 102(b).
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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`Part of Paper No. 20210301
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 646-2 Filed 03/08/21 Page 6 of 12 PageID #: 33017
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 3
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`Prosecution History of the '999 Patent
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`Application 10/173,423 ('423 Application) that matured into the '999 Patent was
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`originally filed June 18, 2002. The '423 Application was a continuation of 09/613,634
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`filed July 11, 2000 and had a foreign priority to Japanese Patent No. 11-197010 filed
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`July 12, 1999.
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`The '423 Application was filed with a preliminary amendment that canceled
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`claims 1-14 and added claims 15-20.
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`A Non-Final Office Action was mailed on October 23, 2002 rejecting claims 15-20
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`under nonstatutory obviousness double patenting over claims 1-13 of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,430,498.
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`On January 9, 2003, Applicant filed a Terminal Disclaimer, which obviated the
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`double patenting rejection.
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`The Examiner issued a Notice of Allowance on February 4, 2003 allowing claims
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`15-20 with the following allowable subject matter:
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`"Specifically, the prior art of record fail to suggest a portable terminal with the
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`function of walking navigation, comprising, among other limitations, a device denoting
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`an orientation of the terminal, a device for getting location information of another
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`portable terminal, a direction from a present place to the location of the other portable
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`terminal being displayed with distance information between locations, wherein the
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`direction is denoted with an orientation of line and the distance is denoted with number,
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`and wherein the direction from a present place to the location of said another portable
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`terminal is displayed using symbols denoting an orientation of a line that is distinguished
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`between starting and ending points."
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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`Part of Paper No. 20210301
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 4
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`Proposed SNQs Raised in the Request
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`Suzuki in view of Nozaka raise a SNQ with respect to claims 1 and 3. (Request
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`at 6)
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`Evaluation of SNQs Raised in Request for Reexamination
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`Requester asserts a SNQ involving claims 1 and 3 with Suzuki in view of
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`Nosaka.
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`Suzuki describes a portable navigation device that can provide direction
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`recognition. (113-5) The current position and the route to the destination are provided
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`on a map on the portable navigation device. (112 and 7) A GPS receiver is used to
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`determine the absolute position of the portable navigation device; a distance sensor is
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`used to calculate the moving distance; and an azimuth sensor is used to detect the
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`orientation of the portable device. (1112 and 14) The map on the portable navigation
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`device rotates in accordance with the change in orientation of the portable navigation
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`device. (120)
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`........... ,
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 5
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`Fig. 6 illustrates the map displayed on the portable navigation device with the
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`orientation of the wearer indicated by arrow D and the recommended route indicated by
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`line K.
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`Nozaka discloses a pedestrian route guidance device capable of route guidance
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`using a step-counter. The device may be used as a mobile phone device and provides
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`map information on a display. (summary) Map information displays a starting point,
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`destination and route, and uses such information to calculate the moving distance.
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`(1111 and 12) The route guidance can provide a route from one device to another.
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`(132)
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`Fig. 8 illustrates the map displayed on the pedestrian route guidance device. S
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`represents the starting position, G represents the target position, and the dotted line
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`represents the route. (169)
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`As such, it appears Suzuki and Nozaka disclose all of the claim limitations of
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`claims 1 and 3.
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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`Part of Paper No. 20210301
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 6
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`Since Suzuki and Nozaka appear to teach all of the claim limitations of claim 1
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`and 3, a reasonable examiner would consider these teachings important in determining
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`the patentability of claims 1 and 3. Suzuki and Nozaka were not previously cited in the
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`prosecution history of the '999 Patent; and the issues are not the subject of a final
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`holding by a Federal Court. The teachings are also not cumulative to the teachings
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`previously residing in the prior art cited by the '999 Patent. Therefore, the Examiner
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`agrees that Suzuki and Nozaka raise a SNQ of patentability with respect to claims 1 and
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`3.
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`Conclusion
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`Since an SNQ has been raised for at least one claim, the Request for Ex Parte
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`reexamination of claims 1 and 3 is granted.
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`Extension of Time
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`Extensions of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) will not be permitted in these
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`proceedings because the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136 apply only to "an applicant" and
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`not to parties in a reexaminations proceeding. Additionally, 35 U.S.C. 305 requires that
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`ex parte reexamination proceedings "will be conducted with special dispatch" (37 CFR
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`1.550(a)). Extensions of time in ex parte reexamination proceedings are provided for in
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`37 CFR 1.550(c).
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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`Part of Paper No. 20210301
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 7
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`Amendment in Reexamination Proceedings
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`Patent owner is notified that any proposed amendment to the specification and/or
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`claims in this reexamination proceeding must comply with 37 CFR 1.530(d)-(j), must be
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`formally presented pursuant to 37 CFR §1.52(a) and (b), and must contain any fees
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`required by 37 CFR § 1.20(c). See MPEP §2250(IV) for examples to assist in the
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`preparation of proper proposed amendments in reexamination proceedings.
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`Service of Papers
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`After the filing of a request for reexamination by a third party requester, any
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`document filed by either the patent owner or the third party requester must be served on
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`the other party (or parities where two or more third party requester proceedings are
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`merged) in the reexamination proceeding in the manner provided in 37 CFR 1.248. See
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`37 CFR 1.550.
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`Notification of Concurrent Proceedings
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`The patent owner is reminded of the continuing responsibility under 37 CFR
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`1.565(a) to apprise the Office of any litigation activity, or other prior or concurrent
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`proceeding, involving the '999 Patent throughout the course of this reexamination
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`proceeding. The third party requester is also reminded of the ability to similarly apprise
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`the Office of any such activity or proceedings throughout the course of this
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`reexamination proceeding. See MPEP §§ 2207, 2282, and 2286.
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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`Part of Paper No. 20210301
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
`Art Unit: 3992
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`Page 8
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`Prior art is evaluated in accordance with the policy of MPEP 2256, which states:
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`"Where patents, publications, and other such items of information are submitted
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`by a party (patent 0W1er or requester) in compliance with the requirements of the rules,
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`the requisite degree of consideration to be given to such information will be normally
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`limited by the degree to wf1ich the party filing the information citation has explained the
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`content and relevance of the information. The initials of the examiner placed adjacent to
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`the citations on the form PTO/SB/OBA and 088 or its equivalent, without an indication to
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`the contrary in the record, do not signify that the information has been considered by the
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`examiner any further than to the extent noted above."
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`Future Correspondence
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`If attempts to reach Examiner Michelle Tarae by telephone at 571-272-6727 are
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`unsuccessful, the examiner's supervisor, Andrew Fischer, can be reached on 571-272-
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`6779.
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`All correspondence relating to this ex parte reexamination proceeding should be
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`directed:
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`By Mail to:
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`Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam
`Central Reexamination Unit
`Commissioner of Patents
`United States Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`By FAX to:
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`(571) 273-9900
`Central Reexamination Unit
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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`Control Number: 90/014,661
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication should be directed to the Central
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`Reexamination Unit at (571) 272-7705.
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`Signed:
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`/CATHERINE M TARAE/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3992
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`Conferees:
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`/KENNETH WHITTINGTON/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3992
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`/ANDREW J. FISCHER/
`Supervisory Patent Reexamination Specialist, Art Unit 3992
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`Ex Parte Reexanination -Order Granting Ex Parte Reexanination
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