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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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` CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`09/259,957
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`03/01/1999
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`RAYMOND ANTHONY JOAO
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`5908
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`RAYMOND A JOAO
`122 BELLEVUE PLACE
`YONKERS, NY 10703
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`11/26/2008
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`LEE, Y YOUNG
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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`ART UNIT
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`2621
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`MAIL DATE
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`11/26/2008
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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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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Office Action Summary
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`09/259,957
`Examiner
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`JOAO, RAYMOND ANTHONY
`Art Unit
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`2621
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLYIS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available underthe provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
`In no event, however, may a reply be timelyfiled
`after SIX (6) MONTHSfrom the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period forreply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHSfrom the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for replywill, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three monthsafter the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`eamed patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)X] Responsive to communication(s) filed on 05 November 2008.
`2a)L] This action is FINAL.
`2b)X] This action is non-final.
`3)L] Sincethis application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)X] Claim(s) 12,41-50,55, 57,58, 60-69, 74, 76-79 and 96is/are pending in the application.
`4a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`5)L] Claim(s)____ is/are allowed.
`6)X] Claim(s) 41-50, 55, 57, 58, 60-69, 74, 76-79, and 96-12 is/are rejected.
`7)L] Claim(s)__ is/are objectedto.
`8)L] Claim(s)____ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`6) C] Other: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Application Papers
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`9)L] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`10)L] The drawing(s) filed on
`is/are: a)[_] accepted or b)[_] objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
`11)] The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)L] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or(f).
`a)LJAll b)L_] Some*c)L] Noneof:
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`1.L] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.L] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.L] Copies ofthe certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action foralist of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
`1) C] Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) [1] Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) [J Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
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`4) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date. _
`5) L] Noticeof Informal Patent Application
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20081122
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`Application/Control Number: 09/259,957
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`1.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114 wasfiled in this application
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`after a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, but before the filing of a
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`Notice of Appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or the commencementofa civil
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`action. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114 and the
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`fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the appeal has been withdrawn pursuantto
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`37 CFR 1.114 and prosecution in this application has been reopened pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.
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`Applicant's submission filed on 11/5/08 has been entered.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`2.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which formsthe basisforall
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`obviousnessrejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 ofthistitle, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and theprior art are
`such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obviousat the time the invention was madeto a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the
`manner in which the invention was made.
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`3.
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`Claims 41-50, 55, 57, 58, 60-69, 74, 76-79, and 96-124 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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`103(a) as being unpatentable over Jordan et al (6,249,241) for substantially the same reasons as
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`set forth in the previousoffice action. In particular, the newly amended limitations are
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`incorporated in the rejection.
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`Jordan et al, in Figures 1-88, discloses a marine vesseltraffic system that is
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`substantially the same apparatus as specified in claims 41-50, 55, 57, 58, 60-69, 74, 76-79, and
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`96-124 of the present invention, comprising a receiver 2 for receiving wherein the receiver
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`receives a global vehicle positioning information GPS regarding a changeinafirst travel route
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`(e.g. first leg) and a secondtravel route (e.g. second leg) traveled by the vehicle (ship), wherein
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`the information is transmitted to the receiver 2 from a vehicle computer, wherein the vehicle
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`computer is located at the vehicle, and further wherein the information contains information
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`regarding a location of the vehicle and a destination (e.g. harbor); a processing device 43
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`wherein the processing device processes the request for information, wherein the processing
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`device determinesa first and second travel route, and further wherein the apparatus obtains video
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`information from each ofa plurality of video cameras 3 located along or on the travel routes; a
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`transmitter 1, wherein the transmitter sequentially transmits the video information obtained from
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`at least one of the plurality of video camera 3 alongthe travel routes for each of a plurality of
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`locations 3 along the travel routes to the computer 2 automatically, wherein the video
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`information obtained from each ofthe plurality of video cameras3 is transmitted to the computer
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`2 in a sequential manner 44; and a database VTSfor storing information for identifying at least
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`onetravel route and a plurality of video camera 3 located along at least one travel route; wherein
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`the apparatus providestraffic information along with the video information over a remotely
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`accessible network.
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`It is noted Jordan et al differs from the present inventionin that it fails to particularly
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`disclose a land destination as specified in claims 41-50, 55, 57, 58, 60-69, 74, 76-79, and 96-12.
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`However, for the same reasonsasstated in the previous office actions, it is considered obvious to
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`one of ordinary skill in the art that the same travel information system of Jordan et al can be
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`easily applied to marine and/or land travel since Internet access on land vehicle is also
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`notoriously well knownintheart.
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`Response to Arguments
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`4.
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claims 41-50, 55, 57, 58, 60-69, 74, 76-79, and 96-
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`12 have been considered but are mootin view of the new ground(s) of rejection.
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`Conclusion
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`/Young Lee/
`Primary Examiner
`Art Unit 2621
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