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`Application No.
`09/259,957
`Examiner
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`Y. Lee
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`Raymond Anthony Joao
`Art Unit
`2613
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`All participants (applicant, applicant's representative, PTO personnel):
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`Interview Summary
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` (1) ¥. Lee (3)
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`(2) Mr. R. Joao
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`Date of Interview
`Sep 4, 2002
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`Type:
`a)L] Telephonic
`b)L] Video Conference
`c)X| Personal {copy is given to 1)[Xl applicant
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`applicant's representative]
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`Exhibit shown or demonstration conducted: d)L] Yes
`e)[X] No.
`If yes, brief description:
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`Claim(s) discussed: 27-40
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` Identification of prior art discussed:
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`None
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` Agreement with respect to the claims
`fj} wasreached.
`g)X) was notreached.
`hiL] N/A.
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` Substance of Interview including description of the general nature of what was agreed to if an agreement was reached, or
`any other comments:
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`Applicant explained the current invention and submitted a courtesy copy of the amendment.
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`(A fuller description, if necessary, and a copy of the amendments which the examiner agreed would renderthe claims
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`allowable, if available, must be attached. Also, where no copy of the amendments that would render the claims allowableis
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`available, a summary thereof must be attached.)
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`i)X]
`it is not necessary for applicant to provide a separate record of the substanceof the interview (if box is checked).
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`Unless the paragraph above has been checked, THE FORMAL WRITTEN REPLY TO THE LAST OFFICE ACTION MUST
`INCLUDE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE INTERVIEW.
`(See MPEPsection 713.04).
`If a reply to the last Office action has
`already been filed, APPLICANT 1S GIVEN ONE MONTH FROM THIS INTERVIEW DATE TO FILE A STATEMENT OF THE
`SUBSTANCE OF THE INTERVIEW. See Summary of Record of Interview requirements on reverse side or on attached
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`Examiner Note: You must sign this form unlessit is
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`an Attachmentto a signed Office action.
`Examiner's signature, if required
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`U. S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTO-413 (Rev. 03-98)
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`Interview Summary
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`Paper No.
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