`Attorney Docket No. 115094
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARKOFFICE
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`Applicant(s) Charles A. Jennings etal.
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`Examiner
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`Not Yet Assigned
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`SerialNo.
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` 11/680,452
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`Group Art No.
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`2621
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`Filed
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`For
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`February 28, 2007
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`Confirmation No. 5285
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`System and Method for Routing
`Media
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`May 25, 2007
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`Commissioner For Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF OMITTED ITEM(S)
`IN A NONPROVISIONAL APPLICATION
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`Sir:
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`This paper is responsive to the Notice of Missing Item(s) In a Nonprovisional
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`Patent Application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(b) dated March 26, 2007 having a statutory
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`period for responseset to expire on May 26, 2007.
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`Remarks begin on page 2 of this paper.
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`PATENT
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`Examination of the above-identified patent application is respectfully requested in
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`view ofthe incorporation by reference of FIG. 7 which was inadvertently omitted from
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`REMARKS
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`the instant application.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`Claims 1-35 remain pending in the instant application.
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`Omitted Drawing
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`The Applicant wishes to note that FIG. 7 described in the specification, which
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`was incorporated by reference, had been inadvertently omitted from the above-identified
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`patent application. As such, the Applicant wishesto rely on his incorporation by
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`reference under 37 CFR 1.57(a) in the above-identified patent application based on his
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`claim under 37 CFR 1.78 for obtaining the benefit of a prior-filed non-provisional patent
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`application that was present on the filing date of the instant patent application. In
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`particular, the omitted FIG. 7 is completely contained in the prior-filed application;
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`namely, U.S. patent application serial number 10/051 ,406 filed January 8, 2002, and
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`entitled “System and Method for Routing Media” which the entire contents was
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`incorporated by referencein the specification of the instant patent application. The
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`Applicant has filed herewith a copy of FIG. 7 as filed in the prior-filed application.
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`Accordingly, the Examiner is respectfully requested to enter FIG. 7 into the instant
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`patent application prior to examination. The Applicant avers that no new matter has
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`been entered by virtue of this preliminary amendment and entry of FIG. 7.
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`CONCLUSION
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`By the present remarks, the Applicant has submitted FIG. 7 which was
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`inadvertently omitted from the instant patent application, but was incorporated by
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`reference in an earlier-filed patent application that was pending at the time the instant
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`patent application was originally filed. Accordingly, the incorporation by reference of FIG.
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`7 into the instant patent application is respectfully requested prior to examination.
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`The Examiner is requested to call the undersigned attorney collect if he has any
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`questions related to the Applicant’s remarks.
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`PATENT
`Attorney Docket No. 115094
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`May 25, 2007
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`Date
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Ari M. Bai, Reg. No. 38,726
`Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, PC
`100 South Fourth Street, Suite 1100
`St. Louis, Missouri 63102-1825
`Telephone :
`(314) 552-6818
`Facsimile :
`(314) 231-1776
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