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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, Virginia 22.
`www.uspto.gov
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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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`11/889,685
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`08/15/2007
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`Nalini J. Prakash
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`2222.540REIO
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`5524
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`26111
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`7590
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`05/26/2011
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`1100 NEW YORK AVENUE,N.W.
`WASHINGTON,DC 20005
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`EXAMINER
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`NGUYEN,LE V
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`ART UNIT
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`2174
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`MAIL DATE
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`05/26/2011
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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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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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
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`Office Action Summary
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`11/889,685
`Examiner
`LE NGUYEN
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`PRAKASH, NALINI J.
`Art Unit
`2174
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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 under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
`In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Anyreply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any
`earned 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 31 August 2010.
`a)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
`4)X] Claim(s) 1-12, 14-30,32-47,49-65 and 67-70 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`5)L] Claim(s) ___ is/are allowed.
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`6)X] Claim(s) 1-12, 14-30,32-47,49-65 and 67-70is/are rejected.
`7)L] Claim(s) ____ is/are objected to.
`8)L] Claim(s)___ are subjectto restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)K] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`0)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)[] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a)L] All
`b)L_] Some * c)L] None of:
`1.) 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] Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
`1) Xx Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) [_] Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) [J Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date_
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) CT] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date. __
`5) L] Notice of Informal Patent Application
`6) Cc Other:
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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 20101001
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