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`APPLICATION NO.
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` FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`13/93 1,857
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`06/29/2013
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`Joseph Higgs
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`SEC-P120US
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`1036
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`Fogarty, L.L.C.
`P.O. Box 703695
`Dallas, TX 75370-3695
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`GAUTHIER, GERALD
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`ART UNIT
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`2653
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/28/2014
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
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` 13/931 ,857 HIGGS, JOSEPH
`Examiner
`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventor toFile)
`Office Action Summary
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`2653GERALD GAUTHIER vee.
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`1) Responsive to communication(s)filed on 3.
`L] A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filedon___
`2a)L] This action is FINAL.
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`3)L] An election was made bythe applicant in responseto a restriction requirementset forth during the interview on
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`4)L] Sincethis application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordancewith the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5) Claim(s) 1-27 is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)L] Claim(s)
`is/are allowed.
`7) Claim(s) 1-27 is/are rejected.
`8)L] Claim(s)___ is/are objectedto.
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`9)L] Claim(s)
`are subjectto restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)L] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`1.) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`3.L] Copies of the 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 for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`1) X Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 13/931 ,857
`Art Unit: 2653
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`underthe first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`2.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new groundof
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section madein this Office action:
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`A personshall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use,
`on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effectivefiling date of the claimed
`invention.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a as being anticipated by Thomas
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`(US 7,027,659 B1).
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`As to claim 1, Thomas discloses a method, comprising:
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`receiving video at a video visitation device in a secure environment [column
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`10, lines 25-38];
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`adjusting a depth of field parameter for the video, such that an image of a
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`first object at a first distance from the videovisitation device is in focus and an
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`image of a second object at a second distance from the videovisitation device is
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`blurred [column 12, lines 23-40]; and
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`providing the video to a viewing device located outside of the secure
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`environment [column 12, lines 41-47].
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`Asto claims 2-7, Thomasdiscloses a method of claim 1 [column 12, line 48 to
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`column 18, line3].
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`Asto claim 8, Thomasdisclosesall the limitations of claim 8 as stated in claim
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`1’s rejection above.
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`Furthermore, Thomasdiscloses a tangible computer readable medium [column
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`10, lines 25-27].
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`Asto claims 9-13, Thomasdiscloses a tangible computer readable medium of
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`claim 8 [column 12, line 48 to column 13, line3].
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`As to claim 14, Thomasdisclosesall the limitations of claim 14 as stated in claim
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`1’s rejection above.
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`Asto claims 15-21, Thomas discloses a system of claim 8 [column 12, line 48 to
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`column 18, line3].
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`Conclusion
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`5.
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`The prior art madeof record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure. See PTO-892 form.
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