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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: COMIVHSSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKZT NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`15/178,455
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`06/09/2016
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`Ondrej Pribula
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`066964—8025.L s00
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`6795
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`pERKINs 60113163105 General m
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`G BERT, SAMUEL G
`POST OFFICE BOX 1247
`SEATTLE, WA 98111-1247
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUIVIBER
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`3735
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`04/06/2018
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`ELECTRONIC
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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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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`patentprocurement @perkinscoie.c0m
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
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` 15/178,455 PRIBULA ET AL.
`Examiner
`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventorto File)
`Office Action Summary
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`3735SAMUEL GILBERT $233
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`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
`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.
`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).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed
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`Status
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`1)IXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 12/29/2017.
`[I A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2b)|:| This action is non-final.
`2a)IZ| This action is FINAL.
`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)|:I Since this 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 Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`3) D Interview Summary (PT0_413)
`1) D Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) E Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date .
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20180402
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5)|XI Claim(s) M is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`6 III Claim s) _ is/are allowed.
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`is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
`9)|:l Claim(s
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`Application Papers
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11)|:I The drawing(s) filed on _ is/are: a)I:I accepted or b)I:I 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).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`b)I:I Some” c)I:I None of the:
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`1.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.I:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`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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`Application/Control Number: 15/178,455
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`Art Unit: 3735
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Specification
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 1 12
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
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`IN GENERAL—The specification shall contain a written description of the
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`invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise,
`and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it
`is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode
`contemplated by the inventor orjoint inventor of carrying out the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the
`manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to
`enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly
`connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the
`inventor of carrying out his invention.
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`Claims 59—88 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), first
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`paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s)
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`contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to
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`reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor,
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`or for pre-AIA the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of
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`the claimed invention.
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`Regarding claim 59, the specification as originally filed does not provide support
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`for an impulse duration in a range of 10-900us or a repetition rate of up to 7OOHz.
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`Regarding claim 68, the specification as originally filed does not provide support
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`for an impulse duration in a range of 10-900us or a repetition rate of up to 7OOHz.
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`Regarding claim 79, the specification as originally filed does not provide support
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`for an impulse duration in a range of 10-900us or a repetition rate of up to 7OOHz.
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`Regarding claim 85 , the specification as originally filed does not provide support
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`for an impulse duration in a range of 10-900us or a repetition rate of up to 7OOHz.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
`(b) CONCLUSION—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly
`pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor
`regards as the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claims 59-88 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA),
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`second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly
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`claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the
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`applicant regards as the invention.
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`Claim 59 - in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing—and in line 17,
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`“each applicator” should be —each said applicator--.
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`Claim 66 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing--.
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`Claim 68 — in line 4, “each applicator” should be —each said applicator--.
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`Claim 71 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing--.
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`Claim 73 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing--.
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`Claim 74 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing--.
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`Claim 75 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing—and in lines 1-2
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`“outlet on upper side” should be —an outlet on an upper side--.
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`Claim 76 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing—and in lines 1-2
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`“outlet on upper side” should be —an outlet on an upper side--.
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`Claim 79 — in line 4, “each applicator” should be —each said applicator--.
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`Claim 82 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing—and in lines 1-2
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`“outlet on upper side” should be —an outlet on an upper side--.
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`Claim 83 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing--.
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`Claim 85 — in line 4, “each applicator” should be —each said applicator— and in
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`line 16, “each casing” should be —each said casing--.
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`Claim 86 — in line 1, “each casing” should be —each said casing--.
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`Conclusion
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP
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`§ 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37
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`CFR1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action.
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`In the event a first reply is filed within
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`TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not
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`mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
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`than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to SAMUEL GILBERT whose telephone number is
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`(571)272-4725. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday-Friday 6:30-3:00.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Charles Marmor II can be reached on 571-272—4730. The fax phone
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`number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571 -
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