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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AlA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Status of the Application
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`Claims 2 and 3 are pending and currently under examination.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The submission of the Information Disclosure Statement on 9/26/2016, 9/27/2016
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`and 11/02/2016 is in compliance with 37 CFR 1.97. The information disclosure
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`statement has been considered by the examiner and signed copies have been placed in
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`the file.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of pre-AlA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(e) the invention was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section
`122(b), by another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or
`(2) a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before
`the invention by the applicant for patent, except that an international application filed under
`the treaty defined in section 351 (a) shall have the effects for purposes of this subsection of an
`application filed in the United States only if the international application designated the United
`States and was published under Article 21(2) of such treaty in the English language.
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`Claims 2 and 3 are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated
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`by van Ommen (US Application 20060147952 cited on IDS filed 09/26/2016) and
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`evidence by Koenig et al. (Nature 338, 509 - 511 06 April 1989).
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