Application No.: 15/981,837
`Reply dated December 17, 2019
`Response to Office Action of September 17, 2019
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1, 6, 7, 9, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, and 26 have been amended, and claims 4, 5, and
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`20 have been canceled without prejudice or disclaimer. Accordingly, claims 1-3, 6-19, and 21-
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`43 are currently pending in the Application, of which claims 1, 6, 7, 9, 13, 17, 18, 22, 26, and 30
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`are independent. Applicants appreciate the indication that claims 30-43 are allowed and that
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`claims 5-7, 9, 12-17, 20-22, and 26-29 contain allowable subject matter. No new matter has
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`been added.
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`In view of the above amendments and the following Remarks, Applicants respectfully
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`request reconsideration and timely withdrawal of the pending objections and rejections for the
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`reasons discussed below.
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`Claim Objections and Allowable Subject Matter
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`The Examiner has indicated that claims 5-7, 9, 12-17, 20-22, and 26-29 are objected to
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`for depending from a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent
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`form. Claim 1 has been amended to recite the features of allowable dependent claim 5 and
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`intervening claim 4, both of which have been canceled without prejudice or disclaimer. Claims 6,
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`7, 9, 13, 17, 22, and 26 have been amended to be in independent form. Claim 18 has been
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`amended to recite the features of allowable dependent claim 20, which has been canceled.
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`Accordingly, Applicants submit that claims 5-7, 9, 12-17, 20-22, and 26-29, which
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`depend from claims 1 and 18, are in condition for allowance.
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`Applicants appreciate the indication that claims 30-43 are allowed.
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`Application No.: 15/981,837
`Reply dated December 17, 2019
`Response to Office Action of September 17, 2019
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`Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Claims 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 18, 19, and 23-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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`allegedly being unpatentable over U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0150513,
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`applied for by Zhang, ef al. (“Zhang”) in view of U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
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`2011/0069014, applied for by Huang, etal. (“Huang”). Applicants respectfully traverse this
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`rejection for at least the following reasons.
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`As noted above, claim 1 has been amended to recite the features of allowable
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`dependent claim 5 and intervening claim 4, both of which have been canceled without prejudice
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`or disclaimer. Claim 18 has been amended to recite the portion of allowable dependent claim 26
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`which is identical to the indicated allowable subject matter of claim 13.
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`Accordingly, Applicants respectfully request withdrawal of the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection
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`of claims 1 and 18. Claims 2, 8, 10, 11, 19, and 23-25 depend from claims 1 and 18 and are
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`allowable at least for this reason. Since none of the alleged prior art of record, whether taken
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`alone or in any combination, discloses or suggests all the features of the claimed subject matter,
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`Applicants respectfully submit that independent claims 1 and 18, and all the claims that depend
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`therefrom, are allowable.
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`Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as allegedly being unpatentable over
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`Zhang in view of Huang and further in view of U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
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`2013/0335365, applied for by Kim, etal. (“Kim”). Applicants respectfully traverse this rejection
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`for at least the following reasons.
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`Applicants respectfully submit that claim 2 is allowable over Zhang in view of Huang, and
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`Kim fails to cure the deficiencies of Zhang in view of Huang noted above with regard to claim 2.
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`Hence, claim 3 is allowable at least because it depends from an allowable claim 1.
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`Application No.: 15/981,837
`Reply dated December 17, 2019
`Response to Office Action of September 17, 2019
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`Accordingly, Applicants respectfully request withdrawal of the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection
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`of claim 3.
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`Other Matters
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`In addition to the amendments mentioned above, claim 21 has been amended to change
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`its dependency from canceled claim 20 to pending claim 18.
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`A full and complete response has been made to the pending Office Action, and all of the
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`stated objections and grounds for rejection have been overcome or rendered moot.
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`Accordingly, all pending claims are allowable, and the Application is in condition for allowance.
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`The Examiner is invited to contact Applicants’ undersigned representative at the number
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`below if it would expedite prosecution. Prompt and favorable consideration of this Reply is
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`respectfully requested.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Wi||iam L. Brooks/
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`William L. Brooks
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`Reg. No. 34,129
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`Date: December 17, 2019
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