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`REMARKS
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`After entry of the foregoing, claims 1—7, 9—14, 17—18, and 21 are pending examination,
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`ofwhich claims 1, 13, and 21 are the independent claims. Claims 1, 9, 10, 12, and 13 are
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`amended herein. Claims 8, 15, 16, 19, and 20 are canceled by this paper. Claim 21 is added
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`herein. The amendments are made without prejudice or disclaimer of subject matter and without
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`conceding the correctness of any rejections, and Applicant respectfully reserves the right to
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`pursue the original, previously presented, or canceled subject matter in this application or
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`continuing applications. Support for the amendment is found in the original disclosure,
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`including, for example, the original claims and paragraphs [0020], [0023], [0024], [0028],
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`[0029], [0039]—[0041], and [0048] of the specification. No new matter is believed to have been
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`added herein. Reconsideration and further examination are respectfully requested.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Applicant would like to thank the Examiner for the indication that claims 8-12, 15-16,
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`and 20 contain allowable subject matter and would be allowable if rewritten in independent
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`form. The recitations of claims 8 and 16 have been added to independent claims 1 and 13,
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`respectively. Claim 15 has been rewritten independent form, including the recitations of Claim
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`14, as new Claim 21.
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`Claim Rejections — 35 US. C. § 102 and § 103
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`Claims 1-4, 6-7, 13-14, and 17-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1) by US. Pat.
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`Pub. No. 2017/0086317 (“Pelletier”). Claim 5 is rejected 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Pelletier in view
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`of US. Pat. Pub. No. 2013/0075018 (“Heppe”). Reconsideration and withdrawal of these
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`rejections are respectfully requested.
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`A. Independent Claim 1
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`The recitations of claim 8, which was indicated as being allowable, have been added to
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`independent claim 1. Reconsideration and withdrawal of the rejection of independent claim 1
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`are respectfully requested.
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`B. Independent Claim 13
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`The recitations of claim 16, which was indicated as being allowable, have been added to
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`independent claim 13. Reconsideration and withdrawal of the rejection of independent claim 13
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`are respectfully requested.
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`C. Independent Claim 19
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`Claim 19 is canceled herein.
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`D. Dependent Claims
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`The other claims currently under consideration in the application are dependent from
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`their respective independent claims discussed above and therefore are believed to be allowable
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`for at least similar reasons. Because each dependent claim is deemed to define an additional
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`aspect of the invention, the individual consideration of each dependent claim on its own merits is
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`respectfully requested. Reconsideration and withdrawal of the rejections of the dependent claims
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`are respectfully requested.
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`E. New Claim 21
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`Claim 15 has been rewritten independent form, including the recitations of Claim 14, as
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`new Claim 21. Entry and consideration of Claim 21 are respectfully requested.
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`CONCLUSION
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`Applicant respectfully submits that the entire application is in condition for allowance,
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`and such action is respectfully requested at the Examiner’s earliest convenience. Should the
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`Examiner have any questions, please call the undersigned at the phone number listed below so
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`that any such questions may be promptly resolved.
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`Any remarks in support of patentability of one claim should not be imputed to any other
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`claim, even if similar terminology is used. Any language or remarks referring to only a portion
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`of a claim should not necessarily be understood to base patentability on solely that portion,
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`rather, patentability rests on each claim taken as a whole.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that to the extent any disclaimers or statements were made
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`previously during prosecution with respect to the scope of the claimed invention, such
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`disclaimers and statements are hereby rescinded.
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`Applicant respectfully reserves the right to traverse any of the rejections, assertions and
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`submissions made in connection with the application, even if not discussed herein, including the
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`right to challenge later whether any of the cited references is prior art. The absence of a reply to
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`a specific rejection, issue, or comment does not signify agreement with or concession of that
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`rejection, issue, or comment. In addition, because any arguments made may not be exhaustive,
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`there may be other reasons that have not been expressed for patentability of any or all claims.
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`When amendments are made to any claims, no acquiescence or estoppel is implied thereby, such
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`amendments are made only to expedite prosecution of the present application and are without
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`prejudice to the presentation or assertion, in the future, of claims directed to subject matter that is
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`same as or similar to that previously presented. Nothing in this paper should be construed as an
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`intent to concede, or actual concession of, any issue with regard to any claim, or to any cited art,
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`except as specifically stated in this paper, and the amendment or cancellation of any claim does
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`not necessarily signify concession of unpatentability of the claim prior to its amendment or
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`cancellation.
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`To the extent necessary, a petition for an extension of time under 37 C.F.R. 1.136 is
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`hereby made. Please charge any shortage in fees due in connection with the filing of this paper,
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`including extension of time fees, to Deposit Account 50-0310 and please credit any excess fees
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`to such deposit account.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
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`/Michael G. Dreznes/
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`Michael G. Dreznes
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`Date: November 1, 2019
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