Inventor: Juan Cubillo
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`Application No.: 16/ 145,124
`Docket No.: 3509-1-001NCON (2750-2 CON)
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`REMARKS
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`This Amendment and Response is submitted in reply to the final Office Action dated
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`June 25, 2019, in which the Examiner:
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`rejected claims 1—3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over US.
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`Patent No. 2,043,643 to Yenne (hereinafter “Yenne”) in view of US. Patent No.
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`2,270,593 to Kurath (hereinafter “Kurath”);
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`rejected claim 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Yenne, Kurath, and further
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`in view of US. Patent Publication No. 2008/0029415 to Wang (hereinafter “Wang”);
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`rejected claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Yenne, Kurath, and further
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`in view of US. Patent Publication No. 2006/0201951 to Cingel (hereinafter “Cingel”);
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`rejected claim 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Yenne, Kurath, and further
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`in view of US. Patent No. 6,142,323 to Veil, Sr. (hereinafter “Veil”); and
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`indicated claims 12, 15, and 16 would be allowable if rewritten in independent form
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`including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Applicant appreciates the Examiner’s careful review of this application and respectfully
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`addresses and traverses the rejections below. The current Amendment amends claims 1, 12, and
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`15 , and cancels claims 16 and 17 without prejudice or disclaimer. No new matter is added by
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`these amendments, and support may be found throughout the application as filed. Claims 1, 12,
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`and 15 are the independent claims.
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`Inventor: Juan Cubillo
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`Application No. : 16/145,124
`Docket No.: 3509-1-001NCON (2750-2 CON)
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`Re'ections under 35 U.S.C.
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`103
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`Pursuant to the indication of allowable subject matter, independent claim 1 has been
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`amended to include the recitations of the allowable claim 16, which previously depended directly
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`therefrom. Allowable dependent claim 12 has been rewritten in independent form to include the
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`recitations of original claim 1 and the intervening dependent claim 17. Allowable dependent 15
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`have been rewritten in independent form to include the recitations of original claim. Claims 16
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`and 17 have been canceled. Thus, all claims either include subject matter indicated to be
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`allowable, or depend from a claim that does.
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`Conclusion
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`In view of the foregoing, Applicant respectfully requests reconsideration and withdrawal of the
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`rejections, as well as an indication of the allowability of the claims. In addition, Applicant reserves a
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`right to file continuation and/or divisional applications.
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`The Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned attorney at the telephone number listed
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`below if such a call would in any way facilitate advancing the prosecution of this application.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any fees, which may be required, or credit
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`any overpayment, to Deposit Account Number 08—2461.
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`Inventor: Juan Cubillo
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`Application No.: 1 6/145, 124
`Docket No.: 3509-1-001NCON (2750-2 CON)
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Gie Yoon
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`Attorney for Applicant
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