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`16/152,362
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`10/04/2018
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`Martin Kacin
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`31885-41651/US
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`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`WALSHJOHN B
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`2451
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/30/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`16/152,362
`Examiner
`JOHN B WALSH
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`Applicant(s)
`Kacin et al.
`Art Unit
`2451
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
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`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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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 10/4/18.
`CI A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)[:] This action is FINAL.
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`2b)
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4):] 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 Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s) fl is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above Claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`[:1 Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) 1,8,15 and 19 is/are rejected.
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`Claim(s) 2—7,9—14,16—18 and 20 is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
`C] Claim(s
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`participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
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`Application Papers
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`10):] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 10/4/18 is/are: a). accepted or b)[j 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).
`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
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`12)D 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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`a)I:i All
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`b)C] Some**
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`c)[j None of the:
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`1C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2E] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3C] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) C] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date_
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) E] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`4) CI Other-
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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 20190730
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`Application/Control Number: 16/152,362
`Art Unit: 2451
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA 0r AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013,
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`is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 USC. 102 that form the
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`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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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or
`otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`1.
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`Claims 1, 8, 15 and 19 are rejected under 35 USC. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by
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`US. Patent Application Publication 2014/0115329 to Sturonas et al.
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`As concerns claims 1, 8 and 15:
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`receiving, at a second node (0054; node of storage for Dropbox; Fig. 8) of a plurality of
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`nodes of a dead drop domain (0054—Dropbox cloud storage; Fig. 8—830), from the sender (user A;
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`Fig. 8) via a first node (node of user A; 0113—user computer; Fig. 8) of the plurality of nodes of
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`the dead drop domain, a write request (0053—user a creates/writes a folder inherently includes a
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`“request” interaction; 0054—writes in folder; Fig. 1) to write data to a specified dead drop of a
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`plurality of dead drops in the dead drop domain, wherein each dead drop of the plurality of dead
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`drops is a distinct storage location on a node of the plurality of nodes and identified by a unique
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`dead drop identifier (DDID) (0135—Dropbox ID code; 0194),
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`each node of the plurality of nodes comprising a processor (0473—inherent computing
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`device has a processor) and a memory (0473—inherent computing device has memory) and
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`connected to one or more other nodes via a network (0004);
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`determining that the specified dead drop is on the second node (Fig. 13; Fig. 1);
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`writing (0054—writes in folder; 0070—writes a file) the data to the specified dead drop on
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`the second node;
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`receiving a read request (0058—User B attempts to open/read file) to read data from the
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`specified dead drop, the read request made by the recipient (User B) and received at the second
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`node from a third node (node of second user) of the plurality of nodes of the dead drop domain;
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`and
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`providing the data from the specified dead drop to the recipient in response to the read
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`request (0058—User B accesses the file).
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`As concerns claim 19, the non—transitory computer—readable storage medium of claim 16,
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`wherein determining that the specified dead drop is on the second node comprises: comparing a
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`DDID included in the write request with the DDID identifying the specified dead drop (0094—
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`location; Fig.
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`l3—Dropbox ID; Fig. 1); and determining that the specified dead drop is on the
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`second node based on the comparison (0094—location; Fig.
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`l3—Dropbox ID; Fig. 1, 124—136).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`2.
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`Claims 2—7, 9— 14, 16—18 and 20 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base
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`claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of
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`the base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
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`disclosure. See PTO—892.
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`/JOHN B WALSH/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2451
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