Application No. 16/178,331
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`Attorney Docket Number 19487.31.1.1.1.1
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`Responsive to Office Action mailed September 6, 2019
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`REMARKS
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`The Ofice Action considered and rejected claims 1, 3-13 and 15-20. Applicant hereby
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`amends independent claims 1, l3 and 18 and dependent claim 7. Applicant respectfully requests
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`reconsideration of claims 1, 3-13 and 15-20 in view of the foregoing amendments and the
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`following remarks.
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`Interview Summary
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`Applicant and Applicant’s Attorney thank the Examiner for the phone interview granted
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`on November 27, 2019. During the interview, the Examiner and the Applicant’s undersigned
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`attorney discussed proposed amendments to the claims. While no agreement was reached, the
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`Examiner wanted the Applicant to submit the claim amendments for further consideration.
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`Objections to the Claim
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`The Ofice indicated that claims 2 and 14 would be allowable if rewritten in independent
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`form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Applicant thanks
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`the Examiner for the indication of allowability of claims 2 and 14. As discussed in the interview,
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`Applicant submits that currently amended independent claims 1, l3, and 18 are now allowable
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`over the prior art.
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`35 U.S.C. §103 Rejections
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`The Ofice Action rejects claims 1, 3-13 and 15-20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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`unpatentable over US. Patent Publication No. 2003/0065721 to James A. Roskind (hereinafter
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`Roskind) in view of US. Patent No. 6,247,043 to Bates et al. (hereinafter Bates) in further review
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`of US. Patent Publication No. 2004/0024892 to Creswell et a1. (hereinafter Creswell).
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`Roskind, whether considered singly or in combination with the other cited prior art, fails to
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`describe, teach, or otherwise suggest each limitation recited by independent claims 1, l3 and 18.
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`For example, the Ofice Action appears to acknowledge that Roskind fails to describe, teach, or
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`otherwise suggest “maintaining a people list referencing a plurality of users where each user of the
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`plurality of users is associated with a plurality of user identifier types, wherein the people list is
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`accessible from within each of a plurality of diflerent applications on a single client device
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`associated with a user, the plurality of different applications comprising a first application on the
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`single client device and a second application on the single client device,” as recited by currently
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`amended independent claim 1, and as similarly recited by currently amended independent claims
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`13 and 18 (emphasis added).
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`The Ofice Action (at 5) relies on Creswell to teach limitations related to maintaining a
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`people list “wherein the people list is accessible from within each of a plurality of different
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`applications on a single client device associated with a user. Creswell teaches generating and
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`providing groups via a group connection screen interface. Creswell, 11 [0021]. The interface in
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`Creswell can provide contact information to various user devices.
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`Id at 11 [0029]. However,
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`providing contact information to different user devices is not the same as “maintaining a people
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`list .
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`. wherein the people list is accessiblefrom within each ofa plurality ofdifferent applications
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`on a single client device associated with a user.’ That is, while Creswell teaches that contact
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`information can be accessed by different devices, that is not the same as a people list that is
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`“accessible from within each of a plurality of different applications on a single client device
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`associated with a user.”
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`Attorney Docket Number 19487.31.1.1.1.1
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`Additionally, Creswell teaches an interface that allows a user to make “sequential
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`communications” to members of the group. Id at 11 [0025]. The interface in Creswell contains a
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`“button or icon” that begins sequential communications from within the one interface. Id at 11
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`[0029].
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`In the alternative, the system in Creswell utilizes a particular telephone number, which
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`the user must manually dial on a separate telephone, to initiate sequential communications. Id at
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`11 [0030]. However, initiating sequential communications from an interface is not the same as
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`maintaining a people list that “is accessiblefrom within each ofa plurality ofdiflerent applications
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`on a single client device associated with a user.”
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`Accordingly, Roskind, whether considered singly or in combination with the other cited
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`prior art does not teach “maintaining a people list referencing a plurality of users where each user
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`of the plurality of users is associated with a plurality of user identifier types, wherein the people
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`list is accessible from within a plurality of different applications on a single client device associated
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`with a user, the plurality of different applications comprising a first application on the single client
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`device and a second application on the single client device.”
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`Thus, currently amended independent claims 1, l3 and 18 are allowable over Roskind in
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`view of the other cited prior art for at least these reasons. Claims 3-12, 15-17 and 19-20 depend
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`from amended independent claims 1, l3 and 18, and incorporate the limitations recited therein.
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`As such, dependent claims 3-12, 15-17 and 19-20 are allowable over Roskind, whether considered
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`singly or in combination with the other cited prior art, and the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of
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`dependent claims 3-12, 15-17 and 19-20 is moot.
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`In view of the foregoing, Applicant respectfully submits that the other rejections to the
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`claims are now moot and do not, therefore, need to be addressed individually at this time. It will
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`be appreciated, however, that this should not be construed as Applicant acquiescing to any of the
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`Attorney Docket Number 19487.31.1.1.1.1
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`purported teachings or assertions made in the Ofice Action regarding the cited art or the pending
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`application, including any official notice. Instead, Applicant reserves the right to challenge any of
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`the purported teachings or assertions made in the Ofice Action at any appropriate time in the
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`future, should the need arise. Furthermore, to the extent that the Examiner has relied on any
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`Official Notice, explicitly or implicitly, Applicant specifically requests that the Examiner provide
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`references supporting the teachings officially noticed, as well as the required motivation or
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`suggestion to combine the relied upon notice with the other art of record.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge payment of any of the following fees
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`that may be applicable to this communication, or credit any overpayment, to Deposit Account No.
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`50-6066: (1) any filing fees required under 37 CFR § 1.16; (2) any patent application and
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`reexamination processing fees under 37 CFR § 1.17; and/or (3) any post issuance fees under 37
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`CFR § 1.20.
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`In addition, if any additional extension of time is required, which has not otherwise
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`been requested, please consider this a petition, therefore, and charge any additional fees that may
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`be required to Deposit Account No. 50-6066.
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`In the event that the Examiner finds remaining impediment to a prompt allowance of this
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`application that may be clarified through a telephone interview, the Examiner is requested to
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`contact the undersigned attorney.
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`Application No. 16/178,331
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`Attorney Docket Number 19487.31.1.1.1.1
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`Responsive to Office Action mailed September 6, 2019
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`Dated December 18, 2019.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Mallorie L. S. McMurray/
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`MALLORIE L. S. MCMURRAY
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`Registration No. 77,364
`KELLY R PREECE
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`Registration No. 55,550
`KELLER JOLLEY PREECE
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`Attorney for Applicant
`Customer No. 107193
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`Phone: (801) 203-3 546
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