REMARKS
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`Claims 1—20 are pending and rejected. Claims 1, 9, and 16 are amended herein.
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`REJECTIONS UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Claims 1—20 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Evans; Nicholas
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`George et al. (US 20140213301 A1), hereafter “Evans,” in view of SAKARGAYAN, Anupam
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`(US 20100315236 A1), hereafter “SAKARGAYAN.
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`Claims 7—8 and 15 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Evans in
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`view of SAKARGAYAN as applied to claims 6 and 14 above, and further in view of
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`Krishnamurthi, Govindaraj an et al. (US 20060258371 A1), hereafter “Krishnamurthi.
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`Claim 1 as amended recites:
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`A tracking device comprising:
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`a user interface for receiving an input from a user,
`a transmitter configured to transmit a configuration instruction to a mobile device in
`response to the user interface receiving the input from the user, the configuration
`instruction instructing the mobile device to emit a first sound,
`a receiver configured to receive, from the mobile device, a response to the configuration
`instruction indicating that the configuration instruction was received by the
`mobile device,
`a speaker configuration to emit sound, and
`a controller configured to, in response to receiving the response to the configuration
`instruction that indicates that the mobile device received the configuration
`instruction, cause the speaker to emit a second sound.
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`The Office Action cites [0067] of Evans in the rejection of the claimed “controller”.
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`Office Action, pages 5-6. In particular, the Office Action notes that this passage of Evans
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`teaches:
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`The user interface may also include local tracking options 606. Local tracking options
`606 may include causing the tracking device to play a sound, or may include a local
`tracking option for using the proximity sensor of the mobile device 500 and tracking
`device 106 to search for and locate the tracking device 106. Other local tracking options
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`606, including a selection of various views or preferences, may also be displayed. In the
`illustrated example, the user 103 may select "play sound" to cause a tracking device 10 6
`to emit a sound
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`Without agreeing to this characterization of Evans, Applicants note that “local tracking
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`options [that] may include a local tracking option for using the proximity sensor of the mobile
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`device and tracking device to search for and locate the tracking device” and “a selection of
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`various views or preferences [such as] the user [that] may select “play sound” to cause a tracking
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`device to emit a sound” is not equivalent to causing a tracking device speaker to emit a second
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`sound “in response to receiving [a] response to [a] configuration instruction that indicates that
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`the mobile device received the configuration instruction [transmitted by the tracking device
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`transmitter” as claimed.
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`In other words, Evans does not teach or suggest a tracking device that emits sound in
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`response to receiving a confirmation that a mobile device received an instruction transmitted by
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`the tracking device. The remaining references do not remedy this deficiency, nor does the Office
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`Action so assert. Thus, claim 1 and all similar and dependent claims are patentable over the
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`combination for at least these reasons, and the withdrawal of these rejections is respectfully
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`requested.
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`CONCLUSION
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`Based on the foregoing, the application is in condition for allowance of all claims, and a
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`Notice of Allowance is respectfully requested. If the examiner believes for any reason direct
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`contact would help advance the prosecution of this case to allowance, the examiner is
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`encouraged to telephone the undersigned at the number given below.
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`If extensions of time are necessary to prevent abandonment of this application, then such
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`extension of time are hereby petitioned under 37 CFR l.l36(a), and any fees required therefore
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`are hereby authorized to be charged to our Deposit Account 19-2555.
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`Dated:
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`November 14, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Anthony T. Jacob son/
`Anthony T. Jacobson, Reg. No. 72,388
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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