UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 2231371450
`www.uspto.gov
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`16/461,493
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`05/16/2019
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`Gahima S. Mbonye
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`1888-06102
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`1994
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`Meyertons, Hood, K1V11n, Kowert & G (Apple)
`PO. BOX 398
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`Austin, TX 78767-0398
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`07/25/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`following e—mail address(es):
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`patent_doeketing @ intprop .eom
`ptomhkkg @ gmai1.eom
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Commissioner for Patents
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`www,uspto.gov
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`In re Application of
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`Mbonye et al.
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`Application No. 16/461,493
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`Filed: 16 May 2019
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`For: Cloud—Based Emergency Location
`Service
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`DECISION ON PETITION
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`This is a decision on the request to participate in the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program
`and the petition under 37 C.F.R. § 1.102(a), filed 5 June 2019, to make the above—identified
`application special.
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`The request and petition under 37 C.F.R. § 1.102(a) are GRANTED.
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`DISCUSSION
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`A grantable request to participate in the PPH pilot program and petition to make special require:
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`1. The US. application for which participation in the Global/1P5 PPH pilot program is
`requested must have the same earliest date, whether this is the priority date or filing date, as
`that of a corresponding national or regional application filed with another Global/1P5 PPH
`participating office or a corresponding PCT international application for which one of the
`Global/IFS PPH participating offices was the International Searching Authority (ISA) or the
`International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA);
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`2. Applicant must:
`a. Ensure all the claims in the US. application must sufficiently correspond or be
`amended to sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claim(s) in the
`corresponding Office of Earlier Examination (OEE) application and
`b. Submit a claims correspondence table in English;
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`3. Examination on the merits of the US. application has n_ot begun;
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`4. Applicant must submit:
`a. Documentation of prior office action:
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`a copy of the office action(s) just prior to the “Decision to Grant a Patent”
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`from each of the Global/1P5 PPH participating office application(s) containing
`the allowable/patentable claim(s) or
`ii.
`if the allowable/patentable c1aims(s) are from a “Notification of Reasons
`for Refusal” then the Notification of Reasons for Refusal or
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`if the Global/IPS PPH participating office application is a first action
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`allowance then no office action from the Global/1P5 PPH participating office
`is necessary should be indicated on the request/petition form or
`iv.
`the latest work product in the international phase of the OEE PCT
`application;
`b. An English language translation of the Global/1P5 PPH participating office action
`or work product from (4)(a)(i)—(ii) or (iv) above; and
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`5. Applicant must submit:
`a. An IDS listing the documents cited by the Global/1P5 PPH participating office
`examiner in the Global/1P5 PPH participating office action or work product (unless
`already submitted in this application) and
`b. Copies of the documents except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application
`publications (unless already submitted in this application).
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`The request to participate in the PPH pilot program and petition comply with the above
`requirements. Accordingly, the above—identified application has been accorded “special” status.
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`Telephone inquiries concerning this decision should be directed to Vanitha Elgart whose
`telephone number is (571) 272—7395.
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`All other inquiries concerning the examination or status of the application are accessible in the
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`PAIR system at hit 93!," ortaius aide-cm".
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`This application will be forwarded to the examiner for action on the merits commensurate with
`this decision once this application’s formality reviews have been completed.
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`/VANITHA M ELGART/
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`Petitions Examiner, OPET
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