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`17/757,863
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`06/22/2022
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`Kyung Jae Lee
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`H-IP19110003US1
`(266673)
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`8407
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`Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
`1000 Jackson Street
`Toledo, OH 43604-5573
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`HARRIS, WESLEY G
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`ART UNIT
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`3746
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`01/02/2024
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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
`following e-mail address(es):
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`cgolupski@ shumaker.com
`dmiller@shumaker.com
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`tlopez@shumaker.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`otice of
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`Allowability
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`Application No.
`Examiner
`WESLEY HARRIS
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`Applicant(s)
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`3746
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANTOF PATENTRIGHTS.This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`1.[¥] This communication is responsive to December 11, 2023.
`(J A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2._) Anelection was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporatedinto this action.
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`3.¥] The allowed claim(s)is/are 21 and 23-40 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE"of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below.Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT ofthis application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`5.) CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`(} including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment / Commentor in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawingsin the front (not the back) of each
`sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`6.LJ DEPOSIT OFand/or INFORMATION aboutthe deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`4[¥] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`c) () Noneofthe:
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`b) (] Some*
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. (J Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3. (J Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3746
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`Attachment(s)
`1.1 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2.[¥] Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`3.) Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirementfor Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4.C] Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date.
`/WESLEY G HARRIS/
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`5. (2 Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`7. CZ Other
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20231221
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`Application/Control Number: 17/757,863
`Art Unit: 3746
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined underthe
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`first inventorto file provisions of the AJA.
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`2.
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`Applicant’s arguments have been fully considered and are persuasive. The application is
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`Response to Arguments
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`now in condition for allowance.
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`3,
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`The IDS filed on 12/11/23 has been considered.
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`4,
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`Claims 21 and 23-40 is/are allowed.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Reasonsfor Allowance
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`5.
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`The following is a statement of reasonsfor the indication of allowable subject
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`matter: claims 21 and 23-40 is/are allowed primarily becausethe prior art of record cannot
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`anticipate Applicant’s claimed invention by a single reference nor render Applicant’s claimed
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`invention obvious by the combination of more than one reference.
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`Furthermore, the prior art of record does not teach “the valve plate further includes a
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`protruding portion protruding from the valve plate lower surface towardthe fixed scroll and
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`through which the outflow port is formed” as within the context of the claimed invention as
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`disclosed and within the context of the other limitations present in claim 21;
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`the prior art of record does not teach “a third positioning hole penetratively formed in an
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`inner portion of the bead portion based onthe radial direction so that a positioning pin is inserted
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`into the third positioning hole” as within the context of the claimed invention as disclosed and
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`within the context of the other limitations present in claim 30; and
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`the prior art of record does not teach “a first retainer portion configured to support the
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`first head portion and the first leg portion when the injection valve opensthe inflow port; and a
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`secondretainer portion configured to support the second head portion and the secondleg portion,
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`and wherein the one or more inclined spaces comprises:afirst inclined space configured to
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`accommodate the refrigerant introduced throughthefirst inflow port; and a secondinclined
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`space configured to accommodate the refrigerant introduced through the second inflow port” as
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`within the context of the claimed invention as disclosed and within the context of the other
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`limitations present in claim 33.
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`Therefore, the prior art of record cannot anticipate Applicant’s claimed invention by a
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`single reference nor render Applicant’s claimed invention obvious by the combination of more
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`than one reference.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the
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`paymentof the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompanythe issue
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`fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for
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`Allowance.”
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`Conclusion
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`6.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to WESLEY HARRIS whose telephone numberis (571)272-3665.
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`/WESLEY G HARRIS/
`Examiner, Art Unit 3746
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