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`17/855,845
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`PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2836
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`06/14/2024
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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
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`KTSDocketing2 @ kilpatrick.foundationip.com
`ipefiling @kilpatricktownsend.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Supplemental
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`DHARTI PATEL
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`2836
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`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 atthe initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`1.{¥] This communication is responsive to Printer Rush on 06/06/2024.
`(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 1 and 4-15 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent
`Prosecution Highway program at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information
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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:
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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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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836
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`Attachment(s)
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`1.1 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 5.YjExaminer's Amendment/Comment
`2.C Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
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`Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
`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.
`/DHARTI H PATEL/
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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 20240607
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`Application/Control Number: 17/855,845
`Art Unit: 2836
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`underthe first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`2.
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`EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT
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`An examiner’s amendmentto the record appears below. Should the changes
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`and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment maybefiled as provided
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`by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be
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`submitted no later than the paymentof the issue fee.
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`Claim 4 depends on a canceled claim 3. Claim 4 should depend on claim 1.
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`The application has been amendedasfollows:
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`Reasons for Allowance
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`Claims 1, 4-15 are allowed.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance of claims 1
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`and 13:
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`The prior art does not disclose that the at least one transistor comprises a
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`second transistor and a fourth transistor; the first voltage dividing element comprises a
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`first resistor and a third resistor; and the secondvoltage dividing element comprises a
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`second resistor and a fourth resistor, wherein a first end of the first resistor andafirst
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`end of the second resistor are both connected to a gate of the second transistor, and a
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`first end of the third resistor and a first end of the fourth resistor are both connected to a
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`gate of the fourth transistor; and a second end ofthe first resistor and a second end of
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`the third resistor are respectively connected to the monitoring unit, and a second endof
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`the second resistor and a second end of the fourth resistor are both connected to the
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`groundterminal. This feature in combination with the rest of the claim limitations is not
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`anticipated or rendered obvious bytheprior art of record.
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`accompanythe issue fee. Such submissions should beclearly labeled “Comments on
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`Conclusion
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`DHARTI PATEL
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`Art Unit 2836
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`/DHARTIH PATEL/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836
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