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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`12/906,503
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`10/18/2010
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`Noah Montena
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`PPC.6696—NY
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`1212
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`72687
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`05/31/2011
`JOHN MEZZALINGUA Assocmgs, INC.
`C/O SCHMEISER OLSEN & WATTS
`22 CENTURY HILL DRIVE, SUITE 302
`LATHAM, NY 12110
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`PAUMEN, GARYF
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`2833
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOT *ICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`05/31/201 1
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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):
`JMADSEN @ IPLAWUSA.COM
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`72687 @iplaWusa.c0m
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`CORNING EXHIBIT 1012
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`CORNING EXHIBIT 1012
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`12/906,503
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`Examiner
`GARY PAUMEN
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`App|icant(s)
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`MONTENA, NOAH
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`A“ Unit
`2833
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`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)I:l Responsive to communication(s) filed on
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`2a)I:I This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IXl This action is non—final.
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`3)I:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)IZl Claim(s) 1 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5 I:l Claim s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)I:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`10)|Z| The drawing(s) filed on 05 January 2011 is/are: a)|XI accepted or b)|:I objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`11)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)|:| All
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`b)I:l Some * c)|:| None of:
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`1.|:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.|:| Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _.
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`3.I:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1) IX] Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) D Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) IX] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 2/24/11(2j,5/6/11.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) El Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper N°(5)/II/Ia" DaTe- L
`5) I:I Notice of informal Patent Application
`6) D Other:
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20110523
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`Application/Control Number: 12/906,503
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`Page 2
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`Art Unit: 2833
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`The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: the serial
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`number of the related application must be supplied on page 1.
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`Appropriate correction is required.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claims 1-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Bence et al 7114990 in view of Spencer 4979911.
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`Bence et al substantially discloses the claimed invention except for flanged post
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`104,106 being slotted. Spencer discloses slotted post 1, and to provide the flanged
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`post of Bence et al with slots thus would have been obvious, to permit greater
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`deformation.
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`The other references cited on Form 892 disclose similar coaxial cable
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`connectors.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to GARY PAUMEN whose telephone number is 571 -594-
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`3830 OR EMAIL: gary.paumen@uspto.gov. The examiner can normally be reached on
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`Monday-Thursday.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Renee Luebke can be reached on 571-272-2009. The fax phone number
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`for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
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`gfp
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`/Gary F Paumen/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2833
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`Application/Control No.
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`12/905503
`Examiner
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`GARY PAUMEN
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`App|icant(s)/Patent Under
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`MONTENA NOAH
`Art Unit
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`2833
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`Notice of References Cited
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`Document Number
`Country Code—Number— Kind Code
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`Date
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`Classification
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`J>
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`US-7,114,990
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`10-2006
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`Bence et al.
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`US-4,979,911
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`US-2010/0081321
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`US-2009/0029590
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`US-7,794,275
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`US-2007/0026734
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`12-1990
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`04-2010
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`01-2009
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`09-2010
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`02-2007
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`Spencer, Mark
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`Malloy et al.
`SYKES et al.
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`Rodrigues, Julio Filipe
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`439/583
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`439/583
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`439/578
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`439/585
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`439/584
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`439/583
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`Bence et al.
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`c:c:c:c:c:c:c:C”C”C”C”C”C”C”
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`NON-PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Include as applicable: Author, Title Date, Publisher, Edition or Volume, Pertinent Pages)
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`Dates in MM—YYYY format are publication dates. Classifications may be US or foreign.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTO-892 (Rev. 01-2001)
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`Notice of References Cited
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`Part of Paper No. 20110523