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`EXHIBIT 1
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
`17/654,732
`Examiner
`FRANTZY POINVIL
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`Applicant(s)
`Patel, Paresh K.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`3698
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATE of 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 GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. 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.
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`1.C3 This communication is responsive to the response filed 8/19/2022.
`q A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2.O An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`3O The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-20 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highway program at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
`http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp or send an inquiry to PPHfeedback@uspto.gov.
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`4.O Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`c) q None of the:
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`b) q Some*
`1. q Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. q Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3. q Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* Certified copies not received:
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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 of this application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`5.O CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`q including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment / Comment or 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 drawings in 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.O DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the 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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`Attachment(s)
`1.0 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2.0 Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date 8/21/2022.
`3.O Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`4.O Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date.
`/FRANTZY POINVIL/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3698
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`5. q Examiner's Amendment/Comment
`6. 0 Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`7. q 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 20220831
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`Application/Control Number: 17/654,732
`Art Unit: 3698
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Allowable Subject
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance:
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`Claims 1-20 are allowable over the art of record.
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`The prior art taken alone or in combination failed to teach or suggest:
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`"identifying one or more payment accepting units in proximity to the mobile device that
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`are available to accept payment from a mobile payment application executing on the mobile
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`device, the identifying based at least in part on an identifier corresponding to the one or more
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`payment accepting units, wherein the one or more payment accepting units are payment operated
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`machines that accept payment for dispensing of products and/or services,
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`and displaying a user
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`interface of the mobile payment application on the display of the mobile device, the user
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`interface being configured to display a visual indication of the one or more payment accepting
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`units and accept user input to (i) receive selection by a user of the mobile device of an available
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`payment accepting unit of the one or more payment accepting units and (ii) trigger payment by
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`the mobile payment application for a transaction initiated by the user of the mobile device with
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`the available payment accepting unit of the one or more payment accepting units", as recited in
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`independent claims 1, 13 and 15.
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`3.
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`The prior following prior art taken alone or in combination fails to teach or suggest the
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`above noted limitations.
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`Application/Control Number: 17/654,732
`Art Unit: 3698
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`Mei (US 20190236586 Al) discloses a payment processing method and apparatus,
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`where the payment processing method includes obtaining by a payee terminal, transaction
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`information of a payment card application, determining, by the payee terminal based on the
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`transaction information, that a running environment of the payment card application is a mobile
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`terminal device; and sending, by the payee terminal, payment voucher information of the
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`payment card application to the mobile terminal device using a first communications technology,
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`where the first communications technology includes a short range communications technology.
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`Hence, a user can conveniently manage and view payment voucher information.
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`Xu et al (US 20160132870 Al) disclose a method implemented at a server to facilitate
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`secure offline transactions. The server receives, from a client device, an authorization request
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`that includes a user identifier, first financial account information and a secure code. The server
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`authenticates the authorization request, and sends a first transaction approval to the client device.
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`Then, in accordance with the information received in the authorization request, the server
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`facilitates a secure transaction between the client device and a point-of-sale (POS) machine
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`while the client device is offline. Specifically, the server receives, from the POS machine, a
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`transaction request that includes at least the user identifier and the security code. The server
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`retrieves the first financial account information from a memory according to the user identifier
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`and the security code, performs a transaction operation associated with the first financial account
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`information, and sends a second transaction approval to the POS machine.
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`The above recited limitations provide meaningful limitations that transforms the abstract
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`idea into patent eligible. The claim as a whole effects an improvement to another technology or
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`technical field. These limitations in combination provide meaningful limitations beyond
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`generally linking the use of the abstract idea to a practical application.
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`Application/Control Number: 17/654,732
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`Conclusion
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`/FRANTZY POINVIL/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3698
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`August 31, 2022
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