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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communlcatlon concernlng thla appllcatlon or
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`Application No.
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`08/857,021
`Divealar et it).
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`Examiner
`Group Art Linil
`Notice of Allowability
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`Stephen Baker
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`If not included
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due or other appropriate communication will be
`mailed in due course.
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`X) This communication is responsive to the accompanying exam/ner's amendment
`(X) The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-74
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`(j The drawings filed on
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`El aAcknowledgement is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d).
`El All C! Some“ El None
`of the CERTIFIED copies of the priority documents have been
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`El received in Application No. (Series Code/Serial Number)
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`El 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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`El Acknowledgement Is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e).
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR RESPONSE to comply with the requirements noted below is set to EXPIRE
`THREE MONTHS FROM THE "DATE MAILED" of this Office action. Failure to timely comply will result in
`ABANDONMENT of this application. Extensions of time may be obtained under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(3).
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`E] Note the attached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPLICATION, PTO-152, which discloses
`that the oath 0r declaration is deficient. A SUBSTITUTE OATH 0R DECLARATION IS REQUIRED.
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`XI Applicant MUST submit NEW FORMAL DRAWINGS
`|:l because the originally filed drawings were declared by applicant to be informal.
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`[E including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-946, attached hereto or
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`E) including changes required by the proposed drawing correction filed on
`approved by the examiner.
`)3 including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment/Comment.
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`Identifying lndicla such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the reverse side of the
`drawings. The drawings should be filed as a separate paper with a transmittal lettter addressed to the Official
`Dreftsperson.
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`El Note the attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`in the upper right hand corner. the APPLICATION NUMBER (SERIES
`Any response to this letter should include,
`CODE/SERIAL NUMBER). If applicant has received a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due, the ISSUE BATCH NUMBER
`and DATE of the NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE should also be included.
`Attachmentls)
`I] Notice of References Cited. PTO-892
`(:1 Information Disclosure Statementis), PTO-1449, Paper Nois).
`(I) Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948
`(:1 Notice of Informal Patent Application, PTO-152
`X) Interview Summary, PTO-413
`(X) Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`E) Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit of Biological Material
`E) Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`U. S. Patanl and Trademark Office
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`PTO-37 (Rev. 9-95)
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`Notice of Allowabiilty
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`Application/Control Number: 08/857,021
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`Art Unit: 2784
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`EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT
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`An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes and/or
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`additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided by 37 CFR 1.312.
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`To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the payment
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`Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in a telephone interview with John
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`Land on 7/12/99.
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`The application has been amended as follows:
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`In claim 23, line 14, before "coupled", --directly- has been i
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`In claim 60, line 12, after "signal", "directly from and» has been in
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner
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`should be directed to Stephen Baker whose telephone number is (703) 305-9681.
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`July 12, 1999
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`STEPHEN M. BAKER
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