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`117695.348
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`Application No.
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`Applicantlsj
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`11I‘695,348
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`SMITH, DONALD K.
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`BERNARD E. SOUW
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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 1313 and MPEP 1308.
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`1. X This communication is responsive to 5/23/2007 {PreAmdtl.
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`2. IXI The allowed c|aim(s) islare 1-43.
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`3. El Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`b} [I Some‘
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`1. I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2. I:I 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 application from the
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`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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`4. D A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAM|NER‘S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF
`INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient.
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`5. El CORRECTED DRAWINGS ( as “replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`(a) El including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review ( PTO—948} attached
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`1) El hereto or 2) I:I to Paper No.IMai| Date
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`(b) D including changes required by the attached Examiner’s Amendment I Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No.IMai| Date
`Identifying indicia such as the application number {see 37 CFR 1.34(c)} should be written on the drawings in the from (not the back) of
`each sheet. Replacement sheet{s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 3'.’ CFR 1.121{d).
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`6. I:I DEPOSIT OF andfor 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. E Notice of References Cited (PTO—892}
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`2. El Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO—948}
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`3. E Information Disclosure Statements (PTOISBI08),
`Paper No.:‘Mai| Date
`4. El Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`!Bernard E Souw!
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2881
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`5. I:I Notice of Informal Patent Application
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`6. I:I Interview Summary (PTO—413},
`Paper No.I'Mai| Date
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`7. E Examiner's Amendmentfcomment
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`8. E Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`9. D Other
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`4i'24.r'2010
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` U.S. Patent and Trademark Ofiice
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`PTOL-3? (Rev. 08-06)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No_IMaiI Date 20100421
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`Application/Control Number: 11/695,348
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`Art Unit: 2881
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`EXA Ml'NER’S AMENDMENT
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`1.
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`An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes
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`andior additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided
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`by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment,
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`it MUST be
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`submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
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`in the sgecification:
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`D On page 1, paragraph [0001] line 2, after “March 31, 2006," prior to “the entire
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`disclosure”, insert - now US Patent No. 7,413,982, -
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`The amendment being of formal matter, no authorization from Applicants
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`Attorney is required.
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`2.
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`The Preliminary Amendment filed on 05i23/2007 has been entered. The present
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`Office Action is made with all the suggested amendments being fully considered.
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`Replacement Drawings (Figures 1—8B) have been submitted to replace all of the
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`original sheets.
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`No claim has been amended, cancelled or added.
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`Claims 1-43 are pending in this Office Action.
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`information Disciosure Statement
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`3.
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`Receipt is acknowledged of information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on
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`2/H2010 and 5!9f2007. The submissions are in compliance with the provisions of 37
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`CFR 1.97.
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`Signed copies of the information disclosure statement are here enclosed.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-43 are allowed.
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`ALLOWANCE
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`Reasons for Affowance
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`5.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
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`Claims 1, 28 and 34 are allowed for reciting a light source or method of
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`producing a light source, comprising steps or means for igniting a gas within a chamber
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`comprising a reflective surface with an ignition source, directing electromagnetic energy
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`toward a reflector for reflecting a first set of wavelengths toward the ionized gas in the
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`chamber to produce (i.e.,
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`to feed and sustain) a plasma that generates a high
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`brightness light.
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`Claims 17,
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`‘I9, 35 and 39 are allowed for reciting a light source or method of
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`producing a light source, comprising steps or means for ionizing a gas within a chamber
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`comprising a reflective surface with an ignition source, and providing laser energy to the
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`ionized gas in the chamber to produce (i.e., to feed or sustain) a plasma that generates
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`a high brightness light.
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`Claims 2-16, 18, 20-27, 29-33, 36-38 and 40-43 are also allowed for their
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`dependency, either directly or indirectly, to the previously allowed claims 1, 1?, 19, 28,
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`34, 35 or 39.
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`6.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later
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`than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably
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`accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on
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`Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
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`Relevant Prior Art
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`7.
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`This prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure:
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`Iv
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`US 2009.’O032740 and US 7,435,982 issued to Smith et al. disclose a related
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`invention. However, the claims are fully different in scope such that a Double Patenting
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`is here not an issue.
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`US 200501 67618 issued to Hoshino et al. and US 2004i02645‘l2 issued to
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`Hartlove et al. teach a light source or method of producing a light source comprising
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`steps or means for producing an ionized gas or plasma within a chamber comprising a
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`reflective surface with laser beam to produce a plasma that generates a high brightness
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`light. However, both Hoshino and Hartlove failed to teach ionizing the gas with an
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`ignition source.
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`US 6,417,625 and US 6,956,329, both issued to Brooks et al., disclose a light
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`source or method of producing a light source comprising steps or means for ionizing a
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`gas with an ignition source to produce plasma in a chamber comprising a laser beam.
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`However, Brooks et al. failed to teach a reflector.
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`US 7,652,430 issued to Delgado discloses a light source, or method of producing
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`a light source, comprising steps or means for ionizing a gas with an electromagnetic
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`energy to produce plasma in a chamber. However, Delgado’s electromagnetic energy is
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`not directed to a reflector.
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`US 4,088,966 issued to Samis discloses a light source, or method of producing a
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`light source, comprising steps or means for ionizing a gas to produce plasma in a
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`chamber comprising reflective surfaces. However, Samis’ reflectors are not supposed to
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`reflect an external laser beam, but instead, to generate an internal laser oscillation.
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`US 4,498,029 and RE32626 issued to Yoshizawa et al. and US 200770285921
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`issued to Zulim et al. disclose a light source, or method of producing a light source,
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`comprising steps or means for ionizing a gas to produce plasma in a chamber
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`comprising reflective surfaces. However, the three references failed to teach a laser
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`beam and/or a second set of wavelengths.
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`Communications
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`8.
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`Any inquiry oonceming this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Bernard E Souw, whose telephone number is 571 272
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`/Bernard E Souwl
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`04/21.’2010
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2881