Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
`12/272,570
`Examiner
`ALI SHAYANFAR
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`Applicant(s)
`RICHARDSON, RIC B.
`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventor to
`File) Status
`2493
`No
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-(cid:173)
`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. [gl This communication is responsive to RCE filed on 1111612012.
`DA declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on ___ .
`2. D An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on __ ; the restriction
`requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`3. [gl The allowed claim(s) is/are 25. 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
`~1tl;Q://v1rNw.us2to.gov/gatents/init events/Qgh/indexjs.Q or send an inquiry to PPHfeedback@uS(Qto.aov .
`4. D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`*c) D None of the:
`a) D All
`b) D Some
`1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ .
`3. D 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)).
`* 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.
`5. D CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`D including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment I Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
`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).
`6. 0 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. D Notice of References Cited (PT0-892)
`2. [gl Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date 11 /16/2012 and 5/17 /2013
`3. D Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4. D Interview Summary (PT0-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
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`/A. S./
`Examiner, Art Unit 2493
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`5. D Examiner's Amendment/Comment
`6. [gl Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
`7. D 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 20130903
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`IPR2016-01271
`UNIFIED 1045
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`Application/Control Number: 12/272,570
`Art Unit: 2493
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`Page 2
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`1.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`November 16, 2012 has been entered.
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`2.
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`Claims 1-25 are pending in the application.
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`Response to Arguments
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`4.
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`Previous rejection of the pending claims over prior arts of record has been
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`withdrawn in light of applicant's arguments and remarks filed on 11 /16/2012.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`5.
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`Claims 1-25 are allowed.
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`No reason for allowance is needed as the record is clear in light of applicant's
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`arguments and amendment filed on 11 /16/2012. See MPEP 1302.14(1).
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`6.
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`None of the prior art of record, including the references cited in the Applicant's
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`Information Disclosure Statement either taken by itself or in any combination, would
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`have anticipated or made obvious the invention of the present application at or before
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`the time it was filed. Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be
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`submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays,
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`should preferably accompany the issue fee.
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`Application/Control Number: 12/272,570
`Art Unit: 2493
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`IA. S./
`Examiner, Art Unit 2493
`9/03/2013
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`/Kambiz Zand/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2434