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`PETITION TO MAKE SPECIAL UNDER ACCELERATED EXAMINATION PROGRAM
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`Attorney Docket I CTT-0009
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`Application Number (if Known)
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`First Named
`Inventor
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`I Philip Bryan Howes
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`Title of
`Invention
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`I VEHICLE AND CARGO TRANSPORT RATCHETING TIE DOWN APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
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`APPLICANT HEREBY PETITIONS TO MAKE THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED APPLICATION SPECIAL UNDER THE
`REVISED ACCELERATED EXAMINATION PROGRAM. See Instruction sheet on page 3.
`Claims of the application:
`1.
`a. The application must contain three (3) or fewer independent claims and twenty (20) or fewer total claims. The
`application may not contain any multiple dependent claims.
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`2.
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`3.
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`b. Applicant hereby agrees not to separately argue the patentability of any dependent claim during any
`appeal in the application. Specifically, the applicant agrees that the dependent claims will be grouped together
`with and not argued separately from the independent claim from which they depend in any appeal brief filed in
`the application (37 CFR 41.37(c)(1 )(vii)).
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`C. The claims must be directed to a single invention.
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`I nterv1ews:
`Applicant hereby agrees to have (if requested by examiner):
`a. An interview (including an interview before a first Office action) to discuss the prior art and any potential
`rejections or objections with the intention of clarifying and possibly resolving all issues with respect to
`patentability at that time, and
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`b. A telephonic interview to make an election without traverse if the Office determines that the claims are not
`obviously directed to a single invention.
`neexammauon :>earcn <>•atement ana Acce1eratea 1:xammat1on ::;upport uocument:
`With this petition, applicant is providing: a preexamination search statement, in compliance with the requirements
`set forth in item 8 of the instruction sheet, and an "accelerated examination support document" that includes:
`a. An information disclosure statement in compliance with 37 CFR 1.98 citing each reference deemed most
`closely related to the subject matter of each of the claims;
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`b. For each reference cited, an identification of all the limitations of the claims that are disclosed by the
`reference specifying where the limitation is disclosed in the cited reference;
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`C. A detailed explanation of how each of the claims are patentable over the references cited with the
`particularity required by 37 CFR 1.111(b) and (c);
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`d. A concise statement of the utility of the invention as defined in each of the independent claims (unless the
`application is a design application);
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`e. An identification of any cited references that may be disqualified as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 103(c) as
`amended by the CREA TE act; and
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`f. A showing of where each limitation of the claims finds support under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C.
`112 in the written description of the specification. If applicable, the showing must also identify: ( 1) each means-
`(or step-) plus-function claim element that invokes consideration under 35 U.S.C. 112, ~6; and (2) the structure,
`material, or acts that correspond to any means- (or step-) plus-function claim element that invokes
`consideration under 35 U.S.C. 112, ~6. If the application claims the benefit of one or more applications under
`title 35, United St ates Code, the showing must also include where each limitation of the claims finds support
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`PETITION TO MAKE SPECIAL UNDER ACCELERATED EXAMINATION PROGRAM
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`First Named
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`I Philip Bryan Howes
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`Accelerated Examination Support Document (see item 3 above).
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`A statement, in compliance with the requirements set forth in item 8 of the instruction sheet, detailing the preexamination
`search which was conducted.
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`Information Disclosure Statement.
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`Other (e.g., a statement that the claimed subject matter is directed to environmental quality, energy, or
`countering terrorism (37 CFR 1.102(c)(2)).
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`Fees: The following fees must be filed electronically via EFS or EFS-Web:
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`The basic filing fee, search fee, examination fee, and application size fee (if required) under 37 CFR 1.16.
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`Petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) - unless the petition is filed with a showing under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(2).
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`Greg O'Bradovich
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`Instruction Sheet Petition to Make Special Under the Accelerated Examination
`A grantable petition must meet the following conditions:
`1. The petition to make special under the accelerated examination program must be filed with the application and accompanied by the
`fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(h) or a statement that the claimed subject matter is directed to environmental quality, energy, or
`countering terrorism.
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`2. The application must be a non-reissue utility or design application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111 (a).
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`3. The application must be filed electronically using the Office electronic filing system (EFS) or EFS-Web.
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`4. The application must be complete under 37 CFR 1.51 and in condition for examination on filing. For example, the application must be
`filed together with the basic filing fee, search fee, examination fee, and application size fee (if applicable), and an oath or declaration
`under 37 CFR 1.63.
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`5. The application must contain three (3) or fewer independent claims and twenty (20) or fewer total claims. The application may not
`contain any multiple dependent claims. The petition must include a statement that applicant will agree not to separately argue the
`patentability of any dependent claim during any appeal in the application. Specifically, the applicant is agreeing that the
`dependent claims will be grouped together with and not argued separately from the independent claim from which they depend in any
`appeal brief filed in the application (37 CFR 41.37(c)(1 )(vii)).
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`6. The claims must be directed to a single invention. The petition must include a statement that applicant will agree to have a
`telephonic interview to make an election without traverse in a telephonic interview if the Office determines that all the claims are not
`directed to a single invention.
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`7. The petition must include a statement that applicant will agree to have an interview (including an interview before a first Office action)
`to discuss the prior art and any potential rejections or objections with the intention of clarifying and possibly resolving all issues with
`respect to patentability at that time.
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`8. At the time of filing, applicant must provide a statement that a preexamination search was conducted, including an identification of
`the field of search by United States class and subclass and the date of the search, where applicable, and, for database searches, the
`search logic or chemical structure or sequence used as a query, the name of the file or files searched and the database service, and
`the date of the search.
`a. This preexamination search must involve U.S. patents and patent application publications, foreign patent documents, and nonpatent
`literature, unless the applicant can justify with reasonable certainty that no references more pertinent than those already
`identified are likely to be found in the eliminated source and includes such a justification with this statement.
`b. This preexamination search must be directed to the claimed invention and encompass all of the features of the independent claims,
`giving the claims the broadest reasonable interpretation.
`c. The preexamination search must also encompass the disclosed features that may be claimed, in that an amendment to the claims
`(including any new claim) that is not encompassed by the preexamination search will be treated as non-responsive and will not be
`entered.
`d. A search report from a foreign patent office will not be accepted unless the search report satisfies the requirements set forth above.
`e. Any statement in support of a petition to make special must be based on a good faith belief that the preexamination search was
`conducted in compliance with these requirement. See 37 CFR 1.56 and 10.18.
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`9. At the time of filing, applicant must provide in support of the petition an accelerated examination support document that includes:
`a. An information disclosure statement in compliance with 37 CFR 1.98 citing each reference deemed most closely
`related to the
`subject matter of each of the claims;
`b. For each reference cited, an identification of all the limitations of the claims that are disclosed by the reference specifying
`where the limitation is disclosed in the cited reference;
`c. A detailed explanation of how each of the claims are patentable over the references cited with the particularity required by 37
`CFR 1.111(b)and (c);
`d. A concise statement of the utility of the invention as defined in each of the independent claims (unless the application is a
`design application);
`e. An identification of any cited references that may be disqualified as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 103(c) as amended by the CREATE
`act; and
`f. A showing of where each limitation of the claims finds support under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112 in the written
`description of the specification. If applicable, the showing must also identify: (1) each means- (or step-) plus-function claim
`element that invokes consideration under 35 U.S.C. 112, 1]"6; and (2) the structure, material, or acts that correspond to any means(cid:173)
`( or step-) plus-function claim element that invokes consideration under 35 U.S.C. 112, 1f6. If the application claims the benefit of
`one or more applications under title 35, United States Code, the showing must also include where each limitation of the claims
`finds support under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112 in each such application in which such support exists.
`For more information, see notice "Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications to Make Special and for Accelerated
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`Title of Invention:
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`VEHICLE AND CARGO TRANSPORT RATCHETING TIE DOWN
`APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
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`Philip Bryan Howes
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`Greg J. O'bradovich
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