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`First Named Inventor
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`Lawrence Kates
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`Relaying Communications in a Wireless Sensor System
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`Unassigned
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`563800USCON19
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`SIGNATURE of Applicant or Patent Practitioner
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`Signature pate pena)|May 13, 2018/Matthew Johnson/
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`Name
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`Goog le LLC
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`vere" |awrence Kates) tt: Relaying Communications in a Wireless Sensor System |
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`APPLICANT HEREBY REQUESTS A FIRST ACTION INTERVIEW IN THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED
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`The application must contain three (3) or fewer independent claims and twenty (20) or fewer total claims.
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`The application must not contain any multiple dependent claims.
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`ffyou need assistance in cornpleting the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and sefect option 2.
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`PTO/SB/413C (05-11)
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`instruction Sheet for Request for First Action Interview (Full Pilot Program)
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`1. The application musi be a new non-reissue utility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111{@) or an
`international application that has entered the national! stage in compliance with 35 U.S.C. 377(c}.
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`. 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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`. The requesi must be filed electronically using the Office’s electronic filing system, EFS-Web.
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`USPTO web site at itip/www.usplo.yow/patenisimtevensfringfilisp
`
`if the Office determines that the claims are directed to
`. The claims must be directed to a single invention.
`multiple inventions (e.g., in a restriction requirement), the applicant must make an election without traverse.
`
`. The request must be filed at least one day before a first Office action on the merits of ihe application
`appears in the Patent Application information Retrieval (PAIR) system (¢., at least one day prior to the
`date when a first Office action on the merits, notice of allowability or allowance, or action under Ex parte
`Quayle, 1935 Dec. Comm’r Pat. 11 (1935) appears in the PAIR system). Applicant may check the status of
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`. The request for a first action interview must include a statement that applicant agrees not to file a request
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`1.138(d), and request for a refund of the search fee and any excess claimsfees, filed after the mailing or
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`Doc Code: FALREG
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`Under ihe Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no p
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`Approved for use through 01/31/2013. OMB 0651-0031
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`
`dio respond to a collection of information u
`3 il displays a valid OMB control number.
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`REQUEST FOR FIRST ACTION INTERVIEW (FULL PILOT PROGRAM)
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`[ Attomey Docket
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`Application Number
`563800USCON19 Gf known):
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`Unassigned Filing date: Herewith
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`vere" |awrence Kates) tt: Relaying Communications in a Wireless Sensor System |
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`APPLICANT HEREBY REQUESTS A FIRST ACTION INTERVIEW IN THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED
`| APPLICATION. See instruction Sheet on page2.
`
`The application must contain three (3) or fewer independent claims and twenty (20) or fewer total claims.
`
`The application must not contain any multiple dependent claims.
`
`By filing this request:
`
`Applicant is agreeing to make an election without traverse ifthe Office determines thal the claims are not
`obviously directed to a single invention; and
`
`Applicant is agreeing not to request for a refund of ine search fee and any excess claims fee paid in the
`application after the mailing or notification of the pre-interview communication prepared by the examiner.
`
`Other attachments:
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`| Signature
`ce, Matthew Johnson
`| Name
`f (Print/Typed
`E Note: This form must be signed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.33. See 37 CFR 1.4(d)} for signature requirements and certifications.
`F sudmit multiple forms if more than one signature is required, see below”.
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`| Date May 13, 2018
`72,299
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`1
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`The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit bythe public which is to file (and by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by
`
`
`36 US.C. 122 and $7 CFR 1.41 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 12 hours
`nplete, including gathering. preparing,
`and submitiing the compieted
`
`application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any
`comments on the amountof time you require to complete this form and/or
`suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chiei information Officer, US. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box
`1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THISADBDRESS.
`SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O.
`Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1480.
`ffyou need assistance in cornpleting the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and sefect option 2.
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`PTO/SB/413C (05-11)
`Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031
`
`ULS. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Underthe Paperwork Reduction Act of 1998, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information uniess it dispiays a vatid OMB contro! number.
`
`instruction Sheet for Request for First Action Interview (Full Pilot Program)
`(Not to be Submitted to the USPTO)
`
`A grantable request must meet the following conditions:
`
`1. The application musi be a new non-reissue utility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111{@) or an
`international application that has entered the national! stage in compliance with 35 U.S.C. 377(c}.
`
`. 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 requesi must be filed electronically using the Office’s electronic filing system, EFS-Web.
`
`USPTO web site at itip/www.usplo.yow/patenisimtevensfringfilisp
`
`if the Office determines that the claims are directed to
`. The claims must be directed to a single invention.
`multiple inventions (e.g., in a restriction requirement), the applicant must make an election without traverse.
`
`. The request must be filed at least one day before a first Office action on the merits of ihe application
`appears in the Patent Application information Retrieval (PAIR) system (¢., at least one day prior to the
`date when a first Office action on the merits, notice of allowability or allowance, or action under Ex parte
`Quayle, 1935 Dec. Comm’r Pat. 11 (1935) appears in the PAIR system). Applicant may check the status of
`ihe application using ihe PAIR system.
`
`. The request for a first action interview must include a statement that applicant agrees not to file a request
`for a refund ofthe search fee and any excess claims fees paid in the application after the mailing or
`notification of the Pre-interview Communication. Any petition for express abandonment under 37 CFR
`1.138(d), and request for a refund of the search fee and any excess claimsfees, filed after the mailing or
`notification of the Pre-inierview Communication will not be granted.
`
`For more information, see notice “Full First Action interview Pilot Program”available on the
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`The Privacy Act of 1874 (P.L, 93-579} requires that you be given certain information in connection
`with your submission cf ihe attached form related to a patent application or patent. Accordingly,
`pursuant to the requirements of the Act, please be advised that: (1} the general authority for the
`collection of ihis information is 35 U.S.C. 2(6)(2); (2) furnishing of the information solicited is
`voluntary; and (3) the principal purpose for which the information is used by the U.S. Patent and
`Trademark Office is to process and/or examine your submission related to a patent application or
`patent. If you do noi furnish ine requested information, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may
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`
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`1. The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the exient allowed underthe
`Freedom of information Aci (6 U.S.C. 552) and the Privacy Aci (6 U.S.C 552a). Records
`from this system of records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice to determine
`whether disclosure of thease records is required by the Freedom of information Act.
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`presenting evidence to a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal, including disclosures
`to opposing counsel in ihe course of settlement negotiations.
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`Congress submitting a request involving an individual, to whom the record pertains, when
`the individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect to the subject matier
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`A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, io a contractor of the
`Agency having need for the information in order to perform a contract. Recipients of
`information shall be required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Aci of 1974, as
`amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
`
`A record related to an Internationa! Application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treatyin
`this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the international Bureau of the
`World intellectual Property Organization, pursuant to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
`
`A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, io anotherfederal
`agency for purposes of National Security review (35 U_S.C. 181) and for review pursuant to
`the Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 218(c)).
`
`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, a5 a routine use, fo the
`Administrator, General Services, or his/her designee, during an inspection of records
`conducted by GSA as part of ihat agency’s responsibility to recommend improvements in
`records management practices and programs, under authorily of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
`Such disclosure shall be made in accordance wilh the GSA regulations governing
`inspection of records for this purpose, and any other relevant (1e., GSA or Commerce)
`directive. Such disciosure shall not be used to make determinations about individuals.
`
`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the public after
`either publication of the application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent
`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to ihe limitations of
`37 CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to ihe public if the record wasfiled in an application which
`became abandoned or in which ihe proceedings were terminated and which application is
`referenced by either a published application, an application open to public inspection or an
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`CERTIFICATION AND REQUEST FOR PRIORITIZED EXAMINATION
`UNDER 37 CFR 1.102(e) (Page 1 of1)
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`Title
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`Relaying Communications in a Wireless Sensor System
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`APPLICANT HEREBY CERTIFIES THE FOLLOWING AND REQUESTSPRIORITIZED EXAMINATION FOR
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`filed with the request. The basic filing fee, search fee, examination fee, and any required
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`The application contains or is amended to contain no more than four independent claims and
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