IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventor(s): David C. Parksetal.
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`Examiner:
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`SEMICK,Joshua
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`Appl. No.:—16/359,540 Art Unit: 3641
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`Filed:
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`03/20/2019
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`Confirmation
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`9246
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`Title: PERFORATION GUN COMPONENTS_Atty Docket DMC007USCon3
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`AND SYSTEM
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`REPLY UNDER37 C.F.R.§1.111
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`AMENDMENT UNDER37 C.F.R. §1.121
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`Sir:
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`Responsive to the Non-Final Office Action mailed May 3, 2019 (hereinafter “the Office
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`Action”)
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`to which a reply is due by August 3, 2019, Applicant
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`respectfully requests
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`reconsideration, withdrawal of the rejections, and allowance of the Claims based upon the
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`following amendments and remarks. Please charge or credit any additional fee due to Deposit
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`Account Number 600151, with reference to the above-referenced attorney docket number.
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`Amendments to the Claims are set forth in the Listing of Claims that begins on page 2
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`of this correspondence.
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`Remarksbegin on page 7 of this correspondence.
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`Application No. 16/359,540
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`AMENDMENTSTO THE CLAIMS
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`A listing of all claims and their current status in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §1.121(2) is
`provided below. This listing of claims replacesall prior versions andlisting of claims in the
`application.
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A perforating gun, comprising:
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`an outer gun carrier;
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`a charge holder positioned within the outer gun carrier and including at least one shaped
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`charge; and
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`a detonator contained entirely within the outer gun carrier, the detonator including
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`a detonator body containing detonator components,
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`a wireless bulkheadsignal-in connector-perties, a wireless through wire
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`connector-cenrectins-pertien, and a wireless ground contact connector-pertier, and
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`an insulator electrically isolating the wireless bulchead-signal-in connector
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`portier_from the wireless through wire connector-connectineportion, and,
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`a bulkhead, wherein the bulkhead includes a contact pin in wireless electrical contact
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`with the wireless signal-in connector, wherein
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`at least a portion of the bulkhead is contained within a tandem seal adapter, and the
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`wireless ground contact connectoris in wireless electrical contact with the tandem seal
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`adapter.
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`2.
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`(Currently Amended) The perforating gun of claim 1, further comprising a through wire for
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`relaying an electrical signal along a length of the charge holder, wherein the through wire is a
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`wire and the wireless through wire connector-cennectite_pertier is in electrical contact with the
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`through wire.
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`3.
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`(Original) The perforating gun of claim 1, wherein the charge holderis an injection molded
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`part.
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`4.
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`(Cancelled)
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`5.
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`(Currently Amended) The perforating gun of claim 1[[4]], wherein the contact pin transfers
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`an electrical signal from a previous wellbore tool to the wireless signal-in bulchead-connector
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`portion.
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`6.
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`(Cancelled)
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`7.
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`(Original) The perforating gun of claim 1, further comprising a top connector, wherein the
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`detonator is positioned within the top connector.
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`8.
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`(Original) The perforating gun of claim 7, wherein the top connectoris an injection molded
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`part.
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`9.
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`(Currently Amended) A modular detonator, comprising:
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`a detonator body containing detonator components;
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`a wireless signal-in connector-bulkheadconnectingportion:
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`a wireless through wire connector-cernnectinsportion;
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`a wireless ground contact connector-pertter;
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`a signal-in wire electrically connecting at least in part the wireless signal-in connector
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`bulchead-connectine_pertiento at least one of the detonator components; and,
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`an insulator electrically isolating the wireless signal-in connector-bulkheadconnectine
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`portiern from the wireless through wire connector-conrectingportion, wherein
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`the wireless signal-in connector is configured for making wireless electrical contact with
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`an electrical contact of a bulkhead assembly contained at least in part within a tandem seal
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`adapter when the modular detonator is received within a gun assembly ofa perforating gun
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`system, and
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`the wireless ground contact connector is configured for making wireless electrical contact
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`with the tandem seal adapter when the modular detonator is received within the gun assembly
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`of the perforating gun system.
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`10.
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`(Original) The modular detonator of claim 9, further comprising a detonating cord
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`connecting portion, wherein the detonating cord connecting portion is sized to retain a detonating
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`cord and positioned to energetically couple the detonating cord to the detonator.
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`11.
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`(Currently Amended) A method for assembling a perforation gun system, comprising:
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`(a) inserting a charge holder within a hollow interior of an outer gun carrier, wherein the
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`charge holder includes a detonating cord connected to the charge holder and at least one shaped
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`charge;
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`(b) inserting a top connector into the outer gun carrier adjacent to the charge holder, the
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`top connector comprising a hollow channel;
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`(c) inserting a detonator into the hollow channel of the top connector-exter-sun-carrter, the
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`detonator including
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`a detonator body containing detonator components,
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`a wireless signal-in-bulkchead connector-pertier, a wireless through wire connector
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`connectingportion, and a wireless ground contact connector-perties, and
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`an insulator electrically isolating the wireless signal-in-bulkhead connector portion
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`from the wireless through wire connector-cenrectins-perttien;-and
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`€e}(d) connecting a through wire to the wireless through wire connector;
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`portien
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`(e) energetically coupling the detonating cord to the detonator; and
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`(f) transporting the perforation gun system to a wellbore site, wherein at least one of steps
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`(a), (b), and (d) is performed before transporting the perforation gun system, and step (c) is
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`performed at the wellboresite.
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`12.
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`(Cancelled)
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`13.
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`(Original) The method of claim 11, wherein inserting the detonator into the outer gun carrier
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`includes pushing the detonator into the outer gun carrier.
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`14.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 11, wherein the through wire is a wire, and the
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`wireless through wire connector-cenneetine-perttern of the detonatoris in electrical contact with
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`the through wire.
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`15.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 11, further comprising connecting a bulkhead
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`into the outer gun carrier, wherein the bulkhead includes a contact pin and connecting the
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`bulkhead into the outer gun carrier includes placing the contact pin in wireless electrical contact
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`with the wireless signal-in-bulkhead connector-pertten.
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`16.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 11[[12]], wherein one or more ofsteps (a),
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`(b)fe), and (d) is performed at a factory or a facility that is not a wellboresite.
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`17.
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`(Cancelled)
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`18.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 11[[12]], further comprising performing a
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`continuity test to ensure continuity between one or moreelectrical connections of the perforation
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`gun system.
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`19.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 11[[12]], wherein performing atteaststeps (a) to
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`[[-]]#e-and-(e) a first time with a first set of components completesa first perforating gun
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`segment and the method further comprises:
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`performing atteast-steps (a) to [[—]|4e}-and-(e) a second time with a second set of
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`components to complete a second perforating gun segment; and
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`connecting the second perforating gun segmentto the first perforating gun segment.
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`20.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 11, wherein the detonator further includes a
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`signal-in pertter-wire electrically connecting at least in part the wireless signal-in connector
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`bulkchead-connectineportionto at least one of the detonator components.
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`21.
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`(New) The perforating gun of claim 1, wherein the detonator includesa signal-in wire
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`electrically connected to the wireless signal-in connector and a ground wire electrically
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`connected to the wireless ground contact connector.
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`22.
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`(New) The perforating gun of claim 1, wherein the detonator is configured for being
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`electrically contactably received within the perforating gun without using a wired electrical
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`connection, and the wireless signal-in connector, the wireless through-wire connector, and the
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`wireless ground contact connector together are configured to replace the wired electrical
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`connection and to complete an electrical connection merely by contact.
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`23.
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`(New) The modular detonator of claim 9, the modular detonator further comprising a ground
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`wire electrically connected to the wireless ground contact connector.
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`24.
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`(New) The modular detonator of claim 9, wherein the modular detonator is configured for
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`being electrically contactably received within the gun assembly of the perforating gun system
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`without using a wired electrical connection, and the wireless signal-in connector, the wireless
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`through-wire connector, and the wireless ground contact connector together are configured to
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`replace the wired electrical connection and to complete an electrical connection merely by
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`contact.
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`Application No. 16/359,540
`Reply to Office Action of May 3, 2019
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`REMARKS
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`The Examineris respectfully requested to enter the amendmentsto the claims noted herein,
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`and to consider and examine the application as amended. The Office Action addressed Claims 1-
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`20. In this document, amendmentsto the claims have been made to secure the issuance of a patent
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`on the allowed claims. Specifically, Claims 4 and 6 have been cancelled and the subject matter of
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`those claims is incorporated into Claim 1 andat least in part into Claim 9, and Claims 12 and 17
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`have been cancelled and the subject matter of those claims is incorporated into Claim 11.
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`Claims 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 14-16, and 18-20 are currently amended. New claims 21-24 have
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`been added. Support for the new claims can be found throughoutthe specification, and specifically
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`at 94 [0061] and [0066], and FIGS. 27-35B.
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`Applicant expressly reserves the right to re-introduce and-or re-file unclaimed subject
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`matter. Since there are only 3 independent claims and the total numberof claims presented is 20,
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`Applicant believes that no claim fees are required for entry of this amendment. Upon entry ofthis
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`amendment, Claims 1-3, 5, 7-11, 13-16, and 18-24 remain in the application.
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`OBJECTIONS TO THE SPECIFICATION
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`The Examiner has objected to the Specification for failing to provide proper antecedent
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`basis for the previously-claimed “wireless bulkhead connector portion” (claims 1, 4, 5, 11, and
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`15), “wireless bulkhead connecting portion” (claim 9), “wireless through wire connecting
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`portion” (claims 1, 2, 9, 11, and 14), and “wireless ground portion” (1, 6, 9, and 11). (Office
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`Action at 2.) Without acquiescing to the Examiner’s objections, and for the purpose of moving
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`this application to immediate allowance, the remaining claims are currently amended, where
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`applicable, to recite: a “wireless signal-in connector” in place of a “wireless bulkhead connector
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`portion” and a “wireless bulkhead connecting portion”; a “wireless through wire connector” in
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`place of a “wireless through wire connecting portion”; and, a “wireless ground contact
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`connector” in place of a “wireless ground portion.” Support for the amendments can be found,
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`for example, at Jf] [0061], [0066], and [0073], and Figures 27-30, 35A, and 35B.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that the indicated claim amendmentsobviate the
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`Examiner’s objections to the Specification, without materially changing the scope ofthe claims.
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`The indicated claim amendments are intended toclarify the claim terms finding additional
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`express support in the Specification.
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`In addition, without acquiescing to the Examiner’s
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`interpretations of the previous claim terms forming the basis of the Examiner’s objections,
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`Applicant respectfully submits that the indicated claim amendments render moot the Examiner’s
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`interpretations of those terms.
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`Withdrawal of the objections to the Specification is respectfully requested.
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`PATENTABILITY OF THE CLAIMS
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`ALLOWABLE SUBJECT MATTER
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`Applicant thanks the Examinerfor the indication of allowability of Claims 6 and 17. The
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`subject matter of Claim 6, including intervening Claim 4, has been incorporated into Claim 1, and
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`the subject matter of Claim 17, including intervening claim 12, has been incorporated into Claim
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`11. As Claims 6 and 17 have now been placed into independent form viz-a-viz Claims 1 and 12,
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`respectively, those independent claimsare believed to be in condition for immediate allowance.
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`While Applicant agrees that original Claims 6 and 17 contain allowable subject matter,
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`Applicant respectfully submits that the allowable subject matter of the original claims is not limited
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`to the subject matter noted in the Examiner’s statement of reasons for the indication of allowable
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`subject matter (“wherein at least a portion of the bulkhead is contained within a tandem seal
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`adapter, and the wireless ground portion is in wireless electrical contact with the tandem seal
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`adapter,” and “performing steps (a), (c), and (d) is performed before transporting the perforation
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`gun system, and step (b) is performed at the wellbore site” (Office Action at 9)). For example,
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`allowable subject matter may be found variously in the claimed detonator including the claimed
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`connectors/connecting portions in original Claims 1, 9, and 11, and/or in the combination of the
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`claimed detonator in the claimed perforating gun (Claim 1) and method (Claim 11). Allowable
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`subject matter may further be found in those elements by themselves or in certain combinations
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`with other features of the independent claims or the various dependent claims that depend
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`therefrom.
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`As Applicant is moving this application to immediate allowance on the basis of original
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`Claims 6 and 17, Applicant is not addressingall, or any particular, alternative subject matter that
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`Applicant believes is allowable, and Applicant disagrees with any suggestion that the allowable
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`subject matter of the original claims is limited to the Examiner’s indication of allowable subject
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`matter.
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`CLAIM REJECTIONS UNDER35 U.S.C. §102(a)
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`Claims 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1), as allegedly being anticipated
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`by U.S. Patent No. US 6,752,083 B1, Lerche et al. (“Lerche”). Without acquiescing to the
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`Examiner’s rejections, and for the purpose of moving this application to immediate allowance,
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`Claim 9 is currently amendedto incorporate, in part, certain subject matter from Claim 6 that the
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`Examiner has found allowable. Claim 9 nowrecites:
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`A modular detonator, comprising:
`a detonator body containing detonator components;
`a wireless signal-in connector;
`a wireless through wire connector;
`a wireless ground contact connector;
`a signal-in wire electrically connecting at least in part the wireless signal-
`in connectorto at least one of the detonator components; and,
`an insulator electrically isolating the wireless signal-in connector from the
`wireless through wire connector, wherein
`the wireless signal-in connector is configured for making wireless
`electrical contact with an electrical contact of a bulkhead assembly contained at
`least in part within a tandem seal adapter when the modular detonator is received
`within a gun assembly of a perforating gun system, and
`the wireless ground contact connector is configured for making wireless
`electrical contact with the tandem seal adapter when the modular detonator is
`received within the gun assembly ofthe perforating gun system.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that Claim 9 is allowable for at least the same reasonsas
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`original Claim 6, as indicated by the Examiner. Claim 10 depends from Claim 9 andis allowable
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`for at least the same reasons. Withdrawalof these rejections is respectfully requested.
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`New Claims 23 and 24 depend from Claim 9 andare allowable for at least the same reasons.
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`Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11-16, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(2), as
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`allegedly being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. US 9,677,363 B2, Schachereretal. (“Schacherer’”).
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`Without acquiescing to the Examiner’s rejections, and for the purpose of moving this application
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`to immediate allowance, Claim 1 has been amendedto incorporate the allowable subject matter of
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`Claim 6 and intervening Claim 4, and Claim 11 has been amendedto incorporate the allowable
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`subject matter of Claim 17 and intervening Claim 12. Claims 2, 5, and 7 depend from Claim 1
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`and are allowable for at least the same reasons as Claim 1. Claims 13-16, 19, and 20 depend from
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`Claim 11 and are allowable for at least the same reasons as Claim 11. Withdrawal of these
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`rejections is respectfully requested.
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`New Claims 21 and 22 depend from Claim 1 and are allowable for at least the same reasons
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`as Claim 1.
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`CLAIM REJECTIONS UNDER35 U.S.C. §103
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`Claims 3 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as allegedly being unpatentable over
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`Schacherer as applied to Claims 1 and 7, and further in view of U.S. Patent No. 10,190,398 B2,
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`Goodman et al.
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`(“Goodman”). Applicant does not acquiesce to the Examiner’s rejections,
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`although Applicant does not necessarily disagree with the Examiner’s noted deficiencies in the
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`cited art. For the purpose of moving this application to immediate allowance, Claim 1 has been
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`amended as discussed above. Claims 3 and 8 depend from Claim 1 and are allowable for at least
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`the same reasons. Withdrawal of these rejectionsis respectfully requested.
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`Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as allegedly being unpatentable over
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`Schacherer as applied to claim 12, and further in view of U.S. Patent No. 8,695,506 B2, Lanclos
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`(“Lanclos”). Applicant does not acquiesce to the Examiner’s rejection, although Applicant does
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`not necessarily disagree with the Examiner’s noted deficiencies in the cited art. For the purpose
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`of moving this application to immediate allowance, Claim 11 has been amendedas discussed
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`above. Claim 18 depends from Claim 11 and is allowable for at least the same reasons.
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`Withdrawal of this rejection is respectfully requested.
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`EXAMINER’S CONCLUSION
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`Applicant does not necessarily agree with the Examiner’s conclusion (Office Action at 10)
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`that the cited art listed in form PTO-892, attached to the Office Action, is pertinent to Applicant’s
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`disclosure.
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`CONCLUSIONS
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`In view of the foregoing remarks, no further issues are believed to be outstanding in the
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`present application, and the present application is believed to be in condition for allowance.
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`Favorable action is respectfully requested.
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`Applicant reservesall rights and arguments with respect to all such other limitations and
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`distinctions not expressly noted above. Moreover, to the extent that any claim amendments
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`made aboveconstitute a narrowing of the scope of the claimed subject matter, such narrowing
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`should not be construed as admitting the merits of any of the claim rejections. Applicant’s
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`failure (if at all) to expressly address above any particular statement or argument by the
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`Examiner should not be construed as an admission or acquiescence that such statement or
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`argumentis accurate or proper.
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`Should the Examiner deem that any further action is necessary to place this application in
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`even better form for allowance, the Examiner is encouraged to contact Applicant’s undersigned
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`representative at the below listed telephone number.
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`It is not believed that any fees are required for this Amendment. Please charge any
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`deficiency or credit any overpayment to Deposit Account Number 600151, with reference to the
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`above-referenced attorney docket number. The undersigned attorney may be contacted at the
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`numberbelowto facilitate the resolution of any matters.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jason M. Rockman/___
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