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`17/797,113
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`08/03/2022
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`Martin Warwick BEALE
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`19090US01
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`1377
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`Xsensts
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`/Sony
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`emens
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`Xsensus / Sony
`100 Daingerfield Road, Suite 402
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN
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`ART UNIT
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`2465
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/04/2024
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
`Xdocket @ XSensus.com
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`Xsensuspat@ XSensus.com
`anaquadocketing @ Xsensus.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`17/797,113
`Examiner
`Alvin ZHU
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`Applicant(s)
`BEALE etal.
`Art Unit
`2465
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORYPERIOD FOR REPLYIS SET TO EXPIRE 2 MONTHS FROM THE MAILING
`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensionsof time may be available underthe provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply betimely filed after SIX (6) MONTHSfrom the mailing
`date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHSfrom the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on 08/03/2022.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)() This action is FINAL.
`2b) (J This action is non-final.
`3) An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
`on
`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4)(¥i Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-18 and 20-21 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`Claim(s) 1-18 and 20-21 is/are allowed.
`£) Claim(s)__ is/are rejected.
`(] Claim(s)__ is/are objectedto.
`CL] Claim(s
`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
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`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
`participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
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`) ) ) )
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`Application Papers
`10)( The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11) The drawing(s) filed on 08/03/2022 is/are: a)[¥) accepted or b)(.) objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)£) Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
`Certified copies:
`_—_c)L) None ofthe:
`b)L) Some**
`a)Q) All
`1.1) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.1.) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. |
`3.2.) Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`*“ See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3)
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`4)
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`(LJ Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`(Qj Other:
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20241114
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`Application/Control Number: 17/797,113
`Art Unit: 2465
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`Notice of Pre-AlA orAIA Status
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`The presentapplication,filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first
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`inventorto file provisions of the AIA.
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`Conclusion
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`This application is in condition for allowance except for the following formal matters:
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`With respect to independentclaim 1, in line 6, “the receiver” should change to “a receiver”.
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`With respect to independentclaim 20,in line 6, “transmitted the WUS” should change to
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`“transmitted, the WUS”.
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`Prosecution on the merits is closedin accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 25
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`USPQ 74, 453 0.G. 213, (Comm’r Pat. 1935).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this actionis set to expire TWO (2) MONTHS from the
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`mailing date of this letter. Extensions of time may be granted under 37 CFR 1.136 but in no casecan any
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`extension carry the datefor reply to this Office action beyond the maximum period of SIX MONTHS set
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`by statute (35 U.S.C. 133).
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`Anyinquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner
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`should be directed to Alvin ZHU whose telephone number is (571)270-1086. The examiner can normally
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`be reached Mon-Fri 11am-9pm.
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`Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a
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`USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use
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`If attempts to reachthe examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor,
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`Gary Mui canbe reached on 571-270-1420. The fax phone number for the organization where this
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`application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
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`Application/Control Number: 17/797,113
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`/BO HUIAZHU/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2465
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