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`29/637,181
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`02/14/2018
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`Soo-Ah KIM
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`YHIO203US
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`7721
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`CANTOR COLBURN LLP
`20 Church Street
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`Hartford, CT 06103
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`ROBINSON, CARY MICHAEL
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`2923
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/22/2019
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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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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
`29/637, 181
`KIM, Soo-Ah
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`CARY M ROBINSON
`2923
`Yes
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`Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s)filed on
`CA declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)L) This action is FINAL.
`2b) LO) This action is non-final.
`3)C) An election was made by 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\(¥] 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 Exparfe Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`[) Claim(s)__is/are allowed.
`LC] Claim(s)__ is/are rejected.
`Claim(s) 1 is/are objected to.
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`Application Papers
`10) The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11){¥} The drawing(s)filed on 14 February 2018 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) Acknowledgmentis made ofa claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`1.4} Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.1.) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.1) 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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`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 2/14/2018.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) (J Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`(7) Other:
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`4)
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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 20190805
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`Application/Control Number: 29/637,181
`Art Unit: 2923
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, 1s being examined underthe first inventorto file
`provisions of the ALA.
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`Incorporation by Reference Statement
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`This application incorporates by reference Korean Design Application Serial No. 30-2017-0038157, filed
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`August 17, 2017. All the material from the Korean Design Application whichis essential to the claimed design
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`is included in this application. It is understood that any material in the Korean Design Application whichis not
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`present in this application forms no part of the claimed design.
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`Ex Parte Quayle
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`This application is in condition for allowance except for the following formal matters:
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`Drawing Objection — New Drawings Required
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`Objections are made to the drawing disclosure by the Examiner for the following defects:
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`The claimed design 1s depicted differently in the Figure 3 drawing than in the Figure 1 and 2 drawings.
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`Figures 1 and 2 show a design that is primarily a hollow outline of an “icon” with space in between
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`each solid line; however, Figure 3 shows a design that consists of only a solid line, with no space in
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`between. Additionally, the central horizontal row of dashedlines within the interior area of the design
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`are of the same density of the remaining brokenlines of the drawings that are said to illustrate portions
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`of the graphical user interface that form no part of the claimed design. The fluctuating density of these
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`lines and the removal of the space in between each solid line that create the outline of the “icon”in
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`Figure 3 is not necessary nor useful in the understanding of the claimed design, as every ine used in
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`the drawings soast be durable, clean, black (except for colar drawimigs}, sufficiently dense and dark,
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`and oniformby thick and well-defined. @IPEP 1503.00, UT). Figure 3 shoekt be corrected to be
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`consistent with Figures land 2, Correction for consistency is required. (See Pig. 1 and 3 diagrarns
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`Application/Control Number: 29/637,181
`Art Unit: 2923
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`Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to
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`avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the
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`figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The
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`figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure1s to
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`be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the
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`remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several
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`views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the
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`renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submittedafter the filing date of an application must
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`be labeled tn the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If
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`the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required
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`corrective action in the next Office action.
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`Objection to the Specification
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`The statement that describes FIG. 2 as being an "enlarged view of the icon shown m FIG. 1" should be
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`amended to explain why the icon in this drawing is shown separately.
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`Forclarity and so that there is no confusion that FIG. 2 could be another embodiment of the claimed design,
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`the figure 2 description should be amended to read as such:
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`-- FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the icon in FIG. 1, shown separately for completeness of
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`illustration. --
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`The statement explamimg that “the outer perimeterillustrated by a pair of dashed broken lines represents the
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`display screen or portion thereof and forms no part of the claimed design”, is objectionable, because the pair
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`of dashed broken lines serve to ¢/ustrate the display screen or portion thereof and are not “representative” of
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`anythingelse.
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`To conform to the requirements for broken lines set forth in MPEP § 1503.02,III, the sentence immediately
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`following the individual figure descriptions should be amended.It 1s suggested that the following language be
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`used:
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`-- The outer perimeterillustrated by a pair of dashed brokenlinesillustrates the display screen
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`or portion thereof and forms no part of the claimed design. --
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`Conclusion
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`The claimed design is patentable over the references cited.
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`Prosecution on the merits is closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayk, 25 USPQ 74, 453
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`O.G. 213, (Comm’r Pat. 1935). A shortened statutory period for reply to this action 1s set to expire TWO
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`MONTHSfrom the mailing date of this letter.
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`Application/Control Number: 29/637,181
`Art Unit: 2923
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