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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`12/298,816
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`10/28/2008
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`Shinya Fujiwara
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`MAT—10216US
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`1264
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`EXAMINER
`RATNERPRESTIA —
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`PO. BOX 980
`CHATLY, AMIT
`VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482-0980
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2629
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`MAIL DATE
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`08/06/2012
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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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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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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` 12/298,816 FUJIWARA, SHINYA
`Examiner
`Art Unit
`AMIT CHATLY
`2629
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
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`Status
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`1)|Zl Responsive to communication(s) filed on 18 July 2012.
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`2a)IZI This action is FINAL.
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`2b)|:l This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)|:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)IZ Claim(s) 1 and 8-10 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) flis/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)|:| Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`7)|Xl Claim(s) 1and8-10is/are rejected.
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`8)|:| Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`9)I:I Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)I:| The drawing(s) filed on _ 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).
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`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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`12)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`13)|:| Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)|:| AII
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`b)|:l Some * c)I:I None of:
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`1.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.|:l Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3.I:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* 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) IZI Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) I] Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) I] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date _.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) I] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper N0(S )/Mai| Date. _
`5)I:I NOTICQ 0f Informal Patent Application
`6)I:I Other:—
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 03-11)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20120726
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Amendment
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`The Amendment, filed 07/18/2012, has been received and made of record.
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`response to the most recent Office Action, dated 04/20/2012, claim 1 has been
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`amended, and claim 19 has been cancelled.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s amendments, filed 07/18/2012, have been entered and fully
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`considered.
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`In light of the applicant’s amendments, the rejection(s) have been
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`withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection(s)
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`have been made, and applicant's arguments have been rendered moot.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for
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`all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described
`as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to
`be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which
`said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the
`invention was made.
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`2.
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`Claims 1 and 8—9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over lnoue (US 20090102379) in the view of Okunaga (US
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`20030073564), further in the view of Hasegawa (US 20050181927), and further
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`in the view of Ahn (US 20040212306).
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`Regarding claim 1: lnoue teaches a plasma display panel comprising: a
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`pair of substrates disposed face to face and having a dielectric layer at least at
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`one side (paragraph [0024] teaches a plasma display panel with front and
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`back substrates disposed face to face with a dielectric layer for covering),
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`and sealing their surroundings with a sealing member (fig. 1 and paragraph
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`[0063] teaches the front panel 1 and back panel 8 are joined to each other
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`using a sealing member).
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`Inoue does not teach an expansion coefficient of the pair of substrates is
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`60.times.10.sup.-7 to 70.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C, an expansion coefficient of
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`the sealing member is 45.times.10.sup.-7 to 63.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C, and
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`an expansion coefficient of the dielectric layer is lowered by 5.times.10.sup.-7 to
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`10.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C from the expansion coefficient of the pair of
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`substrates.
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`However, Okunaga teaches an expansion coefficient of the pair of
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`substrates is 60.times.10.sup.-7 to 70.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C (paragraphs
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`[0074-0075] teaches barrier ribs for a plasma display panel has a thermal
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`expansion coefficient similar to the thermal expansion coefficient of glass
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`substrate, which ranges from 60.times.10.sup.—7 to 80.times.10.sup.-
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`7/.degree. C), Hasegawa teaches an expansion coefficient of the sealing
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`member is 45.times.10.sup.-7 to 63.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C (paragraph
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`[0248] teaches an expansion coefficient of the sealing member is
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`60.times.10.sup.-7/.degree.C) and Ahn teaches an expansion coefficient of the
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`dielectric layer is lowered by 5.times.10.sup.-7 to 10.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C
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`from the expansion coefficient of the pair of substrates (paragraph [0064]
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`teaches substrate has an expansion coefficient of 80.times.10.sup.-
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`7/.degree. C and an expansion coefficient of the dielectric layer is
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`72.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C, which means an expansion coefficient of the
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`dielectric layer is 8.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C lower than substrate).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill, in the art at the time of
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`the invention, to modify Inoue's invention by including (an expansion coefficient
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`of the pair of substrates is 60.times.10.sup.-7 to 70.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C,
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`an expansion coefficient of the sealing member is 45.times.10.sup.-7 to
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`63.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C and an expansion coefficient of the dielectric layer
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`is lowered by 5.times.10.sup.-7 to 10.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C from the
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`expansion coefficient of the pair of substrates) of Okunaga, Hasegawa, and Ahn
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`because, substrate with thermal expansion coefficient in range of
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`60.times.10.sup.-7 to 70.times.10.sup.-7/.degree. C is well-known and widely
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`used in the art, so the rational would be to use a known method or technique to
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`achieve predictable results, and the thermal expansion coefficient of sealing
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`member and dielectric layer has to be small compare to the coefficient of the
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`substrate, during the process of sealing and applying dielectric layer the
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`temperature required should not distort the substrate therefore, thermal
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`expansion coefficient of sealing member and dielectric layer needs to be smaller
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`in order to avoid distorting the substrate.
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`Regarding claim 8: Inoue teaches wherein a dielectric constant of the
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`pair of substrates is 5.0 to 7.0 (paragraph [0075] teaches dielectric constant
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`is 7 or less, which is in range of claimed dielectric constant and paragraph
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`[0019] teaches that dielectric constant of glass composition is same as
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`dielectric constant of substrate).
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`Regarding claim 9: Inoue teaches a dielectric constant of the dielectric
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`layer is 5.0 to 11.0 (paragraph [0075] teaches dielectric constant is 7, which
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`is in range of claimed dielectric constant).
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`3.
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`Claim 10 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Inoue (US 20090102379) in the view of Okunaga (US 20030073564), Hasegawa
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`(US 20050181927), Ahn (US 20040212306), and further in the view of Nishinaka
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`(US 20090009429).
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`Regarding claim 10: Inoue teaches the sealing member includes at least
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`bismuth oxide (paragraph [0124] teaches sealing glass or member include
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`components like bismuth or Bi).
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`Inoue does not teach the sealing member includes at least bismuth oxide
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`and further includes at least one of molybdenum oxide, and tungsten oxide as a
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`glass component.
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`However, Nishinaka teaches the sealing member includes at least bismuth
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`oxide and further includes at least one of molybdenum oxide, and tungsten oxide
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`as a glass component (Abstract teaches sealing material 50 contains, as a
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`glass component, bismuth oxide and at least one of molybdenum oxide
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill, in the art at the time of
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`the invention, to modify lnoue’s invention by including (the sealing member
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`includes at least bismuth oxide and further includes at least one of molybdenum
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`oxide, and tungsten oxide as a glass component) of Nishinaka, this composition
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`of sealing material is well-known and widely used in art because it provides
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`stronger seal. The rationale would be to use a known method to achieve
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`predictable results.
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`Conclusion
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of
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`time policy as set forth in 37 CFR1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire
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`action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory
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`action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be
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`calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will
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`the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing
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`date of this final action.
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2629
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`/Alexander Eisen/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2629
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