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`14/688,783
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`04/16/2015
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`Eiichi Hatae
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`731156.433
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`2390
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`Seed IP Law Group LLPflDanasonic
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`REN’ ZHUBING
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`PAPER NUIVIBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2483
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/07/2017
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`Examiner
`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventorto File)
`Office Action Summary
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`2483ZHUBING REN $233
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`1)IXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 11/14/2017.
`[I A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2b)|:| 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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`4)|:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`5)IXI Claim(s) 5 7-10 and 12-14 is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s) 5, 7-10, and 12-14 is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`6)|:l Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
`7)I:l Claim(s) _ is/are rejected.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Application/Control Number: 14/688,783
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`Art Unit: 2483
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`Page 2
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file
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`provisions of the AIA.
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`Election/Restrictions
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`1.
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`Newly submitted claims 5, 7-10, and 12-14 are directed to an invention that is independent or
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`distinct from the invention originally claimed for the following reasons: Inventions I as specified in the
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`original claims 5-14 and II in the newly submitted claims 5, 7-10, and 12-14 are related as
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`subcombinations disclosed as usable together in a single combination. The subcombinations are distinct
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`if they do not overlap in scope and are not obvious variants, and if it is shown that at least one
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`subcombination is separately usable.
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`In the instant case, subcombination II has separate utility such as
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`transmits one of the plurality of images corresponding to the requested one of the multiple segments as a
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`magnified single image to the smartphone for display on the smartphone and invention I has separate
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`utility such as one or more DECT cordless handsets is connected to a fixed telephone network to
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`communicate With other fixed telephones. See MPEP § 806.05(d).
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`Since applicant has received an action on the merits for the originally presented invention, this
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`invention has been constructively elected by original presentation for prosecution on the merits.
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`Accordingly, claims 5, 7-10, and 12-14 are withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-
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`elected invention. See 37 CFR 1.142(b) and MPEP § 821.03
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`2.
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`The amendment filed on 11/14/2017 canceling all claims drawn to the elected invention and
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`presenting only claims drawn to a non-elected invention is non-responsive (MPEP § 821.03). The
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`remaining claims are not readable on the elected invention because they are directed to a distinct
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`invention as indicated above.
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`Since the above-mentioned amendment appears to be a bona fide attempt to reply, applicant is
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`given a TIME PERIOD of TWO (2) MONTHS from the mailing date of this notice within which to supply
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`the omission or correction in order to avoid abandonment. EXTENSIONS OF THIS TIME PERIOD
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`UNDER 37 CFR 1.136(a) ARE AVAILABLE.
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`Application/Control Number: 14/688,783
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`Art Unit: 2483
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2483
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