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`15/823,651
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`11/28/2017
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`IKUO KOBAYASHI
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`PIPMM-58472
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`1280
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`PEARNE & GORDON LLP
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`03’03’2020
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`ARBES~ CARL]
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`3729
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`03/03/2020
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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
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`following e—mail address(es):
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`patdoeket@pearne.eom
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/823,651
`Examiner
`CARL J ARBES
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`Applicant(s)
`KOBAYASHI et al.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`3729
`Yes
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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address -
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE g MONTHS FROM THE MAILING
`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing
`date of this communication.
`|f NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from 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, even if 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 26 November 2019.
`El A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)[:] This action is FINAL.
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`2b)
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`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 Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`5)
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`Claim(s)
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`1—17 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) fl is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`Claim(s) fl is/are allowed.
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`E] Claim(s) _ is/are rejected.
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`1:] Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
`C] Claim(s
`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
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`participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
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`Application Papers
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`10):] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 2 is/are: a)D 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
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`12)D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`a)I:i All
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`b)C] Some**
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`c)[j None of the:
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`1C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2E] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3C] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`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)
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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 herein.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) E] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`4) CI 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./Mai| Date 20200213
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`Application/Control Number: 15/823,651
`Art Unit: 3729
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`Page 2
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Applicant’s REMARKS/ARGUMENTS have been reviewed. The Office
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`Restriction is held to have been proper when made and continues to be proper.
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`In ve of
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`this holding and further in view of applicant’s REMARKS/ARMENTS the Restriction is
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`now and hereby made Final. Applicant therefore is required to cancel all non-elected
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`claims or take other appropriate action.
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`An Office Action on the merits of Claims 12-17 follows.
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`This application is in condition for allowance except for the following formal
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`matters:
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`Please see the remarks above; additionally the title of the application is
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`requested to be shortened to —ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLY METHOD—or
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`the like.
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`Prosecution on the merits is closed in accordance with the practice under EX
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`parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213, (Comm’r Pat. 1935).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this action is set to expire TWO
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this letter.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to CARL J ARBES whose telephone number is (571 )272-
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`4563. The examiner can normally be reached on M, T, R and F from 8 to 6 ET.
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`/CARL J ARBES/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3729
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