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`15/914,755
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`03/07/2018
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`Eiichi Hatae
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`731156.433C1
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`3447
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`REN' ZHUBING
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`PAPER NUMBER
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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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`11/04/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/914,755
`Examiner
`ZHUBING REN
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`Applicant(s)
`Hatae et al.
`Art Unit
`2483
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 3/7/2018.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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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 on
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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 Expat/7e Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s)
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`1—15 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`E] Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) fl is/are rejected.
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`[:1 Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`Application Papers
`10)[:] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 3/7/2018 is/are: a). accepted or b)D objected to by the Examiner.
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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).
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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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 20191028
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`Application/Control Number: 15/914,755
`Art Unit: 2483
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013,
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`is being examined under the first
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`inventor to file provisions ofthe AIA.
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`DETAIL ACTION
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`Priority
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`Acknowledgment
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`is made of applicant's claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)—(d). The
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`certified copy has been placed of record in the file.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`3.
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) was submitted on 3/7/2018. The submission is in
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`compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is
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`being considered by the examiner.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`4.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and
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`103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for
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`the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale
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`supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections
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`set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, ifthe differences between the
`claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have
`been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having
`ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`6.
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`Claim 1-15 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kim (US
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`20140218517 A1) in view of URE etal (US 20150097961 A1 ).
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`Regarding claim 1, 6, and 11, Kim discloses a camera monitoring system [e.g. FIG.
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`1 and 5]
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`comprising: a plurality of cameras [e.g. FIG. 5; cameras], each of the plurality of cameras including an
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`imager and a communicator [receiving command from 510]; a master device [510] that, in operation [e.g.
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`FIG. 13], wirelessly communicates with the plurality of cameras [wireless networks]; a smartphone [532]
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`having a home security application that realizes a monitoring function installed therein [e.g. FIG. 14], the
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`smartphone being connected to a mobile telephone network to which one or more other mobile
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`telephones are connected [FIG. 5]; and a wireless router disposed in a house [e.g. home network],
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`wherein the wireless router,
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`in operation e.g. FIG. 13], provides awireless local area network (LAN) that
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`connects the master device and the smartphone [e.g. FIG. 5], wherein the master device,
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`in operation,
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`receives a monitor display request [e.g. FIG. 11-13 and 15]; , via the wireless router, from the
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`smartphone, and transmits an image request to the plurality of cameras [e.g. FIG. 13; request for device
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`2], wherein each of the plurality of cameras, in response to receiving the image request from the master
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`device, sends a respective one of a plurality of images to the master device [e.g. 1318 or 1338], and
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`wherein the master device, after receiving the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras, forms one
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`image, and transmits the image via the wireless router to the smartphone for display on the smartphone
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`such that the smartphone receives the image via the wireless LAN provided by the wireless router [e.g.
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`FIG. 17; displaying the video from different cameras].
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`It is noted that Kim differs to the present invention in that Kim fails to explicitly disclose one
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`multiple segmented image.
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`However, URE teaches the well-known concept of forming one multiple-segmented image [e.g.
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`FIG. 10; image is segmented] that includes the plurality of images [video] in multiple segments of the
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`multiple-segmented image, transmits the multiple-segmented image via the wireless LAN tothe
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`smartphone for display [e.g. FIG. 2A and 10].
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`It would have been obvious toa person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the invention to modify the monitoring system disclosed by Kim to exploit the well-known concept of
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`forming segmented image technique taught by URE as above,
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`in order to provide monitoring specific
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`areas [See URE; abstract].
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`Regarding claim 2, 7, and 12, Kim further discloses the master device, after transmitting the
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`image to the smartphone for display, and after receiving a display request directed to one of the image
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`from the smartphone [e.g. FIG. 13], transmits one of the plurality of images corresponding to the
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`requested one of the image as a magnified single image to the smartphone for display on the smartphone
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`[e.g. FIG. 16 and 17; enlarge and display an image of a corresponding camera].
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`It is noted that Kim differs to the present invention in that Kim fails to explicitly disclose one
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`multiple segmented image.
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`However, URE teaches the well-known concept of forming one multiple-segmented image [e.g.
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`FIG. 10; image is segmented].
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`It would have been obvious toa person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the invention to modify the monitoring system disclosed by Kim to exploit the well-known concept of
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`forming segmented image technique taught by URE as above,
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`in order to provide monitoring specific
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`areas [See URE; abstract].
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`Regarding claim 3 and 8, Kim further discloses the master device, after receiving a display
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`request directed to one of the images [e.g. FIG. 13], generates a single image using image data of the
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`one of the plurality of images corresponding tothe requested one of the image portion and transmits the
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`single image tothe smartphone [e.g. FIG. 16 and 17].
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`It is noted that Kim differs to the present invention in that Kim fails to explicitly disclose one
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`multiple segmented image.
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`However, URE teaches the well-known concept of forming one multiple-segmented image [e.g.
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`FIG. 10; image is segmented].
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`It would have been obvious toa person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the invention to modify the monitoring system disclosed by Kim to exploit the well-known concept of
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`forming segmented image technique taught by URE as above,
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`in order to provide monitoring specific
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`areas [See URE; abstract].
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`Regarding claim 4 and 9, Kim further discloses the master device, after receiving a display
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`request [e.g. FIG. 13; request image from device #1] directed to one of the images, stops fonNarding
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`image data from one or more of the plurality of cameras [e.g. image data from device #2] other than the
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`camera that images the requested one of the plurality of images, and fonNards image data from the
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`camera that images the requested one of the plurality of images as the single image to the smartphone
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`[e.g. FIG. 13 and 17].
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`It is noted that Kim differs to the present invention in that Kim fails to explicitly disclose one
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`multiple segmented image.
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`However, URE teaches the well-known concept of forming one multiple-segmented image [e.g.
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`FIG. 10; image is segmented].
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`It would have been obvious toa person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the invention to modify the monitoring system disclosed by Kim to exploit the well-known concept of
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`forming segmented image technique taught by URE as above,
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`in order to provide monitoring specific
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`areas [See URE; abstract].
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`Regarding claim 5, 10 and 15, Kim further discloses each of plurality ofcameras further includes
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`awireless LAN communicator [e.g. FIG.
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`1 and 5; wireless communication scheme].
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`Regarding claim 13, Kim further discloses the master device, after receiving a display request
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`directed to the image [e.g. FIG. 13], generates the image using image data of one of a plurality of images
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`[e.g. FIG. 16 and 17; enlarge and display an image of a corresponding camera].
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`It is noted that Kim differs to the present invention in that Kim fails to explicitly disclose one
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`multiple segmented image.
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`However, URE teaches the well-known concept of forming one multiple-segmented image [e.g.
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`FIG. 10; image is segmented].
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`It would have been obvious toa person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the invention to modify the monitoring system disclosed by Kim to exploit the well-known concept of
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`forming segmented image technique taught by URE as above,
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`in order to provide monitoring specific
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`areas [See URE; abstract].
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`Regarding claim 14, Kim further discloses the master device, after receiving a display request
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`directed to the image, fonNards image data from the camera to the smartphone [e.g. FIG. 13].
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`Conclusion
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`/ZHUBING REN/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2483
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