UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`www.uspto.gov
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`15/991,825
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`05/29/2018
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`NAOKI HAYASHI
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`731056.410C1
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`6602
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`S eed IP Law Group LLP/Panas on1e
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`NEGRON‘ DANIELL L
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`ART UNIT
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`2688
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`06/20/2019
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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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`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):
`US PTOeACtion @ SeedIP .Com
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`pairlinkdktg @ seedip .eom
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant-InitiatedInterview Summary
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`Examiner
`DANIELL L NEGRON
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`Art Unit
`2688
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`Application No.
`15/991 ,825
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`Applicant(s)
`HAYASHI, NAOKI
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`All participants (applicant, applicants representative, PTO personnel):
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`(1) Daniell L. Negron.
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`(2) Jeff Sakoi.
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`Date of Interview: 12 June 2019.
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`Type:
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`[:1 Video Conference
`Telephonic
`C] Personal [copy given to:
`[:1 applicant
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`[3 applicant's representative]
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`Exhibit shown or demonstration conducted:
`If Yes, brief description:
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`Cl Yes
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`No.
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`.103 DOthers
`D112 D102
`IssuesDiscussed D101
`(For each of the checked box(es) above, please describe below the issue and detailed description of the discussion)
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`Claim(s) discussed: g.
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`Identification of prior art discussed: Ghabra and Austen.
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`Substance of Interview
`(For each issue discussed, provide a detailed description and indicate if agreement was reached. Some topics may include: identification or clarification of a
`reference or a portion thereof, claim interpretation, proposed amendments, arguments of any applied references etc...)
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`Proposed amendment to claim 5 was discussed. It was agreed that at least the recitation "after the second receiver of
`the mobile device receives the second measurement signal using the third antenna, when the mobile device makes an
`authentication of the vehicle based on a first receiving strength of the first measurement signal received by the second
`receiver of the mobile device, the transmission strength information of the second measurement signal transmitted by
`the second transmitter of the mobile device, and a second receiving strength of the second measurement signal
`received by the second receiver of the mobile device, the second transmitter of the mobile device transmits a second
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`response signal using the fourth antenna of the mobile device" distinguishes the claim from the prior art of record
`because while Ghabra discloses transmission strength information of a measurement signal, said information is not
`utilized when making an authentication of the vehicle..
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`Applicant recordation instructions: The formal written reply to the last Office action must include the substance of the interview. (See MPEP
`section 713.04). If a reply to the last Office action has already been filed, applicant is given a non-extendable period of the longer of one month or
`thirty days from this interview date, or the mailing date of this interview summary form, whichever is later, to file a statement of the substance of the
`interview.
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`Examiner recordation instructions: Examiners must summarize the substance of any interview of record. A complete and proper recordation of
`the substance of an interview should include the items listed in MPEP 713.04 for complete and proper recordation including the identification of the
`general thrust of each argument or issue discussed, a general indication of any other pertinent matters discussed regarding patentability and the
`general results or outcome of the interview, to include an indication as to whether or not agreement was reached on the issues raised.
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`Attachment
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`/Daniell L Negron/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2688
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-413 (Rev. 8/11/2010)
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`Interview Summary
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`Paper NO. 20190612
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