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`16/636,562
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`02/04/2020
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`Masakazu HOASHI
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`20296.0134USWO
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`2251
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`HAY
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`TLERf
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON P.C.
`45 South Seventh Street
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`MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-1683
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`LAL DANIEL
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`2645
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`05/04/2022
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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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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`otice of Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusAHowability Examiner
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`DANIEL LAI
`2645
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANTOF PATENTRIGHTS.This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`1.4] This communication is responsive to communication(s) filed on 22 April 2022.
`(J A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2._) Anelection was madebythe applicant in responseto a restriction requirementset forth during the interview on
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporatedinto this action.
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`3.{¥] The allowed claim(s) is/are 12-17 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawingsin the front (not the back) of each
`sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`6.LJ DEPOSIT OFand/or INFORMATION aboutthe deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`4[¥] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`3. (J Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2645
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`Attachment(s)
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`1.11 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 5.YjExaminer's Amendment/Comment
`2.1 Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`6. (1) Examiner's Statement of Reasonsfor Allowance
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`3.) Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirementfor Deposit 7.vjOther PTO-271.
`of Biological Material
`4.{¥} Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date. 04/22/2022.
`/DANIEL LAI/
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20220429
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`Application/Control Number: 16/636,562
`Art Unit: 2645
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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 underthe
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AJA.
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`EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT
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`An examiner’s amendmentto the record appears below. Should the changes and/or
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`additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment maybefiled as provided by 37 CFR
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`1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the
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`paymentofthe issuefee.
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`Authorization for this examiner’s amendmentwasgiven in an interview with Douglas
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`Mueller (Reg. No. 30300) on 28 April 2022.
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`The application has been amended as follows:
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`In the Claims:
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`12. (Currently Amended) A control methodthat is achieved by an application installed
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`in a portable terminal, the control method comprising the steps of:
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`displaying a screen that shows a user in what mannerto press a button of a
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`communication device to make the communication device to operate in a software access point
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`mode;
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`determining whether the portable terminal is connected to the-an_access point when an
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`instruction to proceed to a next step is input by the user via the screen;
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`connecting the portable terminal to the communication device in operation in the
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`software access point mode whenit is determinedthat the portable terminal is connected to the
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`access point; and
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`sending a service set identifier (SSID) of-an theaccess point and a password for
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`connecting to the access point to the communication device,
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`wherein in the step of connecting, the application instructs an operating system
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`(OS) of the portable terminal to connect the portable terminal to the communication
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`device in operation in the software access point mode; and
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`a SSID of the communication device that operates in the software access point
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`mode, and a password for connecting to the communication device that operates in the
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`software access point modeare incorporated in a program of the application in advance
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`of installation of the application to the portable terminal.
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`[End Amendment]
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 12-17 are allowed, renumberedto claims 1-6, respectively.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/636,562
`Art Unit: 2645
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`Conclusion
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`/DANIEL LAI/
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