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`Docket No: HOK-0279
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`REMARKS
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`This is a filll and timely response to the final Office Action mailed June 23, 2008,
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`submitted concurrently with a Request for Continued Examination.
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`By this Amendment, claim 1 has been amended to incorporate the subject matter of
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`claims 3 and 7. Thus, in view of the amendments to claim 1, claims 3 and 7 have been canceled
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`without prejudice or disclaimer to their underlying subject matter. Thus, claims 1, 2, 4-6 and 8-10
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`are currently pending in this application. Support for the claim amendments can be readily found
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`variously throughout the specification and the original claims.
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`In view of these amendments, Applicant believes that all pending claims are in condition
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`for allowance. Reexamination and reconsideration in light of the above amendments and the
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`following remarks is respectfiilly requested.
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`Rejections under 35 U.S.C. §102
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`Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) as allegedly being anticipated by Jensen et
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`al. (US. Patent No. 2,273,524). Further, claims 1 and 7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) as
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`allegedly being anticipated by Alexay (US. Patent No. 2,292,858). These rejections have been
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`overcome by the incorporation of non-elected claim 3 into claim 1.
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`Examiner Telephone Interview and Change of Election of Restriction Reguirement
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`Applicant has amended claim 1 in accordance with the Examiner Telephone Interviews
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`which were conducted during the weeks of April 14th and April 21 st of this year (2008). As noted
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`above, Applicant has amended claim 1 to incorporate the subject matter of non-elected claim 3 and
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`elected claim 7. Applicant hereby changes their election of December 31, 2007 from Group V,
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`claim 7, to Group II, claim 3. Applicant wishes to thank the Examiner for allowing this change of
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`election and respectfully requests the Examiner to continue examination in view thereof
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`Application No. 1 1/151,280
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`Docket No: HOK-0279
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`CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, all the claims now pending in the present application are
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`believed to be clearly patentable over the outstanding rejections. Accordingly, favorable
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`reconsideration of the claims in light of the above remarks is courteously solicited. If the Examiner
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`has any comments or suggestions that could place this application in even better form, the Examiner
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`is requested to telephone the undersigned attorney at the below-listed number.
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`Dated: September 23, 2008
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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`Lee Cheng
`Registration No: 40,949
`CHENG LAW GROUP PLLC
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`1100 17th Street, NW.
`Suite 503
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`Washington, DC 20036
`(202) 530-1280
`Attorneys for Applicant
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`Should additional fees be necessary in connection with the filing of this paper, or if a
`petition for extension of time is required for timely acceptance of same, the
`Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge Deposit Account No. 50-4422 for any
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`such fees; and applicant(s) hereby petition for any needed extension of time.
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