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`Art Unit: 3775
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes
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`and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided
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`by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be
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`submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
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`Authorization for this examiner’s amendment was given in a telephone interview
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`with Attorney Linda Hodge on November 2, 2012.
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`In Claim 1, line 2, the phrase “a seat on which buttocks of a user are to sit” has
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`been changed to --a seat configured for a user's buttocks to sit on--.
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`In Claim 1, line 10, the phrase “the seat on which the buttocks of the user are to
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`sit” has been changed to --the seat configured for a user's buttocks to sit on--.
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`In Claim 1, line 12, the phrase "the left foot side" has been changed to --a left
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`foot side-- and the phrase “the left side femoral region” has been changed to --a left side
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`femoral region--.
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`In Claim 1, line 14, the phrase "the right foot side" has been changed to --a right
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`foot side-- and the phrase "the right femoral" has been changed to --a right femoral--.
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`In Claim 3, lines 3-4, the phrase "a portion which contacts a front face of the
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`upper body of the user whose buttocks sit on the seat" has been changed to --a portion
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`adapted to contact a front face of the upper body of the user sitting on the seat--.
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`In Claim 5, lines 3-4, the phrase "that the buttocks of the user sit on the seat" has
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`been changed to --configured for a user's buttocks to sit on the seat--.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/913,809
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`In Claim 6, lines 2-3, the phrase "that the buttocks of the user sit on the seat" has
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`been changed to --configured for a user's buttocks to sit on the seat--.
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`In Claim 7, line 3, the phrase "on which the buttocks of the user sit" has been
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`changed to --configured for a user's buttocks to sit on--.
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`In Claim 8, lines 3-4, the phrase “so that femoral regions of the user are posited
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`thereon” has been changed to --configured for the femoral regions of the user to be
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`position thereon--.
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`In Claim 12, lines 3-4, the phrase “which contacts” has been changed to --
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`configured to contact--.
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`In Claim 14, line 3, the phrase “which contacts” has been changed to --
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`configured to contact-- and line 5 “and contacts” has been changed to --configured to
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`contact--.
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`In Claims 15 and 16, line 3, the phrase “which contacts” has been changed to --
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`configured to contact--.
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`Conclusion
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`2.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to SI MING LEE whose telephone number is (571)270-
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`5450. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday-Friday 8:30am-6pm, working
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`alternating Friday's.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/913,809
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Thomas Barrett can be reached on (571)272-4746. The fax phone number
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`for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571 -273-8300.
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the Patent
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`Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for published
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`applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR. Status
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`information for unpublished applications is available through Private PAIR only. For
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`more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should you
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`have questions on access to the Private PAIR system, contact the Electronic Business
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`Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO
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`Customer Service Representative or access to the automated information system, call
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`800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272—1000.
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`/SI MING LEE/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3775
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`/Thomas C. Barrett/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art
`Unit 3775
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