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`Yoshitaka Hirabayashi
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1. The present application is being examined under the pre-AlA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`2. Examiner has carefully considered Applicant’s Remarks dated February 16, 2016.
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`Response to Arguments
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`The objection to the title is overcome as a result of the title having been amended to be
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`more descriptive.
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`As for Applicant’s argument regarding the amendment to independent claim 1
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`overcoming Zwart (Remarks, pages 8-9); outside sources are being used in this Office
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`Action in order to teach the new limitation of claim 1.
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`As for Applicant’s argument regarding new claims 13-15 not being taught by the cited
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`prior art (Remarks, page 10); a secondary reference is being introduced in this Office
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`Action to teach a limitation of claim 13. Claims 14 and 15 are taught by Zwart.
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`Accordingly, amended independent claim 1 remains rejected, as does the similarly
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`amended independent claim 11, as well as the dependent claims. The new claims are
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`rejected as well.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically
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`disclosed or described as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the
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`differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the
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`prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
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`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary
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`skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not
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`be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`4.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`5.
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`Claims 1, 2, 6, 9-12, 14, 15 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as
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`being unpatentable over Zwart (US 2010/0060604 A1).
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`Instant Claim 1: An electronic apparatus comprising: a touch panel having an operation
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`surface,
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`(“The present invention provides the ability to detect the location of an impulse
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`on an electronic enabled device” (Zwart, paragraph 18) The electronic enabled device
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`of Zwart corresponds to the electronic apparatus of claim. Referring to fig 10A of Zwart,
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`the device includes a touch panel to receive the user’s touch, with input surface 1000
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`corresponding to the operation surface of the claim.)
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`and configured to detect a contact with the operation surface, and output a contact
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`detection signal;
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`(“First, the device is configured with software which prompts the user
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`to provide an input impulse on the surface of the device. Once data of an impulse vector
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`input event is collected by the motion sensors, it is analyzed by the processor with
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`advanced algorithms.” (Zwart, paragraph 20) The motion sensors of Zwart detect
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`contact (impulse) with the input surface, and output data ("contact detection signal") to
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`the processor.)
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`an acceleration detector configured to detect an acceleration of the electronic apparatus
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`and output an acceleration signal;
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`(“Once data of an impulse vector input event is
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`collected by the motion sensors, it is analyzed by the processor with advanced
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`algorithms. These algorithms extract information relating to the motion ( acceleration of
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`vibration in a preferred embodiment) of the device and populate a Composite Vibration
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`Profile (CVP) for the impulse event.” (Zwart, paragraph 20) Therefore, Zwart’s device
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`does contain acceleration sensors, which output the information (“acceleration signal”)
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`to the processor.)
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`an angular velocity detector configured to detect an angular velocity of the electronic
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`apparatus and output an angular velocity signal;
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`(“The particular sensor characteristics
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`may be selected after consideration of housing dimensions and the proposed site
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`relative the instantaneous axis of rotation and the angular velocity which results from a
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`typical impulse to that or nearby locations.” (Zwart, paragraph 61) Therefore, Zwart’s
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`motion sensors may record angular velocity as well, and then output the data (“angular
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`velocity signal”) to the processor.)
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`and a controller connected to the touch panel, the acceleration detector, and the
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`angular velocity detector, (Referring to fig 10 of Zwart, the CPU (“controller”) is
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`connected to the sensors 107 as well as display screen 105 (which includes the touch
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`panel).)
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`and operable to output the contact detection signal as a contact determination signal
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`when the acceleration signal is input from the acceleration detector and the angular
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`velocity signal is input from the angular velocity detector, (“For instance, for a frequency
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`of 64 Hz, the CVP that results from the first peaks of each of the sensors will be read
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`from the sensors about 0.016 s after impulse; this leaves an interval of 0.084 s for the
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`CPU and microprocessors to determine the characteristics of the command impulse and
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`provide a response to the user.” (Zwart, paragraph 412) Therefore, once Zwart's
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`processor receives all the data from the sensors - including acceleration data and
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`angular velocity data - the processor provides a response (“contact determination
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`signal”).)
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`(Zwart does not explicitly teach the following limitation of this claim:
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`wherein a threshold of the angular velocity increases from a center of the touch panel
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`toward an outer edge of the touch panel.
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`such a feature is obvious, however, based on the nature of angular velocity)
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`wherein a threshold of the angular velocity increases from a center of the touch panel
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`toward an outer edge of the touch panel.
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`(According to Wikipedia.com, “The angular
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`velocity of a particle is measured around or relative to a point, called the origin.”
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`LA“ 2
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`The formula for angular velocity is given by:
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`from the origin. Therefore, angular velocity is weaker the further away one gets from
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`the origin. Given this fact, it would be obvious for the threshold of the angular velocity to
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`increase further away from the center of the touch panel, which is the relative point
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`around which the angular velocity is being measured. The further away from the origin
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`that angular velocity is being detected, the stronger the signal needs to be in order to be
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`reasonably assured that the detected angular velocity is a real input by the user.)
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`Instant Claim 2: The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller
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`outputs the contact detection signal as the contact determination signal when a
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`magnitude of an acceleration indicated by the acceleration signal exceeds a
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`predetermined threshold and a magnitude of an angular velocity indicated by the
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`angular velocity signal exceeds a first threshold. (”Sensor reading threshold
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`comparison: in which a conditioned reading or readings gathered resulting from (230)
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`are compared to a specified threshold value or values. This comparison (240) (fig 2) is
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`indicative of whether or not a user impulse impact has occurred.” (Zwart, paragraph
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`208))
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`Instant Claim 6: The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller
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`outputs the contact detection signal as the contact determination signal when duration
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`of detection of the contact detection signal is a predetermined threshold or longer.
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`(“Further, the transmitted signal data are distinctive in format, sufficient in intensity and
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`duration to convey the input data or response and specific to the user's intent.” (Zwart,
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`paragraph 38))
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`Instant Claim 9: The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a
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`casing supporting the touch panel,
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`(”the sensing and processing components of the
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`present invention are integrated within a protective housing” (Zwart, paragraph 39) The
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`housing of Zwart corresponds to the casing of the claim.)
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`wherein, when the contact detection signal is not input, the acceleration signal is input,
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`and the angular velocity signal is input, the controller determines that an input operation
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`to the casing is performed, and outputs an input determination signal.
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`(Referring to fig
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`1E of Zwart, the user is applying a touch input to a side of the device rather than to the
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`touch screen. Therefore, in this case, the detection signal of the touch screen is not
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`input, however, the remaining motion sensors do input their signals to the controller for
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`analysis and determination.)
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`Instant Claim 10: The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller
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`determines a position of an input operation to the casing based on a direction and a
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`magnitude indicated by the acceleration signal and a rotation direction indicated by the
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`angular velocity signal.
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`(Referring to fig 1E of Zwart, the user is applying a touch input
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`to a side of the device rather than to the touch screen. Therefore, the motion sensor
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`signals (including acceleration and angular velocity) transmitted to the controller for
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`analysis allow the controller to determine the position of the input operation.)
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`Instant Claim 11: (This claim is substantially identical to a combination of claim 1 and
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`claim 9, and thus, is rejected under similar rationale.)
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`Instant Claim 12: (This claim is substantially identical to claim 10, and thus, is rejected
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`under similar rationale.)
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`Instant Claim 14: (This claim is substantially identical to claim 10, and thus, is rejected
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`under similar rationale. Detecting gripping of the casing is equivalent to determining a
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`position of an input operation to the casing.)
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`Instant Claim 15: The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the controller
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`determines the position of the input operation to the casing when the input operation to
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`the casing is performed on a rear surface of the casing or on a side surface of the
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`casing.
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`(“F|G. 1E A schematic view of a fingertip impulse being applied from the left-
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`side or left-long-edge aspect.” (Zwart, paragraph 130))
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`5.
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`Claim 3, 4, 7, 8 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Zwart in view of Gillespie (US 2008/0048997 A1).
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`Instant Claim 3: The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the operation
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`surface of the touch panel
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`is disposed on coordinates defined by an X axis and a Y
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`axis orthogonal to each other, and a Z axis perpendicular to the operation surface is
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`defined,
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`(Referring to fig 8D of Zwart, the touch panel is defined by mutually orthogonal
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`x, y, and z axes, with the z-axis being perpendicular to the touch surface.)
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`and in a case where a magnitude of an acceleration along the Z axis indicated by the
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`acceleration signal is equal to a gravitational acceleration, the controller outputs the
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`contact detection signal as the contact determination signal when a magnitude of the
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`acceleration indicated by the acceleration signal exceeds the predetermined threshold
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`and a magnitude of the angular velocity indicated by the angular velocity signal exceeds
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`a second threshold smaller than the first threshold.
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`(“Such embodiments use one or
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`more special-dedicated, three-axis accelerometers in order to measure and store the
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`direction-change pattern of the gravity vector in the time frames immediately adjacent
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`the impulse event. By this provision, instantaneous vehicle and driver passenger
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`movements--as would be experienced in a corner, skid, bump, or other violent
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`maneuver--do not result in spurious or unanticipated input commands.” (Zwart,
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`paragraph 430) Therefore, Zwart does compensate for the effects of gravity when
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`measuring an input. Both the acceleration and angular velocity thresholds would be
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`adjusted accordingly.
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`It would be obvious for the updated angular acceleration
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`threshold to be smaller than the previous angular acceleration threshold since the user
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`would not have to exert as much force when being helped by gravity.)
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`(Zwart does not teach the following limitation of this claim:
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`the operation surface of the touch panel has an origin at a center of the touch panel
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`In the same field of endeavor, however, Gillespie does disclose a touch pad
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`whose origin is defined as the center of the touch pad.)
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`the operation surface of the touch panel has an origin at a center of the touch panel
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`(“The center of the sensing plane 10 (fig 1) may be described as the origin
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`(X.sub.center, Y.sub.center) in a Cartesian coordinate system.” (Gillespie, paragraph
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`195))
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`(At the time of invention, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill
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`in the art to combine the touch panel as taught by Zwart; with the touch pad as taught
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`by Gillespie - along with the center of the touch pad corresponding to the origin of the
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`coordinate system. Such a combination involves a simple substitution of the origin as
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`defined in Zwart in favor of the origin defined in Gillespie in order to provide predictable
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`results of intuitive and logical positioning of the coordinate system.)
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`Instant Claim 4: the touch panel outputs, to the controller, contact position coordinates
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`indicating a position at which the touch panel detects a contact,
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`(“The area within
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`particular defined coordinates may be used to indicate a predetermined impulse action
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`such as: a logical "no", a number or an alphabet character.” (Zwart, paragraph 49)
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`Therefore, the sensors of Zwart would indicate the coordinates of the detected contact
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`since the coordinates of the contact are critical to the nature of the touch.)
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`the controller estimates contact estimation coordinates indicating a contact position on
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`the touch panel based on the angular velocity signal and acceleration signal,
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`data of an impulse vector input event is collected by the motion sensors, it is analyzed
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`by the processor with advanced algorithms. These algorithms extract information
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`relating to the motion ( acceleration of vibration in a preferred embodiment) of the
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`device and populate a Composite Vibration Profile (CVP) for the impulse event.” (Zwart,
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`paragraph 20) Therefore, the processor of Zwart analyzes all data collected by the
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`motion sensors (including acceleration data and angular velocity data).
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`It is obvious
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`that the coordinates of the impulse would be evaluated, especially in areas within
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`particular defined coordinates, since in these areas the coordinates of the contact are
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`critical to the nature of the touch.)
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`and the controller outputs the contact detection signal as the contact determination
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`signal when the contact estimation coordinates agree with the contact position
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`coordinates. (“Therefore, if a deliberate impulse is detected within a single defined-
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`and-activated area, the related output signal will be sent to the connected device.”
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`(Zwart, paragraph 49))
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`(The remainder of this claim is substantially included within claim 3, and thus, is
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`rejected under similar rationale.)
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`Instant Claim 7: and the controller outputs the contact detection signal as the contact
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`determination signal when a value of the contact detection signal along the Y axis is
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`positive and the angular velocity indicated by the angular velocity signal directs
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`counterclockwise with respect to a positive direction of the X axis, or when a value of
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`the contact detection signal along the Y axis is negative and the angular velocity
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`indicated by the angular velocity signal directs clockwise with respect to a positive
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`direction of the X axis.
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`(If Zwart, in view of Gillespie, were to configure the X axis and Y
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`axis as claimed, then when there is a detected positive Y coordinate of the user’s touch,
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`the angular velocity would have to be counterclockwise with respect to the positive X
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`axis in order for the input touch signal to be valid. Similarly, when there is a detected
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`negative Y coordinate of the user’s touch, the angular velocity would have to be
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`clockwise with respect to the positive X axis in order for the input touch signal to be
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`valid.)
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`(The remainder of this claim is substantially included within claim 3, and thus, is
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`rejected under similar rationale.)
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`Instant Claim 8: and the controller outputs the contact detection signal as the contact
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`determination signal when a value of the contact detection signal along the X axis is
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`positive and the angular velocity indicated by the angular velocity signal directs
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`counterclockwise with respect to a positive direction of the Y axis, and when a value of
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`the contact detection signal along the X axis is negative and the angular velocity
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`indicated by the angular velocity signal directs clockwise with respect to a positive
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`direction of the Y axis.
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`(If Zwart, in view of Gillespie, were to configure the X axis and Y
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`axis as claimed, then when there is a detected positive X coordinate of the user’s touch,
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`the angular velocity would have to be counterclockwise with respect to the positive Y
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`axis in order for the input touch signal to be valid. Similarly, when there is a detected
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`negative X coordinate of the user’s touch, the angular velocity would have to be
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`clockwise with respect to the positive Y axis in order for the input touch signal to be
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`valid.)
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`(The remainder of this claim is substantially included within claim 3, and thus, is
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`rejected under similar rationale.)
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`6.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Zwart, in view of Gillespie, and further in view of Chang (US 2010/0321328
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`Instant Claim 5: The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein assuming that
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`an angular velocity signal around the Y axis is defined as X1, a maximum value in a
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`detection range of the angular velocity signal around the Y axis is defined as X2, an
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`angular velocity signal around the X axis is defined as Y1, and a maximum value in a
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`detection range of the angular velocity signal around the X axis is defined as Y2,
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`contact estimation coordinates (X, Y) are determined based on equation (2) and
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`equation (3), X=X1/abs(X2) (2) where, -abs(X2)<=X1<=abs(X2), and Y=Y1/abs(Y2) (3)
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`where, -abs(Y2)<=Y1<=abs(Y2).
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`(Zwart, in view of Gillespie, teaches the electronic
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`apparatus in accordance with claim 4, but does not disclose determining coordinates of
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`the user’s touch through a ratio of a detected parameter (such as angular velocity) to
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`the maximum possible value of that particular parameter. However, in the same field of
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`endeavor, Chang describes a similar method for determining the coordinates of a user’s
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`touch on a touch panel: “Under such circumstance, the x base coordinate, being 384
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`(fig 6), is the x central coordinate of the x-directional sensing line X1, and the x base
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`coordinate, being 384, is adjusted according to the ratios of the sensing capacitance
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`D.sub.X1 of the x-directional sensing line X1 to a maximum sensing capacitance
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`D.sub.M to obtain an interpolated x coordinate x.sub.d.
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`Likewise, the same scenario
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`is also applicable to the y-directional sensing lines.” (Chang, paragraph 36) While
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`Chang determines the coordinates of the user’s touch through a ratio of capacitances,
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`the same principle applies to a ratio of angular velocities.
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`At the time of invention, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill
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`in the art to combine the touch panel as taught by Zwart, in view of Gillespie; with the
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`touch panel as taught by Chang - along with determining the coordinates of the user’s
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`touch through a ratio of a detected parameter to the maximum possible value of that
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`parameter. Such a combination involves incorporating a known technique into a known
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`device in order to provide predictable results of determining the coordinates of the
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`7.
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`Claim 13 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Zwart in view of Borta (US 2002/0164560 A1).
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`Instant Claim 13: wherein a threshold of the acceleration near a grasped part is smaller
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`than near a center.
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`(Zwart does not explicitly discuss the relative acceleration
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`depending on where the user grasps the device. However, in a related field of
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`endeavor involving moving objects, Borta does teach the magnitude of acceleration at
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`the outside relative to that at the center of a moving platform: “As would be recognized
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`by one skilled in the art, the greater the off -center positioning of the g-force sensitive
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`load bearing portion 15 (fig 1)(and the user module 13 attached thereon), the greater
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`would be the enhanced motion and acceleration experienced by the user module 13
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`when compared a user module positioned substantially over the support portion 17 of
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`the platform 10.” (Borta, paragraph 38) Therefore, the acceleration acts opposite to the
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`angular velocity, in that the acceleration is stronger the further one gets away from the
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`center of measurement. Consequently, opposite to the threshold of the angular
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`velocity, the threshold of the acceleration would become smaller the further away one
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`gets away from the center — a lower reading is necessary to be reasonably assured of a
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`real input by a user.
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`At the time of invention, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill
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`in the art to combine the touch panel as taught by Zwart — along with various forces
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`being detected when the panel is moved; with the platform of Borta - along with the
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`various forces being detected when the platform is moved.
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`Incorporating the natural
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`law disclosed in Borta - wherein the acceleration is stronger further away from the
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`center — into the device of Zwart yields the predictable results of being able to properly
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`adjust the threshold depending on where the device of Zwart is grasped.)
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`Application/Control Number: 14/372,420
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`Page 14
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`Art Unit: 2696
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`Conclusion
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP
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`§ 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37
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`CFR1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action.
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`In the event a first reply is filed within
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`TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not
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`mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
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`than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to YARON COHEN whose telephone number is (571) 270-
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`7995. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday - Friday 9 am. - 5 pm.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Temesghen Ghebretinsae can be reached on (571) 272-3017. The fax
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`phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is
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`Application/Control Number: 14/372,420
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`Page 15
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`Art Unit: 2696
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`/YARON COHEN/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2696
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`/J|MMY H NGUYEN/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2696
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