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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`AFCP 2,0
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`Dec1510n
`SHARON PAYNE 2875
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`14/395,107
`Examiner
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`TAKENAKA ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`This is in response to the After Final Consideration Pilot request filed 12/7/16.
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`1.
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`Improper Request , The AFCP 2.0 request is improper for the following reason(s) and the after final amendment submitted with
`the request will be treated under pre-pilot procedure.
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`[I An AFCP 2.0 request form PTO/SB/434 (or equivalent document) was not submitted.
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`[I A non-broadening amendment to at least one independent claim was not submitted.
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`[I A proper AFCP 2.0 request was submitted in response to the most recent final rejection.
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`El Other:
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`2. Proper Request
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`A. After final amendment submitted with the request will not be treated under AFCP 2.0.
`The after final amendment cannot be reViewed and a search conducted within the guidelines of the pilot program.
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`IX The after final amendment will be treated under pre-pilot procedure.
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`B. Updated search and/or completed additional consideration.
`The examiner performed an updated search and/or completed additional consideration of the after final amendment
`within the time authorized for the pilot program. The result(s) of the updated search and/or completed additional
`consideration are:
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`[I 1. All of the rejections in the most recent final Office action are overcome and a Notice of Allowance is issued
`herewith.
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`El 2. The after final amendment would not overcome all of the rejections in the most recent final Office action.
`See attached interView summary for further details.
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`[I 3. The after final amendment was reViewed, and it raises a new issue(s). See attached interView summary for
`further details.
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`[I 4. The after final amendment raises new issues, but would overcome all of the rejections in the most recent
`final Office action. A decision on determining allowability could not be made within the guidelines of the
`pilot. See attached interView summary for further details, including any newly discovered prior art.
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`[I 5. Other:
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`Examiner Note: Please attach an interView summary when necessary as described above.
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-2323 (Rev. 10-14)
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`AFCP 2.0 Decision
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`Part of Paper No. 20161216
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