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`15/446,484
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`03/01/2017
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`NORITAKA IGUCHI
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`2017-0613T
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`4040
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`52349
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`759°
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`08/28/20”
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`WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P.
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`Washington DC 20036
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`TOKUTA' SHEAN S
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`ART UNIT
`2446
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/28/2019
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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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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`following e—mail address(es):
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`kmiller @ wenderothcom
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`0,7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/446,484
`Examiner
`SH EAN TOKUTA
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`Applicant(s)
`IGUCHI et al.
`Art Unit
`2446
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address -
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE g MONTHS FROM THE MAILING
`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing
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`|f NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 06/26/2019.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a). This action is FINAL.
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`2b) C] This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expat/7e Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s) fl is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`E] Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) fl is/are rejected.
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`[:1 Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
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`Application Papers
`10)[:] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)[:] The drawing(s) filed on
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`is/are: a)D accepted or b)l:] objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12):] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`b)I:l Some**
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`c)C] None of the:
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`1.[:] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.[:] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3.[:] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) D Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date_
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`4) CI Other-
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20190709
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`Application/Control Number: 15/446,484
`Art Unit: 2446
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`This action is responsive to the pending claims, 1-6, received 26 June 2019. Accordingly, the
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`detailed action of claims 1-6 is as follows:
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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 under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
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`(a) IN GENERAL—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and
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`of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to
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`enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to
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`make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor orjoint
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`inventor of carrying out the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and
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`process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person
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`skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the
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`same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
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`Claim 1, 4, 5, 6 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), first paragraph, as
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`failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which
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`was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the
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`relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the inventor(s), at the time the
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`application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. Regarding claim 1, the claim recites the
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`claimed feature of ”an extraction rate lower than or equal to a maximum transmission rate of the packet
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`header of the fixed length...” however the examiner is unable to find support for said feature. The
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`specification (PG Pub) [0782] discloses the extraction rate of the TLV packet buffer is set by taking into
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`account the transmission rate after the IP header is decompressed. However the examiner is unable to
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`find an mention, teaching or suggestion the extraction rate is love than the maximum transmission rate
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`obtained or set by decompressing the IP header (packet header of variable length). Claims 4, 5 and 6
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`recite the same feature and therefore are rejected for the same reasons set forth above regarding claim
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
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`(b) CONCLUSION—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out
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`and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the
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`invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
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`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
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`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Application/Control Number: 15/446,484
`Art Unit: 2446
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`Claim 1, 4, 5, 6 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as
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`being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
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`inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
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`Regarding claim 1, the claim recites ”an extraction rate is lower than or equal to a maximum
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`transmission rate of the packet header of the fixed length....” However, it is unclear whether the packet
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`header of the fixed length referes to the transmitting packet which includes a packet header of a fixed
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`length or the first packet which also has a packet header of a fixed length. Claims 4, 5 and 6 recite the
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`same feature and therefore are rejected for the same reasons set forth above regarding claim 1.
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`Conclusion
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth
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`in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from
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`the mailing date of this action.
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`action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing
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`date of the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than
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`SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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`should be directed to SHEAN TOKUTA whose telephone number is (571)272-5145. The examiner can
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`normally be reached on M-TH 630-430.
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`SHEAN TOKUTA
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`Primary Examiner
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`Art U nit 2446
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`/SHEAN TOKUTA/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2446
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