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`15/784,346
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`10/16/2017
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`RYOUJI EGUCHI
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`06/25/2020
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/784,346
`Examiner
`KELVIN L RANDALL, JR.
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`Applicant(s)
`EGUCHI et al.
`Art Unit
`3651
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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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`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
`date of this communication.
`|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 03/20/2020.
`CI 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) D 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
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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 Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`5)
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`Claim(s)
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`1,3—4 and 9—10 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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`Claim(s) 1,3—4 and 9—10 is/are allowed.
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`[3 Claim(s) _ is/are rejected.
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`D Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
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`* If any claims have been determined aflowable, you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
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`Application Papers
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`10)|:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`is/are: a)[] accepted or b)l:] objected to by the Examiner.
`11)[:] The drawing(s) filed on
`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
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`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`a). All
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`b)|:] Some**
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`c)l:i None of the:
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`1.. Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3D 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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`1) [3 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) C] 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) E] 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 20200620
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`Application/Control Number: 15/784,346
`Art Unit: 3651
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Priority
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`Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
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`2.
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`This application is in condition for allowance except for the following formal
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`matters:
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`Drawings
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`3.
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`The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show
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`every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the rear end
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`components as described in claim 4 must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the
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`claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
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`Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121 (d) are required in
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`reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended
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`replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate
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`prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure
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`number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “am ended.” if a drawing figure
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`is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet,
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`and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate
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`changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for
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`consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering
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`of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an
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`application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacem ent Sheet” or “New
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`Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`if the changes are not accepted by the examiner,
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`Application/Control Number: 15/784,346
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`the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next
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`Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
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`Claim Objections
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`4.
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`5.
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`Claim 4 is objected to because of the following informalities:
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`Claim 4 recites the limitation “the components accommodated in the carrier
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`tape". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Appropriate
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`correction is required.
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`6.
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 9, and 10 are allowed.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Prosecution on the merits is closed in accordance with the practice under EX
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`parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213, (Comm’r Pat. 1935).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this action is set to expire TWO
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this letter.
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`Conclusion
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`7.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`8.
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`/GENE O CRAWFORD/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3651
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`/K.L.R/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3651
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