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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and TrademarkOffice
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`16/665,201
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`10/28/2019
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`Hideo Kusada
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`P191102US00
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`4437
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`WHDA, LLP
`8500 LEESBURG PIKE
`SUITE 7500
`TYSONS, VA 22182
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`CANNON, RYAN SMITH
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`1726
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`09/08/2022
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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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`Thetime 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
`following e-mail address(es):
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`patentmail @ whda.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
`rrect
`Kusadaet al.
`16/665,201
`Notie Comrectod bili
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`otice of Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusAHowability Examiner
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`Ryan S Cannon
`1726
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITSIS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANTOF PATENTRIGHTS.This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`1.{¥] This communication is responsive to request for correction 8/29/2022.
`(J A declaration(s)/affidavit(s}) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2._) Anelection was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporatedinto this action.
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`; the
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`3.¥) The allowed claim(s) is/are 1 and 4-7 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you may beeligible to benefit from the Patent
`Prosecution Highway program at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information
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`* Certified copies not received:
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE"of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below.Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT ofthis application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`5.) CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`(} including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment / Commentor in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawingsin the front (not the back) of each
`sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`6.LJ DEPOSIT OFand/or INFORMATION aboutthe deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`4[¥] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`c) () Noneofthe:
`a) MAI
`b) (] Some*
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. (J Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3. (J Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1726
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`Attachment(s)
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`1.1 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 5.YjExaminer's Amendment/Comment
`2.C Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
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`Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`3.) Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirementfor Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4.C] Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date.
`/RYAN S CANNON/
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`7. CL Other
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20220902A
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`Application/Control Number: 16/665,201
`Art Unit: 1726
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA 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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`inventorto file provisions of the AIA.
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`EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT
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`An examiner’s amendmentto the record appears below. Should the changesand/or additions
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`be unacceptable to applicant, anamendment may befiled as provided by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure
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`consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no laterthanthe payment of the issue fee.
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`Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in an interview with Michael Caridi on
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`8/22/2022.
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`The application has been amendedas follows:
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`In claim 1:
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`Please delete “and”from line 15.
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`Please change “2.5.” at the end of the claimto --2.5, and wherein an average particle diameter
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`of the first adhesive particles is smaller than a concave part present on the surface of the heat resistant
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`layer, and an average particle diameter of the second adhesive particlesis larger than a concave part
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`present on the surface of the resin base material.--.
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`In claim 7:
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`Please change “an average particle diameter”in the final line to --the average particle diameter-
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`Reasonsfor Allowance
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`The following isan examiner’s statement of reasonsfor allowance: the closest prior art is
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`WO2018/027652A1 (machine translation relied upon herein). That reference teachesa battery
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`comprising electrodes laminated with a separator interposed therebetween, wherein the separator
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`includes a porous resin base material 10 (Fig. 2) and a porous heat-resistant layer 20, such that first
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`adhesive particles 30 bond the electrode to the heat resistant layer and second adhesive particles 30
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`bond the second electrodes tothe resin base material (see at least p. 4 of the translation). However,
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`that reference does not teach that an average particle diameter of the first adhesive particles is smaller
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`than a concavepart present on the surface of the heat resistant layer, and an average particle diameter
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`of the second adhesive particles is largerthan a concave part present on the surface of the resin base
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`material. The claims are therefore free of the art and allowable.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment
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`of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such
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`submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
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`Conclusion
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`Anyinquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner
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`Ryan S. Cannon
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`Primary Examiner
`Art Unit 1726
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`/RYANS CANNON/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1726
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