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`16/935,205
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`07/22/2020
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`MASAHISA FUJIMOTO
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`083710-3094
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`2856
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`McDermott Will and Emery LLP
`The McDermott Building
`500 North Capitol Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001
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`MARTIN, ANGELA J
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`1727
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`09/15/2023
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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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`mweipdocket@mwe.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
`FUJIMOTOetal.
`16/935,205
`AIA (First Inventor
`Examiner
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`ANGELA J MARTIN|Unit to File) Status
`Yes
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`Applicant-InitiatedInterview Summary ANGELA J MARTIN
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`Yanyan Wang
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`Telephonic
`|Attorney
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`Date of Interview: 08 September 2023
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`Issues Discussed:
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`35 U.S.C. 112
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`Applicant proposed an amendment to claim 1 which should overcomethe rejection.
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`35 U.S.C. 103
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`35 USC 103 over Chianget al., US 2016/0056490. Applicant's main argument was that Chiang does not
`teach the anode active material "as a whole” is separated from the anode currentcollector by an
`electrolyte liquid.
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`Other
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`The Examinerwill review the amendment to independent claim 1 and new claim 17, after it is filed, with
`her Supervisor or Primary Examiner before moving forward.
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`/ANGELA J MARTIN/
`Examiner, Art Unit 1727
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`37 CFR§ 1.2 Businessto be transacted in writing
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`Applicant is reminded that a complete written statement as to the substanceof the interview must be made of record in
`the application file. It is the applicants responsibility to provide the written statement, unless the interview wasinitiated
`by the Examiner and the Examiner hasindicated that a written summarywill be provided. See MPEP 713.04
`Pleasefurther see:
`MPEP 713.04
`Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 1.133 Interviews, paragraph (b)
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`Applicant recordation instructions: The formal written reply to the last Office action must include the substance of the
`interview. (See MPEP section 713.04). If a reply to the last Office action has already been filed, applicant is given a
`non-extendable period of the longer of one monthor thirty days from this interview date, or the mailing date of this
`interview summary form, whichever is later, to file a statement of the substanceofthe interview.
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`Examiner recordation instructions: Examiners must summarize the substanceof any interview of record. A complete
`and proper recordation of the substance of an interview should include the itemslisted in MPEP 713.04 for complete
`and proper recordation including the identification of the general thrust of each argumentor issue discussed, a general
`indication of any other pertinent matters discussed regarding patentability and the general results or outcome of the
`interview, to include an indication as to whether or not agreement was reached on the issuesraised.
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-413/413b (Rev. Oct. 2019)
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`Interview Summary
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`Paper No. 20230911
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