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`REMARKS
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`Initially, Applicant wishes to thank Primary Examiner Daquan Zhaofor the examination
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`of the present patent application. Applicant would also like to thank the Examinerfor
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`acknowledging Applicant’s claim for foreign priority, and that a certified copy of the priority
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`document has been received in Applicant’s ancestor Application No 15/278,582. Additionally,
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`Applicant would like to thank the Examiner for considering the materials provide in the
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`Information Disclosure Statement, filed December 29, 2020, as evidenced by the Examiner-
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`signed copies of the Information Disclosure Statement attached to the Official Action. Applicant
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`would further like to thank the Examinerfor indicating that the drawings have been accepted.
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`Summaryof the Official Action
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`In the Official Action, the Examinerasserted the following rejection regarding
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`Applicant’s pending claims 1-9:
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`Claims 1-9 were rejected on the ground of non-statutory, double patenting as being
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`unpatentable over claims 1-5 of Applicant’s U.S. Patent No. 10,255,951 B2 (the grandparent
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`application).
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`Summary of the Present Response to the Official Action
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`In the present response to the Official Action, Applicant has concurrently filed an
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`Electronic Terminal Disclaimer based on Applicant’s ancestor patent U.S. Patent No. 10,255,951
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`B2. Thus, claims 1-9 are currently pending for reconsideration by the Examiner.
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`Application No. 17/038,753
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`The Non-Statutory Double Patenting Rejection of Claims 1-9
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`In the Official Action, claims 1-9 were rejected on the ground of non-statutory, double
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`patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-5 of Applicant’s U.S. Patent No. 10,255,951 B2
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`(the grandparent application). (See Official Action, pages 3-7.)
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`In response to the non-statutory, double patenting rejection cited above, Applicant has
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`concurrently filed an Electronic Terminal Disclaimer on January 6, 2022, which has been
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`subsequently approved by the USPTO, to removeanyissue as to whetherthe claims of the
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`present patent application and the claims of Applicant’s U.S. Patent No. 10,255,951 B2 in any
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`way conflict. The filing of the Electronic Terminal Disclaimer thus removesthe above-cited
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`rejection on the ground of non-statutory, double patenting in the present patent application.
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`Applicant does not make any representation, however, as to whether any claims of the
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`present patent application would have been obvious in view of the claims of the cited patent, if
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`the Terminal Disclaimer was notfiled. The Terminal Disclaimer wasfiled only to expedite
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`prosecution of the present patent application to allowance.
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`Accordingly, Applicant respectfully requests that the above-cited rejection of pending
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`claims 1-9 on the grounds of non-statutory, double patenting as being unpatentable over claims
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`1-5 of U.S. Patent No. 10,255,951 B2 be withdrawn.
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`Conclusion
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`In conclusion, Applicant respectfully submits that pending claims 1-9 satisfy all of the
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`regulatory and statutory requirements for patentability for at least the reasons discussed above.
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`Accordingly, Applicant respectfully requests that the non-statutory, double patenting rejection be
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`withdrawn. Additionally, Applicant requests that an indication of the allowability of pending
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`claims 1-9 be provided in the next Official communication.
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`Finally, Applicant has madea sincere effort to place the present patent application in
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`condition for allowance. Thus, if the Examiner believes that there are any outstanding issues that
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`may be readily resolved through a telephonecall, including an Examiner ’s Amendment, the
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`Examineris invited to call the undersigned at the telephone numberlisted at the end of this
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`response.
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`SUMMARY
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`From the remarks provided above, together with the concurrently filed and subsequently
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`approved Electronic Terminal Disclaimer, Applicant respectfully submits thatall of the pending
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`claims in the present patent application are patentable over the references cited by the Examiner,
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`either alone or in combination. Accordingly, reconsideration of the outstanding Official Action
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`is respectfully requested, and an indication of the allowability of pending claims 1-9 is now
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`believed to be appropriate.
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`Applicant notes that no acquiescenceas to the propriety of the Examiner’s rejection is
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`madeby the present response. Should there be any questions, the Examineris invited to contact
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`the undersigned at the below-listed telephone number.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Gary V. Harkcom/
`Reg. No. 62,956
`Gary V. Harkcom
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`for Bruce H. Bernstein
`Reg. No. 29,027
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`January 6, 2022
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN,P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 716-1191
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