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1 PlaSite Legal Document United States Patent and Trademark Office Case No Device For The Srage Of Solid And/or Liquid And/or Gaseous Objects Document View Document View Dock A jot project Thk Computer Corporation and Thk Computer Foundation Cover art 205 Thk Computer Corporation All rights reserved Learn more at

2 United States Patent and Trademark Office UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS PO Box 450 Alexandria, Virgia wwwuspgov APPLICATION NO FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO CONFIRMATION NO 57036/M CHRISTIE, Mart Bergsmann 2/05/2006 0/25/2008 EXAMINER PARKER & HALE, LLP PO BOX 7068 PASADENA, CA MEHMOOD, JENNIFER ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER MAIL DATE DELIVERY MODE 0/25/2008 PAPER Please fd below and/or attached an Office communication concerng th application or proceedg The time period PTOL90A (Rev 04/07) for reply, if any, s the attached communication

3 BERGSMANN ET AL Office Action Summary Fvampr ICI L_ ACll II Art Unit Jennifer A i Applicant(s) Application No Mehmood The MAILING DATE th communication appears on the cover she with the correspondence address Reply Period for A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION (30) DAYS, available under the provions 37 CFR 36(a) In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed from the mailg date th communication If NO period for reply specified above, the maximum statury period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailg date th communication Failure reply with the s or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application become ABANDONED (35 USC 33) Any reply received by the Office later than three months after t he mailg date th communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term adjustment See 37 CFR 704(b) Extensions time after SIX (6) may be MONTHS Status )^ Responsive communication(s) 2a)D Th action FINAL 3) D Sce filed on 4 March b)E3 Th action nonfal allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as the merits th application condition for closed accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 935 CD, 453 OG 23 Dposition Claims 4) S and 2630 Claim(s) 24 /are 4a) Of the above claim(s) 5) D 6) I3 D 8) D 7) pendg /are the application withdrawn from consideration /are allowed Claim(s) Claim(s) 24 and 2630 /are rejected Claim(s) /are objected Claim(s) are subject restriction and/or election requirement Application Papers 9) D The specification 0)3 The drawg(s) Applicant may objected by the Examer filed on 27 January 2006 not request that any objection Replacement drawg she(s) cludg the!) The oath or declaration /are: a)d accepted or the drawg(s) correction be held required if b)d objected by the Examer abeyance See 37 the drawg(s) CFR objected 85(a) See 37 CFR 2(d) objected by the Examer Note the attached Office Action or form PTO 52 under 35 USC 9 Priority 2)3 Acknowledgment a)e3 All [3 2 3 D D made a claim for foreign priority under 35 USC 9(a)(d) or (0 b)d Some * c)d N : Certified copies the priority documents have been received Certified copies the priority documents have been received Copies the certified copies the application from the International * See the attached priority lt Application No documents have been received Bureau (PCT Rule dailed Office action for a National Stage th 72(a)) the certified copies not received Attachment(s) ) 2) 3) [3 C] Notice References Cited (PTO892) M Paper 5) Information Dclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08) No(s)/Mail Date 2/5/06: /27/06 Interview Summary (PTO43) Paper No(s)/Mail Date 4) Notice Draftsperson's Patent Drawg Review (PTO948) 6) O Notice Informal Patent Application Other: US Patent and Trademark Office PTOL326 (Rev 0806) Office Action Summary Part Paper No/Mail Date

4 Page 2 Application/Control Number: Drawgs The drawgs are objected boxes text labelg for the label boxes under 37 figure 5 Any the Office action avoid "ROM", item even if be shown abandonment all 34, because they fail show For example, "RAM", item 33, and the drawg not CFR MPEP "timer", item 60802(d) 2(d) are required the application the figures appearg only figure amended drawg should compliance with 37 drawg she should clude the she, 83(a) structural dail that essential for a proper understandg the dclosed vention should Corrected drawg shes figures 5 as described the specification similar "clock", item 35, 37 as shown CFR reply Any amended replacement on the immediate prior version beg amended The figure or figure number an be labeled as "amended" If a drawg figure be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement she, and where necessary, the remag made figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes the brief description the several views the Additional replacement shes drawgs may be necessary show remag figures Each drawg she submitted after the must be labeled pursuant 37 applicant action will The the renumberg the filg date an application the p marg as either "Replacement She" or CFR be for constency 2(d) notified If "New She" the changes are not accepted by the examer, the and formed objection the drawgs will any required corrective action not be held abeyance the next Office

5 Page 3 Number: Application/Control Claim Objections 2 Claims 3 and 9 are objected because the followg portion the phrase "at least Appropriate correction The followg be ", respectively 35 USC 02 a quotation the appropriate paragraphs 35 USC 02 that form the bas for the rejections under A person shall "t" dele a required Claim Rejections 3 and change the", formalities: entitled a patent th section unless made th Office action: was described () an application for patent, publhed under section 22(b), by another filed the United States before the vention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed the United States before the vention by the applicant for patent, except that an ternational application filed under the treaty defed section 35(a) shall have the effects for purposes th subsection an application filed the United States only if the ternational application designated the United States and was publhed under Article 2(2) (e) the vention such treaty 4 Claims the Englh language as beg anticipated by Niemiec liquid or al 2630 are rejected under 35 USC 02(e) (US 2003/ ) Niemiec dcloses a device for srg at least a solid, a a gaseous object, the device havg at least compartment configured conta at least object, where placg the object removg the object from the compartment triggers an (parags 0062 and 0065; Fig 4, items 8, 402, 404) the compartment or electrically readable signal

6 Page 4 Application/Control Number: 2, Niemiec dcloses the compartment mechanically changeable for removal the object from the compartment or placg the object the compartment (parag 0066) 3 Niemiec dcloses the device compres an cludg at least cell electrical data assigned the compartment (parags 0065 and 0066) 4 Niemiec dcloses the device further compres evaluation electronics for readg the value from the electrical data (Fig 4, item 404) cell 5 Niemiec dcloses the compartment (parag 0066; 6 Fig 4, electrically coupled items 404, 8, and 402) Niemiec dcloses the compartment cludes an terconnect, the terconnect beg part the cell, and beg configured be substantially destroyed after the mechanical change the compartment (parag 0066 ternal circuits which the capability the for readg the 9, the may be broken through the series application the voltage exceedg circuit) Niemiec dcloses the evaluation electronics compre a value from the electrical data shift regter (parags 0062 and 0065; Fig 4, item 404) terface havg Niemiec dcloses an terface the evaluation electronics, the or more contacts for providg data transmsion (Fig 4, items 402

7 Page 5 Application/Control Number: and 404); or and an external reader configured more contacts provide data transmsion through the the terface (Fig 4, item 404; parag 0065) 2 Niemiec dcloses the evaluation electronics compre a timer configured generate formation dicative the time the compartment mechanically changed (parags 0048 and 0059) 3, Niemiec dcloses at least the or the evaluation electronics are tegrated cell, the terconnect a substrate the device (parags 0058, 0059 and 0062) 6, Niemiec cludes an assembly layers, at least the layers the assembly (parag 006 ; layers beg configured Fig, be used for formg an electrical function item 8) 7, Niemiec dcloses at least active electrical compnts or passive electrical compnts are tegrated, the assembly layers (parag 006; Fig item 8) 20, Niemiec dcloses the device more compartments formed there, a pack, the pack havg or and havg the data and the evaluation electronics tegrated a substrate the pack (parag 0062) 2, Niemiec dcloses the substrate the pack carrier for at least and 0062) configured be a the terconnect or the evaluation electronics (parags 006

8 Page 6 Application/Control Number: 22 Niemiec dcloses the evaluation electronics are tegrated a chip havg an tegrated voltage source, the chip beg attached the pack (parags 0059, 0062, and 0066) 23 Niemiec dcloses the device a blter pack (parag 00 ; Fig item 02) 24 Niemiec dcloses the each or more the (Fig 4, blters blter pack cludes or more beg configured communicate with a blters, cell items 8, 402, sensor terface and ) 26 Niemiec dcloses the device beg configured generate an electrically readable signal after there a mechanical change the compartment (parag 0066) 27 Niemiec dcloses the cell adopts a value after the mechanical change the compartment (parag 0065) 28 Niemiec dcloses an terface the evaluation electronics (Fig 4, items 404, sensor terface), the terface beg configured provide data transmsion (parag 0062); and an external reader configured provide data transmsion with the terface (Fig 4, item 404) 29 Niemiec dcloses the evaluation electronics beg configured sre the time at which the compartment mechanically changed (parag 0048) 30 Niemiec dcloses the active electrical compnts cludes at least or more and where the passive transrs or circuits electrical formed from the or more compnts cludes at least transrs, or more

9 Application/Control Page 7 Number: diodes, capacirs, ducrs or resrs or circuits formed from the capacirs, ducrs or resrs (parags 002, 006; Fig Claim Rejections The 5 followg a quotation obviousness rejections s forth USC th USC, or more diodes, item 8) 03 03(a) which forms the bas for all Office action: A patent may not be obtaed though the vention not identically dclosed or described as s 02 th title, if the differences bween the subject matter sought be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the vention was made a person havg ordary skill the art which said subject matter pertas Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner which the vention was made (a) forth section Claim 0 6 al rejected under 35 USC 03(a) as beg unpatentable over Niemiec (US 2003/ ) Niemiec dcloses evaluation electronics where a voltage and a termal for serial data transmsion applied the circuit While Niemiec does not a separate termal for the voltage and the serial data transmsion, specifically dclose would have been it second, separate termal for the voltage an obvious design choice provide a ensure that proper data transmitted without terference from external sources 7 Claims 7 and 8 are rejected under 35 USC 03(a) as beg unpatentable over Niemiec al (US 2003/ ) and further view Parkhurst al (US 5,42,372) Niemiec dcloses a mechanical change the compartment by breakg conducr 8; however, Niemiec does not dclose that the compartment forms a capacitance Parkhurst, however, dcloses that the compartment forms either a capacitance or ductance beg substantially changed by breakg an object

10 Page 8 Application/Control Number: compartment the art, at (col 3, Ins 3359) the time the vention ductive or capacitive was would have been obvious was made clude Claim 4 al rejected under (US 2003/ ) and further view electrical data Gunnarsson, however, uses a cell a transponder (col 2, Ins 5862) once read only so added the an end skill notification that the seal Gunnarsson (US 5,862,222) a programmable read only al write It be a write once read only once read only for the would have been obvious clude a write that durg the manufacturg process, pertent formation transponder's without havg any else alter the formation user) Claim 5 9 ordary 35 USC 03(a) as beg unpatentable over Niemiec, but Niemiec does not dclose the data (ie a seal that triggers upon either an change thereby immediately sendg a Niemiec dcloses the ruptured dicate tamperg the seal 8 It rejected under (US 2003/ ) and 35 USC 03(a) as beg unpatentable over Niemiec further view Colls al (US 6,392,544) Niemiec dcloses a data, an terconnect, and evaluation electronics, but does not dclose that these Colls, compnts are formed polymer electronics however, cludes compnts formed polymer electronics Fig 3, item 300) It would have been obvious electronics ensure a secure terconnection compnts on a substrate clude (col 6, Ins 2439; compnts formed bween organic and organic polymer

11 Application/Control Page 9 Number: 0 al Claim 8 rejected under (US 2003/ ) and 35 USC 03(a) as beg unpatentable over Niemiec further view Qiu (US 6,696,953) al Niemiec dcloses a substrate that cludes conductive specifically dclose that the conductive layer layers, but alumum (parag 006 ) dcloses conductive layers that clude alumum (Figs 6 and would have been obvious clude an alumum layer does not Qiu, however, 7; col 4, Ins 4859) It enhance conductivity properties ensure proper signal communication al Claim 9 rejected under (US 2003/ ) and 35 USC 03(a) as beg unpatentable over Niemiec further view Beigel al (US 6,888,502) Niemiec dcloses a substrate with terconnects, but does not dclose that the substrate cludes prtedon organics Beigel, on the other hand, dcloses a substrate that cludes prtedon organics (col 6, Ins 5062; Fig, item 32) It would have been obvious clude prtedon organics reduce environmental waste

12 Page 0 Application/Control Number: Conclusion 2 The prior art made record applicant's dclosure: Yar al and not relied upon considered pertent (US 2002/ ) and Carrender 2004/000823) dclose a medicament blter al (US pack with a sensor dect if a blter has been broken 3 Any quiry concerng th communication or examer should be directed Jennifer communications from the earlier A Mehmood whose teleph number (57) The examer can normally be reached on MF from 8:00am 4:30pm If attempts reach the examer by teleph are unsuccessful, the examer's supervor, Mr Daniel for the organization Wu, can be reached where at (57 th application or ) The fax ph number proceedg Information regardg the status an application assigned may be (57) obtaed from the Patent Application Information Rrieval (PAIR) system Status formation for publhed applications may be obtaed from either Private Status formation for unpublhed applications PAIR or Public PAIR available through Private PAIR only For more formation about the PAIR system, see Should you have questions on access the Private Busess Center (EBC) at Jennifer A Mehmood January , PAIR system, contact the Electronic (llfree) YX^ /O PRIMARY EXAMINER