Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 17

ANSWER and Affirmative Defenses to Complaint with Jury Demand, COUNTERCLAIM against Motorola Mobility, Inc. by Apple, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J)(Pace, Christopher) Modified on 11/19/2010 (ls).

Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Doc. 17 Att. 2

EXHIBIT B

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UNITED STATE~ ,iPARTMENT OF COMMERCE P a t e n t and Trademark Office
A d d r e s s : a J M M I S S l O N E R OF PATENTS A N D TRADEMARKS

Washington. D.C. 2 0 2 3 1
APPUCAllON NUMIlER
FILINO DATE FIRST NAMED A P P l I C A N T

ATIOANEY DOCKET NO.

08/.574,537

12/19/9,';

[(,GLESTON 83111/0429

ANTHONY J S A R L I JR HOTOROL.4 INC 1 3 0 3 EAST ALGONQUIN ROAD SCHAUrlBURG I L 6 0 1 9 6
D A T E MAILED:

04/.29/97

This is a communication from the examiner in charge of your application.
COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS

O F F I C E ACTION S U M M A R Y

o Responsive to comrnunication(s) filed on . o This action is FINAL. o 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 Ex p a r l e Quayle. 1935 D.C. 11; 453 O.G. 213. :;, 111\.0 ~ month(s}, or thirty days, A shortened statutory period for response to this action is set to expire whichever is longer, from the mailing elate of this communication. Failure to respond within the period for response will cause the application to become abandoned. (35 U.S.C. § 133). Extensions of time may be obtained under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). D i s p o s i t i o n o f Cla/ms

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is/are pending in the application. i s / a r e w i t h d r a w n from c o n s i d e r a t i o n .

Of the above, c\aim(s} Claim(s) Claim(s}_ Claim(s}_ _

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is/are objected to. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are sUbject to restriction o r election requirement.

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Application Papers

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See the attached Notice of Draflsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948. The drawing(s} filed on The proposed drawing correction, flied on is/are objected to by the Examiner. is

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approved

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disapproved.

'I;( The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. P r i o r i t y u n d e r 35 U.S.C. § 119

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Acknowledgement is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a}-(d}. All

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of the CERTIFIED copies of the priority documents have been

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received. received in Application No. (Series Code/Serial Number) _

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received in this national stage application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).

' C e r t i f i e d copies not received:

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Acknowledgement is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e).

Attachment(s)

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Notice of Reference Cited, PTO-892 Information Disclosure Statement(s}, PTO-1449, Paper No(s). _

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[ j I n t e r v i e w Summary. PTO-413
Notice 01

Draltspl~rson's

Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948

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Noticl~ of Informal Patent Application, PTO~152
- SEE OFFICE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES . PTOL-326 (Rev. 1019S)
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Serial N u m b e r : 0 8 / 5 7 4 , 5 3 7 Art Unit: 2317 1. Claims 1-39 are presented for examination.

2

2.

This application has been filed with informal drawings which Formal drawings will

ere acceptable for examination purposes only. be r e l u i r e d when the application i s allowed.

J.

The

disclosure

is

objected

to

because incorrect

of

the

following date of

:nformalities:

Applicant

provided

filing

application s e r i a l no. 08/557,657. be November 13, 1995.

The c o r r e c t f i l i n g date should

Appropriate correction is required.

4.

The following i s a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of

35 U.S.C. § 102 t h a t form the b a s i s for the r e j e c t i o n s under t h i s s e c t i o n made in t h i s Office action: A person shall be entitled to a patent unless - (e) the invention was described in a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or o n a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n b y a n o t h e r who h a s f u l f i l l e d the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of s e c t i o n 37 1© o f t h i s t i t l e b e f o r e t h e i n v e n t i o n t h e r e o f b y t h e a p p l i c a n t for patl:;nt.

5.

C l a i m s 1 , 5 - 8 , 1 0 , 1 1 - 1 3 , 1 8 - 1 9 , 2 1 , 2 5 , 2 8 - 3 2 , 3 5 , a n d 37 a r e

r e j e c t e d under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being a n t i c i p a t e d by Vaudreuil patent no. 5,621,727.

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3

As t o c l a i m 1 , V a u d r e u i l t e a c h e s t h e i n v e n t i o n s u b s t a n t i a l l y claimed, including unit a system for with communicating a first user data with a 1)

communication comprising:

associated

(figure

a h o s t s e r v e r ( c o l . 7 l i n e 51 - c o l . 8 l i n e 2 4 ) ; and a communication s e r v e r (col. 3 l i n e 65 - c o l . 4 l i n e 25), i n communicatior with the host server and communication unit,

80mprising a data transfer manager

(col.

9 lines 10-25) operable

for controlling communication of data between the communication u n i t and host server including f i l t e r i n g data (col. 22 l i n e s 6-17) from the host server based on a t l e a s t on user-definable f i l t e r parameter (col. 4 l i n e s 51-67, and c o l . 23 l i n e s 3-17).

7.

As t o claims 5-6, Vaudreuil teaches the communication s e r v e r

comprises a user profile, and the data transfer manager using query manaqer to determine the f i l t e r parameter from the user profile and communicating the f i l t e r parameter to the host server (figure 10).

8.

As t o c . L a i m 7 , V a u d r e u i l t e a c h e s a s u m m a r y d a t a b a s e ( c o l . 1 7

l i n e s 30-38, and c o l . 23 l i n e s 3-17).

9. mail

A s t o c l a i m B, V a u d r e u i l t e a c h e s h o s t s e r v e r i s a n e l e c t r o n i c post o::fice operating on a host processor, the first and

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second data units are email messages, and the f i l t e r parameters are at l e a s t one of a group consisting of an author name, priority

level, mail date, message s i z e , and subject word (col. 3 l i n e 65 c o l . 4 l i n e 25, and c o l . 31 l i n e s 12-38).

10.
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As t o c l a i m 1 0 , V a u d r e u i l t e a c h e s t h e h o s t s e r v e r i s o n e o f a consisting of an electronic mail post office, a c l i e n t server 3

host, a multimedia application host, and a voice processor (col. l i n e 65 - c o l . 4 l i n e 50).

11. The foLowing i s a quotation of 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) which forms the basis for a l l obviousness rejections set forth in t h i s Office action: A p a t e n t may not be obtained though the i n v e n t i o n i s not i d e n t i c a l l y disclosed or described as s e t forth in section 102 of this t i t l e , i f the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior a r t are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary s k i l l in the a r t to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made. Subject matter developed by another person, which qualifies as p r i o r a r t only under subsection (f) or (g) of s e c t i o n 102 of this t i t l e , shall not preclude patentability under this section where the subject matter and the claimed invention were, a t the time the invention was made, owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of assignment to the same person.

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5

9,
35

14-17,

20,
§

22-24,

33-34,

36,

and

38-39

are over

U.S.C.

103

(a)

as

being unpatentable

Vaudreuil patent no. 5,621,727.

13. as

As t o c l a i m 2 , V a u d r e u i l t e a c h e s t h e i n v e n t i o n s u b s t a n t i a l l y claimed as discussed above; however Vaudreuil does not

explicitly

te~ch

the host server communicate with the communication

s e r v e r v i a a w e l l - k n o w n WAN c o m m u n i c a t i o n c h a n n e l . Vaudreuil teaches using TCP/IP protocol and internal interface for communication between a l l modules in the communications system; i t i s well-known that the Internet network using TCP/IP protocol. I t would have been obvious to one of ordinary s k i l l in the Data Processing a r t at the time of the invention to combine the teachings chan'lel of Vaudreuil for t o u s e t h e w e l l - k n o w n WAN c o m m u n i c a t i o n between the host server and the

communications

communication server because i t would allow hub resources to be distributed geographically.

14.

As t o c l a i m 9 , V a u d r e u i l d o e s n o t e x p l i c i t l y t e a c h t h e h o s t and communication server are operating on a same host

server

processor.

I t would have been obvious matter of design choice to

one of ordinary s k i l l in the Data Processing a r t at the time of the invention to combine the functions of the host server and the

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communication server into one timesharing computer because i t would save hardware cost.

15.

As t o c l a i m s 1 5 - 1 6 ,

truncating a size of a data unit to a

maximum s i z e s p e c i f i e d i n t h e maximum d a t a u n i t s i z e p a r a m e t e r a n d modifying a data unit by stripping an attachment and transferring the data unit are well-known.

16.

Claims 3 and 27 a r e r e j e c t e d under 35 U.S.C.

§

103

(a)

as

being unpatentable over Vaudreuil patent no. 5,621,727 in view of Messenger patent no. 5,276,680.

17. as

As t o c l a i m 3 , V a u d r e u i 1 t e a c h e s t h e i n v e n t i o n s u b s t a n t i a l l y claimed as discussed above; however Vaudreuil does not

explicitly teach the communication server and communication unit are coupled through a wireless channel.
~1essenger

teaches portable unit use wireless communications to

communicate with server through controllers (figure 1). I t would have been obvious to one of ordinary s k i l l in the Data
Processi~g

a r t at the time of the invention to combine the

teachings of Vaudreuil and Messenger to use wireless communication because i t would allow users to access the communication server regardless of locations.

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7

§

as

being unpatentable over Vaudreuil patent no. 5,621,727 in view of

Baudoin patent no. 5,406,557.

19. as

As t o c l a i m 4 , V a u d r e u i l t e a c h e s t h e i n v e n t i o n s u b s t a n t i a l l y claimed as discussed above; however Vaudreuil does not

explicitly teach sessionless-oriented communication protocol nor session-oriented protocol. Baudoin teaches inter-hub links use anyone of the industry stancard net\vorking protocols and such as TCP/IP, links X.25, use or DECnet SNA

(sessionless-oriented), protocol 4-7) .

external-hub

IBM's

(session-oriented)

(col. 4 lines 14-16, and col. 7 lines

I t would have been obvious to one of ordinary s k i l l in the Data Processing art at the time of the invention to combine the teachings of Vaudreuil and Baudoin to use sessionless-oriented

protocol for communication between virtual session manager and the communication unit and session-oriented protocol for communication betwE:en virtl.lal session manager and the host server because i t

would reduce communication cost.

20.

Claims :.1-14 and 17-27 are corresponding apparatus claims of

clairrrs 1-10; therefore, they are rejected under the same r a t i o n a l e .

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21.

Claims 28-39 are similar to claims 1-10 and 15-16;

therefore,

they are r e j e c t e d under the same r a t i o n a l e .

22.
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Further references of i n t e r e s t are c i t e d on Form PTO-892 which an attachment to this office action.

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