Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

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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).

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Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. Doc. 17 Att. 2 EXHIBIT B Dockets.Justia.com 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 _ ~ C Claim(s) _l.;...--->-,--1-t· 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}_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is/are a l l o w e d . ~: C ( - "} 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - is/are rejected. is/are objected to. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are sUbject to restriction o r election requirement. [ J Claims Application Papers 'r/J. Ci 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 o Cl 0 approved 0 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 o Acknowledgement is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a}-(d}. All o =:J Some' 0 None of the CERTIFIED copies of the priority documents have been CJ received. received in Application No. (Series Code/Serial Number) _ CJ o 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: o Acknowledgement is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e). Attachment(s) ~ Notice of Reference Cited, PTO-892 Information Disclosure Statement(s}, PTO-1449, Paper No(s). _ o ~ [ j I n t e r v i e w Summary. PTO-413 Notice 01 Draltspl~rson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948 c: Noticl~ of Informal Patent Application, PTO~152 - SEE OFFICE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES . PTOL-326 (Rev. 1019S) · u S GPO 1 9 9 6 - 4 0 9 - 2 9 0 : 4 0 0 2 9 537FH062 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. 537FH063 l\rt Unit: Serial N u m b e r : 0 8 / 5 7 4 , 5 3 7 2317 6. as 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 537FH064 Serial N u m b e r : 0 8 / 5 7 4 , 5 3 7 Art Unit: 2317 4 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. grou~ 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. 537FH065 Serial N u m b e r : 0 8 / 5 7 4 , 5 3 7 ]\rt Unit: 2317 Claims rejected under 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 537FH066 Serial N u m b e r : 0 8 / 5 7 4 , 5 3 7 A r t U n i t : 231"1 6 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. 537FH067 Serial N u m b e r : 0 8 / 5 7 4 , 5 3 7 l.rt Unit: 2317 J.8. Claims 4 and 26 are r e j e c t e d under 35 U.S.C. 103 (a) 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 . 537FH068 Serial N u m b e r : 0 8 / 5 7 4 , 5 3 7 F.rt U:lit: 2317 8 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. ~s 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. ;23. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier c o m m u n i c a t i o n s f r o m t h e e x a m i n e r s h o u l d b e d i r e c t e d t o L e H. L u u , whose telephone number is (703) 305-9650. The examiner can n o r m a l l y b e r e a c h e d M o n d a y t h r o u g h F r i d a y f r o m 7 : 3 0 AM t o 5 : 0 0 PM. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone Lee, are unsuccessful, the examiner's supervisor, Thomas C. can be reached a t (703) 305-9717. (703) 308-53~,9. The fax phone number for t h i s Group i s Any i n q u i r y o f a g e n e r a l n a t u r e o f r e l a t i n g t o t h e s t a t u s o f t h i s application should be directed to the Group r e c e p t i o n i s t whose telephone nunber i s (703) 305-9600. L e H. L u u April 24 1997 537FH069 Seriel No. FORM PTO-B92 U . S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PATENT A N D TRADEMARK OFFICE GROUP ART UNIT OB/574.537 2317 ATTACHMENT TO PAPER NUMBER 2 N O T I C E OF REFERENCES CITED APPLICANT(Sj Eggleston et at .. .- .. .. DATE ' .. ... . ."~'$.., 04/15/97 01/04/94 04/11/95 02/15/94 04/30/96 10/22/96 f' . P;A;,r, , j : : ~,~:~:t1':NIN.rs .. , .. . . , ' " . 'd . NAME . ,. " ., »", ·· , < " ., .. .. .. . ,.... . ... * A B DOCUMENT N O . CLASS SUB-CLASS FILING DATE IF APPROPRIATE 5.. 621,727 5,276680 5,406,557 5,.287,456 5,513,126 5,568,540 Vaudreuil MessenJ!er Baudoin R h o d e s e t al Harkins et al Greco et a l 379 370 370 395 364 C 0 E F G 379 225 311 407 200.01 514a 89 09/16/94 10/04/93 09/22/93 H 1-. I J K .. * l DOCUMENT N O . 'F$lt:elG;N.·P~~ B.QOUMENTS DATE COUNTRY NAME .. CLASS SUB· CLASS PERTINENT SHTS. pp, DWG S. . C M O'T'W;I$ .' . , : ' R .... ~j~!~;:~:::~:,.:'T:~""/:.i:\'~~:::;: -,JI;I1Jib:i:" :. . . :;"iilJe;iil)~~} .. ~ertnfe~-:iP:tig~; Etc.) .:<: :.: . . . . _::., ,..:,.;..... ... 5 EXAMINER In Hien lul,J I 04/24/97 I FDnn 8928MR2107 ..... · A copy o f this reference is n o t being f u r n i s h e d with this o f f i c e action. See Manual oJ Patent Examining Procedure, section 707.05(0).) 537FH070

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