Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 93

Defendant's MOTION Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff Apple Inc.'s Claim Construction Brief by Apple, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Christine Saunders Haskett, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Exhibit 4, # 6 Exhibit 5, # 7 Exhibit 6, # 8 Exhibit 7, # 9 Exhibit 8, # 10 Exhibit 9, # 11 Exhibit 10, # 12 Exhibit 11, # 13 Exhibit 12, # 14 Exhibit 13, # 15 Exhibit 14, # 16 Exhibit 15, # 17 Exhibit 16, # 18 Exhibit 17, # 19 Exhibit 18, # 20 Exhibit 19, # 21 Exhibit 20)(Pace, Christopher)

EXHIBIT 16

Application No.

Deluca et eI

08/672.004

Notice of Allowability

Group Art Unit

Examiner

2735

All claims being allowable. PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
herewith (or previously mailed). a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fae Dua or other appropriate communication will be
mailed in due course.
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This communication is responsive to

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The allowed claimls) is/are .=3:.::5:....-4-"'3::.-

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The drawings filed on _---"J:.:u"'nc.:2=-4:.<,_':..;S""S:..;6'--_ are acceptable.

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

o All

0

Some*

0

None

of the CERTIFIED copies of the prlOi'ity documents have been

o received.

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

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o received in this national stage application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
*Certified copies not received:

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o Ack.nowledgement is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e).
A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR RESPONSE to comply with the requirements noted below is set to EXPIRE
THREE MONTHS FROM THE "DATE MAILED" of this Office action. Failure to timely comply will result in
ABANDONMENT of this application. Extensions of time may be obtained under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(8).

o Note the attached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPLICATION, PTO·152. which discloses
that the oath or declaration is deficient. A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION IS REQUIRED.

o Applicant MUST submit NEW FORMAL DRAWINGS
o because the originally filed drawings were declared by applicant to be informal.
o including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948, attached hereto or
to Paper No. _ _ .
o including changes required by the proposed drawing correction filed on
, which has been
approved by the examiner.
o including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment/Comment.
Identifying indicia such as the application number Isee 37 CFR 1.84lcll should be written on the reverse slde of the
drawings. The drawings should be flied as a separate paper with a trensmittal lettter addressed to tha Official
Draftsperson.

o Note the attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAl.
Any response to this letter should include, in the upper right hend corner, the APPLICATION NUMBER (SERIES

CODE/SERIAL NUMBER). If applicant has received a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due, the ISSUE BATCH NUMBER
and DATE of the NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE should also be included.
Attachmentls)

o Notice of References Cited. PTO·892

o Information Disclosure Statement!s), PTO-1449. Paper Nots).

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o Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO-948
o Notice of Informal Patent Application. PTO-152
o Interview Summary, PTO·413
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Examiner's Amendment/Comment

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Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance

o Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit of Biological Material

U S. P.tent lind Tr.demllrk Office

PTO-37 IRev. 9-95)

Notice of Allowabllltv

Part of Paper No.

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Application/Control Number: 08672004

Art Unit: 2735

This office action is in resRonse to application serial number
08672004 Attorney's Docket No. PTOl678UPOl,

Allowable Subject Matter

I.

Claims 35 through 43 are allowed.

2.

The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for

allowance: the prior art made of record failed to specifically
teach of an apparatus at a fixed portion of a communication
system for authorizing utilization of software in a portable
portion of the communication system wherein the apparatus
comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor for
maintaining a list of authorized software corresponding to the
portable portion; a request receiver element coupled to the
processor for receiving a request from the portable portion, the
request including an address identifying the portable portion,
and a software name; a list checker element coupled to the
processor for checking the list of authorized software
corresponding to the portable portion identified by the address.
to determine whether the software corresponding to the software

Dame

is authoriZed; and an external authorization element coupled

to the processor for transmitting

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external authorization to

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Application/Control Number: 08672004
Art Unit: 2735

the portable portion in response to the software being authorized
for the portable portion (claims 35,40, & 43),
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be
submitted no lfter than the payment of the issue fee and, to
avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue
fee.

Such submissions should be clearly labeled "Comments on

Statement of Reasons for Allowance,"
3.

Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier

communications from the examiner should be directed to Anthony A.
Asongwed whose telephone number is

(703)

305-4071.

The examiner

can normally be reached on Monday's through Thursday's from
8:30a,m, to 6:00p,m.

The examiner can also be reached on

alternate Friday's.
If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are
unsuccessful, the examiner's supervisor, Mr. Michael Horabik, can
be reached on [phone].
Group is

The fax phone number for this

[phone]. Any inquiry of a general nature or

relating to the status of this application or proceeding should
be directed to the Group receptionist whose telephone number is

MICHAEL HOAA8!.u_R
SlJPERVlSORY PAtENT l:NVft''GROUP 2700

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