Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)
Doc code: IDS Doc description: Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Field
PTO/SB/08a (01-10)
Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Application Number
13/700,441
Filing Date
November 27, 2012
STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
First Named Inventor
(Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)
Albert J. Golko
Art Unit
2833
Examiner Name
Attorney Docket Number
90911-P9515US1-787706
U.S. PATENTS Examiner initiav
Cite N0
Kind 1Code
Patent Number
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
6902432 7175444 8007309 8246388 8287299 8517751 8517766 8573995 8535075
B2 B2
Name of Patentee or Applicant of cited Document
Issue Date
2005-06-07 2007-02-13 2011-08-30 2012-08-21 2012-10-16 2013-08-27 2013-08-27 2013-11-05 2013-09-17
Pages‘ COIumnS‘ Lines‘ Where Ilix’Ielevant Passages or Relevant igures Appear
Morikawa et al. Lang et al. Fan Chen et al. Ray et al. Golko et al. Golko et al. Golko et al. Golko et al.
U.S. PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS Examiner initiav
Cite N0
Patent Number
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
20030207606 20060148300 20060216991 20070049100 20100171465 20110201213 20130244492 20130244491 20100080563 20100235546 20130244489
Kind 1Code
. . Publication Date
Name of Patentee or Applicant of cited Document
A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
2003-11-06 2006-07-06 2006-09-28 2007-03-01 2010-07-08 2011-08-18 2013-09-19 2013-09-19 2010-04-01 2010-09-16 2013-09-19
Ho Huang et al. Boutros Tsai Seal et al Dabov et al. Golko et al. Sarwar et al. DiFonzo et al. Terlizzi et al. Terlizzi et al.
Pages‘ COIumnS‘ Lines‘ Where Ilix’Ielevant Passages or Relevant igures Appear
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Pages, Columns, Examiner Initial*
Cite No
Foreign 3Document Number
Coungry Code
Kind 4 Code
Publication Date
M318831
TW
U
2007-09-11
22
M350153
TW
U
2009-02-01
' 23.
2034423
EP
A2
2009-11-03
21 '
Name of Patentee or Applicant of cited Document
Inventec Appliances Corp Taiwin Electronics Co Ltd Apple Inc.
Lines where Relevant Passages or Relevant Figures Appear
Tb
Doc code: IDS Doc description: Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Field
PTO/SB/08a (01-10)
Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031 US. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Application Number
13/700,441
Filing Date
November 27, 2012
STATEMENT BY APPLICANT (Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)
First Named Inventor
Albert J. Golko
Art Unit
2833
Examiner Name
Attorney Docket Number
90911-P9515USl-787706
NON-PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS Examiner Initials*
Cite No
Include name of the author (in CAPITAL LETTERS), title of the article (when appropriate), title of the item (book, magazine, journal, serial, symposium, catalog, etc.), date, page(s), volume-issue number(s), publisher, city and/or country where published.
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EXAMINER SIGNATURE
Examiner Signature
Date Considered
*EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through a citation if not in conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant. 1 See Kind Codes of USPTO Patent Documents at www.U$PTO.GOV or MPEP 901.04. 2 Enter office that issued the document, by the twoIetter code (WIPO Standard ST.3). 3 For Japanese patent documents, the indication of the year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial number of the patent document. 4 Kind of document by the appropriate symbols as indicated on the document under WIPO Standard ST.16 if possible. 5 Applicant is to place a check mark here if English language translation is attached.
Doc code: IDS Doc description: Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Field
PTO/SB/08a (01-10) Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031
US. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
(Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)
Application Number
13/700,441
Filing Date
November 27, 2012
_
FIrst Named Inventor
Albert J. Golko
Art Unit
2833
Examiner Name
Attorney Docket Number
90911-P9515USl-787706
CERTIFICATION STATEMENT Please see 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 to make the appropriate selection(s): I:I That each item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was first cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to the filing of the information disclosure statement. See 37 CFR 1.97(e) (1).
OR D That no item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge ofthe person signing the certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was known to any individual designated in 37 CFR 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the information disclosure statement. See 37
CFR 1.97(e) (2). I] See attached certification statement. I:I Fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (p) has been submitted herewith.
IXI None SIGNATURE A signature of the applicant or representative is required in accordance with CFR 1.33, 10.18. Please see CFR 1.4(d) for the form of the signature.
Signature Name/Print
/Wi||iam L. Shaffer/
Date (YWY_MM_DD)
2031-11-26
William L. Shaffer
Registration Number
37,234
This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 1 hour to complete, including gathering, preparing and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, US. Patent and Trademark Office, US. Department of Commerce, PO. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND
FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, PO. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
PTO/SB/08a (01-10)
Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Application Number
13/700,441
Filing Date
November 27, 2012
STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
First Named Inventor
(Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)
Albert J. Golko
Art Unit
2833
Examiner Name
Attorney Docket Number
90911-P9515US1-787706
U.S. PATENTS Examiner initiav
Cite N0
Kind 1Code
Patent Number
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
6902432 7175444 8007309 8246388 8287299 8517751 8517766 8573995 8535075
B2 B2
Name of Patentee or Applicant of cited Document
Issue Date
2005-06-07 2007-02-13 2011-08-30 2012-08-21 2012-10-16 2013-08-27 2013-08-27 2013-11-05 2013-09-17
Pages‘ COIumnS‘ Lines‘ Where Ilix’Ielevant Passages or Relevant igures Appear
Morikawa et al. Lang et al. Fan Chen et al. Ray et al. Golko et al. Golko et al. Golko et al. Golko et al.
U.S. PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS Examiner initiav
Cite N0
Patent Number
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
20030207606 20060148300 20060216991 20070049100 20100171465 20110201213 20130244492 20130244491 20100080563 20100235546 20130244489
Kind 1Code
. . Publication Date
Name of Patentee or Applicant of cited Document
A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
2003-11-06 2006-07-06 2006-09-28 2007-03-01 2010-07-08 2011-08-18 2013-09-19 2013-09-19 2010-04-01 2010-09-16 2013-09-19
Ho Huang et al. Boutros Tsai Seal et al Dabov et al. Golko et al. Sarwar et al. DiFonzo et al. Terlizzi et al. Terlizzi et al.
Pages‘ COIumnS‘ Lines‘ Where Ilix’Ielevant Passages or Relevant igures Appear
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Pages, Columns, Examiner Initial*
Cite No
Foreign 3Document Number
Coungry Code
Kind 4 Code
Publication Date
M318831
TW
U
2007-09-11
22
M350153
TW
U
2009-02-01
' 23.
2034423
EP
A2
2009-11-03
21 '
Name of Patentee or Applicant of cited Document
Inventec Appliances Corp Taiwin Electronics Co Ltd Apple Inc.
Lines where Relevant Passages or Relevant Figures Appear
Tb
Doc code: IDS Doc description: Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Field
PTO/SB/08a (01-10)
Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031 US. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Application Number
13/700,441
Filing Date
November 27, 2012
STATEMENT BY APPLICANT (Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)
First Named Inventor
Albert J. Golko
Art Unit
2833
Examiner Name
Attorney Docket Number
90911-P9515USl-787706
NON-PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS Examiner Initials*
Cite No
Include name of the author (in CAPITAL LETTERS), title of the article (when appropriate), title of the item (book, magazine, journal, serial, symposium, catalog, etc.), date, page(s), volume-issue number(s), publisher, city and/or country where published.
T5
EXAMINER SIGNATURE
Examiner Signature
Date Considered
*EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through a citation if not in conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant. 1 See Kind Codes of USPTO Patent Documents at www.U$PTO.GOV or MPEP 901.04. 2 Enter office that issued the document, by the twoIetter code (WIPO Standard ST.3). 3 For Japanese patent documents, the indication of the year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial number of the patent document. 4 Kind of document by the appropriate symbols as indicated on the document under WIPO Standard ST.16 if possible. 5 Applicant is to place a check mark here if English language translation is attached.
Doc code: IDS Doc description: Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Field
PTO/SB/08a (01-10) Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031
US. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
(Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)
Application Number
13/700,441
Filing Date
November 27, 2012
_
FIrst Named Inventor
Albert J. Golko
Art Unit
2833
Examiner Name
Attorney Docket Number
90911-P9515USl-787706
CERTIFICATION STATEMENT Please see 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 to make the appropriate selection(s): I:I That each item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was first cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to the filing of the information disclosure statement. See 37 CFR 1.97(e) (1).
OR D That no item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge ofthe person signing the certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was known to any individual designated in 37 CFR 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the information disclosure statement. See 37
CFR 1.97(e) (2). I] See attached certification statement. I:I Fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (p) has been submitted herewith.
IXI None SIGNATURE A signature of the applicant or representative is required in accordance with CFR 1.33, 10.18. Please see CFR 1.4(d) for the form of the signature.
Signature Name/Print
/Wi||iam L. Shaffer/
Date (YWY_MM_DD)
2031-11-26
William L. Shaffer
Registration Number
37,234
This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 1 hour to complete, including gathering, preparing and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, US. Patent and Trademark Office, US. Department of Commerce, PO. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND
FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, PO. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
