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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you. Is appeal a good way to go if we have new references cited and don\u2019t yet have arguments over that art on the record?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Jeff Wendt <JLW@wendtfirm.com>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would appeal. These days I MAY file one RCE, but no more.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Aug 8, 2024, at 1:17<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM, Katherine Koenig via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We\u2019ve received a final Office Action for a relatively simple mechanical product, in which the Examiner asserts the finality is proper because our amendments necessitated it. We already gone two rounds with this Examiner, filed an RCE,
and this is the second Office Action after RCE. In this Final Office Action, these are primarily new references that we haven\u2019t yet considered. For most claims, our previous arguments are found persuasive, but new art is applied (rather than just sticking
to the original combination of references). As I noted, this is a relatively low-tech invention and I believe our amendments (at least our most recent round of amendments) should not be surprising.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone had success in overturning the finality of an Office Action based on this argument from MPEP 706.07(a)?
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<p class="MsoNormal">A second or any subsequent action on the merits in any application or patent involved in reexamination proceedings should not be made final if it includes a rejection on
<b><i>prior art not of record</i></b> of any claim amended to include <b><i>limitations which should reasonably have been expected to be claimed</i></b>. See <b><a href="https://mpep.uspto.gov/RDMS/MPEP/current#/current/d0e115569.html">MPEP § 904</a></b> <i>et
seq. </i>However, note that an examiner cannot be expected to foresee whether or how an applicant will amend a claim to overcome a rejection except in very limited circumstances (e.g., where the examiner suggests how applicant can overcome a rejection under <b><a href="https://mpep.uspto.gov/RDMS/MPEP/current#/current/d0e302824912.html##al_d1d85b_2ae65_215">35
U.S.C. 112(b)</a></b> or <b><a href="https://mpep.uspto.gov/RDMS/MPEP/current#/current/d0e302824.html">pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112</a></b>, second paragraph).<o:p></o:p></p>
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