<div dir="ltr">Yes, I think that is what the examiner means. It's just bad grammar,<div>which we also see with some of our examiners.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Leigh</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 4:32\u202fPM Patent Lawyer via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8774920677134110223">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I have a final office action with a 103 rejection over prior art reference D1.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In comments on our earlier arguments, the examiner says:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u201cD1 is
<b><u><span style="font-weight:bold">obvious suggestively, if not anticipatory, of the claimed subject matter</span></u></b>.\u201d
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He then proceeds to lay out a 103 rejection.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I don\u2019t recall seeing this phrase (\u201c<b><u><span style="font-weight:bold">obvious suggestively, if not anticipatory\u201d)</span></u></b> before.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Is this just another way of saying: \u201cnotwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 \u2026\u201d?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thoughts?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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