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USPTO – Reexamination Update March 28th to April 3rd, 2012

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number

Control

Number

Requested

date Requester Type Title Abstract Assignee(s) Inventor(s)

Primary

Class

Other

Class

1 4,930,150 90/012,136 13-Feb-12

United

States

Cellular

Corp.,

Aaron R.

Feigelson,

Leydig

Voit &

Mayer,

LTD.,

Chicago,

IL

Ex Parte

Telephonic

interface

control

system

Call data

signals

actuated by

a telephone

terminal are

provided

from a

telephone

communicat

ion system

to indicate

call data as

the called

number, the

calling

number and

the calling

equipment.

The call

data signals

address

related

control

functions

for

interfacing a

multiple-

First Data

Resources

Inc.

(Omaha,

NE)

Katz, Ronald

A. (Los

Angeles,

CA)

379/92.03

379/88.25,

379/93.02,

379/93.12,

379/93.13,

379/912

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4930150


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format

multiple-

port data

processing

system.

Screening

tests and

format

selection for

the

processing

system are

performed.

Individual

telephone

terminals

and

individual

data formats

are

interfaced

under

controlled

conditions

specified by

the call data.

Time tests,

history tests

and

demographi

c tests are


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number

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Class

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Class

executed in

addition to

basic

qualification

tests.

Control is

executed

from active

data storage

for

assembled

control

words and

record

words.

Record

words for

individual

calls are

stored along

with

developed

billing data.

2 5,561,707 90/012,132 7-Feb-12

Jeffrey A.

Cooper,

Alston &

Bird,

LLP.,

Atlanta,

GA

Ex Parte

Telephonic

-interface

statistical

analysis

system

A system D

interfaces

with a

multiplicity

of

individual

terminals

T1-Tn of a

Ronald A.

Katz

Technology

Licensing

L.P. (Los

Angeles,

CA)

Katz, Ronald

A. (Los

Angeles,

CA)

379/88.16

379/88.2,

379/88.21,

379/88.25,

379/88.27,

379/91.01,

379/112.0

1,

379/114.1



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telephone

network

facility C, at

the

terminals

callers are

prompted by

voice-

generated

instructions

to provide

digital data

that is

identified

for positive

association

with a caller

and is stored

for

processing.

The caller's

identificatio

n data is

confirmed

using

various

techniques

and callers

may be

ranked and

accounted

1,

379/114.1

3,

379/114.1

4,

379/114.1

9,

379/196,

379/207.1

3,

379/207.1

4,

379/245,

379/265.0

2


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for on the

basis of

entitlement,

sequence or

demographi

cs. Callers

are assigned

random

designations

that are

stored along

with

statistical

and

identificatio

n data. A

break-off

control

circuit may

terminate

the

computer

interface

aborting to a

terminal for

direct

communicat

ion with an

operator.

Real-time

operation


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processing

is an

alternative

to stored

data. The

accumulatio

n of stored

data

(statistical,

calling order

sequence,

etc.) is

variously

processed

and

correlated as

with

developed

or

established

data to

isolate a

select group

or subset of

callers who

can be

readily

identified

and reliably

confirmed.

Different


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Class

Other

Class

program

formats

variously

control the

processing

of statistical

data as for

auction

sales,

contests,

lotteries,

polls,

commercial

s and so on.

3 6,182,649 90/012,142 14-Feb-12

Sports

Tutor, Inc.,

John C.

McNett,

Woodard

Emhardt

Moriarty,

McNett &

Henry,

LLP,

Indianapoli

s, IN

Ex Parte

Ball-

throwing

machine

A ball-

throwing

machine is

provided

which may

be used for

throwing

baseballs,

softballs and

the like. The

machine

includes a

power head

having at

least two

and

preferably

ProBatter

Sports, LLC

(Stamford,

CT)

Battersby,

Gregory J.

(Westport,

CT); Cobb,

James

(Tarrytown,

NY);

Grimes,

Charles W.

(Darien, CT);

Schile,

Richard D.

(Ridgefield,

CT); Van

Geldern,

Steve

(Rowayton,

124/78



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three

coacting

wheels for

propelling a

ball toward

a batter to

simulate a

pitch. Three

AC motors

and

companion

motor drives

are provided

for causing

the wheels

to rotate at

predetermin

ed speeds.

The motor

drives

include

dynamic

braking

circuits to

permit rapid

deceleration

of the

wheels. A

pair of

linear

actuators is

CT)


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provided to

permit the

power head

to be moved

to

predetermin

ed

horizontal

and vertical

positions. A

programma

ble

controller is

included for

individually

controlling

the

rotational

speed of

each

individual

wheel, the

horizontal

position of

the power

head and the

vertical

position of

the power

head. A

smart card


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Class

Other

Class

reader may

be

employed

for

programmin

g of the

controller

and the

machine is

adapted to

be used in

conjunction

with a video

display to

simulate the

actual

pitching of a

baseball by

a pitcher.

The

machine is

able to

interchange

ably deliver

pitches of

different

types to

different

locations at

different

speeds with


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Class

less than

ten-second

intervals

between

pitches.

4 6,347,553 90/012,141 15-Feb-12

Baxter

Internation

al, Inc.,

Eric M.

Williams,

K&L

Gates,

LLP.,

Chicago,

IL

Ex Parte

Force

sensor

assembly

for an

infusion

pump

A force

sensor

assembly

for use in

peristaltic

pumps

includes a

housing and

a load cell at

least

partially

disposed

within the

housing. A

plunger,

pivotable

about an

axis, has an

upper

surface and

an underside

surface

distal from

the upper

surface. The

underside

Alaris

Medical

Systems,

Inc. (San

Diego, CA)

Morris,

Matthew

Gerald (San

Diego, CA);

Schwartz,

Donald

Frederic (San

Diego, CA)

73/781 73/760



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surface

cooperates

with the

load cell.

The force

sensor

further

includes a

mechanism

to reduce

the load

cell's

sensitivity

to the

positioning

of an

applied

force on the

upper

surface.

5 7,170,005 90/012,137 13-Feb-12

W.R. Duke

Taylor,

Harness

Dickey &

Pierce,

PLC.,

Troy, MI

Ex Parte Direct bury

connector

A direct

bury twist-

on wire

connector

for securing

an electrical

connection

having a

tube with an

integral

twist-on

King Jr.,

Lloyd

Herbert (394

Larimore

Valley Dr.,

Chesterfiled,

MO, US);

Belgeri,

Michael

(1007

Bridgeport,

174/84R 174/88R



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Class

wire

connector

graspable

from outside

the tube

while the

inside of the

tube and the

inside of the

twist-on

wire

connector

carry a

sealant

therein and

a cap

secureable

to an open

end of the

tube to

inhibit strain

on the wires

to thereby

provide a

ready-to-

bury

connector.

Ellisville,

MO, US);

Keeven,

James C.

(2641

Whitetail

La.,

O'Fallon,

MO, US)

6 7,174,362 90/012,128 14-Feb-12

James N.

Willi, Willi

Law Firm,

PC.,

Ex Parte

Method

and system

for

supplying

The present

invention

relates to a

digital data

Lee, Sungil

(3219

Cantada Ct.,

San Jose,

709/203 709/217,

709/219



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Class

Other

Class

Austin, TX products

from pre-

stored

digital data

in response

to demands

transmitted

via

computer

network

duplication

system that

utilizes one

or more

computer

networks to

automate

the process

from order-

taking to

delivery,

eliminating

the need for

human

supervision.

Customers

enter

requests for

a given

number of

machine-

readable

articles

containing

digital data,

typically

compact

disks. The

requests are

transferred

to a website,

CA, US)


S.N Patent

number

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Class

Other

Class

which sends

to a server

electronic

mails

containing

the details

of the

requests.

Upon

receiving an

electronic

mail, the

server

directs a

printing

device to

produce

mailing

labels for

shipment.

The server

has an

internal

archive of

all data it

uses to

convert

blank CD-

Rs into the

requested

CDs, and is


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Class

Other

Class

connected to

a series of

CD-R

writing

machines.

The server

schedules

each

request,

downloads

necessary

data onto

the CD-R

writing

machine

that is

assigned a

particular

request, and

sends a

write

command.

The CD-R

writing

machine

subsequentl

y transfers

the data in

its cache

onto the

pre-loaded


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number

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Class

Other

Class

CD-Rs.

After the

data transfer

is complete,

the CDs

embodying

the

requested

information

are

automaticall

y placed in a

bin for

shipment.

7 7,392,283 90/012,129 14-Feb-12

James N.

Willi, Willi

Law Firm,

PC.,

Austin, TX

Ex Parte

Method

and system

for

supplying

products

from pre-

stored

digital data

in response

to demands

transmitted

via

computer

network

The present

invention

relates to a

digital data

duplication

system that

utilizes one

or more

computer

networks to

automate

the process

from order-

taking to

delivery,

eliminating

the need for

Lee, Sungil

(606 N. First

St., San Jose,

CA, US)

709/203 709/217,

709/219



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Class

human

supervision.

Customers

enter

requests for

a given

number of

machine-

readable

articles

containing

digital data,

typically

compact

disks. The

requests are

transferred

to a website,

which sends

to a server

electronic

mails

containing

the details

of the

requests.

Upon

receiving an

electronic

mail, the

server


S.N Patent

number

Control

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Requested


Primary

Class

Other

Class

directs a

printing

device to

produce

mailing

labels for

shipment.

The server

has an

internal

archive of

all data it

uses to

convert

blank CD-

Rs into the

requested

CDs, and is

connected to

a series of

CD-R

writing

machines.

The server

schedules

each

request,

downloads

necessary

data onto

the CD-R


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number

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Requested


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Class

Other

Class

writing

machine

that is

assigned a

particular

request, and

sends a

write

command.

The CD-R

writing

machine

subsequentl

y transfers

the data in

its cache

onto the

pre-loaded

CD-Rs.

After the

data transfer

is complete,

the CDs

embodying

the

requested

information

are

automaticall

y placed in a

bin for


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number

Control

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Requested


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Class

Other

Class

shipment.

8 7,682,044 90/012,133 7-Feb-12

Christophe

r J. Rourk,

Jackson

Walker,

LLP.,

Dallas, TX

Ex Parte

Slide

controller

for an

audio-

mixer

The

invention

relates to a

slide control

for an audio

mixer,

whereby a

slide can be

displaced

along a

defined path

in a slit-

shaped

opening in a

front plate.

The aim of

the

invention is

to create

one such

slide control

that clearly

indicates the

function it is

carrying out

or the

parameters

it can

influence by

Studer

Professional

Audio

GmbH

(Regensdorf

, CH)

Huber,

Robert

(Unterengstri

ngen, CH)

362/253 362/85,

362/551



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its position.

To this end,

an

illuminable

element is

provided,

said element

extending

along the

opening.

9 7,777,610 90/012,130 6-Feb-12

Marisa J.

Zink,

Buckingha

m Doolittle

&

Burroughs,

LLP.,

Akron, OH

Ex Parte

Radio

frequency

identificati

on

apparatuses

In one

embodiment

, a method

includes

transmitting

a signal

from a

wireless

transmitter

to a radio

frequency

(RF) device

of a

plurality of

RF devices

within a

communicat

ion range of

the

transmitter.

The signal

Round

Rock

Research,

LLC

(Mount

Kisco, NY,

US)

O'toole,

James E.

(Boise, ID,

US); Tuttle,

John R.

(Boise, ID,

US); Tuttle,

Mark E.

(Boise, ID,

US);

Lowrey,

Tyler (Boise,

ID, US);

Devereaux,

Kevin M.

(Boise, ID,

US); Pax,

George E.

(Boise, ID,

US);

Higgins,

340/10.4

340/10.2,

340/10.32,

340/10.5,

340/572.8



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Class

Other

Class

is to select a

group of the

RF devices.

A reply

signal is

received

from each

RF device if

the

respective

RF device

determines

that it is a

member of

the group.

Brian P.

(Boise, ID,

US); Ovard,

David K.

(Meridian,

ID, US); Yu,

Shu-sun

(Boise, ID,

US); Rotzoll,

Robert R.

(Colorado

Springs, CO,

US)

10 7,784,968 90/012,134 7-Feb-12

Christophe

r J. Rourk,

Jackson

Walker,

LLP.,

Dallas, TX

Ex Parte

Slide

controller

for an

audio

mixer

A controller

or

adjustment

device may

adjust a

value of a

parameter

for different

functions.

The

adjustment

device may

include

actuators,

which may

be

Studer

Professional

Audio

Systems

GmbH

(Regensdorf

, CH)

Huber,

Robert

(Unterengstri

ngen, CH)

362/253 362/85,

362/551



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associated

with one or

more

functions. A

light source

in proximity

to the

adjustment

device may

identify the

function of

the device.

Mixers and

filters may

automaticall

y modify

the hue

and/or value

of the color

based on the

selected

function. A

different

color light

may be used

to identify

different

functions of

the

adjustment

device.


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number

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Requested


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Class

Other

Class

11 7,897,372 90/012,131 6-Feb-12

Michael J.

Twomey,

WilmerHal

e, Boston,

MA

Ex Parte

I-CreI

meganucle

ase

variants

with

modified

specificity,

method of

preparation

and uses

thereof

Method of

preparing 1-

CreI

meganuclea

se variants

having a

modified

cleavage

specificity,

variants

obtainable

by said

method and

their

applications

either for

cleaving

new DNA

target or for

genetic

engineering

and genome

engineering

for non-

therapeutic

purposes.

Nucleic

acids

encoding

said

variants,

Cellectis

(Romainvill

e, FR)

Duchateau,

Philippe

(Gandelu,

FR); Paques,

Frederic

(Bourg-la-

Reine, FR)

435/199

435/183,

435/252.3,

435/320.1,

536/23.2



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expression

cassettes

comprising

said nucleic

acids,

vectors

comprising

said

expression

cassettes,

cells or

organisms,

plants or

animals

except

humans,

transformed

by said

vectors.

12 6,456,938 95/001,893 14-Feb-12

Third Party

Requester:

Deca

System

Inc.: (Att'y

Is:

Mincheol

Kim,

Knobbe

Martens

Olson &

Bear,

Inter

Partes

Personal

dGPS golf

course

cartograph

er,

navigator

and

internet

web site

with map

exchange

and tutor

A personal

owned

palm-held

device

consisting

of software

executed on

a palm-held

personal

computer

(PC)

saddled into

Barnard,

Kent Deon

(Wayne City,

IL)

701/454

340/990,

342/357.3

1,

473/407,

701/487



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Class

LLP.,

Irvine,

CA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

and

connected

directly to a

dGPS

receiver

such that an

individual

golf player

may map a

golf course

by

traversing

its

attributes,

displaying

said map

and

collecting

golf play

data for any

golf course.

In addition,

the ability to

upload and

download

golf course

maps to an

Internet web

site shall

reduce the

need for


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subsequent

users to

repeat the

effort of

mapping the

same course

more than

once. Also,

downloadab

le courses

will

facilitate the

use of the

palm-held

PC by users

that do not

have a

dGPS

attachment.

When used

without a

dGPS

attachment,

ball

locations

will be

determined

manually by

estimating

the ball

location


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number

Control

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Requested


Primary

Class

Other

Class

with

reference to

visual

salient

course

attributes.

13 6,467,652 95/001,887 21-Feb-12

Third Party

Requester:

Grayling

Industries,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: Dorian

B.

Kennedy,

Baker

Donelson

Intellectual

Property

Dept.,

Atlanta,

GA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Discharge

of

pumpable

material

from

shipper

bags

A

disposable

bag for a

liquid

shipping

container

has a multi

ply region

arranged to

be inflated

as the bag

empties in

such a way

as to form a

sump at the

bag bottom

for

discharge of

pumpable

material

from the

sump.

A. R. Arena

Products,

Inc.

(Rochester,

NY)

Wilcox,

Donald E.

(Rochester,

NY);

Wheeler,

William E.

(Sodus, NY)

222/95

222/386.5,

222/389,

383/3,

383/41,

383/109

14 7,224,779 95/001,898 16-Feb-12

Third Party

Requester:

Skype

Inter

Partes

Telephonic

voice

message

The present

invention is

directed to a

WorldVoice

Licensing,

Inc.

Finnigan,

Paul F. (Los

Gatos, CA,

379/88.23

379/88.18,

379/211.0

2




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Class

Technologi

es; SA; and

Skype,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: Lissi

Mojica,

Schwegma

n

Lundberg

&

Woessner,

PA.,

Minneapoli

s, MN),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

transmissio

n control

method

method of

controlling

transmission

of voice

messages or

information

via

telephonic

voice

message

systems,

which are

sometimes

referred to

as Voice

Mail

Systems.

Users of the

system

selectively

specify

voice

message

transmission

instructions

for

controlling

transmission

of voice

messages

directed to

(Washingto

n, DC, US)

US)


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Class

them. Upon

receipt of a

user's voice

message

address, the

voice

message

system

determines

whether the

destination

voice

message

address has

a specified

voice

message

transmission

instruction

previously

selected by

the recipient

and

processes

the voice

message in

accordance

with the

instruction.

15 7,703,298 95/001,901 21-Feb-12 Third Party

Requester:

Inter

Partes

Refrigerato

r with

Refrigerator

with an

LG

Electronics

Lee, Myung

Ryul 62/344 62/419



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Class

Whirlpool

Corp.:

(Att'y Is:

Michael A.

Hawes,

Houston,

TX), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

icemaker icemaker

including a

cabinet

having a

mullion wall

for

compartmen

talization of

a freezing

chamber

and a

refrigerating

chamber, a

case

provided to

a door on

the

refrigerating

chamber,

having a

cavity

therein, a

first duct for

supplying

cold air

from a

neighborhoo

d of an

evaporator

in the

freezing

Inc. (Seoul,

KR)

(Sungnam-si,

KR); Kim,

Seong Jae

(Ansan-si,

KR); Seo,

Chang Ho

(Seoul, KR);

Chung, Sung

Hoon (Seoul,

KR)


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number

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Class

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Class

chamber to

the cavity,

the

icemaker in

the cavity

for

producing

ice, an ice

container in

the cavity

for storing

the ice, and

a dispenser

in the door

in

communicat

ion with the

cavity,

thereby

having ice

supplied to

a user at an

outside of

the

refrigerator

through a

dispenser

provided to

the door.

16 7,937,081 95/001,899 17-Feb-12 Third Party

Requester:

Inter

Partes

Recovery

techniques

A technique

for

Spyder

Navigations

Phan-anh,

Son 455/424

370/328,

370/338,



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number

Control

Number

Requested


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Class

Other

Class

Xilinx,

Inc.: (Att'y

Is: David

L.

McCombs,

Haynes &

Boone,

LLP.,

Dallas,

TX), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same

As Third

Party

Requester

in mobile

networks

protecting

location

information

of a

subscriber

in a mobile

network is

disclosed

which

forwards a

registration

request from

the

subscriber

to an S-

CSCF

including

the

subscriber's

TA and then

forwarding

a location

update from

the S-CSCF

to an HSS

including

the

subscriber's

TA. Upon

the S-CSCF

losing data,

L.L.C.

(Wilmingto

n, DE, US)

(Budapest,

HU); Benko,

Balint

(Budapest,

HU);

Hartikainen,

Auvo

(Budapest,

HU);

Verkama,

Markku

(Espoo, FI);

Einola,

Heikki

Juhani

(Helsinki,

FI); Faccin,

Stefano

(Dallas, TX,

US)

455/415,

455/433,

455/435.1


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number

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Class

lost data

may be

restored to

the S-CSCF

from the

data stored

in the HSS.

The HSS

may store

data in a

non-volatile

memory

such as a

hard disk

drive. The

technique

may also

include

forwarding

a

registration

request from

the

subscriber

to an S-

CSCF

including

the

subscriber's

TA and then

forwarding


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number

Control

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Class

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Class

a location

update from

the S-CSCF

to an HSS

and storing

data in a

non-volatile

memory

such as a

hard disk

drive in the

S-CSCF so

as to be

protected

against loss.

Upon the S-

CSCF

losing data,

lost data

including

the

subscriber's

TA may be

restored to

the S-CSCF

from the

data stored

in the S-

CSCF.

17 8,044,942 95/001,881 22-Feb-12 Third

Party

Inter

Partes

Touch

screen

The

invention

Aevoe Inc.

(Sunnyvale,

Leonhard,

Michael 345/173



S.N Patent

number

Control

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Class

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Class

Requester:

AE Tech

Co., LTD.:

(Att'y Is:

Lynn J.

Alstadt,

Buchanan

Ingersoll &

Rooney,

PC.,

Alexandria

, VA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

protector relates to a

touch screen

protector for

a hand held

electronic

device

having a

front face

that includes

a touch

screen

portion and

an outer

perimeter.

The touch

screen

protector of

the

invention

comprises a

plastic film

having front

and back

sides, an

outer

perimeter

that

corresponds

to that of the

device, and

a

CA, US) (Santa Clara,

CA, US);

Lin, Jonathan

(Mountain

View, CA,

US); Huang,

Steven

(Taipei, TW)


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transparent

window;

and a spacer

provided

along the

outer

perimeter of

the plastic

film

surrounding

the

transparent

window,

having a

thickness

sufficient to

space the

plastic film

near but not

in contact

with the

touch screen

portion, and

an exposed

adhesive for

removably

mounting

the protector

upon the

outer

perimeter of


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number

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Class

the front

face to form

an enclosed

air space

between the

transparent

window of

the plastic

film, the

spacer and

the touch

screen

portion of

the device.

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