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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark Office Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria., Virginia 22313-1450 www.uspto.gov 

NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE 

81352 7590 

RG and Associates 

1103 Twin Creeks 

Allen, TX 75013 

12/16/2009 EXAMINER 

ELAHEE,MDS 

ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER 

2614 

DATE MAILED: 12/16/2009 

APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO. 

10/612.471 07/02/2003 Ronald F. Watts 139102 

TITLE OF INVENTION: ASSEMBLY, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR TELEPHONIC CALL CONNECTION WITH A VIRTUALLY-RESIDENT 

TELEPHONIC STATION 

APPL!\. TYPE SMALL ENTITY ISSUE FEE DUE PUBLICATION FEE DUE PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE TOTAL FEE(S) DUE 

nonprovisional NO $1510 $300 $0 $1810 

3145 

DATE DUE 

03/16/2010 

THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIED ABOVE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT. 

PROSECUTION ,ON THE MERITS IS CLOSED. THIS NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. 

THIS APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL FROM ISSUE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE OFFICE OR UPON 

PETITION BY THE APPLICANT. SEE 37 CFR 1.313 AND MPEP 1308. 

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NOT REFLECT A CREDIT FOR ANY PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE IN THIS APPLICATION. IF AN ISSUE FEE HAS 

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WILL BE CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REAPPLY THE PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE TOWARD THE ISSUE FEE NOW 

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PART B- FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL 

Complete and send this form, together with applicable fee(s), to: Mail Mail Stop ISSUE FEE 

Commissioner for Patents 

P.O. Box 1450 

or Fax 

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450 

(571)-273-2885 

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appropriate. All further correspondence including the Patent, advance orders and notification of maintenance fees will be mailed to the current correspondence address as indicated unless corrected below or directed otherwise in Block I, by (a) specifying a new correspondence address; and/or (b) indicating a separate "FEE ADDRESS" for 

maintenance fee notifications. 

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Fee(s) Transmittal. This certificate cannot be used for any other accompanying 

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81352 7590 

RG and Associates 

1103 Twin Creeks 

Allen, TX 75013 

APPLICATION NO. 

10/612.471 

12/16/2009 

FILING DATE 

07/02/2003 

Certificate of Mailing or Transmission 

I hereby certify that this Fee(s) Transmittal is being deposited with the United 

States Postal Service with sufficient postage for first class mail in an envelope 

addressed to the Mail Stop ISSUE FEE address above, or being facsimile 

transmitted to the USPTO (571) 273-2885, on the date indicated below. 

(Depositor's name) 

(Signature) 

(Date) 

FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO. 

Ronald F. Watts 139102 3145 

TITLE OF INVENTION: ASSEMBLY, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR TELEPHONIC CALL CONNECTION WITH A VIRTUALLY-RESIDENT 

TELEPHONIC STATION 

APPLJ\". TYPE SMALL ENTITY ISSUE FEE DUE 

nonprovisional NO $1510 

EXAMINER ART UNIT 

ELAHEE,MDS 2614 

I. Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37 

CFR 1.363). 

0 Change of correspondence address ( or Change of Correspondence 

Address form PTO/SB/122) attached. 

0 "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address"' Indication form 

PTO/SB/47; Rev 03-02 or more recent) attached. Use ofa Customer 

Number is required. 

PUBLICATION FEE DUE PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE TOTAL FEE(S) DUE DATE DUE 

$300 $0 

Cl .ASS-SJ JBCI .ASS 

370-352000 

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(2) the name of a single firm (having as a member a registered attorney or agent) and the names of up to 2 registered patent attorneys or agents. If no name is 

listed, no name will be printed. 

$1810 03/16/2010 

2 ______________ _ 

3 ______________ _ 

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PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assignee 1s 1denlif1ed below, no assignee data will appear on the patent. If an assignee is identified below, the document has been filed for 

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0The Director is hereby authorized to charge the required fee(s), any deficiency, or credit any 

overpayment, to Deposit Account Number ( enclose an extra copy of this form). 

0 b. Applicant is no longer claiming SMALL ENTITY status. See 37 CFR l.27(g)(2). 

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Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450. 

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450. 

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 

APPLICATION NO. 

10/612.471 

81352 7590 

RG and Associates 

1103 Twin Creeks 

Allen, TX 75013 

FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR 

07/02/2003 Ronald F. Watts 

12/16/2009 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark Office 

Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria., Virginia 22313-1450 www.uspto.gov 

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO. 

139102 3145 

EXAMINER 

ELAHEE,MDS 

ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER 

2614 

DATE MAILED: 12/16/2009 

Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b) 

(application filed on or after May 29, 2000) 

The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 1223 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after the 

mailing date of this notice and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a half 

months) after the mailing date of this notice, the Patent Term Adjustment will be 1223 day(s). 

If a Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) was filed in the above-identified application, the filing date that 

determines Patent Term Adjustment is the filing date of the most recent CPA. 

Applicant will be able to obtain more detailed information by accessing the Patent Application Information Retrieval 

(PAIR) WEB site (http://pair.uspto.gov). 

Any questions regarding the Patent Term Extension or Adjustment determination should be directed to the Office of 

Patent Legal Administration at (571)-272-7702. Questions relating to issue and publication fee payments should be 

directed to the Customer Service Center of the Office of Patent Publication at 1-(888)-786-0101 or 

(571)-272-4200. 

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Notice of Allowability 

Application No. 

10/612,4 71 

Examiner 

MD S. ELAHEE 

Applicant(s) 

WATTS ET AL. 

Art Unit 

2614 

-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--

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 (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS 

NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative 

of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308. 

1. ~ This communication is responsive to 08/28/2009. 

2. ~ The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-20. 

3. D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f). 

a) D All b) D Some* c) D None of the: 

1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received. 

2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ . 

3. D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the 

International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)). 

* Certified copies not received: __ . 

Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE" of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements 

noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application. 

THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE. 

4. 0 A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF 

INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient. 

5. D CORRECTED DRAWINGS ( as "replacement sheets") must be submitted. 

(a) D including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached 

1) D hereto or 2) D to Paper No./Mail Date __ . 

(b) D including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment/ Comment or in the Office action of 

Paper No./Mail Date __ . 

Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawings in the front (not the back) of 

each sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d). 

6. • DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the 

attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL. 

Attachment(s) 

1. ~ Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 

2. D Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948) 

3. D Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08), 

Paper No./Mail Date __ 

4. D Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit 

of Biological Material 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

5. D Notice of Informal Patent Application 

6. D Interview Summary (PTO-413), 

Paper No./Mail Date __ . 

7. ~ Examiner's Amendment/Comment 

8. D Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance 

9. D Other __ . 

PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-06) Notice of Allowability Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20091204 

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Application/Control Number: 1 0/612 ,4 71 

Art Unit: 2614 

DETAILED ACTION 

Double Patenting 

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1. Since the claim amendment has overcome the claim rejection under the judicially created 

doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting set forth in the Office action mailed May 28, 

2009, the claim rejection is withdrawn. 

EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT 

2. An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes and/or 

additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided by 3 7 CFR 

1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the 

payment of the issue fee. 

Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in a telephone interview with Mr. 

Raffi Gostanian on 12/04/2009. 

In claim 1, line 19, "first calling station" was changed to --service-user calling station--. 

In claim 12, line 9, after "station" add --with a selected packet-based-network identity of 

the service-user calling station--. 

In claim 12, line 9, after "station" delete --to form an index thereby--. 

In claim 12, line 16, "first calling station" was changed to --service-user calling station--. 

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Application/Control Number: 1 0/612 ,4 71 

Art Unit: 2614 

Conclusion 

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3. Any inquiry concemmg this communication or earlier communications from the 

examiner should be directed to MD S. ELAHEE whose telephone number is (571)272-7536. 

The examiner can normally be reached on Mon to Fri from 9:00am to 5:30pm. 

If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's 

supervisor, Fan Tsang can be reached on (571) 272-7547. The fax phone number for the 

organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. 

Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the Patent 

Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for published applications 

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system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should you have questions on access to the Private PAIR 

system, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would 

like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative or access to the automated 

information system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. 

/MD S ELAHEE/ 

MD SHAFIUL ALAM ELAHEE 

Primary Examiner 

Art Unit 2614 

December 15, 2009 

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