FWIW...here is my summary to try to navigate this USPTO quagmire..
posted on
Aug 28, 2009 03:45PM
'148, '336, '584, '749 Summary
"Status" is my own layman's very brief interpretation of posted documents. Opinions/Comments/Corrections welcomed:
(I hope this formats well)
Patent: '148 (90/008,227)
Examiner: Pokrzywa
Requestor: (Sept. 23, 2006) NEC America
Status: (Mar. 27, 2009) Awaiting examiner’s consideration of arguments countering prior art
Kajigaya, Tanimura, Bagula. Also clarifying of term “processing unit”
Patent: '148 (90/101,562)
Examiner: Pokrzywa
Requestor: (May 29, 2009) HTC
Status: (Aug. 20, 2009) Re-ex ordered for 5 of 13 claims
Patent: '336 (90/008,237) (90/008,306) (90/008,474) MERGED
Examiner: Rimmel
Requestor: (Sept. 21, 2006) NEC Electronics America, (Oct. 19, 2006) Toshiba, (Apr. 5, 2007) Public Patent Foundation
Status: (Aug. 14, 2009)Examiner interview: Agreement with respect to the claims was “reached”. Awaiting NIRC.
Patent: '336 (90/009,457)
Examiner: Rimmel
Requestor: (May 24, 2009) Fish & Richardson, P.C.
Status: (Aug. 24, 2009) Trans. History: Original request receipt corrected (not yet in IFW…previously “request incomplete”)
Patent: '336 (90/010,551)
Examiner: Rimmel
Requestor: (Apr. 24, 2009) White & Case, LLP
Status: (July 31, 2009) Re-ex denied
Patent: '584 (90/008,225)
Examiner: Banankhan
Requestor: (Sept. 21, 2006) NEC America
Status: Apr. 21, 2009 NIRC (Notice of Intent to issue a Re-ex certificate)
Patent: '749 (90/009,034)
Examiner: Pokrzywa
Requestor: (Feb. 11, 2008) ARM
Status: May 4, 2009 Awaiting response to our arguments countering submitted prior art
May, Koopman…Rejection of Claim 1 now being reconsidered
Patent: '749 (90/010,520)
Examiner: Pokrzywa
Requestor: (Apr. 30, 2009) HTC
Status: July 24, 2009 Re-ex ordered
GLTAL