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APPLICATION NO.
I0/562.2K0
FILING DATE
12/22/2005
FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
24737 7590 06/26/2008
PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS
P.O. BOX 3001
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510
ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.
GUHARAY, KARABI
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Application No.
10/562,286
Applicant(s)
BALDRIGE ET AL.
Examiner
Karabi Guharay
Art Unit
2889
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3) Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08) 5 ) □ Notice of Informal Patent Application
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Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20080620
Application/Control Number: 10/562,286
Art Unit: 2889
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Specification
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(a) TITLE OF THE INVENTION.
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DEVELOPMENT.
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(e) INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A
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(1) Field of the Invention.
(2) Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97
and 1.98.
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(h) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S).
(i) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION.
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A person shall be entitled to a patent unless -
(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on
sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the United States.
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Art Unit: 2889
Claims 1-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Friederichs et al.
(WO 02/01601, of Record).
Regarding claim 1, Friederichs et al. disclose a single end halogen incandescent bulb (Fig
4) comprising: an envelope (30') having a sealed cavity (34') containing a halide material (see
Abstract); a press seal (32') at one end of the envelope; a coiled wire filament (10, best shown in
Fig 7) disposed in the sealed cavity; first and second filament legs (18A)which respectively
comprise portions of the coiled wire filament that have been drawn out straight so as to have a
diameter which is approximately the same as a diameter of a wire comprising the first and
second filament legs (see Fig 7); and first (38') and second (36') current supply wires (see Fig
4); the first current supply wire extending through the press seal into the sealed cavity, the first
current supply wire having a first clamp (37') formed at an end within the sealed cavity, the first
clamp clamping the first filament leg (38') to establish a first electrical connection and suspend
the filament in the sealed cavity, and the second current supply wire (36') extending into and
terminating in the press seal, the second current supply wire having a second clamp (37') which
clamps the second filament leg to establish a second electrical connection, the second clamp
being enclosed in the press seal (lines 21 of page 3-line 6 of page 4).
Regarding claim 2, Friederichs et al. disclose a single end halogen incandescent bulb as set forth
in claim 1, wherein the first and second clamps are flat clamps wherein end portions of the first
and second current supply wires (38', 36') are folded over and pressed flat against themselves
(see Fig 2).
Regarding claim 3, Friederichs et al. disclose a single end halogen incandescent bulb as set forth
in claim 1 , wherein the first and second filament legs extend in diametrically opposite directions
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(18A on both sides; best shown in Fig 5).
Regarding claim 4, Friederichs et al. disclose a single end halogen incandescent bulb as set forth
in claim 1 , wherein the first current supply wire is longer than the second current supply wire and
the first current supply wire extends through the sealed cavity along beside the coiled wire
filament, an end portion of the first current supply wire having an angled portion which extends
over the top of the filament and is provided with the first clamp (see 38' of Fig 4).
Regarding claim 5, Friederichs et al. disclose a method of suspending a filament within a
halogen containing cavity of a single end halogen incandescent bulb (Figs 2 & 5) comprising:
drawing the ends of a coiled wire filament out straight to form first and second filament legs
(18A; see Fig 7) that respectively have diameters which are approximately the same as diameter
of the wire from which the coiled filament is formed; clamping a first filament leg to a first
current supply wire using a clamp formed at a terminal end of the first current supply wire;
suspending the filament within the cavity using the first current supply wire; clamping the
second filament leg to the second current supply wire using a clamp formed at a terminal end of
the second current supply wire; adjusting the positions of the first and second current supply
wires with respect to each other and an envelope in which the cavity is formed so that the coiled
wire filament is located in a predetermined position within the cavity; and sealing a portion of
the second filament leg and the terminal end of the second current supply wire in a press seal
which is formed at end of the envelope and which closes one end of the cavity (see lines 21 of
page 3-27 of page 4).
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Art Unit: 2889
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Regarding claim 6, Friederichs et al. disclose a method as set forth in claim 5, further comprising
arranging the first and second filament legs to extend in diametrically opposed directions (see
Fig 4 & 5).
Regarding claim 7, Friederichs et al. disclose a method as set forth in claim 6, wherein the step
of clamping comprises using flat clamp members (37'), which are formed at the ends of the first
and second current supply wires by folding end portions of the respective first and second
current supply wires back against themselves (see folded claims 37, 39 of Fig 2; or 37'or Fig 4
48 of Fig 5).
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/Karabi Guharay/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2889
Application/Control Number: 10/562,286
Art Unit: 2889