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S/N 11/827,638 	PATENT IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Applicant : Patrick Dean King	Examiner: Darren W Gorman Serial No.: 11/827,638	Group Art Unit: 3752 Filed: July 12, 2007	Docket No.: 0624 (RPA1) KING Title: A DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTING MODULAR WATER SPRAY CONFIGURATIONS Assignee: Patrick Dean King

AMENDMENT AND RESPONSE UNDER 37 CFR § 1.111

Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

This responds to the Office Action mailed on March 02, 2009. Please amend the above-identified patent application as follows.

Amendments to the Drawings begin on page 2 of this paper. Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listings of claims that begin on page 3 of this paper. Remarks begin on page 6 of this paper.

AMENDMENTS Amendments to the Drawings: The attached drawing sheets include changes to both Figure 1 and Figure 2. In Figure 1 and Figure 2, a “Prior Art” legend has been added. (“Drawings are not available for modification and also for understanding”) Amendments to the Claims: This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of the claims in the application:

Listing of Claims: 1 (Original). A modular device for constructing water displays comprising: one or more flexible modules comprising water flow conduits; communication means between at least one said module and a pressurized water source.

2 (Original). A device as in claim 1 also comprising a means to interconnect said modules and communication means between water flow conduits of one said module

3 (Original). A device as in claim 1 also comprising spray or jet outlets.

4. (Original). A device as in claim 1 also comprising one or more dynamically and remotely controllable water flow valves or nozzles.

5 (Original). A device as in claim 1 wherein the water flow conduits are integrated into said modular device in such a way as to be automatically aligned and connected whenever any said module is connected to another said modular device.

6 (Original). A device as in claim 1 wherein control media and power media, alternatively or concurrently, are integrated into said modular device in such a way as to be automatically aligned and connected whenever any said module is connected to another said modular device.

7 (Original). A device as in claim 1 wherein the said modules comprise pores or 	drainage openings such as may allow water to drain through it.

8 (Original). A modular device for constructing water displays comprising: one or more flexible modules comprising water flow conduits, communication means between water flow conduits of one said module and water flow conduits of one or more other said modules, communication means between at least one said module and a pressurized water source, a means to interconnect said modules, spray or jet outlets, one or more dynamically and remotely controllable water flow valves or nozzles, wherein the water flow conduits are integrated into said modular device in such a way as to be automatically aligned and connected whenever any said modular device is connected to another said modular device, wherein control media and power media, alternatively or concurrently, are integrated into said modular device in such a way as to be automatically aligned and connected whenever any said module is connected to another said modular device, and wherein the said modules comprise pores or drainage openings such as may allow water to drain through it.

9 (Original). A device capable of use for producing dynamic water displays, comprising portable modules, said modules comprising water manifolds, conduits and outlets or nozzles capable of spraying or forcefully expelling water from one or more surfaces, said modules also able to function individually or in combination, and comprising one or more walking surfaces and, concurrently or alternatively, athletic play surfaces, said modules so configured as to be able to fit together, abutted edge to edge, said abutment also capable of joining aforesaid water conduits, thereby allowing water to flow from one module to another, wherein various modules may have unlike but compatible configurations of geometric forms and alternately or concurrently, nozzles, thus permitting variation in water spray and expulsion patterns from one module to another, and wherein the said modules may abut in such ways as to produce a unified surface, while also able to fit together in varying patterns and configurations, whereby various geometric configurations and nozzle combinations may be created. 10 (Original). A device as in claim 1, or 8, wherein the surfaces of the said modules may comprise a single, unitary surface.

11 (Original). A device as in claim 1, or 8, wherein the said modules are configured of such size and weight as to be quickly and easily separable and portable, thereby allowing installation to be temporary.

12 (Original). A device as in claim 1, or 8, or 9 wherein the water flow and/or expulsion in or from various modules may be individually, pre-programmed or dynamically controlled.

REMARKS This responds to the Office Communication mailed on March 02, 2009. Applicant respectfully requests reconsideration of this application in view of the following remarks. For the Examiner’s convenience and reference, Applicant’s remarks are presented in substantially the same order in which corresponding issues were raised in the Office Action. Claims 1-22 are at issue, wherein claims 1, 10, and 21 are independent. Claims 4, 5, and 17 has been amended. No claims are canceled. No claims are added. No new matter has been added.

Objections to the Claims The Examiner had alleged that phrases “A user interface system” and “A method” should read as “A computer implemented user interface system” and “A computer implemented method” respectively. Preamble of the claims in the present application has been amended accordingly. The Applicants therefore request that the objection may kindly be withdrawn.

§112 Rejection of the Claims Claims 1-22 were rejected under 35 USC § 112(b) as allegedly being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention. The learned Examiner has alleged that claims 1, 10 and 21 recite limitation of “realizing”, which is indefinite. Applicants respectfully traverse this rejection. Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary, copyright 2005, defines the word “realizing” as either of the following: 1. to bring into concrete existence; 2. to cause to seem real. Thus, the phrase “realizing” does not merely include “something can be done on someone mind”. Further, referring to the features of claim 1, it may be seen that the phrase “realizing” is not a standalone phrase and is expressed in the claims in conjunction with hardware features, as seen in the following paragraphs: “an operation program for realizing and coordinating the functions of database, sorting facility, search engine and display screen”.

The learned Examiner has