Timeline of prosecution in McKesson Information Solutions v. Bridge Medical

TIMELINE
	1st Patent	2nd Patent	3rd Patent
Patent Number	4,857,716	4,850,009	4,835,372
Appl Number	07/205,527	06/862,149	07/078,195 (CIP of the '278 Ap.)
Subj Matter		3-node communication
Examiner	Trafton	Lev	Trafton

~08/12/1986	Schumann disclosed existance of '149 application to Ex'r. Trafton
2/26/1987		3-node communication claims rejected as obvious over Blum and Pejas
4/16/1987	Rejection in parent application 06/862,278
7/24/1987			Application filed
8/26/1987		narrowed claim 15 to “real time data communication” and added claims 19-23 drawing to two-node communication, three-node communication, and a programmable unique address
10/6/1987	Claim 6 introduced in parent application 06/862,278; argued that no references teach 3-node approach
10/23/1987		Telephone interview with Ex'r to discuss Ex'r's discovery of Baker (4,456,793); existance of Baker never disclosed to Ex'r Trafton
12/1/1987		All claims rejected based on Sunstedt, or Blum and Sustedt, Baker renders claims 22 and 23 obvious Schumann never discloses this rejection to Ex'r Trafton
12/8/7987	Claim 6 allowed
6/8/1988	Continuation resulting in '716 patent filed; claim 1 rewritten from allowed claim 6
6/17/1988		Further narrowed claim 15 to handheld terminals and canceled claims 19-24
12/16/1988			9 claims allowed
8/15/1989	patent issued
12/18/1989		Patent issues