140 sent: 9/20/05
RFE: 10/16/05
RFE sent: 12/16/05
140 approved: 1/10/06
RFE: third prong and citation
asked for 6 independants and 2 I knew. Found two more citations (I have only 3 independant citations when first filing) Found my method is used by a popular engineering softare. One of the ref letter mentioned that due to the small size of my research society, citation doesnot occur frequently.
Hope that my info will encourage u in ur application.