Utility patent application several years ago for new product

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The company you co-own filed a utility patent application several years ago for a new product. The patent application contains an independent claim and four dependent claims each describing various features of the components in the independent Claim 1.

Claim 2 depends on Claim 1, Claim 3 depends on Claim 2, Claim 4 depends on Claim 3, and Claim 5 depends on Claim 1. In the Office Action the examiner rejects Claims 1, 3, and 4, but allows Claims 2 and 5.

What options do you have to amend the claims to respond to the Office Action and what considerations do you use in deciding the best option? Be specific in showing which claim(s) become(s) the new independent claim and the sequence of the dependent claims in the amendment.

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