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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Applicants
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`: KUNITA et a1.
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`Certificate of Correction Branch
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`Patent No.
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`: 7,315,098 B2
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`Issued: January 1, 2008
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`Appln. No.
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`10/472,188
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`Filed: January 15, 2004
`(LA. March 27, 2002)
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`For
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`: LINEAR OSCILLATOR AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN TOOTHBRUSH
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`SECOND REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Customer Service Window, Mail Stop Certificate of Correction Branch
`Randolph Building
`401 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Sir:
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`Please find attached a proposed Certificate of Correction.
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`Please correct the following error appearing in the printed patent, which is apparently the
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`fault of the US. Patent and Trademark Office, as per the attached Certificate of Correction.
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`Since the error is the fault of the US. Patent and Trademark Office, no fee is due. Applicants
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`note that a first Request was filed on May 30, 2008, but it has never been acted upon. Thus,
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`Applicants submit herewith this Second Request.
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`At column 10, line 26 (claim 10, line 1) of the printed patent, “The linear oscillator”
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`should be ---The electric toothbrush---. This was correctly presented on page 6, line 5 (claim 5,
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`line 1) of the Applicants’ Response Under 37 U.S.C. §l.116 filed on April 24, 2007.
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`Therefore, it is respectfially requested that a Certificate of Correction issue in the above-
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`identified patent as follows:
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`At column 10, line 26 (claim 10, line 1) of the printed patent, change “The linear
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`oscillator” to ---The electric toothbrush---.
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`Should there be any questions, the Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned at the
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`below-listed number.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`KUNITA et al.W
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` Bruce H. Bernstein
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`Reg. No. 29,027
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`September 15, 2009
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`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
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`PATENT NO.
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`: 7,315,098
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`APPLICATION NO.: 10/472,188
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`ISSUE DATE
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`: January 01,2008
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`|NVENTOR(S)
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`: Kunita et al.
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`Page ____1__ of
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`lt is certified that an error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent
`is hereby corrected as shown below:
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`At column 10, line 26 (claim 10, line 1) of the printed patent, “The linear oscillator” should
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`PTO/SB/44 (04-05)
`Approved for use through 04/30/2007. OMB 0651-0033
`US. Patent andTrademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless itdisplays a valid OMB control number.
`(Also Form PTO~1050)
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`be --—The electric toothbrush-—-.
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`MAILlNG ADDRESS OF SENDER (Please do not use customer number below):
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`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
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