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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`Customer Service Window, Mail Stop AMENDMENT
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`Sir :
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`In accordance with the duty of disclosure under 37 C.F.R. §1.56 and
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`§§1.97-1.98, Applicants hereby bring the following information to the attention of
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`the Examiner in charge of the above-identified application, which includes
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`information cited and discussed in the specification and the International Search
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`Report issued in connection with International Patent Application No.
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`PVT/JP03/14406, of which the present application is the US. National Stage
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`Application. A copy of the International Search Report was enclosed with the
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`papers when entering the National Stage on May 12, 2005. The Examiner is
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`invited to review these materials to inspect the relevance indicated during
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`international examination with respect to the documents cited therein. The
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`following is a list of the documents cited in the above-noted documents:
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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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 AMENDMENT
`Randolph Building
`401 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Sir :
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`In accordance with the duty of disclosure under 37 C.F.R. §1.56 and
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`§§1.97-1.98, Applicants hereby bring the following information to the attention of
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`the Examiner in charge of the above-identified application, which includes
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`information cited and discussed in the specification and the International Search
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`Report issued in connection with International Patent Application No.
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`PVT/JP03/14406, of which the present application is the US. National Stage
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`Application. A copy of the International Search Report was enclosed with the
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`papers when entering the National Stage on May 12, 2005. The Examiner is
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`invited to review these materials to inspect the relevance indicated during
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`international examination with respect to the documents cited therein. The
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`following is a list of the documents cited in the above-noted documents:
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`Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. HEI 5—137615, together with
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`an English language abstract of the same. Applicants note that this document is
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`cited on page 1 of the specification of the present application;
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`Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. HEI 11-505742, together with
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`patent family member International Patent Publication No. WO 96/37164.
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`Applicants note that both documents are cited on page 2 of the specification of
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`the present application;
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`Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. HEl 6-121710, together with
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`patent family member US. Patent No. 5,359,747. Applicants note that the
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`Japanese document is cited on page 3 of the specification of the present
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`application;
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`Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2001-276097, together with
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`an English language abstract of the same;
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`US. Patent No. 5,862,558; and
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`US. Patent No. 6,349,442.
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`Further, Applicants call to the Examiner’s attention the following
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`documents:
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`US. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0128781;
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`US. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0168269; and
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`US. Patent Application No. 10/525,526 to MOTOHASHITA et al., which
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`was filed on February 24, 2005.
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`Further to 37 C.F.R. §1.98 (a)(2)(ii), copies of the US. patents and
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`publications are not enclosed herewith. However, if any copies are needed, the
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`Examiner is respectfully requested to contact the undersigned.
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`Further to the US. Patent and Trademark Office's decision to waive the
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`requirement under 37 C.F.R. §1.98 (a)(2)(iii) if the US. patent applications were
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`filed after June 30, 2003, copies of the US. patent applications are not enclosed
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`herewith. However, if any copies are needed, the Examiner is respectfully
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`requested to contact the undersigned.
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`Copies of the above-noted foreign documents are enclosed together with
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`a duly completed Form PTO-1449. The Examiner is accordingly requested to
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`consider each of these documents, and to make them of record in this application
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`by initialing in the appropriate spaces on the Form PTO-1449. Applicants
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`respectfully request that the Examiner include a copy of the initialed Form PTO—
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`1449 with the next communication from the US. Patent and Trademark Office.
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`Applicant notes that an Office Action on the merits has not issued in the
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`present application, and thus no fee is believed necessary to ensure
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`consideration of the submitted material.
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`Should there be any questions, the Examiner is invited to contact the
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`undersigned at the below-listed telephone number.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`Haruhiko NARUSE et al.
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`Bruce H. Bernstein
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`Reg. No. 48,214
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`August 11, 2005
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