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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
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`June 14 2005
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`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
`First Named Inventor
`Inoue, Tomoyuki
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`Examiner Name
`Peterson, Kenneth E.
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`Substitute forform 1449A/PTO
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`AA US-5,802,932 A
`09/08/1998
`Vankov, Michael et al.
`11/13/1996
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`JP-06-142349 A
`05/24/1994
`Otsuka, Harutaka et al.
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`JP-09-511921 A
`12/02/1997
`Vankov, Michael et al.
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`JP-10-323463 A
`12/08/1998
`Shiba, Takeshi et al.
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`JP-11-099288 A
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`Kawahara, Manabu et al.
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`JP-11-267377 A
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`Sato, Masaaki et al.
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`Notification of Reasons for Refusal forthe Application No. 2004-176154 from Japan
`Patent Office, mailed February 19, 2008
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`06/18/2008
`DATE CONSIDERED
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