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`:Hiroyasu KITAMURA
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`Appl. No.
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`: 12/279,002
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`Filed
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`: August 11, 2008
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`For
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`: DRYING DEVICE
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`Confirmation No. : 6863
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND
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`Commissioner for Patents
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Customer Service Window, Mail Stop 16
`Randolph Building
`401 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Sir :
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`Applicant respectfully requests a refund in the amount of $18000 that was charged to our Deposit
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`Account No. 19—0089 on July 29, 2011 in connection with the filing of the Supplemental Information
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`Disclosure Statement on July 7, 2011.
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`The basis of this Request for Refund is that the account was charged for filing the Supplemental
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`Information Disclosure Statement, in which the documents submitted on July 7, 2011 were certified.
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`Applicant also encloses copies of the Supplemental Information Disclosure Statement evidencing the
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`filing of the same.
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`Please make payment of the refund to Deposit Account No. 19-0089.
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`August 18, 2011
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 716—1 191
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`Hiroyasu KITAMURA
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`Bruce H. Bernstein
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`Reg. No. 29027
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`/Enoch Peavey/
`Reg. No. 57,686
`Enoch Peavey
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Applicants:
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`Hiroyasu KITAMURA '
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`Conf. No.1 6863
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`Appl. No.:
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`12/279,002
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`ExarninerzMCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK
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`Filed:
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`August ll, 2008
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`Group Art Unit: 3743
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`For: DRYING DEVICE
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`SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`US Patent and Trademark Office
`Customer Service Window, Mail Stop Amendment
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`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 CFR § 1.56 and §§ 1.97 — 1.98,
`Applicant(s) wish to bring the following information to the attention of the Examiner.
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`Applicant(s) wish to make of record the documents listed on the attached form 1449.
`Copies of the listed documents are attached, where required, as are noted English translations, or
`partial translations of pertinent portions, and/or English language abstracts, of any non-English
`language references. Statements of relevancy, if necessary, appear below.
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`COMMONLY ASSIGNED
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`Listed on the attached form 1449 are certain of Applicant’s commonly assigned pending
`application(s), published application(s) or issued patent(s).
`In accordance with 37 CFR
`§1.98(a)(2)(ii), copies of the cited U.S. pending applications, published applications
`and/or issued patents, are not provided.
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`STATEMENT OF RELEVANCY
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`* have been cited in an International Search Report and/or Written
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`Opinion (c0py enclosed), which indicates the relevancy thereof to the claims of the
`International Application. Copies of documents cited in the International Search Report
`should have been forwarded by the International Bureau and thus have not been provided.
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`Document A has been cited in the corresponding Supplementary European Search Report
`(copy enclosed) on April 7, 2011, which indicates the relevancy of the cited documents.
`Any necessary copy is being submitted herewith.
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`* are cited in the Specification of the present application. Any
`Documents *
`necessary copy is being submitted herewith.
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`* have been cited in the parent application(s) either by the Applicant(s)
`Documcnts *
`or by the examiner. Copies of these documents should be available in the parent
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`CERTIFICATION
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`Each item of information contained in this information disclosure statement was first
`cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign
`application not more than three months prior to the filing of this statement. This
`certification does not apply to any document previously cited in the present application.
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`Moreover, this communication was not received by any individual designated in §1.56 (c)
`more than thirty days prior to the filing of the Information Disclosure Statement.
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`DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
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`In the event that any additional fees are due with respect to this paper, the Commissioner
`is hereby authorized to charge such fees to Deposit Account No. 19-0089 of the
`undersigned
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`If there should be any questions, the Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned at the
`telephone number listed below.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Hiroyasu KITAMURA
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`July 05, 2011
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
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`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 716—1191
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`Bruce
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`Reg. No. 29027
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`Enoch E. Peavey
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