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`P33938.AO3
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`” Applicants
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`: Tetsuro HASHIGUCHI et a].
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`Appln. No. ,
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`: 12/029,690
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`Filed
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`: February 12, 2008
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`Group Art Unit: 3731
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`Confirmation No. : 9302
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`Examiner: Not Yet Assigned
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`For
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`: HAIR REMOVAL APPARATUS
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`SUPPLEMENTAL 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 §§l.97-1.98, and
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`supplemental to the Information Disclosure Statements that were previously filed on June 20,
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`2008 and May 12, 2008, Applicants hereby bring to the attention of the Examiner a Japanese
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`Notice of Reasons for Rejection dated October 28, 2008 withrespect to patent family member
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`Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-043360, in which the following documents were cited:
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`(1)
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`JP 10-151020 A, which is submitted together with an English language Abstract
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`thereof;
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`(2)
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`JP 2002—517158 A, which is a patent family member ofUS 5100414;
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`in
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`(3)
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`JP 1-238893 A, which is submitted together with an English language Abstract
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`thereof, and which is a patent family member of US 4896421;
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`(4) W0 94/ 1 9984, which is submitted together with an English language Abstract
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`thereof;
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`(5)
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`JP. 7-500984 A, which is submitted together with an English language Abstract of
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`patent family member WO 93/09694; and
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`P33938.A03
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`(6)
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`JP 8-228825 A, which is submitted together with an English language Abstract
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`thereof.
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`The relevance ofthese documents, as ascertained with respect to the Japanese claims by
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`the Japanese Examiner, is set forth in the Japanese Notice of Reasons for Rejection.
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`Further to 37 CPR. §1.98 (a)(2)(ii), copies of the US. patents are not enclosed herewith.
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`However, if any copy is needed, the Examiner is respectfully requested to contact the
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`undersigned.
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`Applicants respectfully request that the Examiner consider the above material and cite the
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`same. Copies of above-noted foreign documents, including the noted English language
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`Abstracts, are attached hereto, and all of the documents are listed on an attached Form PTO-
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`1449. A copy of the Japanese Notice of Reasons for Rejection, including an English language
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`Abstract thereof, is also attached hereto. The Examiner is requested to initial the appropriate
`spaces on the attached Form, and to return a copy of the completed Form to Applicants with the
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`next official communication in the present application.
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`Applicants note that an Office Action on the merits has not issued in the present
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`application, and thus, no fee is believed necessary to ensure consideration of the submitted
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`material.
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`Should the Examiner have 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,
`William S. Boshnick Tetsuro HASHIGUCI—ll et al.
`Reg. No. 44,550 MUM 605%
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`Bruce H. Bernstein
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`Reg. No. 29,027
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`December 2, 2008
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
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`Reston, VA 2019]
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`(703) 716-1191
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