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`In re the Application of:
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`TAKASUGI, Katsuji
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`Group Art Unit: 3744 _
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`‘ Serial No.: 12/300,703
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`Examiner: Not Yet Assigned
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`Filed: November 13, 2008
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`P.T.O. Confirmation No.: 1802
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`For: REFRIGERATION APPARATUS
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`PURSUANT TO 37 CFR 1.971b1
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`‘.m—atp
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`January 8, 2009
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`The attention of the Patent and Trademark Office is hereby directed to the documents listed
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`on the attached Form PTO-1449. One copy of each of these documents is attached.
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`No fee or certification is required in connection with this Information Disclosure Statement,
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`since it is being submitted prior to the issuance of a first official action on the merits or expiration
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`of the three month period following the filing date or the entry of the national stage of the above-
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`captioned application.
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`The above information is presented so that the Patent and Trademark Office can, in the first
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`instance, determine any materiality thereofto the claimed invention. It is respectfully requested that
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`the information be expressly considered during the prosecution of this application, and that the
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`documents cited in the attached Form PTO-1449 be made of record therein and appear on the first
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`page of any patent to issue therefrom.
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`The Commissioner is authorized to charge our Deposit Account No. 01—2340 for any fee
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`which is deemed by the Patent and Trademark Office to be required to effect consideration of this
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`statement.
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`Respectfiilly submitted,
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`KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP
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`Donald W. Hanson
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`Attorney for Applicant
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`Enclosures:
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`PTO-1449
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`References (4)
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