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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re the Application of: TAKASUGI, Katsuji
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`Group An Unit: 3744
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`Serial No.2 12/300,703
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`Examiner: Cheryl Jackson TYLER
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`Filed: December 29, 2008
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`P.T.O. Confirmation No.1 1802
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`For: REFRIGERATION APPARATUS
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`PURSUANT TO 37 CFR 1.97gb1
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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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`February 22, 2011
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`The attention of the Patent and Trademark Office is hereby directed to the documents listed on
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`the attached Form PTO-1449. One copy of this document is attached. This document was cited
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`by an Office Action dated February 1, 2011 corresponding to Japanese patent application No.
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`2006-135257.
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`No fee or certification is required in connection with this Information Disclosure
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`Statement, since it is being submitted prior to the issuance of a first official action on the merits
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`or expiration of the three month period following the filing date or the entry of the national stage
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`of the above-captioned application.
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`The above information is presented so that the Patent and Trademark Office can, in the
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`first instance, determine any materiality thereof to the claimed invention.
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`It
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`is respectfully
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`requested that the information be expressly considered during the prosecution of this application,
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`and that the documents cited in the attached Form PTO-1449, be made of record therein and
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`appear on the first page of any patent to issue there from.
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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
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`this statement.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP
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`Mel R. Qulntos
`Attorney for Applicant
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`Enclosures:
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`References (1 )
`Office Action dated February 1, 2011 corresponding to Japanese patent
`application No. 2006135257.
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