PTO/SB/24 (10-08)
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`EXPRESS ABANDONMENT UNDER
`37 CFR 1.138
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`Application Number:
`Filing Date:
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`12/064,170
`February 19, 2008
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`File the petltlon electronically using EFS-Web
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`Mail Stop Express Abandonment
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`First Named Inventor:
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`Yuji Yamaguchi et at.
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`Art Unit.
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`Examiner Name.
`Attorney Docket Number:
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`To Be ASSIgned
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`Please check only one of boxes 1 or 2 below:
`(If no box is checked, this paper will be treated as a request for express abandonment as of the filing date of this paper.)
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`MFA-133US
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`Express Abandonment
`I request that the above-identified application be expressly abandoned as of the filing date of this paper.
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`2. C] Express Abandonment in Favor of a Continuing Application
`I request that the above-identified application be expressly abandoned as of the filing date accorded the
`continuing application filed previously or herewith.
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`applicant.
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`assignee of record of the entire interest. See 37 CFR 3.71.
`Statement under 37 CFR 3.73(b) is enclosed.
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`attorney or agent of record. Registration Number 34,515
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`Lawrence E. Ashery
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`May 26, 2009
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