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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`12/810,391
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`06/24/2010
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`Takahiko Tanida
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`20249.0050USWO
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`6139
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`53148
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`7590
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`02/27/2013
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON PC.
`P.O. BOX 2902
`MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-0902
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`GAKH, YELENA G
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`1777
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` NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`02/27/2013
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
`PTOMail @hsml.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
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`Office Action Summary
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` 12/810,391 TANIDA ETAL.
`Examiner
`Art Unit
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`Yelena G. Gakh, Ph.D.
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`1777
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)X] Responsive to communication(s)filed on 08 November 2012.
`2a)X] This action is FINAL.
`2b) This action is non-final.
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`Anelection was made bythe applicant in responseto a restriction requirementset forth during the interview on
`___; the restriction requirement and election have beenincorporated into this action.
`4)L] Sincethis application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)X] Claim(s) 1-74 is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s) 7-17 is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)L] Claims)
`is/are allowed.
`7)X] Claim(s) 1-6 and 12-14 is/are rejected.
`8)L] Claim(s) ___ is/are objected to.
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`9)L] Claim(s)
`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you may beeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway
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`Application Papers
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`10) The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11)] The drawing(s)filed on 24 June 2010 is/are: a)[[] accepted or b)[X] objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)[.] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a)LJ All
`b)L] Some * c)L] None of:
`1.] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.L] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.L] Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
`1) x Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) CT] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) Xx] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date.
`4) Cc] Other:
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 09-12)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20130209
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