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`(PATENT)
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Application of:
`Katsuhiko Maruo
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`Application No.: 13/378,448
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`Confirmation No.: 1084
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`Filed: December 15, 2011
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`Art Unit: 1631
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`For: BLOOD SUGAR VALUE ESTllVIATION
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`Examiner: J. M. Sims
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`APPARATUS
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT {IDS}
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`MS Amendment
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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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`Dear Sir/Madam:
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98, the attention of the Patent and Trademark
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`Office is hereby directed to the references listed on the attached PTO/SB/08. It 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 references be made of record therein and appear among the “References Cited” on any
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`patent to issue therefrom.
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is filed more than three months after the US
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`filing date, OR more than three months after the date of entry of the national stage of a PCT
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`application, AND after the mailing date of the first Office Action on the merits, Whichever occurs
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`first, but before the mailing date of any of a Final Office Action, a Notice of Allowance (37 C.F.R.
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`§ 1.97(c)) or an action that otherwise closes prosecution in the application.
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`AM 496624081
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`Application No.: 13/378,448
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`2
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`Docket N0.: 89884(316697)
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`Ihereby certify, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(e)(1), that each item of information
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`contained in this Information Disclosure Statement was first cited in any communication from a
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`foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to the
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`filing of this Information Disclosure Statement.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(a)(2)(ii), Applicant has not submitted copies of US.
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`patents and US. patent applications. Applicant submits herewith copies of foreign patents and non—
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`patent literature in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(a)(2).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § l.97(g), the filing of this Information Disclosure
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`Statement shall not be construed to mean that a search has been made or that no other material
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`information as defined in 37 C.F.R. § 1.56(a) exists. In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § l.97(h), the
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`filing of this Information Disclosure Statement shall not be construed to be an admission that any
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`patent, publication or other information referred to therein is “prior art” for this invention unless
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`specifically designated as such.
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`It is submitted that the Information Disclosure Statement is in compliance with 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 1.98 and the Examiner is respectfully requested to consider the listed references.
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`The Director is hereby authorized to charge any deficiency in the fees filed, asserted to
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`be filed or which should have been filed herewith (or with any paper hereafter filed in this
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`application by this firm) to our Deposit Account No. 04—1105, under Order No. 89884(316697).
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`Dated: May 4, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James E. Armstrong, IV/
`Electronic signature:
`James E. Armstrong, IV
`Registration No.: 42,266
`James M. Acheson, Jr.
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`Registration No.: 45,585
`LOCKE LORD LLP
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`P.O. Box 55874
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`Boston, Massachusetts 02205
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`(202) 478-7375
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`Attorneys/Agents For Applicant
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`AM 496624081
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