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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Appln. No:
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`Title:
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`TC/A.U.:
`Examiner:
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`13/687,128
`Kazumasa YOSHIMA et al.
`November 28, 2012
`WELDING SYSTEM
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`To Be Assigned
`To Be Assigned
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`SUPPLEMENTAL
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEM ENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.97 and 1.98 and to the duty of disclosure set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. § 1.56, the Examiner in charge of the above—identified application is requested to
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`consider and make of record the references listed on the PTO/SB/08a submitted herewith. A
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`copy of each reference listed on the PTO/SB/08a, other than U.S. patents, is enclosed.
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`Although the information submitted herewith may be "material" to the Examiner's
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`consideration of the subject application, this submission is not intended to constitute an
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`admission that such information is "prior art" as to the claimed invention.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(g), the filing of this Information Disclosure
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`Statement shall not be construed to mean that a search has been made.
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`The following Chinese references are not in the English language.
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`1)
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`2)
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`3)
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`85104150
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`101134260
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`1748924
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`Reference 1) includes an English abstract thereof attached to the copy of the
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`reference submitted herewith.
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`References 2) and 3) include an English translation thereof attached to the copies
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`of the references submitted herewith.
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