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`13/820,557
`Junji FUJIWARA et al.
`March 4, 2013
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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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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`A copy of each reference listed on the PTO/SB/08a, other than published US. patent
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`The following references are not in the English language.
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`1) CN 1775444A
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`2) CN 1765556A
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`3) JP 2006—122957A
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`Reference 1) corresponds to US Patent Publication No. US 2006/0102695A1.
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`Reference 2) includes an English translation of corresponding Reference 3.
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