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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and TrademarkOffice
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`15/961,414
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`04/24/2018
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`TERUHIRO SHIONO
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`083710-2199
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`3301
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`MWE-1
`500 North Capitol St, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
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`VAN WINTER, RICHMONDJ
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`ART UNIT
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`3793
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`10/26/2023
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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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`Thetime 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):
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`ipdocketmwe @mwe.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`2. LJ Applicant'sfailure to timely pay the required issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, within the statutory period of three months
`from the mailing date of the Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85).
`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`(a) 2 The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, was received on
`), which is after the expiration of the statutory period for payment of the issue fee (and publication fee) set in the Notice of
`Allowance (PTOL-85).
`is due.
`is insufficient. A balance of $
`(b) 0) The submitted fee of $
`The issue fee required by 37CFR 1.18 is $
`. The publication fee, if required by 37 CFR 1.18(d), is $
`(c) (] The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, has not been received.
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`Petitions to revive under 37 CFR 1.137, or requests to withdraw the holding of abandonment under 37 CFR 1.181, should be promptlyfiled to minimize
`any negative effects on patent term.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-1432 (Rev. 04-19)
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`Notice of Abandonment
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`Part of Paper No. 20231004
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`Notice ofAbandonment
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`15/961,414
`Examiner
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`SHIONO etal.
`Art Unit
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`RICHMOND J VAN WINTER|3793
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
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`This application is abandonedin view of:
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`1.¥JApplicant's failure to timely file a proper reply to the Office letter mailed on 20 March 2023.
`aya reply was received on
`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`), which is after the expiration of the
`period for reply (including a total extension of time of
`month(s)) which expired on
`(b) CIA proposedreply was received on
`, but it does not constitute a proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 to the final rejection.
`(A proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 toafinal rejection consists only of:(1) a timely filed amendment which places the
`application in condition for allowance; (2) a timely filed Notice of Appeal (with appeal fee); or (3)if this is utility or plant
`application, a timely filed Request for Continued Examination (RCE) in compliance with 37 CFR 1.114. Note that RCEs are not
`permitted in design applications.)
`(c) () A reply wasreceived on
`but it does not constitute a proper reply, or a bona foe attempt at a proper reply, to the non-final
`rejection. See 37 CFR 1.85(a) and 1.111. (See explanation in box 8 below).
`(d}@}No reply has been received.
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`3. C Applicant's failure to timely file corrected drawings as required by, and within the three-month period set in, the Notice of
`Allowability (PTO-37).
`(a) 4 Proposed corrected drawings were received on
`after the expiration of the period for reply.
`(b) [ No corrected drawings have been received.
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
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`), which is
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`4. (J Theletter of express abandonmentwhichis signed bythe attorney or agent of record or other party authorized under 37 CFR 1.33
`(b). See 37 CFR 1.138(b).
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`5. CD Theletter of express abandonmentwhichis signed by an attorney or agent(acting in a representative capacity under 37 CFR
`1.34) upon the filing of a continuing application.
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`6. CL) The decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rendered on
`decision has expired and there are no allowed claims.
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`and because the period for seeking court review of the
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`7. © The dismissal of the appeal in an application having no allowed claims. (When an appealis dismissed in an application having no
`allowed claims the application stands abandoned. See MPEP 1215.04 subsections I-V for an explanation of the reasons why an
`appeal is dismissed.)
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`8.(¥}The reason(s) below:
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`A Non-Final Rejection was mailed on 03/20/2023. The latest date for response to the Office Action was six months from that date,
`or 09/20/2023. As of 10/18/2023, four weeks past the response date, no response has been received. Accordingly, a notice of
`abandonmentis beingfiled.
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`/RICHMOND J VAN WINTER/
`Examiner, Art Unit 3793
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`/CHRISTOPHER KOHARSKI/
`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3793
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