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`Document Description: Request for USPTO toretrieve priority docs \)5patent and Trademark Office: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`Requestto Retrieve Electronic
`Priority Application(s)
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`Ryuichi KANOH
`First Named Inventor
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`Send completed form to: Commissionerfor Patents lExaminerName|Cd
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`P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Attorney Docket Number| 735256.422C 1
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.55(i}, the undersigned hereby requests that the USPTO retrieve an electronic copy of each of the following foreign
`applications for which priority has been claimed under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)}-{d)} from a foreign intellectual property office participating with
`the USPTO in a bilateral or multilateral priority document exchange agreement. This Request must be submitted:
`- within the later of sixteen months from the filing date of the prior foreign application or four months from the actual fing date of
`an application under 35 U.S.C. 1i1¢a),
`- within four months fram the later of the date of commencement (37 CFR 1.491(a)) or the date of the initial submission under 35
`U.S.C. 371 of an application entering the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371, or
`- with a petition under 37 CFR 1.55(e) or (f).
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`OPTION A
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`Please retrieve the priority application identified in Column C, a certified copy of which is contained in the EP or JP
`application identified in Columns A and B:
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`Code for
`Participating
`Office (EP or
`JP only)
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`Application containing the
`non-participating priority application
`Filing Date
`Access Code
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`Non-participating priority application to be
`retrieved
`App. No.
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`Country
`Code
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`OPTION B
`This Request may be used for the infrequent circumstance when a claim for priority to an application filed in a participating
`foreign intellectual property office was made prior to that foreign intellectual property office becoming a participating foreign
`intellectual property office.
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`Please retrieve the priori
`A
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`lication identified in ColumnsA and B:
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`B
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`Code for Participating Office (e.g., EP)
`or WIPO DAS Depositing Office
`(e.g., AU, BR, CN, DK, EA, EE, ES, FI, GB,
`1B, IN, JP, KR, MA, NL, NZ, SE)
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`Application to be retrieved
`Filing Date
`Access Code
`(for WIPO DAS
`Depositing Office)
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`The USPTO will not attempt to retrieve the identified priority application(s) unless an identical claim for foreign priority to the application
`identified above is made pursuant to 37 CFR 1.55(d) or a petition is granted under 37 CFR 1.55(e} or (f}. Applicants are advised to
`consult Private PAIR (accessed through www.uspto.gov) to assure that the retrieval has been successful. The applicant bears the
`ultimate responsibility for ensuring that a copy of the foreign application is received by the Office from the participating foreign
`intellectual property office, or a certified copy of the foreign priority application is filed, within the time period set forth in 37 CFR
`1.55(g)(1)}.
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`I hereby declare that I have the authority to grant access to the above-identified foreign application(s).
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`December 11, 2019
`/Shoko Leek/
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`Signature
`Date
`Shoko |. Leek
`206.622.4900
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`Telephone Number
`Printed or Typed Name
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`Attorney of Record
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`Title
`Registration Number, if applicable
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`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.55(d). The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public whichis to file (and by the
`USPTOto process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 8 minutes to
`complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form ta the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any
`comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief information Officer,
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED
`FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
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`if you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.
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