Doc Code: R48.REQ
`Document Description: Request under Rule 48 correcting inventorship
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`PTO/AIA/40 (04-18)
`Approved for use through 11/30/2020. OMB 0651-0031
`U.S. Patent and TrademarkOffice, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`REQUEST FOR CORRECTION INA
`PATENT APPLICATION RELATING TO
`INVENTORSHIP OR AN INVENTOR
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`NAME, OR ORDER OF NAMES, OTHER
`THANIN A REISSUE APPLICATION (37
`CFR 1.48)
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`Application Number
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`Number
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`16/932,367
`07-17-2020
`Wataru TAKAHARA
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`Not yet assigned
`P60745
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`To: Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Applicant hereby requests that the inventorship be corrected or changed, or that the nameofthe inventorora joint inventor, or the order of
`the namesofjoint inventors, be changed, in the above-identified application. Note: 37 CFR 1.48 applies to any request to correct inventorship
`filed on or after September 16, 2012, regardless of the application filing date. Do not submit this form after paymentof the issue feeorif the
`application has been patented. See 37 CFR 1.324 for correction of inventorship in a patent.
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`Please check the applicable box(es) below.
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`For a nonprovisional application:
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`(| 1. This request is to correct or change the inventorship in a nonprovisional application (under 37 CFR 1.48(a)) and includes:
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`(ml An application data sheet (ADS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(c) with the corrected or updated information shown with markings
`(e.g., underlining for insertions, strikethrough for deletions). See the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) section
`601.05(a) for information about filing an ADS in an application filed on/after September 16, 2012. For information aboutfiling a
`Supplemental ADSin an application filed before September 16, 2012, see MPEP 601.05(b).
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`The processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i).
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`$
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`An inventor is being added. An inventor’s oath or declaration by any actual inventor who has not yet executed an oath or declaration
`is required (see 37 CFR 1.48(b)). See MPEP 602.01(a) for information about an inventor’s oath or declaration for an application filed
`on/after September 16, 2012 (e.g., form PTO/AIA/01). For information about an inventor’s oath or declaration for an application
`filed before September 16, 2012 (e.g., form PTO/SB/01), see MPEP 602.01(b).
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`[| The fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(d) is due (in addition to the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i)).
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`[] This request is being filed after the first Office action on the merits has been given or mailed (see 37 CFR 1.48(c) and 1.17(d)). Check
`one ofthe following:
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`[] This request to correct or change the inventorship is due solely to the cancellation of claims in the application.
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`OR
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`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.48. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public whichis to file (and by the USPTO to
`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 1 hour to complete,including
`gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Timewill vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on the
`amountof 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
`TrademarkOffice, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMSTO THIS ADDRESS. SEND
`TO: Commissionerfor Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
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`!f you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.
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`PTO/AIA/40 (04-18)
`Approved for use through 11/30/2020. OMB 0651-0031
`U.S. Patent and TrademarkOffice, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unlessit displays a valid OMB control number.
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`REQUEST FOR CORRECTION IN A PATENT APPLICATION RELATING TO INVENTORSHIP OR AN
`INVENTOR NAME, OR ORDER OF NAMES, OTHER THANIN A REISSUE APPLICATION
`(37 CFR 1.48)
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`C]
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`2. This request is to correct or update the nameofthe inventoror a joint inventor, or the order of namesofjoint inventors, ina
`nonprovisional application (under 37 CFR 1.48(f)) and includes:
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`[| An application data sheet in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(c) identifying the complete inventive entity, including the corrected or
`updated name ofthe inventor, or the new order of names shown with markings (e.g., underlining for insertions, strikethrough for
`deletions). See the MPEP 601.05(a) for information about filing an ADSin an application filed on/after September 16, 2012. For
`information about filing a Supplemental ADS in an application filed before September 16, 2012, see MPEP 601.05(b).
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`[] The processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i).
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`Fora provisional application:
`This request is to change or correct the inventorship, or correct or update the name ofthe inventor or a joint inventor, in a provisional
`application (under 37 CFR 1.48(d)) and includes:
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`[| Attached hereto is a documentthatis signed by a party set forth in 37 CFR 1.33(b) and identifies each inventorby his or her legal
`name, in the preferred order. Note: the document maybe an application data sheet in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(c) that
`identifies the changes with markings (underlining for insertions, strikethrough for deletions).
`[| The processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(q).
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`Fee Payment Information:
`[] Applicant asserts small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
`[| Applicant certifies micro entity status. See 37 CFR 1.29.
`Form PTO/SB/15AorB or equivalent must either be enclosed or have been submitted previously
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`lam the
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`forms are submitted.
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`[| A checkin the amountofthe feeis enclosed.
`[] Payment by credit card. Form PTO-2038is attached.
`(| The Director is hereby authorized to charge any fees which may be required, or credit any overpayment
`to Deposit Account No. 19-0089
`(ml Payment madevia EFS-Web.
`WARNING: Information on this form may becomepublic. Credit card information should not be included
`onthis form. Provide credit card information and authorization on PTO-2038.
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`(|
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`[] Applicant*
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`[] attorney or agent acting under 37 CFR 1.34
`attorneyor agent of record
`Registration number
`Registration number 63,649
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`signature James P. Bonnamy/
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`Typed or printed name James P. Bonnamy
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`Date June 28, 2021
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`NOTE: This form must be signed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.33. See 37 CFR 1.4 for signature requirements and certifications. *Juristic entities
`must be represented by a patentpractitioner (See 37 CFR 1.31, applicable to any paper filed on or after September 16, 2012 that is presented
`on behalfof a juristic entity, regardless of application filing date). Submit multiple forms if more than one signature is required, see below**.
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