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`APPLICATION
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`FILING or
`371(c) DATE
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`16/932,367
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`07/17/2020
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`GRP ART
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`OPAP
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`FIL
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`FEE REC'D
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`1720
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`52123
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`1960ROLANDCLARKEPLACE
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`RESTON, VA 20191
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`ATTY.DOCKET.NO
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`P60745
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 4029
`UPDATED FILING RECEIPT
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`NO0L.40
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`Date Mailed: 06/30/2021
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`Receipt is acknowledged of this non-provisional utility patent application. The application will be taken up for
`examination in due course. Applicant will be notified as to the results of the examination. Any correspondence
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`Inventor(s)
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`Applicant(s)
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`Wataru TAKAHARA, Osaka, JAPAN;
`Toshinori Sasaji, Fukui, JAPAN;
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`Panasonic Intellectual Property ManagementCo., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN;
`Assignment For Published Patent Application
`Panasonic Intellectual Property ManagementCo., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN
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`Domestic Applications for which benefit is claimed - None.
`A proper domestic benefit claim must be provided in an Application Data Sheetin order to constitute a claim for
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`Foreign Applications (You maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at the
`USPTO. Please see http://www.uspto.gov for more information.)
`JAPAN 2019-135006 07/23/2019 Access Code Provided
`JAPAN 2019-135032 07/23/2019 Access Code Provided
`JAPAN 2019-206732 11/15/2019 Access Code Provided
`JAPAN 2020-055778 03/26/2020 Access Code Provided
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`Non-Publication Request: No
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`Early Publication Request: No
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`CAPACITIVE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
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`Preliminary Class
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`Statement under 37 CFR 1.55 or 1.78 for AIA (First Inventor to File) Transition Applications: No
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