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`APPLICATION
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`17/334,322
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`96896
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFIGE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`FILING or
`371(c) DATE
`05/28/2021
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`1820
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`Inventor(s)
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`JUNJI SATO, Tokyo, JAPAN;
`RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI, Tokyo, JAPAN;
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`Applicant(s)
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`Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JAPAN;
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`ANTENNA-INTEGRATED MODULE AND RADAR DEVICE
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