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`Application No.
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`Confirmation No.
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`17/434,243
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`: August 26, 2021
`: 4006
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`Examiner
`Art Unit
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`: Marceau Milord
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`2641
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`Docket No.
`: 733456.650USPC
`First Named Inventor : Lei Huang
`Title
`> COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION
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`METHODFORINITIAL ACCESS
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`TRANSMITTAL LETTER OF
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissionerfor Patents:
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`In accordance with 37 CFR §§ 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98, Applicant wishes to make known to
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`the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) the reference(s) set forth on the attached
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`Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). Please acknowledge receipt by initialing and returning
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`a copy of the IDS and kindly make the cited reference(s) of record in the above-identified
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`application.
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`As copies of cited U.S. patents and published patent applications are not required, they
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`have not been provided. Copies of cited unpublished U.S. patent applications are not provided
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`based upon the goodfaith belief that such applications are available in the USPTO’s ImageFile
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`Wrapper system. Copiesofall other reference(s) are provided except as noted.
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`The Director is authorized to charge any other fees due by wayofthis filing, or credit any
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`overpayment to Deposit Account No. 19-1090.
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`Applicant submits that the attached IDS should be considered because:
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`I. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(b).
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`This IDS is filed during one of the following time periods:
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`Within three months of the filing date of a national application other than a Continued
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`Prosecution Application under 37 CFR § 1.53(d); Within three monthsof the date of entry
`of the national stage as set forth in 37 CFR § 1.491 in an international application; Before
`the mailing of a first Office Action on the merits; Before the mailing of a first Office Action
`after the filing of a Request for Continued Examination under 37 CFR § 1.114; or Within
`three months of the date of publication of the international registration under Hague
`Agreement Article 10(3) in an international design application.
`[| II. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(c).
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`[| Ill. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(d).
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`[| In accordance with 37 CFR § 1.704(d), a Patent Term Adjustment Statement
`(PTO/SB/133) is included with this submission.
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`PTA CERTIFICATION
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`This IDS is not to be construed as a representation that a search has been made or an
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`admission that any cited reference is consideredto be prior art under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102 or 103,
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`or material to patentability under 37 CFR § 1.56. Notwithstanding the fact that the reference(s)
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`being cited in this IDS are being made knownto the USPTO in compliance with Applicant’s duty
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`to disclose, Applicant believes that their invention is patentable.
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`Dated: January 23, 2024
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By___/Shoko Leek/
`Shoko I. Leek
`Registration No.: 43,746
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