Attorney Docket No. P61492
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`Application No. 17/060,738
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventor
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`: Kazuyoshi HONDA
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`T. C. Art Unit : 1725
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`Appl. No.
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`: —17/060,738
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`Examiner : (Not Yet Assigned)
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`(DIVISIONAL OF APPLICATION NO. 15/981,652)
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`Filed
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`: October 1, 2020
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`Confirmation No.: 4406
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`For
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`BATTERY AND BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
`Mail Stop: Amendment
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Commissioner:
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`In accordance with the duty of disclosure under 37 CFR § 1.56 and §§ 1.97 — 1.98,
`Applicant(s) wish to bring the following information to the attention of the Examiner.
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`Applicant(s) wish to make of record the documents listed on the attached form 1449.
`Copies of the listed documents are attached, where required, as are noted English translations, or
`partial translations of pertinent portions, and/or English language abstracts, of any non-English
`language references. The relevance of any document cited in any International/Foreign Search
`Report or Written Opinion is indicated in the Search Report or Written Opinion.
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`CERTIFICATION
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`Each item of information contained in this information disclosure statement was first
`cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign
`application not more than three months prior to the filing of this statement.
`certification does not apply to any documentpreviously cited in the present application.
`No item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was cited in a
`communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to
`the knowledge of the person signing the certification after making reasonable inquiry, no
`item of information contained in this information disclosure statement was known to any
`individual designated in § 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the
`information disclosure statement. This certification does not apply to any document
`previously cited in the present application.
`See attached Patent Term Adjustment Statement under 37 C.F.R § 1.704(d).
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`a Nocertification is being made.
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`Attorney Docket No. P61492
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`Application No. 17/060,738
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`A payment in the amount required under 37 CFR §1.17(p) is provided herewith.
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`DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
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`In the event that any additional fees are due with respect to this paper, the Commissioner
`is hereby authorized to charge such fees to Deposit Account No. 19-0089 of the undersigned.
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`If there should be any questions, the Examineris invited to contact the undersigned at the
`telephone numberlisted below.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Gary V. Harkcom/
`Reg. No. 62,956
`Gary V. Harkcom
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`for Bruce H. Bernstein
`Reg. No. 29,027
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`January 4, 2021
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN,P.L.C.
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`Attorney Docket No. P61492
`Application No. 17/060,738
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`FORM 1449
`Atty. Docket No.
`Application No.
`P61492
`17/060,738
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
`BY APPLICANT
`(Use several sheets if necessary)
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`Applicant
`PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
`MANAGEMENTCO., LTD.
`Filing Date
`T. C. Art Unit
`October 1, 2020
`1725
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`FILING DATE
`DOCUMENT
`EXAMINER
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`INITIAL CLASS|SUBCLASSNUMBER DATE NAME IF APPROPRIATE
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`A|4,999,263 A 03/12/1991|Kabata et al.
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`5,635,312 A 06/03/1997|Yanagisawaet al.
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Translation, English Family member, Abstract or Concise
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`Statement of relevance, International Search Report
`COUNTRY
`SOMBER
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`1988/008210 Al|10/20/1988|WIPO English Language Abstract; English Language Family
`Member: A.
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`eeee JAPAN
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`EnglishLanguageFamilyMember:B.
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`JAPAN
`English Language Abstract.
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`|a|2003-123743A|04/25/2003_|JAPAN English Language Abstract.
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`|e|2010-067443A|03/25/2010_|JAPAN English Language Abstract.
`JAPAN
`English Language Abstract.
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`|g|2014-130754.A|07/10/2014_|JAPAN English Language Machine Translation, with Abstract.
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`OTHER DOCUMENTS(Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, Etc.)2014-130754
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`2|Hayashi et al., “Temperature Dependence of Carrier Mobility in Polyethylene Terephthalate”, Japanese Journal of
`Applied Physics, Vol. 12, No. 7, pp. 1089-1090, 1973.
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`Kaahwa, Y., “Electronic Mobility in Polyethylene Terephthalate”, Physics Status Solidi, (a) 55, pp. K197-K199,
`1979.
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`EXAMINER
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`DATE CONSIDERED
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`*EXAMINER: Initial if citation considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609; draw line throughcitation if not in
`conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
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