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`PATENT TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Docket No.: 03115/071001
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Design Applicationof:
`Tomoaki Inoetal.
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`Application No.: Not Yet Assigned
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`Confirmation No.: N/A
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`Filed: Concurrently Herewith
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`Art Unit: N/A
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`For:
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`BATTERY
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`’ Examiner: Not Yet Assigned
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT(IDS)
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`Commissionerfor Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`DearSir:
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`Pursuant
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`to 37 CFR 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98,
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`the attention of the Patent and
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`Trademark Office is hereby directed to the references listed on the attached PTO/SB/08.
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`It is
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`respectfully requestedthat the information be expressly considered during the prosecutionofthis
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`application, and that the references be madeof record therein and appear amongthe “References
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`Cited” on any patent to issue therefrom.
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`This Information Disclosure Statement accompanies the new patent application
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`submitted herewith.
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`Applicant has not submitted copies of each cited U.S. patent and U.S. patent
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`application as required by 37 CFR 1.98(a)(2)(i), amended October 2004, as the U.S. Patent and
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`Trademark Office has waived this requirement for all U.S. patent applications. Applicant
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`submits herewith copies of foreign and non-patents in accordance with 37 CFR 1.98(a)(2).
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`Application No.: Not Yet Assigned
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`Docket No.: 03115/071001
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`In accordance with 37 CFR 1.97(g), the filing of this Information Disclosure
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`Statementshall not be construed to mean that a search has been made orthat no other material
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`information as defined in 37 CFR 1.56(a) exists.
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`In accordance with 37 CFR 1.97(h),thefiling
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`of this Information Disclosure statement shall not be construed to be an admission that any
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`patent, publication or other information referred to therein is “prior art” for this invention unless
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`specifically designated as such.
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`It is submitted that the Information Disclosure Statementis in compliance with 37
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`CFR 1.98 and the Examineris respectfully requested to consider the listed references.
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`The Director is hereby authorized to charge any deficiency in the fees filed,
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`asserted to be filed or which should have been filed herewith to our Deposit Account
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`No. 50-0591, under Order No. 03115/071001.
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`Dated: May 18, 2006
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`Respectfully submitted, By:
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`K. Scherer
`Thomas
`Registration No.: 45,079
`OSHA : LIANG LLP
`1221 McKinneySt., Suite 2800
`Houston, Texas 77010
`(713) 228-8600
`(713) 228-8778 (Fax)
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`22511
`PATENT TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PTO/SB/08a/b (07-05)
`Approved for use through 07/31/2006. OMB 0651-0031
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unlessit contains a valid OMB control number.
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`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Publication Date
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`Nameof Patentee or
`Applicant of Cited Document
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`Pages, Columns,Lines, Where
`Relevant Passages or Relevant
`Figures Appear
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` Substitute for form 1449A/B/PTO
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
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`STATEMENTBY APPLICANT
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`(Use as many sheets as necessary)
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Nameof Patentee or
`Foreign Patent Document
`Publication
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`No|coryCa’Ca’WhereRelevantPassages
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`CountryCode*-Number*-KindCode’|courtryCate?-Nurber4ndCode(fkromn)|known) MM-DDLYYYY orRelevantFiguresAppear
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`Applicant of Cited Document
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`|IBA_|JP-1245502 o7-19-2005[ r—“(‘“C;S*S*SC*LCOCOCSC(‘(Y’N’N’NN§N’NNCSCLNS“SC‘(S
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`*EXAMINER:Initial if reference considered, whetheror not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
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`Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
`' Applicant's unique citation designation number(optional).
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`USPTO Patent Documents at www.uspto.gov or MPEP 901.04.
`3 Enter Office that issued the document, by the two-letter code (WIPO Standard $T.3).
`Japanese patent documents,the indication of the year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial numberof the patent document. 5 Kind of Socumant
`by the appropriate symbols as indicated on the document under WIPO Standard ST.16 if possible. ° Applicantis to place a check mark here if English language
`Translation is attached.
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`where published.
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`Examiner
`Initials
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`No
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`NON PATENTLITERATURE DOCUMENTS
`Include nameof the author(in CAPITAL LETTERS),title of the article (when appropriate),title of the item (book,
`magazine, journal, serial, symposium, catalog,etc.), date, page(s), volume-issue number(s), publisher,city
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`*EXAMINER:Initial if reference considered, whetheror notcitation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line throughcitation if not in conformance and not
`considered. Include copyof this form with next communication to applicant.
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`‘Applicant's uniquecitation designation number(optional). Applicantis to place a check mark here if English language Translationis attached.
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`Signature
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