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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`www.uspto.gov
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWANCEAND FEE(S) DUE
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`OSHA LIANG L.L.P.
`2a MCENNEY STREE
`SUITE 2800
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`BUI, DANIEL
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`DATE MAILED: 11/01/2006
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`06/08/2006
`29/261,137
`TITLE OF INVENTION: CONNECTOR
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`Masanori Kishi
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`03115/080001
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`7324
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`APPLN. TYPE PUBLICATION FEE DUE|PREV. PAIDISSUE FEE|TOTAL FEE(S) DUESMALL ENTITY ISSUE FEE DUE DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`NO
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`$800
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`$0
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`$800
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`02/01/2007
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`THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIED ABOVE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT.
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`THIS APPLICATION IS SUBJECTTO WITHDRAWAL FROM ISSUE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE OFFICE OR UPON
`PETITION BY THE APPLICANT. SEE 37 CFR 1.313 AND MPEP1308.
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`THE ISSUE FEE AND PUBLICATION FEE (IF REQUIRED) MUST BE PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS FROM THE
`MAILING DATE OF THIS NOTICE OR THIS APPLICATION SHALL BE REGARDED AS ABANDONED.
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`PERIOD CANNOT BE
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`SEE 35 U.S.C. 151. THE ISSUE FEE DUE INDICATED ABOVE DOES
`NOT REFLECT A CREDIT FOR ANY PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE IN THIS APPLICATION.
`IF AN ISSUE FEE HAS
`PREVIOUSLY BEEN PAID IN THIS APPLICATION (AS SHOWN ABOVE), THE RETURN OF PART B OF THIS FORM
`WILL BE CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REAPPLY THE PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE TOWARD THE ISSUE FEE NOW
`DUE.
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`HOW TO REPLY TO THIS NOTICE:
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`I. Review the SMALL ENTITYstatus shown above.
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`If the SMALL ENTITYis shown as NO:
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`A. If the status is the same, pay the TOTAL FEE(S) DUE shown
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`B. If the status above is to be removed, check box 5b on Part B -
`Fee(s) Transmittal and pay the PUBLICATION FEE(if required)
`and twice the amountof the ISSUE FEE shown above,or
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`B. If applicant claimed SMALL ENTITYstatus before, or is now
`claiming SMALL ENTITYstatus, check box Sa on Part B - Fee(s)
`Transmittal and pay the PUBLICATION FEE(if required) and 1/2
`the ISSUE FEE shownabove.
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`Ul. PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL,orits equivalent, must be completed and returned to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`(USPTO)with your ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATIONFEE(if required). If you are charging the fee(s) to your deposit account, section "4b"
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`PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL
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`Complete and sendthis form, together with applicable fee(s), to: Mail Mail Stop ISSUE FEE
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`or Fax (571)-273-2885
`through 5 should be completed where
`INSTRUCTIONS: This form should be used for transmitting the ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE(if required). Blocks 1
`appropriate. Ali further correspondence including the Patent, advance orders and notification of maintenance fees will
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`Fee(s) Transmittal. This certificate cannotbe used for any other accompanying
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`Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
`Lhereb certify that thisFeels Transmittal isbeing depositedwith the United
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`sufficient postage forfirst class mail
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`addressed to the Mail Stop ISSUE FEE address above, or bein
`facsimile
`transmitted to the USPTO (571) 273-2885, on the date indicated below.
`(Depositor’s name)
`(Signature)
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`(Date)
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`11/01/2006
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`22511
`7590
`OSHA LIANG L.L.P.
`1221 MCKINNEY STREET
`SUITE 2800
`HOUSTON,TX 77010
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`06/08/2006
`29/261,137
`TITLE OF INVENTION: CONNECTOR
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`Masanori Kishi
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`03115/080001 —
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`7324
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`APPLN. TYPE PUBLICATION FEE DUE[|PREV.PAID ISSUE FEESMALLENTITY ISSUE FEE DUE TOTALFEE(S) DUE DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`NO
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`$800
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`$0
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`$0
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`$800
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`*
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`02/01/2007
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`BUI, DANIEL
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`D13-147000
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`1. Ch
`ange,otcorrespondence addressor indication of "Fee Address" (37
`2. For printing on the patent front page,list
`CFR
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`(1) the names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
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`J Change ofcorrespondence address (or Change of Correspondence
`or agents OR,alternatively,
`Address form PTO/SB/122) attached.
`(2) the nameofa single firm (having asa membera
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`() "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address”Indication form
`registered attorney or agent) and the namesof up to
`3
`2 registered patent attorneys or agents. Ifnonameis
`PTO/SB/47; Rev 03-02 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer
`Numberis required.
`listed, no namewill be printed.
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`3. ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATATO BE PRINTED ON THEPATENT(printor type)
`PLEASE NOTE:Unless an assignee is identified below, no assignee data will appear on the patent. If an assignee is identified below, the document has been filed for
`recordation as set forth in 37 CFR
`3.11. Completion of this form is NOTa substitute for filing an assignment.
`(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE
`(B) RESIDENCE:(CITY and STATE OR COUNTRY)
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`Please check the appropriate assignee category or categories (will not be printed on the patent) : Q) individual Corporation or other private groupentity C) Government
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`4a. The following fee(s) are submitted:
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`L) Publication Fee (No small entity discount permitted)
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`()TheDirectoris hereby authorized to charge the required fees), any deficiency, or creditany
`a overpayment, to Deposit Account Number enclose an extra copyofthis form).
`5. Changein Entity Status (from status indicated above)
`Oa. Applicant claims SMALL ENTITYstatus. See 37 CFR 1.27.
`Clo. Applicantis no longer claiming SMALL ENTITYstatus. See 37 CFR 1.27(g)(2).
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`NOTE: TheIssue Fee and Publication Fee(if required) will not be accepted from anyoneotherthan the applicant; a registered attorney or agent; or the assignee or other party in
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`29/261,137
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`06/08/2006
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`Masanori Kishi
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`03115/080001
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`7324
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`OSHA LIANG L.L.P.
`1221 MCKINNEY STREET
`SUITE 2800
`HOUSTON,TX 77010
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`BUI, DANIEL
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`2912
`DATE MAILED:11/01/2006
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`Determination of Patent Term Extension or Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`Design patents have a term measured from the issue date of the patent and the term remains the same length
`regardless of the time that the application for the design patent was pending. Since the above-identified application is
`an application for a design patent, the patent is not eligible for Patent Term Extension or Adjustment under 35 U.S.C.
`154(b).
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`Any questions regarding the Patent Term Extension or Adjustment determination should be directed to the Office of
`Patent Legal Administration at (571)-272-7702. Questions relating to issue and publication fee payments should be
`directed to the Customer Service Center of the Office of Patent Publication at 1-(888)-786-0101—or
`(571)-272-4200.
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