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`APPLICATION NUMBER FEINor37 (C) GRP ART UNIT|FIL FEE REC'D TOT CLAIMS|IND CLAIMSATTY.DOCKET.NO
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`29/289,332
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`07/16/2007
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`22511
`OSHA LIANG L.L.P.
`1221 MCKINNEY STREET
`SUITE 2800
`HOUSTON, TX77010
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 3179
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`UPDATED FILING RECEIPT
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`Date Mailed: 10/04/2007
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`Receipt is acknowledged of this non-provisional patent application. The application will be taken up for
`examination in due course. Applicant will be notified as to the results of
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`Applicant(s)
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`Motohiro Aoki, Osaka, JAPAN;
`Etsushi Muramatsu, Kadoma-shi, JAPAN;
`Yoshiyuki Miyake, Osaka, JAPAN;
`Jyunichi Yamada, Tokyo, JAPAN;
`Nobutaka Katou, Tokyo, JAPAN;
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
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`Foreign Applications
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`JAPAN 2007-000563 01/16/2007
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`If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 07/26/2007
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`US29/289,332
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`Projected Publication Date: None, application is not eligible for pre-grant publication
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`Non-Publication Request: No
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`Early Publication Request: No
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`Title
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`Electric massaging chair
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`Preliminary Class
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`Dog
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`PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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`Since the rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughoutthe territory of the United States and have
`no effect in a foreign country, an inventor who wishes patent protection in another country must apply for a
`patent in a specific country or in regional patent offices. Applicants may wish to consider the filing of an
`international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). An international (PCT) application
`generally has the same effect as a regular national patent application in each PCT-member country. The
`PCT process simplifies the filing of patent applications on the same invention in member countries, but
`does notresult in a grant of "an international patent" and does not eliminate the need of applicantstofile
`additional documents and fees in countries where patent protection is desired.
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`Almost every country has its own patent law, and a person desiring a patent in a particular country must
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