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`PATENT APPLICATION|FirstNamedinventor_|NamedInventor |KazumaKubonoKubono
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`DESIGN V._UTILITY: A “design patent” protects anarticle's ornamental appearance (e.g., the
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`Fee Transmittal Form (e.g., PTO/SB/17)
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`2. [] Applicant claims small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
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`Information Disclosure Statement(IDS)
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`14 [_] Requestfor Expedited Examination of a Design Application
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`15. Other:|IDS (Citation) by Applicant
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`Application Data Sheet. See 37 CFR 1.76
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`16. ifa CONTINUING APPLICATION,check appropriate box, and supply the requisite information below andin thefirst sentence of the
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`FEE CALCULATION
`1. BASIC FILING, SEARCH, AND EXAMINATION FEES
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`FILING FEES
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`Application Type FeeSaleeta Fee a)Fee ($) SS)ay Fees Paid ($)
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`Utility
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`Each claim over 20 (including Reissues)
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`Each independent claim over 3 (including Reissues)
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`Multiple dependent claims
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`3. APPLICATION SIZE FEE
`If the specification and drawings exceed 100 sheets of paper (excluding electronically filed sequence or computer
`listings under 37 CFR 1.52(e)), the application size fee due is $260 ($130 for small entity) for each additional 50
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`Name (PrinvType)| Thomas K. Scherer
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`Date
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`Fees Paid ($)
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`Design Patent Application Transmittal (1 page)
`Fee Transmittal (1 page)
`Paymentby credit card. Form PTO-2038is attached (1 page)
`Application Data Sheet (2 pages)
`Specification Cover Sheet (1 page)
`Specification excluding claims (1 page)
`1 Claim (1 page)
`10 Formal Drawings (5 sheets)
`Declaration and Powerof Attorney (3 pages) SIGNED
`Recordation Form Cover Sheet (1 page)
`Assignment (3 pages)
`Information Disclosure Statement (2 pages)
`IDS (Citation) by Applicant (1 reference) (1 page)
`Certified copy of JP 2007-017330 filed June 28, 2007
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`Marty Miles
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