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`DESIGN PATENT
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`WITH ‘* DETACHABLE WIPING PORTIONfor Shinpei KAJIMOTO and
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`Toshiaki NAKAJO.
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`Also enclosed are:
`[ ] informal drawing(s);
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`_5__ sheet(s) of [X] formal
`a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119 and 172 in
`[ ] a separate document
`[ ] the declaration;
`a certified copy of the priority document;
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`an Associate Power of Attorney;
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`____ verified statement(s) claiming small entity status;
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`an Information Disclosure Statement; and
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`Other:
`_Preliminary Amendment
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`The declaration of the inventor(s) [X] also is enclosed [ ] will follow.
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`Thefiling fee has been calculated as follows:
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`Basic Application Fee
`If verified statement claiming small entity status is enclosed,
`subtract 50% of Basic Application Fee
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`Application Fee Due
`Add Recording Fee of $40.00 if Assignment document is enclosed
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`$ 320.00
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`Design Patent Application Transmittal Letter
`Attorney’s Docket No. 031310-007
`Page 2
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`[X]
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`A check in the amount of $_ 360.00
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`is enclosed for the fee due.
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`Charge $
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`to Deposit Account No. 02-4800 for the fee due.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any appropriate fees under
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 1.16, 1.17 and 1.21 that may be required by this paper, and to credit any
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`overpayment, to Deposit Account No. 02-4800. This paper is submitted in triplicate.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BURNS, DOANE, SWECKER & MATHIS, L.L.P.
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`William A. Knoeller
`Registration No. 20,929
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`P.O. Box 1404
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1404
`(703) 836-6620
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`Date: March 6, 1997
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`DESIGN PATENT
`APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL LETTER
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`Box PATENT APPLICATION
`Assistant Commissioner for Patents
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Sir:
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`Enclosed forfiling is the design patent application of WINDOW CLEANER
`WITH A DETACHABLE WIPING PORTIONfor Shinpei KAJIMOTO and
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`
`Toshiaki NAKAJO.
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`Also enclosed are:
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`[ ] informal drawing(s);
`[X]
`5__
`sheet(s) of [X] formal
`[]
`a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119 and 172 in
`[ ] a separate document
`[ ] the declaration;
`a certified copy of the priority document;
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`an Associate Power of Attorney;
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`_____ verified statement(s) claiming small entity status;
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`an Information Disclosure Statement; and
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`Other:_PreliminaryAmendmentos.
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`The declaration of the inventor(s) [X] also is enclosed [ ] will follow.
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`The filing fee has been calculated as follows:
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`TOTAL FEE DUE
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`If verified statement claiming small entity status is enclosed,
`subtract 50% of Basic Application Fee
`Application Fee Due
`320.00
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`Add Recording Fee of $40.00 if Assignment document is enclosed
`40.00
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`$ 320.00
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`360.00
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`A check in the amount of $_360.00_
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`is enclosed for the fee due.
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`to Deposit Account No. 02-4800 for the fee due.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any appropriate fees under
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 1.16, 1.17 and 1.21 that may be required by this paper, and to credit any
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`overpayment, to Deposit Account No. 02-4800. This paper is submitted in triplicate.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BurRNS, DOANE, SWECKER & MATHIS, L.L.P.
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`By:_AXteeBeen
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`William A. Knoeller
`Registration No. 20,929
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`P.O. Box 1404
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1404
`(703) 836-6620
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`Date: March 6, 1997
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`DESIGN PATENT
`APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL LETTER
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`Box PATENT APPLICATION
`Assistant Commissioner for Patents
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Sir:
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`Enclosedfor filing is the design patent application of WINDOW CLEANER
`WITH A DETACHABLE WIPING PORTIONfor Shinpei KAJIMOTO and
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`Toshiaki NAKAJO.
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`Also enclosed are:
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`[ ] informal drawing(s);
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`a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119 and 172 in
`[ ] a separate document
`[ ] the declaration;
`a certified copy of the priority document;
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`an Associate Power of Attorney;
`verified statement(s) claiming small entity status;
`an Information Disclosure Statement; and
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`[X]_PreliminaryAmendment4.=.Other:
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`The declaration of the inventor(s) [X] also is enclosed [ ] will follow.
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`The filing fee has been calculated as follows:
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` Basic Application Fee
`If verified statement claiming small entity status is enclosed,
`subtract 50% of Basic Application Fee
`Application Fee Due
`Add Recording Fee of $40.00 if Assignment document is enclosed
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`320.00
`40.00
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`$ 320.00
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`TOTAL FEE DUE
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`Design Patent Application Transmittal Letter
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`Page 2
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`[X]
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`A check in the amount of $_360.00_
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`is enclosed for the fee due.
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`Charge $
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`to Deposit Account No. 02-4800 for the fee due.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any appropriate fees under
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 1.16, 1.17 and 1.21 that may be required by this paper, and to credit any
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`overpayment, to Deposit Account No. 02-4800. This paper is submitted in triplicate.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BURNS, DOANE, SWECKER & MATHIS, L.L.P.
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`By;Alt-Ahewn
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`William A. Knoeller
`Registration No. 20,929
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`P.O. Box 1404
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1404
`(703) 836-6620
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`Date: March 6, 1997
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`(BDSM 4)
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`Patent
`Attorney’s Docket No. 031310-007
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Application of
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`Shinpei KAJIMOTO et al.
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`Application No.: Unassigned
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`Filed: March 6, 1997
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`For: WINDOW CLEANER WITH
`A DETACHABLE WIPING
`PORTION
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`Group Art Unit: Unassigned
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`Examiner: Unassigned
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT ACCOMPANYING NEW APPLICATION
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`Assistant Commissioner for Patents
`Washington, D.C.
`20231
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`Sir:
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`Prior to initial examination of the above-identified new
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`design patent application, please enter the following
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`amendments:
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`IN THE PETITION AND PREAMBLE:
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`Last line, after "CLEANER" insert --WITH A DETACHABLE
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`WIPING PORTION--.
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`IN_THE DRAWINGS:
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`Please delete FIGS.
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`7 and 8.
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`IN THE SPECIFICATION:
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`Page 1,
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`line 15 (description of FIG. 5) after "thereof;"
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`insert --and--;
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`line 18 (last line), after "thereof" change the
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`"2"
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`(gemicolon)
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`Application Serial No. Unassigned
`Attorney’s Docket No. 031310-007
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`Page 2, delete lines 1-11 (description of FIGS.
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`7 and 8
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`and following paragraph) .
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`REMARKS
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`The above amendment are made to place the application in
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`order for initial examination.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BURNS, DOANE, SWECKER & MATHIS, L.L.P.
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`By:
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`hela Ba Kareble
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`William A. Knoeller
`Registration No. 20,929
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`Post Office Box 1404
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1404
`(703) 836-6620
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`Date: March 6, 1997
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`APPLICATION FOR DESIGN LETTERS
`PATENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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`Petition and Preamble
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`To the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks:
`Yourpetitioner or petitioners if more than one name is listed below
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`Shinpei KAJIMOTOand Toshiaki NAKAJO
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`a citizen or subject (or if there is more than one petitioner) citizens or subjects, of respectively,
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`Japanese and Japanese
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`WINDOW CLEANERset forth in the following specification:
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` prays or pray that Letters Patent be granted to him or them for the new andoriginal design for
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`Specification
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`Be it knownthat I or we the above namedpetitioner or petitioners has or have invented a
`new,original and ornamental design for a WINDOW CLEANER WITH A DETACHABLE
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`WIPING PORTIONof which the following is a specification, reference being had to the
`accompanying drawing forming a part hereof.
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`FIG. 1 is a top plan view of our new design for a Window Cleaner With A Detachable
`Wiping Portion, said detachable wiping portion being shown in the assembled position;
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`FIG. 2 is an endelevational view of one end thereof with the detachable wiping portion in
`the assembled position; the opposite end is a mirror image of FIG. 2;
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`FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of one side thereof with the detachable wiping portion in
`the assembled position; the opposite side is a mirror image of FIG. 3,
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`FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof with the detachable wiping portion in the assembled
`position;
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`FIG. 5 is a bottom perspective view thereof with the detachable wiping portion in the
`assembled position and showing one end and oneside; the perspective view from the opposite
`corner is a mirror image thereof;
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`FIG. 6 is a top perspective view thereof with the detachable wiping portion in the assembled
`position and showing one end and one side; the perspective view from the opposite corneris a
`mirror image thereof;
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`FIG.7 is a bottom plan view thereof with the detachable wiping portion removed; and
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`FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the detachable wiping portion when detached from the handle of
`the window cleaner.
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`The Window Cleaner of the subject invention has a handle portion and a detachable wiping
`portion which are usually magnetically adhered to each other by one or more magnets within the
`handle portion and/or the detachable wiping portion. The indoor surface of a window can be wiped
`with the handle portion and the wiping portion adhered together. When the outdoor surface of the
`window is wiped, the wiping portion is separated from the handle portion and is applied to the
`outdoor surface of the window. The handle portion is then moved over the indoor surface with the
`wiping portion moving in unison over the outdoor surface due to the magnetic attraction passing
`3; through the window glass.
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`Weclaim:
`The ornamental design for a WINDOW CLEANER WITH A DETACHABLE WIPING
`‘ORTION as shown and described.
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`Claim
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`(Filing Date) (Application Number)
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`ereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above-identified specification, including the claims, as amended by any
`endmentreferred to above.
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`(Country)
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`(Number)
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`(Day/Month/Year Filed)
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`cknowledge the duty to disclose to the Office all information known to me to be material to patentability as defined in Title 37, Code of
`Federal Regulations, §1.56.
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`ereby claim foreign priority benefits under Title 35, United States Code, §119 (a)-(e) of any foreign application(s) for patent or inventor’s
`rtificate or of any PCT international application(s) designating at least one country other than the United States of America listed below and
`have also identified below any foreign application(s) for patent or inventor’s certificate or any PCT international application(s) designating at
`least one country other than the United States of America filed by me on the same subject matter having a filing date before that of the
`application(s) of which priority is claimed:
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`12. PRIOR FOREIGN/PCT APPLICATION(S) AND ANY PRIORITY CLAIMS UNDER35 U.S.C. §119: (PARIS CONVENTION)
`COUNTRY
`DATE OF FILING
`PRIORITY CLAIMED
`(if PCT, indicate "PCT”)
`(day, month, year)
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. $119
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`I hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, United States Code § 119(e) of any United States provisional application(s) listed below.
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`COMBINED DECLARATION FOR PATENT APPLICATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
`(Includes Reference to Provisional and PCT International Applications)
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`ATTORNEY’S DOCKET NUMBER
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`2. 031310-007
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`As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that:
`Myresidence, post office address and citizenship are as stated below next to my name;
`I believe I am the original, first and sole inventor (if only one nameis listed below) or an original, first and joint inventor (if
`plural namesare listed below) of the subject matter which is claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled:
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`1.
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`WINDOW CLEANER WITH A DETACHABLE WIPING PORTION
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`the specification of which (check only one item below):
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`is attached hereto.
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`COMBINED DECLARATION FOR PATENT APPLICATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY (CONTINUED)
`(Includes Reference to Provisional and PCT International Applications)
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`ATTORNEY'S DOCKET NO.
`031310-007
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`I hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, United States Code, §120 of any United States applications(s) or PCT international
`application(s) designating the United States of America that is/are listed below and, insofar as the subject matter of each of the
`claims of this application is not disclosed in that/those prior application(s) in the manner provided by the first paragraph of Title
`35, United States Code, §112, I acknowledge the duty to disclose to the Office all information known to me to be material to
`the patentability as defined in Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations §1.56, which became available betweenthe filing date of
`the prior application(s) and the national or PCT international filing date of this application:
`PRIOR U.S. APPLICATIONS OR PCT INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS DESIGNATING THE U.S. FOR BENEFIT UNDER 35 U.S.C. 120:
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`U.S. FILING DATE
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`Do not usethis portion to
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`the present application is the
`U.S. National phase of the
`PCTapplication
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`PCT APPLICATIONS DESIGNATING THE U.S.
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`PCT FILING DATE
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`U.S. APPLICATION NUMBERS
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`that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.
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`hereby appoint the following attorneys and agent(s) to prosecute said application and to transact all business in the Patent and
`rademark Office connected therewith and to file, prosecute and to transact all business in connection with international
`applications directed to said invention:
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`William L. Mathis
`Peter H. Smolka
`Robert S. Swecker
`Platon N. Mandros
`Benton S. Duffett, Jr.
`Joseph R. Magnone
`Norman H. Stepno
`Ronald L. Gmidziecki
`Frederick G. Michaud,Jr.
`Alan E. Kopecki
`Regis E. Slutter
`Samuel C. Miller, III
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`Ralph L. Freeland, Jr.
`Robert G. Mukai
`George A. Hovanec, Jr.
`James A. LaBarre
`E. Joseph Gess
`R. Danny Huntington
`Eric H. Weisblatt
`James W. Peterson
`Teresa Stanek Rea
`Robert E. Krebs
`Robert M. Schulman
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`16,110
`28,531
`28,223
`28,632
`28,510
`27,903
`30,505
`26,057
`30,427
`25,885
`31,196
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`William C. Rowland
`T. Gene Dillahunty
`Anthony W. Shaw
`Patrick C. Keane
`Bruce J. Boggs, Jr.
`William H. Benz
`Peter K. Skiff
`Richard J. McGrath
`Matthew L. Schneider
`Michael G. Savage
`Gerald F. Swiss
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`30,888
`25,423
`30,104
`32,858
`32,344
`25,952
`31,917
`29,195
`32,814
`32,596
`30,113
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`and: William A. Knoeller, Reg. No. 20,929
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`Address all correspondenceto:
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`William A. Knoeller
`BURNS, DOANE, SWECKER & MATHIS, L.L.P.
`P.O. Box 1404
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1404
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`Address all telephone calls to: William A. Knoeller
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`at (703) 836-6620.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledgeare true and that all statements made on information and
`belief are believed to be true; and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and
`the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and
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`FULL NAMEOF SOLE OR FIRST INVENTOR
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`FULL NAME OF THIRD JOINT INVENTOR, IF ANY
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