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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Doc Code: N572
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
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`NemdfiAVugima 22313-1450
`www.mpto.gov
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`APPLICATION NUMBER
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`10/733,132
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`FILING DATE
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`12/10/2003
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`FIRST NAMED APPLICANT
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`ATI'Y‘ DOCKET NO./TITLE
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`Richard M. Ehrlich
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`PANAP-OIOSIUSO
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`23910
`MEYER IP LAW GROUP
`410 PACIFIC AVENUE
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`SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133
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`Cc:- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
`ATTN: NANDAR AUNG-MULQUEEN I IP LAW DEPARTMENT
`3355 MICHELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100
`IRVINE, CA 92612
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 7396
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`Date Mailed : 02/27/2015
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`DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`' The request for Power of Attorney 02/20/2015 is acknowledged. However, the request cannot be granted at
`03this time for the reason stated below.
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`:1 The Power of Attorney you provided did not comply with the new Power of Attorney rules that became
`effective on June 25, 2004. See 37 CFR 1.32.
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`D The revocation is not signed by the applicant, the assignee of the entire interest, or one particular
`principal attorney having the authority to revoke.
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`fixThe Power of Attorney is from an assignee and the Certificate required by 37 CFR 3.73(c) has not been
`received.
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`D The person signing for the assignee has omitted their empowerment to sign on behalf of the assignee.
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`D The inventor(s) is without authority to appoint attorneys since the assignee has intervened as provided
`by 37 CFR 3.71.
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`a co-inventor in this application, has been omitted. The Power
`E] The signature(s)
`of Attorney will be entered upon receipt of confirmation signed by said co-inventor(s).
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`D The person(s) appointed in the Power of Attorney is not registered to practice before the US. Patent and
`Trademark Office.
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`CI Only one Customer Number can be designated for the Power of Attorney in an application. The
`Customer Number that was captured is the first Customer Number provided on the Power of Attorney
`document.
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`D A request under 37 CFR 1.48 to add an inventor was granted in this application, however, no power of
`attorney consistent with the power of attorney granted by the originally named inventive entity has been
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Doc Code: N572
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`UNITED STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Vugim'a 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`received. Thus, the addition of the inventor has resulted in the loss of power of attorney in the
`application'See 37 CFR 1.32(e).
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`C] The power of attorney has not been accepted because the party who is giving power of attorney has not
`been identified. Power of attorney may only be signed by the applicant for patent (37 CFR 1.42) or the
`patent owner. A patent owner who was not the applicant must appoint any power of attorney in
`compliance with 37 CFR 3.71 and 3.73. See 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4).
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`D The power of attorney from the inventors has not been accepted because it is a copy from a prior
`national application for which benefit is claimed and the continuing application names an inventor who
`was not named as an inventor in the prior application.
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`CI The power of attorney from the inventors has not been accepted because the power of attorney must be
`signed by the applicant for patent. See 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4).
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`D Any request to correct or update the name of the applicant must include an application data sheet (ADS)
`in compliance with 37 CFR 1.76 specifying the correct or updated name of the applicant in the applicant
`information section. Any request to change the applicant after an original applicant has been specified
`under 37 CFR 1.46(b) must include a new ADS in compliance with 37 CFR 1.76 specifying the applicant
`in the applicant information section and comply with 37 CFR 3.71 and 3.73. See 37 CFR 1.46(c).
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`Any inquiries regarding this notice should be directed to the Application Assistance Unit at 571-272-4200.
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`Application Assistance Unit
`571-272-4200
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