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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Applicants
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`: Hidenori SHIMIZU et a1.
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`Appl. No.
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`: 11/126,351
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`Filed
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`: May 11, 2005
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`For
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`: ROTARY IMPACT TOOL
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`Group Art Unit : 3721
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`Examiner : N. Chukwurah
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`Confirmation No. : 3224
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`RESPONSE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.116
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Customer Service Window, Mail Stop A13
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`Sir :
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`In response to the Final Official Action dated December 11, 2007, setting forth a
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`three-month shortened statutory period for response to expire on March 11, 2008,
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`Applicants respectfully request reconsideration and withdrawal of the outstanding
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`rejection in View of the herein contained remarks. However, if any extension of time is
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`necessary, this is an express request for any necessary extension of time and authorization
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`to charge any required extension of time fee or any other fees which may be required to
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`preserve the pendency of the present application to Deposit Account No. 19—0089.
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`Remarks begin on page 2 of this paper.
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