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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
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`Application No.:
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`11/133,373
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`Examiner:
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`E. F. Landrum
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`Filing Date:
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`May 20, 2005
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`Art Unit:
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`3724
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`First Inventor:
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`Kazuyuki OUCHI
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`Customer No.:
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`23364
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`Attorney No.:
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`OUCH3005/JJC/JS
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`Confirmation No.:
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`7792
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`For:
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`PERSONAL TRIMMING SYSTEM
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`AMENDMENT AND RESPONSE
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`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
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`This is responsive to the Office Action dated May 12, 2008 in the above
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`application.
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`In View of the following amendments and remarks, reconsideration of the
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`application is respectfully requested. This response is timely in View of a Petition to
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`enlarge the shortened statutory period for response submitted herewith,
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`including the
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`requisite fee.
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`AMENDMENT
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`Amendments to the Claims
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`The claims are amended as shown on the following pages under the heading LIST
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`OF CURRENT CLAIMS. The list shows the status of all claims presently in the
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`application including any current amendments. This list of claims is intended to supersede
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`all prior versions of the claims in the application. Any cancellation of claims is made
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`without prejudice or disclaimer.
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