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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Application of:
`Tomoyuki Inoue et a1.
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`Dear Sir:
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`Submitted herewith on Form PTO—1449 or PTO/SB/08 is a listing of documents known
`to Applicant in order to comply with Applicant's duty of disclosure pursuant to 37 CFR 1.56.
`Applicant respectfully requests that the listed documents be considered by the Examiner and
`formally be made of record in the present application and that an initialed copy of Form PTO-
`1449 or PTO/SB/08 be returned in accordance with MPEP §609.
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`A copy of each listed document is being submitted to comply with the provisions of
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`As provided in 37 CFR §1.98(d), copies of the documents are not being provided
`since they were previously cited by or submitted to the Patent Office in parent
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`A copy of each listed document, that was cited in the International Search Report or
`International Preliminary Examination Report attached hereto, should have been
`provided to the US. Patent and Trademark Office by the WIPO, and the provisions
`of 37 CFR §§1.97 and 1.98 should have been complied with.
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`The submission of any document herewith, which is not a statutory bar, is not
`intended as an admission that such document constitutes prior art against the claims of the
`present application or that such document is considered material to patentability as defined in 37
`CFR §1.56(b). Applicant does not waive any rights to take any action which would be
`appropriate to antedate or otherwise remove as a competent reference any document which is
`determined to be a primafacie prior art reference against the claims of the present application.
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`Docket No.: HOK-0279
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`This Information Disclosure Statement15 being filed within three months of the
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`U. S. filing date or within three months from the date of entry of the national stage as set
`forth in 37 C. F.R. §1.491 in compliance with 37 C.FUR §1. 97(b), OR is being filed
`concurrent with filing of the Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) or the Request
`for Continued Examination (RCE). No fee is required (37 CPR. §1.97(b)).
`A summary/abstract translation of the non-English language references is enclosed.
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`Please charge any fee deficiency or credit any overpayment to Deposit Account
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`No. 18-0013 as needed to ensure consideration of the disclosed information.
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`Dated: June 14, 2005
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`Respectfully submitt/ed,7
`By_/€__
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`David T. Nikaido
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`Registration No.: 22,663
`Brian K. Dutton
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`Registration No.: 47,255
`RADER, FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC
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`1233 20th Street, N.W., Suite 501
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`Washington, DC 20036
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`Attorneys for Applicant
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