UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`AddIESSI COMLHSSIOIVER FOR PATENTS
`PO Box I450
`Alexandria, Vilgim'z 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`APPLICATION NUMBER
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`F'L'NSAOTIESH (C) GRP ART UNIT
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`FIL FEE REC'D
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`ATTY.DOCKET.NO
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`TOT CLAIMS
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`IND CLAIMS
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`11/673,836
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`02/12/2007
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`2624
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`1130
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`H-5575
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`18
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`3
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`Mattingly Stanger and MaIur PC
`Ste 370
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`1800 Diagonal Rd
`Alexandria, VA22314
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 3483
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`UPDATED FILING RECEIPT
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`Date Mailed: 05/18/2007
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`It will be considered in its order and you will be
`Receipt is acknowledged of this regular Patent Application.
`notified as to the results of the examination. Be sure to provide the U.S. APPLICATION NUMBER, FILING
`DATE, NAME OF APPLICANT, and TITLE OF INVENTION when inquiring about this application. Fees
`transmitted by check or draft are subject to collection. Please verify the accuracy of the data presented on
`this receipt.
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`P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria Va 22313-1450. Please provide a copy of this Filing Receipt with the
`changes noted thereon. If you received a "Notice to File Missing Parts" for this application, please
`submit any corrections to this Filing Receipt with your reply to the Notice. When the USPTO
`processes the reply to the Notice, the USPTO will generate another Filing Receipt incorporating the
`requested corrections (if appropriate).
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`Applicant(s)
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`Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Kokubunji, JAPAN;
`Hajime Akimoto, Kokubunji, JAPAN;
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`Power of Attorney: The patent practitioners associated with Customer Number 24956
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
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`Foreign Applications
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`JAPAN 2006-046622 02/23/2006
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`If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 02/28/2007
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`The country code and number of your priority application, to be used for filing abroad under the Paris Convention, is
`US11/673,836
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`Projected Publication Date: 08/30/2007
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`Non-Publication Request: No
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`Early Publication Request: No
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`Title
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`IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
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`Preliminary Class
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`382
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`PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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`Since the rights granted by a US. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have
`no effect in a foreign country, an inventor who wishes patent protection in another country must apply for a
`patent in a specific country or in regional patent offices. Applicants may wish to consider the filing of an
`international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). An international (PCT) application
`generally has the same effect as a regular national patent application in each PCT-member country. The
`PCT process simplifies the filing of patent applications on the same invention in member countries, but
`does not result in a grant of "an international patent" and does not eliminate the need of applicants to file
`additional documents and fees in countries where patent protection is desired.
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`Almost every country has its own patent law, and a person desiring a patent in a particular country must
`make an application for patent in that country in accordance with its particular laws. Since the laws of many
`countries differ in various respects from the patent law of the United States, applicants are advised to seek
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`Applicants also are advised that in the case of inventions made in the United States, the Director of the
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`may wish to consult the US. Government website, http://www.stopfakes.gov. Part of a Department of
`Commerce initiative, this website includes self-help "toolkits" giving innovators guidance on how to protect
`intellectual property in specific countries such as China, Korea and Mexico. For questions regarding patent
`enforcement issues, applicants may call the US. Government hotline at 1-866-999-HALT (1-866-999-4158).
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`LICENSE FOR FOREIGN FILING UNDER
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`Title 35, United States Code, Section 184
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`Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, 5.11 & 5.15
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