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`REQUEST FOR CONTINUED EXAMINATION(RCE)TRANSMITTAL
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`HPTA—5575
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`2007—02—12
`11/673,836
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`D-J- Bede”
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`PTO/SBBOEFS (07—09)
`Doc code: RCEX
`Approved for use through 071312012. 0MB 0551—0031
`Doc description: Request for Continued Examination (RCE)
`us. Patent and Trademark Office; us. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
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`Signature of Registered U.S. Patent Practitioner
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`John R. Mattingly
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`30293
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