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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARKOFFICE
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`Applicants
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`: Teruko YAMAMOTOetal.
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`Group Art Unit : 3732
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`Appl. No.
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`Examiner : M. M. Nelson
`: 11/721,086
`(U.S. National Stage of PCT/JP2007/056041)
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`LA. Filed
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`: March 23, 2007
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`Confirmation No. : 6265
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`For
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`: ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE WITH MAGNETIC FIELD
`GENERATOR FOR CAUSING VIBRATION(as amended)
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`AMENDMENT & RESPONSE UNDER37 CFR § 1.111
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`In response to the Official Action dated April 21, 2009, setting a shortened three-
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`month statutory period for response to expire on July 21, 2009, Applicants respectfully
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`request reconsideration and withdrawal of the outstanding objection and rejections in
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`view of the herein-contained remarks. However, if any extension of time is necessary,
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`this is an express request for any necessary extension of time and authorization to charge
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`any required extension oftime fee or any other fees which may be required to preserve
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`the pendency of the present application to Deposit Account No. 19-0089,
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`Amendments to the Title begin on page 2 ofthis document
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`Amendments to the Claims begin on page 3 of this document.
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`Remarksbegin on page8 of this document.
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`{P32297 0072983 1.DOC}
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