Docket No.: 1600-0182PUS1
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Patent Application of:
`Takeyuki YAMAKTetal.
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`Application No.:
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`11/793,762
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`Confirmation No.: 6963
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`Filed:
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`December 03, 2007
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`Art Unit:
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`1787
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`For: OPTICAL LAMINATED FILM FOR LIQUID—Examiner: Kenneth J. Stachel
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`Applicant(s) hereby submit(s) an Information Disclosure Statement for consideration by
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`LIST OF PATENTS, PUBLICATIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION
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`CONCISE EXPLANATION OF THE RELEVANCE/OTHER INFORMATION
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`relevance of all non-English language patents, publications, or other information listed is as
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`An English language abstract is provided (as a partial translation) for the following
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`reference(s): JP2000-111706A, JP2003-119052A and JP2002-131507A.
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`STATEMENT UNDER37 C.F.R.§
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`counterparts not listed in a communication from the foreign patent office. Such English language
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`counterparts are provided to aid the Examiner’s consideration of non-English itemsfirst cited in
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`Each item of information contained in the IDS was
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`three monthsprior to the filing of this IDS. This statement does not relate to English language
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`No item of information contained in the IDS wascited in a communication from a
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`foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the person
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`signing the certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of IDS was known to any
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`individual designated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.56(c) more than three monthsprior to the filing of the
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`the foreign patent office. As to the remaining items of information, to the knowledge of the
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`person signing the certification after making reasonable inquiry, such remaining items were not
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed concurrently with the filing
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`first Action on the merits. No fee is required. If a first Office Action on the merits has issued,
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`This Information Disclosure Statementis being filed before the mailing date of a
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`Final Office Action or before the mailing date of a Notice of Allowance (see 37 C.F.R.
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`see the statement above. The fee as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.17(p) is provided.
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`If the Examiner has any questions concerning this IDS, please contact the undersigned.If
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`it is determined that this IDS has been filed under the wrong rule, the USPTO is requested to
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`consider this IDS under the proper rule and charge the appropriate fee to Deposit Account No.
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`02-2448.
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`Dated: May 3, 2011
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By
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