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`APPLICATION NUMBER
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`FILING OR 371(0) DATE
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`FIRST NAMED APPLICANT
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`ATTY. DOCKET NO./T|TLE
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`11/987,441
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`11/30/2007
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`Kazutaka Ikeda
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 5230
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`23364
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`BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
`625 SLATERS LANE
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`ALEXANDRIA, VA22314
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`Title: Working process monitoring device
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`Publication No. US-2008—0127793-A1
`Publication Date: 06/05/2008
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