`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Applicant: Hiroyasu KITAMURA
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`Confirmation No.: 6863
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`Appl. No.:12/279,002
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`Examiner: Not Yet Assigned
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`Filed
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`: August ll, 2008
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`Group Art Unit: 3749
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`For
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`SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
`Customer Service Window, Mail Stop Amendment
`Randolph Building
`401 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Sir:
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`In accordance with the duty of disclosure under 37 CFR § 1.56 and §§ 1.97 - 1.98,
`Applicant(s) wish to bring the following information to the attention of the Examiner.
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`Applicant(s) wish to make of record the documents listed on the attached form PTO-
`1449. Copies of the listed documents are attached, where required, as are noted English
`translations, or partial translations of pertinent portions, and/or English language abstracts, of
`any non-English language references. Statements of relevancy, if necessary, appear below.
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`COMMONLY ASSIGNED
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`Listed on the attached form PTO-1449 are certain of Applicant’s commonly assigned
`pending application(s), published application(s) or issued patent(s).
`In accordance with
`37 CFR §l.98(a)(2)(ii), copies of the cited U.S. pending applications, published
`applications and/or issued patents, are not provided.
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`STATEMENT OF RELEVANCY
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`have been cited in an International Search Report and/or Written
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`Opinion, which indicates the relevancy thereof to the claims of the International
`Application. Copies of documents cited in the International Search Report should have
`been forwarded by the International Bureau and thus have not been provided.
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`Documents JP 2-114485, JP 10-94685, JP 11—218384, JP 2003—308955 and JP 60-631
`have been cited in the corresponding Japanese Office Action dated on August 31, 2010,
`which indicates the relevancy of the cited documents. All of the documents were
`previously cited in an earlier filed Information Disclosure Statement
`in the present
`application.
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`* are cited in the Specification of the present application. Any
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`necessary copy is being submitted herewith.
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`* have been cited in the parent application(s) either by the Applicant(s)
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`or by the examiner. Copies of these documents should be available in the parent
`application(s) and thus have not been provided herewith.
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`* are related as patent family members.
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`* were cited in related US. Patent Application No.
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`* were cited by a third party.
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`Documents cited in the Japanese Office Action dated August 31, 2010, were previously
`cited in an earlier filed lnforrnation Disclosure Statement in the present application.
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`CERTIFICATION
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`Each item of information contained in this information disclosure statement was first
`cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign
`application not more than three months prior to the filing of this statement. This
`certification does not apply to any document previously cited in the present application.
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`Moreover, this communication was not received by any individual designated in §1.56 (c)
`more than thirty days prior to the filing of the Information Disclosure Statement.
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`A payment in the amount required under 37 CFR §1.17(p) is provided herewith.
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`DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
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`In the event that any additional fees are due with respect to this paper, the Commissioner
`is hereby authorized to charge such fees to Deposit Account No. ***
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`the undersigned
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`If there should be any questions, the Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned at the
`telephone number listed below.
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`October 7, 2010
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
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`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 716-1191
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Hiroyasu KITAMURA
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`Bru H. Bernstein
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`Reg. No. 29027
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`Enoch E. PeaVéy
`Reg. No. 57,688
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