P34998.A03
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Applicants:
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`Hiroyasu KITAMURA'
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`Conf. No.: 6863
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`Appl. No.:
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`12/279,002
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`ExaminerzMCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK
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`Filed:
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`August 11, 2008
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`Group Art Unit: 3743
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`For: DRYING DEVICE
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`SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`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 §§ l.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 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 1449 are certain of Applicant’s commonly assigned pending
`application(s), published application(s) or issued patent(s).
`In accordance with 37 CFR
`§1.98(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
`Documents *
`Opinion (copy enclosed), 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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`Document A has been cited in the corresponding Supplementary European Search Report
`(copy enclosed) on April 7, 2011, which indicates the relevancy of the cited documents.
`Any necessary copy is being submitted herewith.
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`* are cited in the Specification of the present application. Any
`Documents *
`necessary copy is being submitted herewith.
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`* have been cited in the parent application(s) either by the Applicant(s)
`Documents *
`or by the examiner. Copies of these documents should be available in the parent
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`application(s) and thus have not been provided herewith.
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`Documents *
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`* are related to one another as patent family members.
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`Documents *
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`* is/are related to the present application as family members.
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`Documents *
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`* were cited in related US. Patent Application No.
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`Documents *
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`* were cited by a third party.
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`* were previously cited in an earlier filed Information Disclosure
`Documents *
`Statement in the present application.
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`Miscellaneous.
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`DDEEDS
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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.l7(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. 19-0089 of 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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`July 05, 2011
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 716-1191
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Hiroyasu KITAMURA
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`Brucegimst '
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`Reg. No. 29027
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`Enoch E. peavey
`Reg. No. 57.686
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