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`CONFIRMATION NO. 6863
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`SERIAL NUMBER
`12/279,002
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`FILINS‘AQI'IE 371(6)
`08/1 1/2008
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`GROUP ART UNIT ATTORNEg DOCKET
`P34998
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`RULE
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`APPLICANTS
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`Hiroyasu Kitamura, Hirakata, JAPAN;
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`This application iS a 371 Of PCT/J P2007/062798 06/26/2007
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`JAPAN 2006-189537 07/10/2006
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`BYes 3 No
`Foreign Priority claimed
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`35 USC 119(a—d) conditions met BYes :I No
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