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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Appln. No:
`Applicant:
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`Title:
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`TC/A.U.:
`Examiner:
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`12/547,023
`Yosuke Mizuyama
`August 25, 2009
`LED AND LED DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATION DEVICES
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`2811
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`Confirmation No.
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`4478
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`IN FORMATION DISCLOSU RE STATEM ENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.97 and 1.98 and to the duty of disclosure set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. § 1.56, the Examiner in charge of the above-identified application is requested to
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`consider and make of record the references listed on the PTO/SB/OSa and PTO/SB/08b form
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`submitted herewith. A copy of each reference listed on the PTO/SB/08a and PTO/SB/08b, other
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`than U.S. patents, is enclosed.
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`Although the information submitted herewith may be "material" to the Examiner's
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`consideration of the subject application, this submission is not intended to constitute an
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`admission that such information is "prior art" as to the claimed invention.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(g), the filing of this Information Disclosure
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`Statement shall not be construed to mean that a search has been made.
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`MATB-435US
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`PATENT
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed within three months of the
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`filing date of the above-referenced application or before mailing of the first Official Action on
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`the merits. No first Official Action on the merits has yet been received and it is presumed that
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`none has yet been mailed. No fee or statement is required. 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(b).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Kenneth N. Nigon, Reg. No. 31, 49
`Attorney for Applicant
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`KNN/ems
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`Enclosures: PTO/SB/08a (and/or PTO/SB/08b)
`(8) References
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`Dated: December 2, 2009
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`El P.O. Box 980
`Valley Forge, PA 19482
`(610) 407-0700
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`The Commissioner for Patents is hereby authorized to charge payment
`to Deposit Account No. 18-0350 of any fees associated with this
`communication.
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