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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Appln. No:
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`TC/A.U.:
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`12/064,170
`Yuji Yamaguchi, et al.
`February 19, 2008
`OPTICAL DISC DEVICE
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`SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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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/08a form submitted herewith.
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`A copy of each reference listed on the PTO/SB/O8a, other than US. 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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`Reference EP 0 183 672 is not in the English language but is a counterpart
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`application of US. Patent No. 4,675,858.
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`Reference EP 0 183 672 was cited by a foreign patent office in a counterpart
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`foreign application. A copy of this English language Supplementary European Search Report,
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`indicating the degree of relevance determined by the foreign patent office is submitted
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`herewith. MPEP Section 609.04(a)III, second paragraph.
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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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`Attorney for Applicants
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`Enclosures: PTO/SB/08a
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