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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Appln. No:
`Applicants:
`Filed:
`Title:
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`TC/A.U.:
`Examiner:
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`To Be Assigned
`Yuichi Yoshikawa et al.
`March 25, 2008
`MOTOR HAVING TWIN-ROTOR AND APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME (AS
`AMENDED)
`To Be Assigned
`To Be Assigned
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`IN FORMATION DISCLOSURE 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
`37 C.F.R. § 1.56, the Examiner in charge of the above-identified application is requested to
`consider and make of record the references listed on the PTO/SB/08a and PTO/SB/O8b form
`submitted herewith. A copy of each reference listed on the PTO/SB/08a(and PTO/SB/O8b)
`form, other than U.S. patents, is enclosed.
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`Although the information submitted herewith may be "material" to the Examiner's
`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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`The following Japanese references are not in the English language:
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`1)
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`2)
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`3)
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`4)
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`S)
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`6)
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`2004-048920
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`2003—164125
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`2002-165426
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`2001—037133
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`11-046461
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`2000-333405
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`MAT-10154US
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`PATENT
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`7)
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`8)
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`2004-096874
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`2002-098211
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`References 1)—8) include an English abstract attached to the copy of the
`reference submitted herewith. Reference 4) also includes a “concise explanation" under 37 CFR
`§ 1.98(a)(3) as set forth in the specification at page 2, line 3.
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`References 1)-8) were cited by a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign
`application. MPEP Section 609.04(a)III, second paragraph.
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed concurrently with the above—
`referenced application.
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`e,
`Attorney for Applicants
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`LEA/nm
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`Enclosures: PTO/SB/O8a and PTO/SB/68b
`(8) References
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`Dated: March 25, 2008
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