Continued Examination (RCE)
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`Address to:
`Mail Stop RCE
`Commissioner for Patents
`PO, Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313—1450
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`PTO/SB/SO (07-09)
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`Filing Date April 12, 2012
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`Yosuke MIZUYAMA
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`Bethany Lambright Martin
`Examiner Name
`Attorney Docket Number AOYB—431us
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`13/444,923
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`This is a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114 of the above-identified application.
`Request for Continued Examination (RCE) practice under 37 CFR 1.114 does not apply to any utility or plant application filed prior to June 8,
`1995, or to any design application. See Instruction Sheet for RCEs (not to be submitted to the USPTO) on page 2.
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`Submission re uired under 37 CFR 1.11 ‘ Note: If the RCE is proper, any previously filedunentered amendments and
`amendments enclosed with the RCE will be entered in the order in which they were filed unless applicant instructs otherwise. If
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`The-RCE fee under 37 CFR 1.17(e) is required by 37 CFR 1.114 when the RCE is filed.
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`Suspension of action on the above—identified application is requested under 37 CFR 1.103(0) for a
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`Name (Print/Type)
`Jacques L. Etkow”
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`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.114. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO
`to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 12 minutes to complete,
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`Trademark Office, US. Department of Commerce, PO. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313—1450. DO NOT SE ND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS
`ADDRESS. SEND TO: Mail Stop RCE, Commissioner for Patents, PO. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450,
`If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1—800—PTO—9199 and select option 2.
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