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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.:
`Examiner:
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`To Be Assigned
`Rei Goto et al.
`January 31, 2011
`ELASTIC WAVE ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME
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`To Be Assigned
`To Be Assigned
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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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/O8a form submitted herewith.
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`A copy of each reference listed on the PTO/SB/08a form, other 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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`The following references are not in the English language:
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`WO 2006/114930
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`WO 2005/060094
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`WO 98/52279
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`WO 01/29964
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`WO 2008/078481
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`JP 2007-251710
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`MAT-10437US
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`PATENT
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`References 1)-6) include an English abstract thereof attached to the copy of the
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`reference submitted herewith. Reference 6) also includes a “concise explanation” under 37 CFR
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`§ 1.98(a)(3) as set forth in the specification at page 2, line 23.
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`References 1)—6) were cited by a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign
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`application. MPEP Section 609.04(a)III, second paragraph.
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`Please note that reference 1) is a counterpart application of U.S. Publication No.
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`2009/0115287. Please note that reference 2) is a counterpart application of U.S. Publication
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`No. 2007/0090898. Please note that reference 4) is a counterpart application of U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,737,941.
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed concurrently with the above-
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`referenced application.
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`Attorney for Applicants
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`Enclosures: PTO/SB/08a
`(6) References
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`Dated: January 31, 2011
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