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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Appin. No:
`Applicant:
`Filed:
`Title:
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`TC/A.U.:
`Examiner:
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`14/007,681
`Masahiro YAMAMOTO
`September 26, 2013
`DEPOSITION APPARATUS
`AND DEPOSITION METHOD
`1756
`Ibrahime A. Abraham
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`SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENTeeeeeecetantiataniaeenatnaSatanAitRTTearrantsETTSNTN
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`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 submitted herewith. A
`copy of each referencelisted on the PTO/SB/08a, other than published U.S. patent documents,
`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
`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
`Statement shall not be construed to mean that a search has been made.
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`Reference JP 2009-150000Ais notin the English language but is a counterpart
`application to U.S. Patent Publication 2010/0075036 Al and U.S. Patent Publication
`2013/0014699 Al.
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`These references were cited by a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign
`application. A copy of this Japanese language Office Action is submitted herewith. MPEP
`Section 609,04(a)III, second paragraph.
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`MTS-3683US
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`PATENT
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`More than three months haveelapsed since the filing of the above-referenced
`application and a first (non-Final) Official Action has been received. No Final Action or Notice of
`Allowance has yet been received andit is presumed that none has yet been mailed.
`Accordingly, as more specifically indicated below, a statementas required by 37 C.F.R. §
`1.97(c) is provided herewith.
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`STATEMENT
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`The undersigned hereby states that each item of information disclosed in the
`Information Disclosure Statementwas first cited in any communication from a foreign patent
`office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three monthsprior to the filing of the
`Information Disclosure Statement.
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`Attorney for Applicant
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`JLE/dmw
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`Enclosures: PTO/SB/08a
`(1) Reference
`JP Office Action
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`Dated: October 8, 2015
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`“FineCommissionerforPatentsishereby
`authorized to charge payment to Deposit
`Account No. 18-0350 of any fees associated
`with this communication.
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