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`Appl. No.
`Inventor
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`: 15/519,664
`: Kazuki DOU1VIOTO et al.
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`Filed
`Title
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`: April 17, 2017
`: VENTILATION DEVICE
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`Conf. No.
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`TC/A.U.
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`: 9229
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`: 3746
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`Examiner
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`: ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C.
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`Customer No.
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`: 52054
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`Docket No.
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`: P1PMN-57460
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`RESPONSE AND ELECTION
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`This communication is filed in response to the Office action dated April 4, 2019. The
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`two-month period for responding to the Office action expires on June 4, 2019.
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`The Examiner has required Applicant to elect a single species for prosecution on the
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`merits. Applicant hereby elects to proceed with Species B, claims 1, 3, 6 and 7, without traverse.
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`If there are any additional fees resulting from this communication, please charge same to
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`our Deposit Account No. 16-0820, our Order No. P1PMN-57460.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`PEARNE & GORDON LLP
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`Date: June 4, 2019
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`By:W
`Nobuhiko Sukenaga, Reg. No. 39446
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`1801 East 9th Street
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`Suite 1200
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`Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3108
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