UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 2231371450
`www.uspto.gov
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`15/698,767
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`09/08/2017
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`Hiroshi YAHATA
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`P53365
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`8788
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`04/10/2020
`7590
`125331
`Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation
`of America c/o Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
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`Reston, VA 20191
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`EXAMINER
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`YANG, NIEN
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`ART UNIT
`2484
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`04/ 1 0/2020
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`following e—mail address(es):
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`gbp atent @ gbp atent.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Notice ofAbandonment
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`Application No.
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`15/698,767
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`Applicant(s)
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`YAHATA t
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`- The MAILING DA TE ofthis communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address--
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`This application is abandoned in view of:
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`1.
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`Applicants failure to timely file a proper reply to the Office letter mailed on 07 August 2019.
`(a) Cl A reply was received on
`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`period for reply (including a total extension of time of
`month(s)) which expired on
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`), which is after the expiration of the
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`, but it does not constitute a proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 to the final rejection. (
`(b) [:1 A proposed reply was received on
`A proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 to a final rejection consists only of: (1) a timely filed amendment which places the
`application in condition for allowance; (2) a timely filed Notice of Appeal (with appeal fee); or (3) if this is utility or plant
`application, a timely filed Request for Continued Examination (RCE) in compliance with 37 CFR 1.114. Note that RCEs are not
`permitted in design applications.)
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`but it does not constitute a proper reply, or a bona fide attempt at a proper reply, to the
`(0) [:1 A reply was received on
`non-final rejection. See 37 CFR 1.85(a) and 1.111. (See explanation in box 7 below).
`No reply has been received.
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`(d)
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`. Cl Applicants failure to timely pay the required issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, within the statutory period of three months
`from the mailing date of the Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85).
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`(a) 1:] The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, was received on
`), which is after the expiration of the statutory period for payment of the issue fee (and publication fee) set in the Notice
`of Allowance (PTOL-85).
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`is due.
`is insufficient. A balance of $
`(b) C] The submitted fee of $
`The issue fee required by 37 CFR 1.18 is $
`. The publication fee, if required by 37 CFR 1.18(d), is $
`(0) CI The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, has not been received.
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`. Cl Applicants failure to timely file corrected drawings as required by, and within the three-month period set in, the Notice of
`Allowability (PTO-37).
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`(a) Cl Proposed corrected drawings were received on
`after the expiration of the period for reply.
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`(b) C] No corrected drawings have been received.
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
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`, which is
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`[:1 The letter of express abandonment which is signed by the attorney or agent of record or other party authorized under 37 CFR
`1.33(b). See 37 CFR 1.138(b).
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`. C] The letter of express abandonment which is signed by an attorney or agent (acting in a representative capacity under 37 CFR
`1.34) upon the filing of a continuing application.
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`. 1:] The decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rendered on
`decision has expired and there are no allowed claims.
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`and because the period for seeking court review of the
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`. C] The dismissal of the appeal in an application having no allowed claims. (When an appeal is dismissed in an application having no
`allowed claims the application stands abandoned. See MPEP 1215.04 subsections l-V for an explanation of the reasons why an
`appeal is dismissed.)
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`[:1 The reason(s) below:
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`/WAN DA M BARN ES/
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`Petitions to revive under 37 CFR 1.137, or requests to withdraw the holding of abandonment under 37 CFR 1.181 , should be promptly filed to minimize any
`negative effects on patent term.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-1432 (Rev. 04-19)
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`Notice of Abandonment
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`Pa” 0“ Paper NO- 20200408
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