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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and TrademarkOffice
`Address; COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`16/495,937
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`09/20/2019
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`Fumiharu NIINA
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`P190906US00
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`9499
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`WHDA, LLP
`8500 LEESBURG PIKE
`SUITE 7500
`TYSONS, VA 22182
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`WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO
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`1724
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`05/12/2022
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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
`following e-mail address(es):
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`patentmail @ whda.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`16/495,937
`NIINA etal.
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`Responseto Rule 312 Communication Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`CYNTHIA K WALLS
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
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`1. ¥)The amendmentfiled on 03 May 2022 under 37 CFR 1.312 has been considered, and has been:
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`entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope of the invention.
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`disapproved because the amendment wasfiled after the payment of the issue fee.
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`Any amendment filed after the date the issue fee is paid must be accompanied by a petition under 37 CFR 1.313(c)(1)
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`and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.
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`disapproved. See explanation below.
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`entered in part. See explanation below.
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`not entered because the supplemental or corrected Application Data sheet (ADS)
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`(] was not accompanied bya petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim under 37 CFR 1.55 or 27 CFR 1.78;
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`(4 did notidentify the information being changed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(c)(2);
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`C) wasnot properly signed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(e) (or 37 CFR 1.33(b) for applicationsfiled prior to
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`September 16, 2012).
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1724 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`ICYNTHIA K WALLS/
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`PTOL-271 (Rev. 08-21)
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`Responseto Rule 312 Communication
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`Part of Paper No. 20220506
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