Attorney Docket No. P61349
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`Application No. 16/978,522
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventors :
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`Naoto MATSUO
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`Conf. No.:
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`7122
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`Appl. No.
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`16/978,522
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`September 4, 2020
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`Examiner:
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`Group Art Unit:
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`ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
`Mail Stop
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`In accordance with the duty of disclosure under 37 CFR § 1.56 and §§ 1.97 — 1.98,
`Applicant(s) wish to bring the following information to the attention of the Examiner.
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`Applicant(s) wish to make of record the documents listed on the attached form 1449.
`Copies of the listed documents are attached, where required, as are noted English translations, or
`partial translations of pertinent portions, and/or English language abstracts, of any non-English
`language references. The relevance of any documentcited in any International/Foreign Search
`Report or Written Opinionis indicated in the Search Report or Written Opinion.
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`CERTIFICATION
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`Each item of information contained in this information disclosure statement wasfirst
`cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign
`application not more than three months prior to the filing of this statement.
`This
`certification does not apply to any documentpreviously cited in the present application.
`No item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was cited in a
`communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to
`the knowledge of the person signing the certification after making reasonable inquiry, no
`item of information contained in this information disclosure statement was knownto any
`individual designated in § 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the
`information disclosure statement. This certification does not apply to any document
`previously cited in the present application.
`See attached Patent Term Adjustment Statement under 37 C.F.R § 1.704(d).
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`Nocertification is being made.
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`If there should be any questions, the Examineris invited to contact the undersignedat the
`telephone numberlisted below.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`‘James A. Donegan/
`James A. Donegan
`Reg. No. 78,797
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`Bruce H. Bernstein
`Reg. No. 29027
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`December 04, 2020
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 716-1191
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`Attorney Docket No. P61349
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`Application No. 16/978,522
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`FORM 1449
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
`BY APPLICANT
`(Use several sheets if necessary)
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`Sheet 1 of _1_
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`Atty. Docket No.
`P61349
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`Application No.
`16/978,522
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`Applicant
`Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.
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`Filing Date
`September4, 2020
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Official Communication issued in INTERNATIONAL BUREAUOF WIPOPatent Application No. PCT/JP2019/004906, dated
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` May 14, 2019, along with an Englishtranslation thereof.
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`DATE CONSIDERED
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`EXAMINER
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`*EXAMINER: Initial if citation considered, whetheror not citation is in conformance with MPEP609; draw line throughcitation if not in
`conformanceand not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
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