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`PTO/SB/30 (11-17)
`Approved for use through 11/36/2020. OMB 0851-0034
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Gifice; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`spond io a collection of information unless i
`tains a valid OMB control number.
`18/979584
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`Request
`for
`Continued Examination (RCE)
`Transmitial
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`Mail Stop RCE
`Commissionerfor Patenis
`b P.O. Box 1450
`Alexa ndria, VA 22373-1450
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`i Application Number
`Filing Date
`3
`=
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`i
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`First Named Inventor
`Art Unit
`Examiner Name
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`| Attorney Docket Number
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`September 10, 2020
`TAKAAKI YOKOYAMA
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`CHARLENE BERMUDEZ
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`§ Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 or facsimile transmitted to the USPTO on ihe date shown below.
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`Enclosed
`P| Amendment/Reply
`[| Affidavit(s}/ Dectaration(s)
`Miscellaneous
`Suspension of action on the above-identified application is requested under 37 CFR 1.103{c) fora
`period of
`months. (Period of suspension shall not exceed 3 months; Fee under 37 CFR 1.17() required)
`Other
`
`This is a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114 of the above-identified application.
`§ Request for Continued Examination (RCE) practice under 37 CFR 1.174 does not apply to any ulflty or plant application filed prior to June 3,
`§ 1995, orto any design
`application. See instruction Sheet for RCEs (not to be submitted to the USPTO) on page 2
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`|Submission required under 37 CFR1.1141 Note: if the RCE is proper, any previously filed unentered amendments and
`amendments enclosed with the RCE wil be entered in the orderin which they were filed unless applicant instructs olherwise, If
`applicant does not wish to have any previously filed unentered amendment(s) entered, applicant must request non-entry of such
`amendment(s).
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`a | Previously submitted. lf a final Office action is outstanding, any amendments filed after the final Office action may be
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`gonsidered as 3 submission even if this box is not checked.
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`Other Amendment After Final filed on September 15, 2021
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`iil,
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`information Disclosure Statement (DS)
`Other
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`The RCEfee under 37 CFR 1.17(e} is required by 37 CFR 1.174 when the RCEjs filed.
`The Director is hereby authorized to charge the following fees, any underpayment affees, or credit any overpayments, to
`Deposit Account No. 50-0417
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`RCE fee required under 37 CFR 1.1 7(e}
`:| Extension of time fee 7 CFR 1.136 and 1.17)
`Fe
`b. a Checkin the amount of $
`enclosed
`d.
`c. | Payment by credit card orm PTO-2038 enclosed}
`Payment by EFS-Web
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`States Postal Service wiwith sufficient“postagetas first class maatiin anenvelopeaddressed to: Mail 5Stop RO'E, Cornssioner for Patenis, FL°O. Box 41456,
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`ain a benefit bythe public whichis fo file (and by the USPTO
`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 4.744. The information is required to obtain ori
`to process} an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.41 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 12 minutes to complete,
`including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on
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`the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, US. Patent and
`Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Sox 1450, Alexandria, VA 22343-1450. DO NOT SE ND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS
`ADDRESS. SEND TO: Mail Stop RCE, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1449, Alexandria, VA 22373-1459.
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`PTO/SB/30 (07-09)
`Approved for use through 11/3/2020. OMB 0851-0031
`US. Patent and Trademark Office: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number.
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`instruction Sheet for RCEs
`not to be submitted to the USPTO)
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`NOTES:
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`An RCE is not a new application, and filing an RCE wil noi result in an application being accornled a newfiling
`daie.
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`Filing Qualifications:
`The application must be a utility or plant application filed on or after June 3, 1995. The application cannot be a provisional
`application, a utility or plant application filed before June 8, 1995, a design application, or a patent under reexamination. See
`37 CFR 1.114(e).
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`Filing Requirements:
`Prosecution in the application must be closed. Frosecution is closed ifihe apoplicat ion is under appeal, or the last Office
`action Is a final action, a notice of allowance, or an action that otherwise closes prosecution in the application (e.g., an Office
`action under Ex parte Quayle}. See 37 GFR 1.17405).
`
`ifrenly to an Office action under 35 U.S.C. 132 is
`A submission and a fee are required at the time the RCE is filed.
`outstanding (e.g., the application is underfinal rejection), the submission must meet the reply requirements of 37 CFR 1.411.
`here is no Guistanding Office action, the suomission
`can be an information disclosure statement, an amendment, new
`arguments, or new evidence. See 37 CFR 1.114(c). The submission may be a previously filed amendment (@.9., an
`amendment after final rejection).
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`WARNINGS:
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`See MPEP 706.07 (h) for further information on the RCE practice.
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`| Request for Suspension of Action:
`| AH RCE filing requirements must be met before suspension of action is granted. A request for a suspension of
`j action under 7 GFR 1.703(c) does nol satisfy the submission requirement and does not permit the filing of the
`| required submission to be suspended.
`| improper RCE will NOT ioll Any Time Period:
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`|
`| Before Appeal - ifthe RCE is improper (¢.¢., prosecution in the apolication is not closed or the submission or
`| fee has not been filed) and the application is not under appeal, the time period set forth in the last Office action |
`[ will continue to run and the application will be abandoned afier the statutory time period has expired ifareply to
`|
`[ the Office action is not timely filed. No additional time will be given to correci ihe improper RCE.
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`| Under Appeal - lf ihe RCE is improper(e.g., the submission or ihe fee nas not been filed) and the application is
`funder appeal, the improper RCE is effective to withdraw the appeal. Withdrawal ofthe appeal results in the
`| allowance or abandonment of the application depending on ihe status of ihe claims. Wfthere are no allowed
`[ claims, ihe application is abandoned. if there is ai least one allowed claim, the application will be passed to issue |
`f on the allowed claim(s}. See MPEP 1215.01.
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