PTO/SB/20GLBL(06-20)
`Doc Code: PPH.PET.652
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`REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBAL/IP5
`PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY (PPH) PILOT PROGRAM IN THE USPTO
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`Title of the
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`METHOD, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
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`APPLICANT HEREBY REQUESTSPARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY(PPH) PILOT PROGRAM AND
`PETITIONS TO MAKE THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED APPLICATION SPECIAL UNDER THE PPH PILOT PROGRAM.
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`Office of earlier examination (OEE): japan (Japan Patent Office)
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`OEE application number: 2021-511677
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`Both the OEE application and the above-identified U.S. application
`or
`havethe following earliest date (filing
`priority date): November 27, 2019
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`Mailing date of OEE work product: June 15, 2021
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`Supporting Documents
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`1. OEE Work Product and Translation
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`D<]Not required because no references were cited in the OEE work product [Page 1 of 2]
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`Not required because the decision to grant a patent wasthefirst office action
`Submitted
`]Attached
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`[Previously
`DX]
`requests the USPTOto attempt to obtain the OEE work productd from the Dossier Access System or PATENTSCOPE
`[_]Applicant
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`2. References Cited in OEE Work Product
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`An information disclosure statement (IDS)listing the references cited in the OEE work product and documentcopies (except U.S. patents
`and U.S. published patent applications):
`[_ ]Previously Submitted
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`PTO/SB/20GLBL (06-20)
`Approved for use through 06/30/2021. OMB 0651-0058
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBAL/IP5 PPH PILOT PROGRAM IN THE USPTO
`(continued)
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`17/330,525
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`Hiroshi Yahata
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`snares
`3. Claims CorrespondenceCertification Statement
`All of the claims in this application sufficiently correspond to the patentable/allowable claims in the OEE application.
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`4. Claims Correspondence Table
`in
`aimsin U.S.
`Claims
`U.S. Applicati
`Application
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`Patentable Claims
`in OEE Application
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`Explanation Regarding the Correspondence
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`2 (Canceled)
`3
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`4
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`5
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`7
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`10 (Canceled)
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`Fl
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`Each independentclaim in the U.S. application is based upon
`and/or has been amended to sufficiently correspond to the
`corresponding (as indicated bythis table) allowable claim of the
`identified JP application, except for possible changesto
`improve and enhanceclarity, gaammar and syntax.
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`Dependent claims 3, 5-9 and 11-13 are submitted to
`are narrower in
`sufficiently correspond at least because they
`scope than the independent claim and are presented
`in dependent form.
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`pe
`Multiple dependencyin JP allowed claims has been eliminated
`allowed
`on
`upon filing of the present application
`May 26, 2021.
`application
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`Signature
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`/Naoko Ohashi/
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`Name(print
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`or
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`type)
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`Naoko Ohashi
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`Date
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`8/17/2021
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`Registration Number
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`66,999
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