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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent
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`Takao SAITOetal.
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`of:
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`Application No.: Not Yet Assigned
`Filed: May 28, 2021
`For: SOUND REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND
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`SOUND REPRODUCTION SYSTEM
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`Non-Final Office Action issued in U.S. Patent
`No. 16/308,056, dated
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`Non-Final Office Action issued in U.S. Patent
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`No. 16/308,056, dated
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`Notice of Allowance issued in U.S. Patent
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`Application
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`No. 16/308,056, dated
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