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`ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
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`As the below namedinventor, | hereby declare that:
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`is directed to:
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`[x]
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`or
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`was made or authorized to be made by
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`me.
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`{ believe that | am the original inventor or an
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`| hereby acknowledge that any willful false statement madein this declaration is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 1001
`by fine or
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`LEGAL NAME OF INVENTOR
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`inventor:___
`
`Yohei MORISHITA
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`{Yohei MORISHITA/
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`May 13, 2021
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`ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
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`As the below namedinventor, | hereby declare that:
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`This declaration
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`The above-identified application
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`was made or authorized to be made by
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`
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`
`! hereby acknowledge that any willful false statement made in this declaration is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 1001
`by fine or
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`Junji SATO
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`Date (Optional)
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`:
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`May 14, 2021
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`Signature:
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`/Junji SATO/
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`As the below namedinventor, | hereby declare that:
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`This declaration
`is directed to:
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`xX]
`
`L_]
`
`The attached application,
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`or
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`United States application
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`or PCT international application number
`
`filed on
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`The above-identified application
`
`was made or authorized to be made by
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`me.
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`{ believe that | am the original inventor or an
`
`original joint inventor of a claimed invention in the application.
`
`! hereby acknowledge that any willful false statement made in this declaration is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 1001
`by fine or
`imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, or both.
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`or an
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`petition
`petitioners/applicants should consider redacting such personal information from the documents before submitting them to the
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`patent application is available to the public after publication of the
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`application (unless
`patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be available to the public if the application is
`or an issued patent (see 37 CFR 1.14). Checks and credit card authorization forms
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`Inventor:___Naganori SHIRAKATA
`
`Date (Optional) : May 14, 2021
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`/Naganori SHIRAKATA/
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`Title of
`Invention
`
`ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
`
`As the below namedinventor, | hereby declare that:
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`This declaration
`is directed to:
`
`[x]
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`L_]
`
`The attached application,
`
`or
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`United States application
`
`or PCT international application number
`
`filed on
`
`The above-identified application
`
`was made or authorized to be made by
`
`me.
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`{ believe that | am the original inventor or an
`
`original joint inventor of a claimed invention in the application.
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`! hereby acknowledge that any willful false statement made in this declaration is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 1001
`by fine or
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`or an
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`petition
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`a
`or issuance of a
`non-publication request in compliance with 37 CFR 1.213(a) is made in the application)
`application (unless
`patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be available to the public if the application is
`or an issued patent (see 37 CFR 1.14). Checks and credit card authorization forms
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`Inventor:___Hidekuni YOMO
`
`.
`
`Signature:
`
`/Hidekuni Yomo/
`
`Date (Optional) :
`
`May, 20th, 2021
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`This declaration
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`The above-identified application
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`patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be available to the public if the application is
`or an issued patent (see 37 CFR 1.14). Checks and credit card authorization forms
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`inventor:___Kenta IWASA
`
`Signature:
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`/Kenta IWASA/
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`Date (Optional)
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`:
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`May 14, 2021
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`petition
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`a
`or issuance of a
`non-publication request in compliance with 37 CFR 1.213(a) is made in the application)
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`patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be available to the public if the application is
`or an issued patent (see 37 CFR 1.14). Checks and credit card authorization forms
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`LEGAL NAME OF INVENTOR
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`inventor:___
`
`Kazuma NISHIYASU
`
`.
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`Signature:
`
`‘Kazuma NISHIYASU/
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`Date (Optional) :
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`May 14, 2021
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`The attached application,
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`The above-identified application
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`was made or authorized to be made by
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`{ believe that | am the original inventor or an
`
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