Application Number
`17/467,517
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` REQUEST FOR Filing Date September7, 2021
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`Hiroshi YAHATA
`First Named Inventor
`CONTINUED EXAMINATION (RCE)
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`TRANSMITTAL
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`Group Art Unit
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`Subsection (b) of 35 U.S.C. §132, effective on May 29, 2000, provides for continued examinationofa utility or plant application Examiner Name Dilek B. Cobanoglu
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`filed on orafter June 8, 1995.
`Confirmation Number
`8853
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`See The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA).
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`Attorney Docket Number
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`P64308
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`Office on: Name(Print/Type)
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`This is a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) under 37 C.F.R. $1.114 of the above-identified application.
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`NOTE: 37 CFR. $1.114 is effective on May 29, 2000. Ifthe above-identified application wasfiledprior to May 29, 2000, applicant may wish to
`consider filing a continued prosecution application (CPA) under 37 C.F.R. §1.53(d) (PTO/SB/29) instead ofa RCE to be eligible for the patent term
`adjustmentprovisions ofthe AIPA. See Changes to application Examination and Provisional Application Practice, Interim Rule, 65 Fed. Reg. 14865
`(Mar. 20, 2000), 1233 Off: Gaz. Pat. Office 47 (Apr. 11, 2000) which established RCE practice.
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`1. Submission required under 37 C.F.R. §1.114
`a.
`[_] Previously submitted
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`(J Consider the amendment(s)/reply under 37 C.F.R. §1.116 previously filed on _.
`(Any unentered amendment(s) referred to above will be entered.)
`(] Consider the arguments in the Appeal Brief or Reply Brief previously Filed on
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`[[] Other:
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`b. X] Enclosed
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`[XX] Amendment/Reply
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`[] Affidavit(s)/Declaration(s)
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`Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)
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`CL] Request for Extension of Time
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`[] Other: Terminal Disclaimer
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`2. Miscellaneous
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`[_] Suspensionof action on the above-identified application is requested under 37 C.F.R. §1.103(c) for a period
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`months.
`(Period of suspension shall not exceed 3 months; fee under 37 C.F.R. §1.17(i) required)
`[] Other:
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`b.
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`The RCEfee under 37 C.F.R. §1.17(e) is required by 37 C.F.R. §1.114 when the RCEisfiled.
`3. Fees
`a & Paymentin the amountof $1,530.00 is enclosed.
`b.
`[X If paymentin the appropriate amountis not enclosed, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hereby authorized to
`charge any fees required by this paper, including the RCE fee required under 37 C.F.R. §1.17(e), any extension of time
`fees (37 C.F.R. §§ 1.136 and 1.17) necessary to render the RCE timely, and any suspension fee or credit any
`overpayments, to Deposit Account No._ 19-0089
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`SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT, ATTORNEY, OR AGENT REQUIRED
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`Name(Print/Type)
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`Signature
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`/Naoko Ohashi/
`Reg. No. 66,999
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`Registration No. (Attorney/Agent)
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`29027
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`August 4, 2023
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`Naoko Ohashi
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`CERTIFICATE OF MAILING OR TRANSMISSION
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`I hereby certify that this correspondenceis being deposited with the United States Postal Service as a first class mail in an envelope addressed to:
`Commissioner For Patents, Mail Stop RCE, PO Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, or facsimile transmitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark
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`Signature
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