UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`PATENT NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`11909968
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`735256.442C4
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`1500
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`17/726,133
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`ISSUE DATE
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`02/20/2024
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`125045
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`7590
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`01/31/2024
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic (PIPCA)
`701 5th Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`ISSUE NOTIFICATION
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
`(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`The Patent Term Adjustmentis 0 day(s). Any patent to issue from the above-identified application will include
`an indication of the adjustmenton the front page.
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`IR103 (Rev. 10/09)
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`INVENTOR(s) (Please see PATENT CENTERsite https://patentcenter.uspto.gov for additional inventors):
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`Kiyofumi ABE, Osaka, JAPAN;
`Takahiro NISHI, Nara, JAPAN;
`Tadamasa TOMA,Osaka, JAPAN;
`Ryuichi KANOH,Osaka, JAPAN;
`Chong Soon LIM,Singapore, SINGAPORE;
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`APPLICANT(s) (Please see PATENT CENTERsite https://patentcenter.uspto.gov for additional applicants):
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`Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA;
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`IR103 (Rev. 10/09)
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