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`18/140,877
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`04/28/2023
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`38834
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`YOLEa PE
`WHDA, LLP
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`SUITE 7500
`TYSONS, VA 22182
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 8514
`FILING RECEIPT
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`Date Mailed: 05/22/2023
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`Receipt is acknowledged of this non-provisional utility patent application. The application will be taken up for
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`Inventor(s)
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`Applicant(s)
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`Yuki Tokuda, Osaka, JAPAN;
`Hideharu Takezawa, Nara, JAPAN;
`Yuko Ogawa, Osaka, JAPAN;
`Hiroyuki Okuda, Osaka, JAPAN;
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`Panasonic Intellectual Property ManagementCo., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN;
`Assignment For Published Patent Application
`Panasonic Intellectual Property ManagementCo., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN
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`Powerof Attorney: The patent practitioners associated with Customer Number 38834
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
`This application is a DIV of 16/771 ,394 06/10/2020
`which is a 371 of PCT/JP2018/039806 10/26/2018
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`Foreign Applications (You maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at the
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`JAPAN 2017-248310 12/25/2017 No Access Code Provided
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`lf Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 05/18/2023
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