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`CERTIFICATE OF EFS FILING UNDER 37 CFR §1.8
`{ hereby certify that this correspondenceis being electronically transmitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
`Commissionerfor Patents, via the EFS on the below date:
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`Date: April 25, 2014
`Name: Tadashi Horie, Reg. No. 40,437
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`Signature:
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`G | L S oO N
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`&LIONE
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARKOFFICE OO
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`BRINKS
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`In re Appin. of: Akihiro MOCHIZUKIetal.
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`Appin. No.:
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`Not yet assigned
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`Filed:
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`Concurrently herewith
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`Examiner: Not yet assigned
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`Art Unit:
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`Not yet assigned
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`Conf. No.: Not yet assigned
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`For:
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`9353/1316(D304506-01)Attorney Docket No.: |
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`In accordancewith the duty of disclosure, Applicant(s) hereby cites the following references:
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`EXAMINER
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`DOCUMENT NUMBER
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`US PATENT REFERENCES
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`INITIAL po Number-Kind Gode{ifknown)
`DATE
`NAME
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`Al
`A2
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`D520,885 S
`D556,061 S
`D579,798 S
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`05/16/2006
`11/27/2007
`11/04/2008
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`Takachetal.
`Rosen
`Kachiicketal.
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`D666,509 S
`D678,084S
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`09/04/2012
`03/19/2013
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`Beland etal.
`Beland etal.
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`1. PRIORITY INFORMATION:
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`[] This application claims priority under 35 USC §120 to the following United States patent
`application(s):
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`In accordance with 37 CFR §1.98(d), copies of the references cited
`herein which were submitted to, or cited by, the office,
`in compliance with 37 CFR §1.98(a)-(c)in
`the earlier application are not provided herewith. The Examineris directed to those references
`cited in all Information Disclosure Statemenisfiled in the priority United States patent application(s)
`cited above in addition to the references cited herein.
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`2. CERTIFICATIONS:
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`(CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
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`CJ) For purposes of 37 CFR §1.704(d)(i), Applicant hereby certifies that each item of information
`contained in this Information Disclosure Statement wasfirst cited in any communication from a
`patent office in a counterpart foreign or international application or from the Office, and that this
`communication was not received by any individual! designated in 37 CFR §1.56(c) more thanthirty
`dayspriorto the filing of this Information Disclosure Statement.
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`[-] For purposes of 37 CFR §1.704(d)(ii), Applicant hereby certifies that each item of information
`containedin this Information Disclosure Statement is a communication that was issued by a patent
`office in a counterpart
`foreign or
`international application or by the Office, and that
`this
`communication was not received by any individual designated in 37 CFR §1.56(c) more thanthirty
`daysprior to the filing of this Information Disclosure Statement.
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`C] Applicant hereby certifies pursuant to 37 CFR §1.97(e)(1) that each item of information in this
`Information Disclosure Statement was first cited in any communication from a foreign patent office
`in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months priorto thefiling of this Information
`Disclosure Statement.
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`Appin. No. Not yet assigned
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`Information Disclosure Statement
`Attorney Docket No. 9353/1316 (D304506-01)
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`L] Applicant hereby certifies pursuant to 37 CFR §1.97(e)(2) that no item of information contained in
`this Information Disclosure Statement was cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in
`a counterpart
`foreign application, and,
`to the knowledge of
`the undersigned after making
`reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained in this Statement was knownto any individual
`designated in 37 CFR §1.56(c), more than three months prior to the filing of this Information
`Disclosure Statement.
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`3. FEE INFORMATION:
`(CHECK IF FEE REQUIRED)
`to be due under 37 CFR
`L] Applicant has calculated a processing fee in the amount of
`§1.17(p) in connection with the filing of this Information Disclosure Statement. Applicant authorizes
`charging the fee to Deposit Account
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`The Director is hereby authorized to charge any fee deficiency associated with the filing of this
`Information Disclosure Statement to Deposit Account 23-1925.
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`Pursuant to the undersigned attorney's obligation and duties under 37 CFR §§ 1.56 and 1.98(a)(3) and
`(c), either English language abstracts, partial translations, or full translations are included for patent
`documenis which are not in English for the express purpose of providing a concise explanation of the
`references to the Patent and Trademark Office with the opportunity to evaluate the same. Applicant
`respectfully requests the Examiner's consideration of the above reference(s) and entry thereof into the
`record of this application.
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`By submitting this Statement, Applicant is attempting to fully comply with the duty of candor and goodfaith
`mandated by 37 CFR §1.56. As such, this Statementis not intended to constitute an admission that any
`of the enclosed references, or other information referred to therein, constitutes “prior art” or is otherwise
`“material to patentability,” as that phrase is defined in 37 CFR §1.56(a).
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`April 25, 2014
`Date
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`ee “ell2...
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`Tadashi Horie (Reg.
`/No. 40,437)
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`BRINKS
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`GILSON
`&LIONE
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