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`APPLICATION NO.
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`29/489,069
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`ISSUE DATE
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`09/15/2015
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`83377
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`7590
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`08/26/2015
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`BGL/Panasonic
`P.O. Box 10395
`Chicago, IL 60610
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`PATENT NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`D739024
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`9353/1316 (D304506-01)
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`4235
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`The projected patent numberandissue date are specified above.
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`ISSUE NOTIFICATION
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`Determination of Patent Term Extension or Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`Design patents have a term measured from the issue date of the patent and the term remains the same length
`regardless of the time that the application for the design patent was pending. Since the above-identified
`application is an application for a design patent,
`the patent is not eligible for Patent Term Extension or
`Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154(b).
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`Any questions regarding the Patent Term Extension or Adjustment determination should be directed to the
`Office of Patent Legal Administration at (571)-272-7702. Questions relating to issue and publication fee
`payments should be directed to the Application Assistance Unit (AAU) of the Office of Data Management
`(ODM)at (571)-272-4200.
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`APPLICANT(s)(Please see PAIR WEBsite http://pair.uspto.gov for additional applicants):
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`Akihiro MOCHIZUKI, Ehime, JAPAN;
`Panasonic Healthcare Co. Ltd., Toon-shi, JAPAN;
`Yasutoshi OKAMOTO,Ehime, JAPAN;
`Fumio YAMADA,Ehime, JAPAN;
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