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`Notice ofAllowability
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`Application No.
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`Examiner
`CALEB M BAKER
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`Applicant(s)
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`AIA (FITF) Status
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`4I¥) Acceptable drawings:
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`The drawingsfiled on 23 September 2021 are accepted by the Examiner.
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`(b) (] Drawing Figures filedon ss and drawing Figures filed on sare accepted by the Examiner.
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`5™) The claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a}-(d) or(f) is acknowledged.
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`Certified copies:
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`This communication is responsive to foreign priority documents retrieved on 6/22/2023 and remarksfiled on 8/24/2023 .
`CA declaration(s)/affidavit(s} under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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