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`29/837,777
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`05/09/2022
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`Toshio Horiki
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`D220016US00
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`8079
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`WHDA, LLP
`8500 LEESBURG PIKE
`SUITE 7500
`TYSONS, VA 22182
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`OSWECKT BHIZABETH J
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`2926
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`07/05/2023
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)[VM. Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20230629
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`Application No.
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`29/837,777
`Horiki etal.
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`ELIZABETH OSWECKI
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`2b) (J This action is non-final.
`3) An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4)\(/| Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Application/Control Number: 29/837,777
`Art Unit: 2926
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined underthe
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`first inventorto file provisions of the AJA.
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`Acknowledgementis madethat this application claimspriority to Japanese Design
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`Application No. 2021-028096.
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`Incorporation-by-Reference Statement
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`This application incorporates by reference Japanese Design Application No. 2021-
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`028096. All the material from the Japanese Design Application No. 2021-028096
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`whichis essential to the claimed design is includedin this application. Amendments of the claim
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`maybe based on the content of the incorporated material. However, with or without a specific
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`amendment, it is understood that any material in the Japanese Design Application No. 2021-
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`028096 whichis not present in this application formsno part of the claimed design.
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`Ex Parte Quayle
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`This application is in condition for allowance except for the following formal matters:
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`Drawing Objections
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`The portion in which the enlarged portion view shownin figure 8 is taken in figure 2
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`should be encircled by a dashed-dot boundary line so the boundary of the enlarged portion view
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`is clearly understood. An arrow with the figure designation, “FIG. 8,” should also be shown next
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`to the enlarged portion view in figure 2 so that it is clear that this portion defined in figure 2 is
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`figure 8. Please see annotated print alphabetletter A for figures 2 and 8. Correction is needed.
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`Application/Control Number: 29/837,777
`Art Unit: 2926
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`Annotated Print A
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`Application/Control Number: 29/837,777
`Art Unit: 2926
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`Corrected drawing sheets are required in reply to the Office action to avoid
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`abandonmentofthe application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should
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`includeall of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if
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`only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing
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`should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the
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`appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary,
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`the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes madeto the brief
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`Whenpreparing new drawings in compliance with the requirementtherefor, care
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`prohibited by 35 U.S.C. 132 and 37 CFR 1.121.
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`Figure Descriptions
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`For clarity and accuracy, the description of Figs. 8 and 9 should be amendedto read:
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`--Fig. 8 is an enlarged portion view taken from encircled portion labeled, “FIG. 8,”
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`in FIG, 2; and,
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`Fig. 9 is a perspective view thereof, shown in a folded configuration.--
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`The claimed design is patentable over the references cited. The art of record not relied
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`uponis cited as cumulativeart.
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`Application/Control Number: 29/837,777
`Art Unit: 2926
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`Prosecution on the merits is closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte
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`Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213, (Comm’r Pat. 1935).
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