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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR!
`PATENT IN REEXAMINATION
`RACZ ET AL.
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`87790—794403
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`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
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`20110901
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`Assignment For Published Patent Application
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