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`NOVICK, KIM & LEE, PLLC
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`Inventors: Nader Asghari-Karnrani et al
`Application No. 12/210,926
`Filing Date: September 15, 2008
`Attorney Docket No. PL2891 174
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`OFFC OF PETITIONS
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`SEP 1 9 2016
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`Decision on Petitions
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`This is a decision on the renewed petition under 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(c) and 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(3) filed
`on August 30, 2016. This is also a decision on the petition to expedite under 37 C.F.R. § 1.182
`filed on August 30, 2016.
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`The petition under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.78(c) and 1.78(e) is granted.
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`The petition under 37 C.F.R. § 1.182 is granted.
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`A petition under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.78(c) and 1.78(e) was filed on February 22, 2016. The Office
`issued a decision dismissing the petition on August 12, 2016. The instant renewed petition
`corrects the deficiencies identified in the prior decision.
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`The requirements set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.78(c) and 1.78(e) have been satisfied, and the late
`claims for priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e) and 120 are accepted as being unintentionally
`delayed.
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`Applicants are advised that this decision grants the petition to accept the unintentionally delayed
`domestic benefit claim to the prior filed applications because the petition requirements of
`37 C.F.R. §§ 1.78(c) and 1.78(e) and the formal requirements for claiming domestic benefit (see
`MPEP §§ 211.01 et. seq.) have been met. This acceptance should not be construed as meaning
`that any claim in this patent is entitled to the benefit of the prior—fi1ed applications. See MPEP
`§ 211.05 for more information regarding entitlement to domestic benefit.
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`A corrected Filing Receipt, which includes the priority claim to the prior—f1led applications,
`accompanies this decision on petition.
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`This application is being referred to the Certificates of Correction Branch for processing the
`request for a certificate of correction in accordance with this decision on the petition under
`37 C.F.R. § 1.78.
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`Charles Steven Brantley
`Attorney Advisor
`Office of Petitions
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`ATTACHMENT: Corrected Filing Receipt
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`Any inquiries concerning this decision may be directed to Attorney Advisor Steven Brantley at
`(571) 272-3203.
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`Receipt is acknowledged of this non-provisional patent application. The application will be taken up for examination
`in due course. Applicant will be notified as to the results of the examination. Any correspondence concerning the
`application must include the following identification information: the U.S. APPLICATION NUMBER, FILING DATE,
`NAME OF APPLICANT, and TITLE OF INVENTION. Fees transmitted by check or draft are subject to collection.
`Please verify the accuracy of the data presented on this receipt. If an error is noted on this Filing Receipt, please
`submit a written request for a Filing Receipt Correction. Please provide a copy of this Filing Receipt with the
`changes noted thereon. If you received a "Notice to File Missing Parts" for this application, please submit
`any corrections to this Filing Receipt with your reply to the Notice. When the USPTO processes the reply
`to the Notice, the USPTO will generate another Filing Receipt incorporating the requested corrections
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`lnventor(s)
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`Applicant(s)
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`Nader Asghari—Kamrani, Centreville, VA;
`Kamran Asghari—Kamrani, Centreville, VA;
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`Nader Asghari—Kamrani, Centreville, VA;
`Kamran Asghari—Kamrani, Centreville, VA;
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`Power of Attorney: The patent practitioners associated with Customer Number 105857
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
`This application is a CIP of 11/239,046 09/30/2005 PAT 7444676
`which claims benefit of 60/615,603 10/05/2004
`and is a CIP of 09/940,635 08/29/2001 PAT 7356837
`This application 12/210,926
`is a CIP of 11/333,400 01/18/2006 PAT 8281129
`which is a CIP of 09/940,635 08/29/2001 PAT 7356837
`and claims benefit of 60/650,137 02/07/2005
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`Date Mailed: 09/19/2016
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`Foreign Applications for which priority is claimed (You may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highway program at the USPTO. Please see http://www.uspto.gov for more information.) — None.
`Foreign application information must be provided in an Application Data Sheet in order to constitute a claim to
`foreign priority. See 37 CFR 1.55 and 1.76.
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`Permission to Access Application via Priority Document Exchange: No
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`Applicant may provide or rescind an authorization for access using Form PTO/SB/39 or Form PTO/SB/69 as
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`If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 09/29/2008
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`The country code and number of your priority application, to be used for filing abroad under the Paris Convention,
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