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`Description : Petition to make special based on Age/Health
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`PETITION TO MAKE SPECIAL BASED ON AGE FOR ADVANCEMENTOF EXAMINATION
`UNDER 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1)
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`Application Information
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`Filing
`Confirmation
`13237184
`Application
`2011-09-20
`Date
`Number
`Number
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`Attorney Docket
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`Art UnitNumber(optional) W0537-701320 Examiner
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`First Named
`Kenneth P. Weiss
`Inventor
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`UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY
`Title of Invention
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`Attention: Office of Petitions
`An application may be made special for advancement of examination upon filing of a petition showing that the applicant is 65
`years of age, or more. No fee is required with such a petition. See 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1} and MPEP 708.02(IV).
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`APPLICANT HEREBY PETITIONS TO MAKE SPECIAL FOR ADVANCEMENT OF EXAMINATION IN THIS APPLICATION
`UNDER 37 CFR 1.102(c}(1) and MPEP 708.02 (IV) ON THE BASIS OF THE APPLICANT'S AGE.
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`A grantable petition requires one of the following items:
`(1} Statement by one namedinventor in the application that he/she is 65 years of age, or more; or
`(2) Certification by a registered attorney/agent having evidence suchasa birth certificate, passport, driver's license, etc.
`showing one namedinventor in the application is 65 years of age, or more.
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`Nameof Inventor who is 65 years of age, or older
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`Given Name
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`Middle Name
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`Family Name
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`Number
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`Kenneth
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`Weiss
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`A signature of the applicant or representative is required in accordance with 37 CFR 1.33 and 10.18.
`Please see 37 CFR 1.4(d} for the format of the signature.
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`Select (1) or (2):
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`QO (1) |am an inventorin this application and | am 65 years of age, or more.
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`(2) |am an attorney or agent registered to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office, and | certify that | am in possession of
`evidence, and will retain such in the application file record, showing that the inventor listed above is 65 years of age, or more.
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`Signature
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`Date
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`Robert V. Donahoe
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`Registration
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`48667
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`Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031
`Description : Petition to make special based on Age/Health
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Commissioner for Patents
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`In re Application of
`Kenneth P. Weiss
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`icati
`Application No.
`Filed:
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`13237184
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`Attorney Docket No. —.W0537-701320
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`:DECISION ON PETITION TO MAKE SPECIAL
`{UNDER 37 CFR1.102(c)(1)
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`26-SEP-2011
`This is a decision on the electronic petition under 37 CFR 1.102 (c)(1), filed
`application special based on applicant's age as set forth in MPEP § 708.02, Section IV.
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`to make the above-identified
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`The petition is GRANTED.
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`A grantable petition to make an application special under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1), MPEP § 708.02, Section IV: Applicant's Age must
`include a statement by applicant or a registered practitioner having evidence that applicant is at least 65 years of age. No feeis
`required.
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`Accordingly, the above-identified application has been accorded “special”
`upon the completion ofall pre-examination processing.
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`status and will be taken up for action by the examiner
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