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`Staatsbibliothek
`zu Berlin
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`Preufiischer Kulturbesitz
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`DECLARATION
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`1. Barbara Schneider-Kempf, am employed as a director general at the Berlin State Library
`(in German: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preuflischer Kulturbesitz) Potsdamer Strafie 33. 10785
`Berlin, Germany (“Staatsbibliothek”).
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`I have firsthand knowledge of
`I have been employed at the Staatsbibliothek since april 2002 .
`the policies and procedures for receiving and indexing (aka cataloging) periodicals (including
`scientific journals), manuscripts, theses, dissertations, and books (each, an “item”) and
`processing such items for placement in the publicly accessible collections of the
`Staatsbibliothek. Indexing involves creating catalog entries, such as author, title, and subject
`matter. about a given item.
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`The time between receipt of a special item (such as a thesis or dissertation, in book form) and
`the special items being fully cataloged and available in the publicly accessible area of the
`Staatsbibliothek is typically no more than four (4) months. The time between receipt of a
`serial item (such as a journal article) and the item’s being fully cataloged and available in the
`publicly accessible area of the Staatsbibliothek is typically no more than thirty (30) days.
`"Fully cataloged” means indexed in an “index record” that is available to the public for
`searching (based on at least title and author of an item) and an indexed item is available
`inspection in the Staatsbibliothek. Some index records include subjects and keywords
`relevant to a given item.
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`I have inserted below the month and year that each item listed below would have been fully
`cataloged and available in the Staatsbibliothek; each item listed below has been so cataloged
`and available for public access since at least the recited month and year (other than during
`rare operational events, such as rebinding, relocation, etc.). For items 3-8 below, the actual
`dates of cataloging and public availability would have been years earlier than the recited
`month and year.
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`Item 1: Grangaud, Rene, “Recherches sur l’Astaxanthine, Nouveau Facteur, Vitaminique A”,
`69 pp. (Editions Desoer, Liege, 1951). Fully cataloged by January 1958.
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`Item 2: Massonet, Renee’, “Recherches sur la Biochemie de l’Astaxanthine”, 146 pp.
`(F.Fontana, Algiers, 1960). Fully cataloged by January 1965.
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`Item 3: Grangaud, Rene, and Massonet, Renee’, “Action de l'huile de Crevette (Penaeus
`foliaceus) sur le Rat blanc carence en vitamine A”, Comptes Rendus de l'Academie
`des Sciences, Vol. 227, pp. 568-570 (1948). Fully cataloged by January 1970.
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`Item 4: Grangaud, René, and Massonet, Renee, “Activité antixérophtalmique du pigment
`caroténoide d’Aristeomorpha foliacea (Pen$ida)”, Comptes Rendus de l'Academ1e
`des Sciences, Vol. 230, pp. 1319-1321 (March 27, 1950). Fully cataloged by January
`1970.
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`Item 5: Grangaud, R., and Massonet, R., “Activité antixérophtalmique des esters de
`l'astaxanthine”, Comptes Rendus des seances de la Societe de biologic, Vol. 148, pp.
`1392-1394 (1954). Fully cataloged by January 1970.
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`Item 6: Massonet, R., Conquy, T., and Grangaud, R., “Transformation in vitro de
`Pastaxanthine en vitamine A par le tissu oculaire du Rat”, Comptes Rendus
`Hebdomadaires des seances de la Societe de biologie, Vol. 155, pp. 747-750 (1961).
`Fully cataloged by January 1970.
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`Item 7: Grangaud, Rene’; Massonet, Reneé; Conquy Therese; and Ridolfo, Jacqueline,
`“Transformation de l'astaxanthine en vitamine A chez le Rat albinos: néoformation in
`vivo et in vitro”, Comptes Rendus dc l'Acadernie des Sciences, Vol. 252, pp. 1854-
`1856 (1961). Fully cataloged by January 1970.
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`Item 8: Massonet, R., Conquy, T., and Grangaud, R.R. “Etude de la transformation de
`l'astaxanthine en vitamine A chez le Rat albinos: Experiences ‘in vitro”’, Ann. Nutrit.
`Alimentation, Vol. 19 pp. pages C655—C658 (1965)). Fully cataloged by January
`1970.
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`I have attached true and accurate copies of the index records for above items 1 to 8 from the
`catalog of the Staatsbibliothek. The index records were made according to normal procedures
`at the Staatsbibliothek, and the Staatsbibliothek maintained the index records in the ordinary
`course of its regular activities.
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`Each of the above items was indexed at least by title and author, and available to the general
`public, prior to 1994.
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`All statements herein are made of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on
`information and belief are believed to be true under penalty of perjury.
`I understand that this
`declaration is to be submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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