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`PTO/SB/26 (09-04)
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`TERMINAL DISCLAIMER TO OBVIATE A DOUBLE PATENTING
`REJECTION OVER A “PRlOR” PATENT
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` In re Application of: Oyvind Hillesund, et al.
` Application No.: 11/070,614
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`and 173, and as the term of said prior patent is presently shortened by any terminal disclaimer. The ovmer hereby agrees that any patent so
`granted on the instant application shall be enforceable only for and during such period that it and the prior patent are commonly owned. This
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`in making the above disclaimer, the owner does not disclaim the terminal part of the term of any patent granted on the instant application that
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`would extend to the expiration date of the full statutory term as defined in 35 U.S.C. 154 and 173 of the prior patent, “as the term of said prior
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`EX. PGS 1054
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`Jeffrey L. Wendt, Reg. No. 32,952
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`For submissions on behalf of a business/organization (e.g., corporation, partnership, university, government agency,
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and
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