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`8142413
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. I (cid:9)
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`2005,86US02
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`1416
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`PATTERSON THUEN I F, CHRISTENSEN PEDERSEN, P.A.
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`Howard Root, Excelsior, MN;
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`Jeffrey M. Welch, Maple Grove, MN;
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`IR103 (Rev_ 10/09)
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`APPLICATION NO. (cid:9)
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`I (cid:9)
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`12/824,734 (cid:9)
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`06/28/2010 (cid:9)
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`Howard Root
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`I ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. I CONFIRMATION NO.
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`2005.861IS02
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`1416
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: COAXIAL GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`SMALL ENTITY I ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION (cid:9)
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`DUE (cid:9)
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`DATE DUE
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`$870
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`$300
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`$1170
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`04/17/2012
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`EXAMINER
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`ART UNIT
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`CLASS-SUBCLASS
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`OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES
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`3767
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`604- 510 (X)0
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`1. Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
`CFR 1.363).
`q Change of correspondence address (or Change of Correspondence
`Address form PTO/SB/122) attached.
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`PTOL-85 (Rev. 02/11) Approved for use through 08/31/2013. (cid:9)
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`OMB 0651-0033 (cid:9)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`UNITED STA'L'ES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`APPLICATION NO. (cid:9)
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`I (cid:9)
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR (cid:9)
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`I ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. I CONFIRMATION NO.
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`12/824,734
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`06/28/2010
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`Itoward Root
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`2005.86US02
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`1416
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`24113 (cid:9)
`7590 (cid:9)
`01/17/2012
`PATTERSON THUENTE CHRISTENSEN PEDERSEN, P.A.
`4800 IDS CENTER
`80 SOUTH 8TII STREET
`MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2100
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`EXAMINER
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`OSTNSKL BRADLEY JAMES
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`ART UNIT (cid:9)
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`I (cid:9)
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3767
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`DATE: AILED: 01/17/2012
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 0 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after the
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`12/824,734
`Examiner
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`Applicant(s)
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`ROOT ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`BRADLEY OSINSKI
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`3767
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`-- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
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`1. El This communication is responsive to 11/1/2011.
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`2. q An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on (cid:9)
`requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`3. [E] The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-5,7 and 21-28.
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`* the restriction
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`4. q Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`b) 171 Some* c) q None of the:
`a) q All (cid:9)
`1. q Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. q Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. (cid:9)
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`3. q Copies of the certified copies of the priority documen