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`DISCLAIMER IN PATENT UNDER 37 CFR 1.321(a)
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`Name of Patentee
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`Patent Number
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`White Knuckle Gaming, LLC
`8,540,575
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`Docket Number (Optional)
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`Date Patent Issued
`September 24, 2013
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`Title of Invention
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`Method and System For Increased Realism in Video Games
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` hereby disclaim the following complete claims in the above identified patent:
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`The extent of my interest in said patent is (if assignee of record, state liber and page, or reel and frame, where
`100%, see 3.73(b) filed concurrently and assignment records reel 021802 frame 0613
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`The fee for this disclaimer is set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(d).
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`Patentee claims small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
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`PTO/SB/96 (07-09)
`Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`STATEMENT UNDER 37 CFR 3.73(b)
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`White Knuckle Gaming, LLC
`Applicant/Patent Owner:
`8,540,575
`Filed/Issue Date:
`Application No./Patent No.:
`Methods and System For Increased Realism in Video Games
`Titled:
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`September 24, 2013
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`White Knuckle Gaming, LLC
`(Name of Assignee)
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`states that it is:
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`Utah limited liability company
`(Type of Assignee, e.g., corporation, partnership, university, government agency, etc.
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`1.
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`2.
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`the assignee of the entire right, title, and interest in;
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`an assignee of less than the entire right, title, and interest in
`(The extent (by percentage) of its ownership interest is
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`the assignee of an undivided interest in the entirety of (a complete assignment from one of the joint inventors was made)
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`the patent application/patent identified above, by virtue of either:
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`OR
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`An assignment from the inventor(s) of the patent application/patent identified above. The assignment was recorded in
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`copy therefore is attached.
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`A chain of title from the inventor(s), of the patent application/patent identified above, to the current assignee as follows:
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`1. From:
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`To:
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`2. From:
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`To:
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`3. From:
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`Additional documents in the chain of title are listed on a supplemental sheet(s).
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`As required by 37 CFR 3.73(b)(1)(i), the documentary evidence of the chain of title from the original owner to the assignee was,
`or concurrently is being, submitted for recordation pursuant to 37 CFR 3.11.
`[NOTE: A separate copy (i.e., a true copy of the original assignment document(s)) must be submitted to Assignment Division in
`accordance with 37 CFR Part 3, to record the assignment in the records of the USPTO. See MPEP 302.08]
`The undersigned (whose title is supplied below) is authorized to act on behalf of the assignee.
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`Signature
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`May 5th, 2017
`Date
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`Andrew S Hansen
`Managing Partner
`Printed or Typed Name
`Title
`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 3.73(b). The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO to
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`pursuant to the requirements of the Act, please be advised that: (1) the general authority for the
`collection of this information is 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2); (2) furnishing of the information solicited is voluntary;
`and (3) the principal purpose for which the information is used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
`Office is to process and/or examine your submission related to a patent application or patent. If you do
`not furnish the requested information, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may not be able to
`process and/or examine your submission, which may result in termination of proceedings or
`abandonment of the application or expiration of the patent.
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`The information provided by you in this form will be subject to the following routine uses:
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`1. The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the extent allowed under the
`Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C 552a). Records from
`this system of records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice to determine whether
`disclosure of these records is required by the Freedom of Information Act.
`2. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, in the course of
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`be made in accordance with the GSA regulations governing inspection of records for this
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`8. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the public after
`either publication of the application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent
`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37
`CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which
`became abandoned or in which the proceedings were terminated and which application is
`referenced by either a published application, an application open to public inspection or an
`issued patent.
`9. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Federal, State,
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`5/5/2017
`Acknowledgement Receipt
`The USPTO has received your submission at 17:44:32 Eastern Time on 05­MAY­2017 .
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`Patent Electronic Filing
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`29132897
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`10266795
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`9115
`METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
`INCREASED REALISM IN VIDEO
`GAMES
`Athanasios Angelopoulos
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`13588
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`Andrew S Hansen
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`17791.3.1
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`08­OCT­2002
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`05­MAY­2017
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