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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED IN‘/ENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`13/362,113
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`OI/3 I/20l2
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`Kenneth M. Martin
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`05/30/2014
`PATENT DEPARTMENT (51851)
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`51851/821825
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`‘Response to Rule 312 Communication
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Martin et al.
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`1. IX] The amendment filed on 12 May 2014 under 37 CFR 1.312 has been considered, and has been:
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`entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope of the invention.
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`disapproved because the amendment was filed after the payment of the issue fee.
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`Any amendment filed after the date the issue fee is paid must be accompanied by a petition under 37 CFR 1.313(c)(1)
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`and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.
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`disapproved. See explanation below.
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`entered in part. See explanation below.
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Reponse to Rule 312 Communication
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`Kenneth M. Martin
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`TITLE or INVENTION: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSATIONS
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`Electronic Patent Application Fee Transmittal
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`Title of Invention:
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`METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSATIONS
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`Utility under 35 USC111(a) Filing Fees
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`Electronic Acknowledgement Receipt
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`Title of Invention:
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`METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSATIONS
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`TRANSMITTAL
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of
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`: Kenneth M. Martin
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`Application No.
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`For
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`RESPONSE TO NOTICE TO FILE CORRECTED APPLICATION PAPERS
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`Dear Sir,
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`The following Amendments and Remarks are submitted in response to the Notice to File
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`Corrected Application Papers mailed May 5, 2014 (the “Notice”).
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`Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 of this paper.
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`Remarks begin on page 3 of this paper.
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`Application No. 13/362,113
`Attorney Docket No. 51851/821825 (IMMl47.C3)
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFICATION
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`Please replace paragraph 18 with the following paragraph:
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`[0018]
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`Figure 9 is a table illustrating a first set of data to be used in one embodiment of
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`the present invention;—and
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`Please replace paragraph l9 with the following paragraph:
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`[0019]
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`Figure l0 is a table illustrating a second set of data to be used in another
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`embodiment of the present invention[[.]]; and
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`Please add the following paragraph immediately following paragraph 19:
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`[0020]
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`Figure 11 shows a device for providing tactile sensations according to one
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`embodiment of the present invention.
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`Application No. 13/362,113
`Attorney Docket No. 51851/821825 (IMM147.C3)
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`REMARKS
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`This paper is filed in response to the Notice to File Corrected Application Papers (the
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`“Notice”) mailed May 5, 2014.
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`The Notice o