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`Attorney Docket No. 0756—9138
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Application of:
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`Shunpei YAMAZAKI etal.
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`Serial No. 13/008,285
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`Filed: January 18, 2011
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`Examiner: Shrinivas H. Rao
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge fees under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.16,
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`1.17, 1.20(a), 1.20(b), 1.20(c), and 1.20(d) (except the Issue Fee) which may be
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`required now or hereafter, or credit any overpayment to Deposit Account No. 50-2280.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`2W
`Eric J. Robinson
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`Reg. No. 38,285
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`Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, RC.
`3975 Fair Ridge Drive
`Suite 20 North
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`Fairfax, Virginia 22033
`(571) 434—6789
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Attorney Docket No. 0756—9138
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`In re Patent Application of:
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`) Confirmation No. 8496
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`Shunpei YAMAZAKI et al.
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`) Group Art Unit: 2811
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`Serial No. 13/008,285
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`) Examiner: L. A. Gurley
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`Filed: January 18, 2011
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`For: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
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`)
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Honorable Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313—1450
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`Dear Sir:
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`In accordance with the provisions of 37 C.F.R. § 1.56 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.97—
`1.99, Applicant submits herewith a Form PTO-1449 listing information known to
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`Applicant and requests that this information be made of record in the above identified
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`application. Copies are submitted herewith in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(a).
`This Information Disclosure Statement is being submitted before the issuance of
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`a first Office Action on the merits, therefore, no fee is required.
`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge fees under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.16,
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`1.17, 1.20(a), 1.20(b), 120(0), and 1.20(d) (except the Issue Fee) which may be
`required now or hereafter, or credit any overpayment to Deposit Account No. 50—2280.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`
`Eric J. Robinson
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`Reg. No. 38,285
`
`Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, PC.
`3975 Fair Ridge Drive
`Suite 20 North
`
`Fairfax, Virginia 22033
`(571) 434—6789
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`

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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria1 Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE
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`31780
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`7590
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`03/20/2013
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`Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, PC.
`3975 Fair Ridge Drive
`suitezoNonh
`Fairfax, VA 22033
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`
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`
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`RAO, SHRINIVAS H
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`2814
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`DATE MAILED: 03/20/2013
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`INVOOlShunpei YAMAZAKI
`01/18/2011
`13/008,285
`TITLE OF INVENTION: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING AN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER
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`0756-9138
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`8496
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`ENTITY STATUS
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`ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION FEE DUE
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`PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
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`DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`UNDISCOUNTED
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`$ 1780
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`$300
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`$0
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`$2080
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`06/20/2013
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`THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIED ABOVE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT.
`PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS CLOSED. THIS NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS.
`THIS APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL FROM ISSUE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE OFFICE OR UPON
`PETITION BY THE APPLICANT. SEE 37 CFR 1.313 AND MPEP 1308.
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`THE ISSUE FEE AND PUBLICATION FEE (IF REQUIRED) MUST BE PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS FROM THE
`MAILING DATE OF THIS NOTICE OR THIS APPLICATION SHALL BE REGARDED AS ABANDONED.
`THIS
`STATUTORY PERIOD CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
`SEE 35 U.S.C. 151. THE ISSUE FEE DUE INDICATED ABOVE DOES
`NOT REFLECT A CREDIT FOR ANY PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE IN THIS APPLICATION.
`IF AN ISSUE FEE HAS
`PREVIOUSLY BEEN PAID IN THIS APPLICATION (AS SHOWN ABOVE), THE RETURN OF PART B OF THIS FORM
`WILL BE CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REAPPLY THE PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE TOWARD THE ISSUE FEE NOW
`DUE.
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`HOW TO REPLY TO THIS NOTICE:
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`I. Review the ENTITY STATUS shown above. If the ENTITY STATUS is shown as SMALL or MICRO, verify whether entitlement to that
`entity status still applies.
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`If the ENTITY STATUS is the same as shown above, pay the TOTAL FEE(S) DUE shown above.
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`If the ENTITY STATUS is changed from that shown above, on PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL, complete section number 5 titled
`"Change in Entity Status (from status indicated above)".
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`For purposes of this notice, small entity fees are 1/2 the amount of undiscounted fees, and micro entity fees are 1/2 the amount of small entity
`fees.
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`II. PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL, or its equivalent, must be completed and returned to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`(USPTO) with your ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required). If you are charging the fee(s) to your deposit account, section "4b"
`of Part B - Fee(s) Transmittal should be completed and an extra copy of the form should be submitted. If an equivalent of Part B is filed, a
`request to reapply a previously paid issue fee must be clearly made, and delays in processing may occur due to the difficulty in recognizing
`the paper as an equivalent of Part B.
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`III. All communications regarding this application must give the application number. Please direct all communications prior to issuance to
`Mail Stop ISSUE FEE unless advised to the contrary.
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`IMPORTANT REMINDER: Utility patents issuing on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980 may require payment of
`maintenance fees. It is patentee's responsibility to ensure timely payment of maintenance fees when due.
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`PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL
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`Complete and send this form, together with applicable fee(s), to: Mail Mail Stop ISSUE FEE
`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`or m (571)-273-2885
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`through 5 should be completed where
`INSTRUCTIONS: This form should be used for transmitting the ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required). Blocks 1
`ap ropriate. All further correspondence including the Patent, advance orders and notification of maintenance fees will be mailed to the current correspondence address as
`indicated unless corrected below or directed otherwise in Block 1, by (a) specifying a new correspondence address; and/or (b) indicating a separate "FEE ADDRESS" for
`maintenance fee notifications.
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`CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS (Note: Use Block 1 for any change ofaddFESS)
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`_
`03/20/2013
`7590
`31_780
`RODII’ISOI’I Intellectual Property Law Office, PC:
`3975 F - R-d D -
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`1 g6
`I‘lVe
`Su1te 20 North
`Fairfax VA 22033
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`Note: A certificate of mailin can only be used for domestic mailings of the
`Fee(s) Transmittal. This certi icate cannot be used for any other accompanying
`apers. Each additional paper, such as an assignment or formal drawing, must
`gave its own certificate of mailing or transmission.
`Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
`I hereby certify that this Fee(s) Transmittal is being deposited with the United
`States Postal Service with sufficient postage for first class mail in an envelope
`addressed to the Mail Stop ISSUE FEE address above, or being facsimile
`transmitted to the USPTO (571) 273—2885, on the date indicated below.
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`(Date)
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`(Dwi‘m‘nm)
`(Signature)
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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` F {ST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
`
`INV001Shunpei YAMAZAKI
`01/18/2011
`13/008,285
`TITLE OF INVENTION: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING AN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER
`
`0756—9138
`
`8496
`
`APPLN. TYPE
`
`ENTITY STATUS
`
`ISSUE FEE DUE
`
`PUBLICATION FEE DUE
`
`PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
`
`DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`UNDISCOUNTED
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`$ 1780
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`$3 00
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`$0
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`$2080
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`06/20/2013
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`RAO, SHRINIVAS H
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`2814
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`257—347000
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`1. Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
`CFR 1.363).
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`3 Chan e of correspondence address (or Change of Correspondence
`Address orm PTO/SB/ 122) attached.
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`3 "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address" Indication form
`PTO/SB/47; Rev 03—02 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer
`Vumber is required.
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`
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`2. For printing on the patent front page, list
`(1) the names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
`or agents OR, alternatively,
`(2) the name of a single firm (having as a member a
`registered attorney or agent) and the names of up to
`2 registered patent attorneys or agents. If no name is
`listed, no name will be printed.
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`2
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`3
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`3. ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATA TO BE PRINTED ON THE PATENT (print or type)
`If an assignee is identified below, the document has been filed for
`PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assignee is identified below, no assignee data will appear on the patent.
`recordation as set forth in 37 CFR 3.11. Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.
`(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE
`(B) RESIDENCE: (CITY and STATE OR COUNTRY)
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`Please check the appropriate assignee category or categories (will not be printed on the patent) :
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`'3 Individual
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`'3 Corporation or other private group entity '3 Government
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`4a. The following fee(s) are submitted:
`3 Issue Fee
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`3 Publication Fee (No small entity discount permitted)
`3 Advance Order — # of Copies
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`4b. Payment of Fee(s): (Please first reapply any previously paid issue fee shown above)
`3 A check is enclosed.
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`3 Payment by credit card. Form PTO—2038 is attached.
`3 The Director is hereby authorized to charge the required fee(s), any deficiency, or credit any
`overpayment, to Deposit Account Number
`(enclose an extra copy of this form).
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`5. Change in Entity Status (from status indicated above)
`3 Applicant certifying micro entity status. See 37 CFR 1.29
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`3 Applicant asserting small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27
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` 3 Applicant changing to regular undiscounted fee status.
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`NOTE: Absent a valid certification of Micro Entity Status (see form PTO/SB/ 15A and 15B), issue
`fee payment in the micro entity amount will not be accepted at the risk of application abandonment.
`NOTE: If the application was previously under micro entity status, checking this box will be taken
`to be a notification of loss of entitlement to micro entity status.
`NOTE: Checking this box will be taken to be a notification of loss of entitlement to small or micro
`entity status, as applicable.
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`NOTE: The Issue Fee and Publication Fee (if required) will not be accepted from anyone other than the applicant; a registered attorney or agent; or the assignee or other party in
`interest as shown by the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`Authorized Signature
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`Typed or printed name
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`Date
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`Registration No.
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`This collection of information1s required by 37 CFR 1. 311. The information1s re uired to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which1s to file (and by the USPTO to process)
`an application. Confidentiality1s governedby 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1. 14.Tl1is collection1s estimated to take 12 minutes to complete including gathering, prepar1ng, and
`submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will v
`eendin upon the individual case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete
`this form and/or su gestions_ for reducing this burden should be sent to
`eC ief In ormation Officer U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Department of Commerce P.O.
`Box 1450 Alexandgria, Virg1nia 22313— 1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 14,50
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313— 1450.
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
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`PTOL—85 (Rev. 02/11) Approved for use through 08/31/2013.
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`OMB 0651—0033
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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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`
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`F {ST NAMED INVENTOR
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria1 Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`13/008,285
`
`01/18/2011
`
`INVOOlShunpei YAMAZAKI
`
`0756-9138
`
`8496
`
`31780
`
`7590
`
`03/20/2013
`
`Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, PC.
`3975 Fair Ridge Drive
`suitezoNonh
`Fairfax, VA 22033
`
`RAO, SHRINIVAS H
`
`2814
`
`DATE MAILED: 03/20/2013
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 194 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after the
`mailing date of this notice and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a half
`months) after the mailing date of this notice, the Patent Term Adjustment will be 194 day(s).
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`If a Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) was filed in the above—identified application, the filing date that
`determines Patent Term Adjustment is the filing date of the most recent CPA.
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`Applicant will be able to obtain more detailed information by accessing the Patent Application Information Retrieval
`(PAIR) WEB site (http://pair.uspto.gov).
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`Any questions regarding the Patent Term Extension or Adjustment determination should be directed to the Office of
`Patent Legal Administration at (571)—272—7702. Questions relating to iss