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`"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
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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
`péJropriate. All further correspondence including the Patent, advance orders and notification of maintenance fees will be mailed to the current correspondence address as
`n icated 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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`a i
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`CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS (Note: Use Block 1 for any change ofaddFESS)
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`03/23/2017
`7590
`33369
`FASTH LAW OFFICES (ROLF FASTH)
`1206 St
`.d D -
`an“ g6
`I‘lVe
`Raleigh, NC 27613-7063
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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.
`(Depositor's name)
`(Signature)
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`(Date)
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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.
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`664.1078CON2
`Sami Vaarala
`12/07/2016
`15/372,208
`TITLE OF INVENTION: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING A MESSAGE THROUGH A SECURE CONNECTION
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`6275
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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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`$960
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`$0
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`$0
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`$960
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`06/23/2017
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`EXAMINER
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`ART UNIT
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`CLASS-SUB CLASS
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`TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M
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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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`2
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`3
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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.
`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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`2. For printing on the patent front page, list
`(1) The names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
`1
`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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`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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`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 credits 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 forms 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
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`NOTE: Checking this box will be taken to be a notification of loss of entitlement to small or micro
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`NOTE: This form must be signed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.31 and 1.33. See 37 CFR 1.4 for signature requirements and certifications.
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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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`PTOL—85 Part B (10—13) Approved for use through 10/31/2013.
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`OMB 095311—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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`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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`15/372,208
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`12/07/2016
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`Sami Vaarala
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`664.1078CON2
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`6275
`
`33369
`
`7590
`
`03/23/2017
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`FASTH LAW OFFICES (ROLF FASTH)
`1206 Stanridge Drive
`Raleigh, NC 27613-7063
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`TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWNM
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`2469
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`DATE MAILED: 03/23/2017
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`(Applications filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`The Office has discontinued providing a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) calculation with the Notice of Allowance.
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`to eliminate the
`Section 1(h)(2) of the AIA Technical Corrections Act amended 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(3)(B)(i)
`requirement that the Office provide a patent term adjustment determination with the notice of allowance. See
`Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment, 78 Fed. Reg. 19416, 19417 (Apr. 1, 2013). Therefore, the Office is no longer
`providing an initial patent term adjustment determination with the notice of allowance. The Office will continue to
`provide a patent term adjustment determination with the Issue Notification Letter that is mailed to applicant
`approximately three weeks prior to the issue date of the patent, and will include the patent term adjustment on the
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`Patent Legal Administration at (571)—272—7702. Questions relating to issue and publication fee payments should be
`directed to the Customer Service Center of the Office of Patent Publication at 1—(888)—786—0101 or (571)—272—4200.
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`Notlce Of Allowablllty
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`15/372,208
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`323$er TOWFIGHI
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`Applicant(s)
`VAARALA ET AL.
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`AIA (First Inventor to File)
`Sign“
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`-- The MAILING DA TE 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. IX This communication is responsive to claims filed 12/13/16.
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