`DT12 Rec'~ PCT/PTO f 8 ffB 2005
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`Docket No.: 0020-5041PUS2
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Ap]phcatt<m
`Mitsutaka NAKAMURA et al.
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`International Application No.: PCT /JP2003/0 10490
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`Application No.: Not Yet Assigned
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`Art Unit: N/ A
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`Filed: February 18, 2005
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`Examiner: Not Yet Assigned
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`For: AGENT FOR TREATMENT OF
`SCHIZOPHRENIA
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`FIRST PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`MSPCT
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
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`The following preliminary amendments and remarks are respectfully submitted in
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`connection with the above-identified application.
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`This amendment includes:
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`Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 of this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 3 of this paper.
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFICATION
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`IN THE SPECIFICATION:
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`Before line 1 of the Specification (after the title), please insert the following new
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`paragraph:
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`This National Phase PCT Application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) on U.S.
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`Provisional Application No. 60/404,927 filed on August 22, 2002, the entire contents of which
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`are hereby incorporated by reference.
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`REMARKS
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`The specification has been amended to make cross-reference to the related application.
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`Claims 1-19 are pending in this application.
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`Conclusion
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`Entry of the above amendments is earnestly solicited. An early and favorable first action
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`on the merits is earnestly solicited.
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`Should there be any outstanding matters that need to be resolved in the present
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`application, the Examiner is respectfully requested to contact Mark J. Nuell (Reg. No. 36,623 ) at
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`the telephone number of the undersigned below, to conduct an interview in an effort to expedite
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`prosecution in connection with the present application.
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`If necessary, the Commissioner is hereby authorized in this, concurrent, and future replies
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`to charge payment or credit any overpayment to Deposit Account No. 02-2448 for any additional
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`fees required under 37.C.F.R. §§1.16 or 1.14; particularly, extension oftime fees.
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`Dated: February 18, 2005
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`DRN/clb
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By 'i: ;J___J[/
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`Mark J. uell
`Registration No.: 36,623
`BIRCH, STEW ART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP
`811 0 Gatehouse Rd
`Suite 100 East
`P.O. Box 747
`Falls Church, Virginia 22040-0747
`(703) 205-8000
`Attorney for Applicant
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