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`16/053,149
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`ISSUE DATE
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`09/17/2019
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`PATENT NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`10413832
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`163485.01
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`6107
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONERFORPATENTS
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`7590
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`25944
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`APPLICANT(s) (Please see PAIR WEB site http://pair.uspto.gov for additional applicants):
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`Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA, Tokyo, JAPAN;
`GREE, INC., Tokyo, JAPAN;
`Tomohiro TSUKIHARA, Tokyo, JAPAN;
`Norikazu KATO, Tokyo, JAPAN;
`Tomoki YASUHARA, Tokyo, JAPAN;
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1004
`Page 1
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`Issue Classification
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`Application/Control No.
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under Reexamination
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`16/053,149
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`Examiner
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`JAMES S MCCLELLAN
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`YOSHIKAWA et al.
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`Art Unit
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`3716
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`(cid:143)
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`(cid:143) CPA
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`(cid:143) R.1.47
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`Claims renumbered in the same order as presented by applicant
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`NONE
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`(Assistant Examiner)
`/James S. McClellan/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3716
`(Primary Examiner)
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`(Date)
`29 April 2019
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`Total Claims Allowed:
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`15
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`O.G. Print Claim(s) O.G. Print Figure
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`(Date)
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`1
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`5
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`Part of Paper No.: 20190429
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`Page 3 of 3
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1004
`Page 2
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`APPLICATION NO
`16/053,149
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`I
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`I
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`I
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`I
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`FILING DATE
`08/02/2018
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`I
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`I
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
`Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA
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`I ATTORNEY DOCKET NO
`163485.01
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`I
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`I
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`I
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`CONFIRMATION NO
`6107
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`TITLE OF INVENTION:
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`GAME CONTROL METHOD, GAME SERVER, AND PROGRAM
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`APPLN:TYPE
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`08/07/2019
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`EXAMINER
`J. S. McClellan
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`ART UNIT
`3715
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`CLASS-SUBCLASS
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`(Signature)
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`(Date)
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`1. Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee
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`(cid:143) Change of correspondence address ( or Change of
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`form PTO/SB/47; Rev 03-09 or more recent)
`attached. Use of a Customer Number is required.
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`2. For printing on the patent front page, list
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`(1) The names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
`or agents OR, alternatively,
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`(2) The name of a single firm (having as a member
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`1. Oliff PLC
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`2.
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`3.
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`3.
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`ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATA TO BE PRINTED ON THE PATENT (print or type)
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`PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assignee is identified below, no assignee data will appear on the patent. If an assignee is identified below, the document must have been
`previously recorded, or filed for recordation, as set forth in 37 CFR 3.11 and 37 CFR 3.Sl(a). Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.
`(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE
`(B) RESIDENCE: (CITY and STATE or COUNTRY)
`GREE, INC.
`Tokyo, Japan
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`Please check the appropriate assignee category or categories ( will not be printed on the patent): D Individual 0 Corporation or other private group entity D Government
`4a. Fees Submitted: 0 Issue Fee D Publication Fee (if required) D Advance Order - # of Copies
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`I B. Graham Nelson/
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`B. Graham Nelson
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`Date August 6, 2019
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`Registration No.
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`72,699
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`6800099v.1 163485.01
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1004
`Page 3
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`
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`Electronic Patent Application Fee Transmittal
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`Application Number:
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`Filing Date:
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`16053149
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`02-Aug-2018
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`Title of Invention:
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`GAME CONTROL METHOD, GAME SERVER, AND PROGRAM
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
`
`Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA
`
`Filer:
`
`Joel S. Armstrong/Darrisaw Tatum
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`Attorney Docket Number:
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`163485.01
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`Claims:
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`Patent-Appeals-and-Interference:
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`1
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1004
`Page 4
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`Page 5
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`36799772
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`6107
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`Title of Invention:
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`GAME CONTROL METHOD, GAME SERVER, AND PROGRAM
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
`
`Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA
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`Customer Number:
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`25944
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`Filer:
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`Joel S. Armstrong/Darrisaw Tatum
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE
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`7590
`
`25944
`OLIFF PLC
`P.O. BOX 320850
`ALEXANDRIA, VA 22320-4850
`
`05/07/2019
`
`EXAMINER
`
`MCCLELLAN. JAMES S
`
`ART UNIT
`
`PAPER NUMBER
`
`3715
`
`DATE MAILED: 05/07/2019
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`APPLICATION NO.
`
`FILING DATE
`
`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
`
`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
`
`CONFIRMATION NO.
`
`16/053,149
`
`08/02/2018
`
`Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA
`
`163485.01
`
`6107
`
`TITLE OF INVENTION: GAME CONTROL METHOD, GAME SERVER, AND PROGRAM
`
`APPLN. TYPE
`
`ENTITY STATUS
`
`ISSUE FEE DUE
`
`PUBLICATION FEE DUE PREY. PAID ISSUE FEE
`
`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
`
`DATE DUE
`
`nonprovisional
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`UNDISCOUNTED
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`$1000
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`$0.00
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`$0.00
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`$1000
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`08/07/2019
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`PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL
`Complete and send this form, together with applicable fee(s), by mail or fax, or via EFS-Web.
`By mail, send to: Mail Stop ISSUE FEE
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`Fee(s) Transmittal. This certificate cannot be used for any other accompanying
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`addressed to the Mail Stop ISSUE FEE address above, or being transmitted to
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`7590
`
`25944
`OLIFF PLC
`P.O. BOX 320850
`ALEXANDRIA, VA 22320-4850
`
`05/07/2019
`
`(Typed or printed name)
`
`(Signature)
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`(Date)
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
`
`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
`
`CONFIRMATION NO.
`
`16/053,149
`
`08/02/2018
`
`Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA
`
`163485.01
`
`6107
`
`TITLE OF INVENTION: GAME CONTROL METHOD, GAME SERVER, AND PROGRAM
`
`APPLN. TYPE
`
`ENTITY STATUS
`
`ISSUE FEE DUE
`
`PUBLICATION FEE DUE PREY. 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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`$1000
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`$0.00
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`$1000
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`08/07/2019
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`EXAMINER
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`ART UNIT
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`CLASS-SUBCLASS
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`MCCLELLAN, JAMES S
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`3715
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`463-042000
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`1. Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
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`Address form PTO/SB/122) attached.
`0 "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address" Indication form PTO/
`SB/47; Rev 03-09 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer
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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
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`listed, no name will be printed.
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`2 ______________ _
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`PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assignee is identified below, no assignee data will appear on the patent. If an assignee is identified below, the document must have been previously
`recorded, or filed for recordation, as set forth in 37 CFR 3.11 and 37 CFR 3.8l(a). Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.
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`(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE
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`(B) RESIDENCE: (CITY and STATE OR COUNTRY)
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`0 The Director is hereby authorized to charge the required fee(s), any deficiency, or credit any overpayment to Deposit Account No. ____ _
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`Page 9
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`(cid:143)
`(cid:143)
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`16/053,149
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`08/02/2018
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`Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA
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`163485.01
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`6107
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`OLIFF PLC
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`05/07/2019
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`EXAMINER
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`MCCLELLAN. JAMES S
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3715
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`DATE MAILED: 05/07/2019
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C.154 (b)
`(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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`Section l(h)(2) of the AIA Technical Corrections Act amended 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(3)(B)(i) to eliminate the 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 patent. Any request for reconsideration
`of the patent term adjustment determination (or reinstatement of patent term adjustment) should follow the process
`outlined in 37 CFR 1.705.
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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 issue and publication fee payments should be
`directed to the Customer Service Center of the Office of Patent Publication at 1-(888)-786-010 I or (571 )-272-4200.
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`PTOL-85 (Rev. 02/11)
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`Page 3 of 3
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1004
`Page 10
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`0MB Clearance and PRA Burden Statement for PTOL-85 Part B
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1004
`Page 11
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
`16/053, 149
`Examiner
`JAMES S MCCLELLAN
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`Applicant(s)
`YOSHIKAWA etal.
`Art Unit
`3716
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`No
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`I AIA (FITF) Status
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-(cid:173)
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY 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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`1.~ This communication is responsive to an amendment on 4/2/2019.
`D A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on __ .
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`2.0 An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on __ ; the
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`3.~ The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-15 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highway program at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
`http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp or send an inquiry to PPHfeedback@uspto.gov.
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`4.~ Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`*c) D None of the:
`b) 0 Some
`a) ~All
`1. ~ Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ .
`3. D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* Certified copies not received: __ .
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE" of this communication to file areply complying with the requirements
`noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`5.0 CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`D including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment/ Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
`Identifying indicia such as the application number {see 37 CFR 1.84{c)) should be written on the drawings in the front {not the back) of each
`sheet. Replacement sheet{s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121{d).
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`6.0 DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`Attachment(s)
`1. D Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2.~ Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`3. D Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`4.0 Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date. __ .
`/James S. McClellan/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3716
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`5. D Examiner's Amendment/Comment
`6. D Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
`7. (cid:143)
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`Other __
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20190429
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1004
`Page 12
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under Reexamination
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`Examiner
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`YOSHIKAWA et al.
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`Art Unit
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