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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`US Patent No. 10,589,320
`Issued: March 17, 2020
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`Examiner: Anthony M. I-Iaughton
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`Confirmation No: 3628
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`Attorney Docket No. : MAYG— 1 00 l —USC9
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`In re application of:
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`Application No. 16/698,223
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`Filed: November 27, 2019
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`For: SYSTEM COMPRISING A
`PORTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION OF PATENT
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`Applicants request that a Certificate of Correction be issued for the error in the above-
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`The correction is being made to the following lines:
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`In the claims, at claim 1, column 22, line 5, delete “complimentary” and substitute therefor
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`INVENTORIS)
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`It is certified that an error appears or errors appear in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent
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`In the claims, at claim 1, column 22, line 5, delete “complimentary" and substitute therefor
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`SYSTEM COMPRISING A PORTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A
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`SYSTEM COMPRISING A PORTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A
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