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`10517133
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`27045
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`7590
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`Oumer TEYEB
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`ERICSSONINC.
`6300 LEGACY DRIVE
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`PLANO, TX 75024
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`‘THOMPSON. JR, OTIS L
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`2477
`DATE MAILED: 11/08/2019
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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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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`16/380.844
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`04/10/2019
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`Oumer TEYEB
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`P74267 US2
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`8653
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: METHODS AND UE FOR RESUMING A CONNECTION WITH FULL CONFIGURATION
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`Commissionerfor Patents
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`16/380,844
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`04/10/2019
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`Oumer TEYEB
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`P74267 US2
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`8653
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: METHODS AND UE TOR RESUMING A CONNECTION WITH TULL CONTIGURATION
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`THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L
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`2477
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`370-328000
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`ARTUNIT
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`CLASS-SUBCLASS
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`1. Change of correspondence addressor indication of "Fee Address" (37
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`Address form PTO/SB/122) attached.
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`(2) The nameof a single firm (having as a member a
`registered attorney or agent) and the namesof up to
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`PLEASE NOTE:Unless an assignee is identified below, no assignee dala will appear onthe patent. If an assigneeis identified below, the document must have been previously
`recorded, or filed for recordation, as sel forth in 37 CFR 3.11 and 37 CFR 3.81(a). Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.
`(A) NAMEOF ASSIGNEE
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`Oumer TEYEB
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`11/08/2019
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`7590
`27045
`ERICSSONINC.
`6300 LEGACY DRIVE
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`PLANO, TX 75024
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`‘THOMPSON. JR, OTIS L
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`2477
`DATE MAILED: 11/08/2019
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`16/380 844
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`TEYEB etal.
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`OTIS L THOMPSON, JR
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`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence adaress--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
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` {4 The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-20 (Renumbering: claims 1-16, 18-20 and 17 are now 1-20 respectively) . As a result of the allowed
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`6.1] DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATIONabout the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1-20 (Renumbering: claims 1-16, 18-20 and 17 are now1-20 respectively) are
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: theprior art does not
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