`Document Description: Certification of Micro Entity Status (Gross Income Basis)
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`PTO/SB/15A (03-13)
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`CERTIFICATION OF MICRO ENTITY STATUS
`(GROSS INCOME BASIS)
`Application Number or Control Number (if applicable):
`Patent Number (if applicable):
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`First Named Inventor:
`Ryan Hardin
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`Title of Invention:
`EXCLUSIVE DELIVERY OF CONTENT WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
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`The applicant hereby certifies the following—
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`(1) SMALL ENTITY REQUIREMENT - The applicant qualifies as a small entity as defined in
`37 CFR 1.27.
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`(2) APPLICATION FILING LIMIT - Neither the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor
`has been named as the inventor or a joint inventor on more than four previously filed U.S.
`patent applications, excluding provisional applications and international applications
`under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for which the basic national fee under 37
`CFR 1.492(a) was not paid, and also excluding patent applications for which the applicant
`has assigned all ownership rights or is obligated to assign all ownership rights as a result
`of the applicant's previous employment.
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`(3) GROSS INCOME LIMIT ON APPLICANTS AND INVENTORS - Neither the applicant nor
`the inventor nor a joint inventor, in the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which
`the applicable fee is being paid, had a gross income, as defined in section 61(a) of the
`Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 61(a)), exceeding the "Maximum Qualifying
`Gross Income" reported on the USPTO website at
`http://www.usplo.govipatentsflawfmicro entily.isp which is equal to three times the
`median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by
`the Bureau of the Census.
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`(4) GROSS INCOME LIMIT ON PARTIES WITH AN "OWNERSHIP INTEREST" - Neither
`the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor has assigned, granted, or conveyed, nor
`is under an obligation by contract or law to assign, grant, or convey, a license or other
`ownership interest in the application concerned to an entity that, in the calendar year
`preceding the calendar year in which the applicable fee is being paid, had a gross
`income, as defined in section 61(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, exceeding the
`"Maximum Qualifying Gross Income" reported on the USPTO website at
`http://www.usipto.govipatentsilawimicro entityjsp which is equal to three times the
`median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by
`the Bureau of the Census.
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`Signature
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`Name
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`Date
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`SIGNATURE by a party set forth in 37 CFR 1.33(b)
`/David 0. Simmons/
`David 0. Simmons
`Registration No. 43124
`04-19-2014 Telephone 512-345-9767
`There is more than one inventor and I am one of the inventors who are jointly identified as the applicant.
`Additional certification form(s) signed by the other joint inventor(s) are included with this form.
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`Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76
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`Attorney Docket Number
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`hardin-01 DPA
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`Application Number
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`Title of Invention
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`Exclusive Delivery Of Content Within Geographic Areas
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`P. O. Box 271861
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`77277
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`TX
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`hardin-01 DPA
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`Title of Invention
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`applicant under 37 CFR 1.46 (assignee, person to whom the inventor is obligated to assign, or person who otherwise shows sufficient
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`used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is to process and/or examine your submission related to a patent application or patent. If you do not
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`The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the extent allowed under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)
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`amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
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`as a routine use, to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, pursuant to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
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`during an inspection of records conducted by GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to recommend improvements in records
`management practices and programs, under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in accordance with the
`GSA regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e., GSA or Commerce) directive. Such
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`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the public after either publication of the application pursuant
`to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37
`CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the proceedings were
`terminated and which application is referenced by either a published application, an application open to public inspections or an issued
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`9.
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`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, if the
`USPTO becomes aware of a violation or potential violation of law or regulation.
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`Exhibit 1014
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`RULES 63 AND 67 (37 C.F.R. 1.63 and 1.67)
`DECLARATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`FOR UTILITY/DESIGN/CIP/PCT NATIONAL APPLICATIONS
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`As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that:
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`My residence, post office address and citizenship arc as stated below next to my name;
`and I believe that I am the original, first and sole inventor (if only one name is listed below) or an
`original, first and joint inventor (if plural names are listed below) of the subject matter, which is
`claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled: EXCLUSIVE DELIVERY OF
`CONTENT WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, the application of which was made or was
`authorized to be made by me and: (mark only one)
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`X (a)
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`(b)
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`(c)
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` (d)
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`(e)
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`is attached hereto.
`was filed on
`as Application Serial No.
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`(if applicable)
`was filed as PCT International Application No.
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`and was amended on
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`on
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`as Application Serial No.
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`was filed on
`of Allowance on
`was filed on
`and bearing attorney docket number
`Serial No.
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`and was issued a Notice
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`as Application
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`I hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above identified
`application, including the claims as amended by any amendment referred to above or as allowed
`as indicated above. I also hereby state that this application was made or authorized to be made by
`the person executing this declaration.
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`I acknowledge the duty to disclose all information known to me to be material to the
`patentability of this application as defined in 37 CFR § 1.56. If this is a continuation-in-part (CIP)
`application, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this application is not disclosed
`in the prior United States application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. §
`112, I acknowledge the duty to disclose to the Office all information known to me to be material
`to patentability of the application as defined in 37 CFR § 1.56 which became available between
`the filing date of the prior application and the national or PCT international filing date of this CIP
`application.
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`I hereby claim foreign priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. § 119/365 of any foreign
`application(s) for patent or inventor's certificate listed below and have also identified below any
`foreign application for patent or inventor's certificate filed by me or my assignee disclosing the
`subject matter claimed in this application and having a filing date (1) before that of the application
`on which my priority is claimed or, (2) if no priority is claimed, before the filing date of this
`application:
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`[hardin-O I DPA]
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`Exhibit 1014
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`PRIOR FOREIGN PATENTS
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`Number
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`Country
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`Month/Day/Year Date first
`laid-open or
`Filed
`Published
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`Date
`patented or
`Granted
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`Priority Claimed
`No
`Yes
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`PATENT APPLICATION
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`I hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120/365 of any United States application(s)
`listed below and PCT international applications listed above or below:
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`PRIOR U.S. OR PCT APPLICATIONS
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`Application No. (series code/serial no.)
`13/856,392
`12/434,094
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`Month/Day/Year Filed
`04/03/2013
`05/01/2009
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`Status
`Pending
`Patented
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`Authorization To Permit Access To Application by Participating Offices
`The undersigned hereby grants the USPTO authority to provide the European Patent Office
`(EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), and any other intellectual property offices in which a
`foreign application claiming priority to the above-identified application is filed access to the
`above-identified patent application. See 37 CFR 1.14(c) and (h). This box should not be checked
`if the applicant does not wish the EPO, JPO, or other intellectual property office in which a
`foreign application claming priority to the above-identified application is filed to have access to
`the application. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.14(h)(3), access will be provided to a copy of the
`application-as-filed with respect to: 1) the above-identified application, 2) any foreign application
`to which the above-identified application claims priority under 35 USC 119(a)-(d) if a copy of the
`foreign application that satisfies the certified copy requirement of 37 CFR 1.55 has been filed in
`the above-identified US application, and 3) any U.S. application from which benefit is sought in
`the above-identified application. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.14(c), access may be provided to
`information concerning the date of filing the Authorization to Permit Access to Application by
`Participating Offices.
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`I hereby appoint David 0. Simmons, Reg. No. 43,124, as my attorney and/or agents, with full
`power of substitution and revocation, to prosecute this application, provisionals thereof,
`continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, appeals, reissues, substitutions, and extensions
`thereof and to transact all business in the United States Patent and Trademark Office connected
`therewith, to appoint any individuals under an associate power of attorney and to file and
`prosecute any international patent application filed thereon before any international authorities,
`and I hereby authorize them to act and rely on instructions from and communicate directly with
`the person/assignee/attorney/ firm/organization who/which first sent this case to them and by
`whom/which I hereby declare that I have consented after full disclosure to be represented
`unless/until I instruct them in writing to the contrary.
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`2
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`[hardin-01 DPA]
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`Exhibit 1014
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`PATENT APPLICATION
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`Please address all correspondence and direct all telephone calls to:
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`IVC Patent Agency
`7637 Parkview Circle
`Austin, Texas 78731
`Telephone: (512) 345-9767
`Facsimile: (512) 345-0021
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own kno