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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`Substitute for form 1449/PTO
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
`STATEMENTBY APPLICANT
`(Use as many sheets as necessary)
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`Complete if Known
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`Application Number
`09/259,957
`Filing Date
`MARCH 1, 1999
`First Named Inventor
`RAYMOND A. JOAO
`Art Unit
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`Examiner Name Attorney Docket Number
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`Pages, Columns, Lines, Where
`Relevant Passagesor Relevant
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`US- 5 003,317 03-26-1991|GRAY, ETAL.
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`US: 5,155,689 10-13-1992|WORTHAM
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`US- 5 099,245 03-24-1992|SAGEY
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`US- 5 225,842 07-06-1993|BROWN, ET AL.
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`US- 3,656,111 04-11-1972|ROYSTER, SR.
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`US: 4,619,231 10-28-1986|STOLAR, ET AL.
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`US" 4,709,265 11-24-1987_|SILVERMAN, ETAL.
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`US- 4,760,547 07-26-1988|DUXBURY
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`US- 5 588,038 12-24-1996|SNYDER
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`US- 5 592,491 01-07-1997|DINKINS
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`US- 5,629,980 05-13-1997|STEFIK, ETAL.
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`US- 5 636,211 06-03-1997|NEWLIN, ETAL.
`US: 5,721,550 02-24-1998|LOPEZ
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`US- 5 765,152 06-09-1998|ERICKSON
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`US- 5,793,980 08-11-1998|GLASER, ET AL.
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`US- 5 845,203 12-01-1998|LADUE
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`US- 6,055,314 04-25-2000|SPIES, ET AL.
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`US- 6 055,314 C1 04-03-2012|SPIES, ETAL.
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`US" 5,315,515 05-24-1994|SCHMITZ
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`U. S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`Publication Date
`Nameof Patentee or
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`Applicant of Cited Document
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`Examiner
`Initials*
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`Document Number
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`Examiner
`Initials*
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`Foreign Patent Document
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
`Publication
`Nameof Patentee or
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`Applicant of Cited Document
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`Country Code* Number“Kind Code’(if known
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`Pages, Columns,Lines,
`Where Relevant Passages
`Or Relevant Figures Appear
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`Examiner
`‘Anand Rao/ (06/01/2014)
`Signature
`*EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
`considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
`‘ Applicant's unique citation designation number(optional).
`2 See Kinds Codes of
`USPTO Patent Documents at www.uspto.gov or MPEP 901.04.
`3 Enter Office that issued the document, by the two-letter code (WIPO Standard ST.3). “ For
`Japanese patent documents, the indication of the year of the reign of the Emperor must precedethe serial numberof the patent document. °Kind of document by
`the appropriate symbols as indicated on the document under WIPO Standard ST.16 if possible.
`Applicant is to place a check mark here if English language
`Translation is attached.
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