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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICANT : RAYMOND A.
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`SERIAL NO.: 09/277,935
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`the above-identified application.
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`The Filing Receipt,
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`mailed October 8, 2002, contains an error in the Domestic
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`Priority data as claimed by Applicant.
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`also indicates the incorrect number of total claims in the
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`above-identified application and the incorrect number of
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`independent claims in the above-identified application.
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`The Filing Receipt also indicates the incorrect number of
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`drawings in the above-identified application.
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`The Domestic Priority data noted in the Filing
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`Receipt, mailed October 8, 2002, does not reflect that the
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`parent U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/683,828, filed
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`July 18, 1996, now U.S. Patent No. 5,917,405,
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`is also a
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`continuation-in-part application of U.S. Patent Application
`Serial No. 08/622,749, filed March 27, 1996, now abandoned.
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`Applicant submits herewith a copy of the Filing Receipt,
`mailed October 8, 2002, withthe corrections made to the
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`Domestic Priority data indicated thereon.
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`The Filing Receipt also incorrectly indicates that
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`independent claims,
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`in the above-identified application.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that the above-identified
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`total
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`claims and 14 (fourteen)
`independent claims.
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`The Filing Receipt also incorrectly indicates that
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`respectfully submits that there are 20 (twenty) sheets of
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`corrected in order to indicate the correct total number of
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`drawings in the above-identified application.
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`Applicant further respectfully requests that a
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`be issued in the above-identified application.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`: Copy of Filing receipt mailed October 8, 2002 which
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`Receipt is acknowledged of this regular Patent Application.
`notified as to the results of the examination. Be sure to provide the U.S. APPLICATION NUMBER,FILING DATE,
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`Applicant(s)
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`RAYMOND ANTHONY JOAO, YONKERS,NY:
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
`This application Is a CON of 08/683,828 07/18/1996 PAT 5,917,405
`which is a CIP of 08/587,628 01/17/1996 ABN
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`which is a CON of 08/489,238 06/12/1995 PAT 5,513,244
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`Is a CON of 08/073,755 06/08/1993 ABN and “Alcs, age Nachen,
`of or3 828 UT PAT5,914,905 (3 alse a CLP of
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