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`In re application of:
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`ROTHSCHILDetal.
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`IN THE UNITED S$
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`FEB 17 2009 :
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`Filed: September 28, 1999
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`For:
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`Server-Group Messaging System
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`Assistant Commissioner for Patents
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Sir:
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`Prior to examination on the merits, please enter the following Preliminary Amendment
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`in the above-identified patent application as follows.
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`It is not believed that extensions of time or fees for net addition of claims are required
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`beyond those that may otherwise be provided for in documents accompanyingthis paper.
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`However,if additional extensions of time are necessary to prevent abandonmentofthis
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`application, then such extensionsof time are hereby petitioned under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a),
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`and any fees required therefor (including fees for net addition of claims) are hereby authorized
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`to be charged to our Deposit Account No. 19-0036.
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`Amendments
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`In the Specification:
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`Please amendthe specification as follows:
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`Patent No. 6,018,766, which is a continuation of Serial No. 08/595,323, filed February 1,
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