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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`09/407,371
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` FILING DATE
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`09/28/1999
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`Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
`One Jefferson Road
`Parsippany, NJ 07054
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`JEFFREY J. ROTHSCHILD
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`2659
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`MAUNG, ZARNI
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2154
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/03/2017
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Commissioner for Patents
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`In re Patent No. 6,226,686
`Issue Date: May 1, 2001
`Application No. 09/407,371
`Filed: September 28, 1999
`Attorney Docket No.
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