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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re applicationof:
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`ROTHSCHILDetal.
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`Art Unit:
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`2756 Examiner: To be assigned
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`Appl. No. 09/407,371
`Filed: September28, 1999°
`For:
`Server-Group Messaging System
`for Interactive Applications
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`Atty. Docket: 1719.0050002
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`Assistant Commissionerfor Patents
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Sir:
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`Prior to examination of the above-captioned application, Applicants submit the
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`following Amendments and Remarks.
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`It is not believed that extensionsof time or fees for net addition of claims are required
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`beyondthose 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
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`authorized to be charged to our Deposit Account No. 19-0036.
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`Kindly enter the following Amendments:
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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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`At Page 1, line 1, before Field of the Invention," insert --This application claims
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`priority to U.S. Application No. 08/896,797, filed July 18, 1997, now allowed, which is a
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`continuation of U.S. Application No. 08/595,323, filed February 1, 1996, now U.S. Patent
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`No. 5,822,523.--
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