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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`Po. Box I450
`Alexandria. Virginia 223 I3-l450
`www.uspto.gov
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE
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`William M Lee
`Barnesmomburg
`P O Box 2786
`Chicago, IL 60690-2786
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`BUTLER, MICHAEL E
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`3653
`DATE MAILED: 09/21/2007
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`07/28/2003
`l0/398.8l6
`TITLE OF INVENTION: PRIZE VENDING MACHINE
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`Gordon James Crompton
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`920537—964l9
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`8737
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`SMALL ENTITY
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`ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION FEE DUE
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`PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
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`DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`NO
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`$1400
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`$300
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`$0
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`$l700
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`I2/2l/2007
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`THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIED ABOVE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT.
`PROSECUTION gm THE MERITS IS CLOSED. THIS NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS.
`THIS APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL FROM ISSUE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE OFFICE OR UPON
`PETITION BY THE APPLICANT. SEE 37 CFR 1.313 AND MPEP 1308.
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`THE ISSUE FEE AND PUBLICATION FEE (IF REQUIRED) MUST BE PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS FROM THE
`MAILING DATE OF THIS NOTICE OR THIS APPLICATION SHALL BE REGARDED AS ABANDONED.
`THIS
`STA! [JTQRY PERIOD CANNOT B_E_ EXTENDED.
`SEE 35 U.S.C. 151. THE ISSUE FEE DUE INDICATED ABOVE DOES
`NOT REFLECT A CREDIT FOR ANY PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE IN THIS APPLICATION.
`IF AN ISSUE FEE HAS
`PREVIOUSLY BEEN PAID IN THIS APPLICATION (AS SHOWN ABOVE), THE RETURN OF PART B OF THIS FORM
`WILL BE CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REAPPLY THE PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE TOWARD THE ISSUE FEE NOW
`DUE.
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`HOW TO REPLY TO THIS NOTICE:
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`I. Review the SMALL ENTITY status shown above.
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`Ifthe SMALL ENTITY is shown as YES, verify your'current
`SMALL ENTITY status:
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`Ifthe SMALL ENTITY is shown as NO:
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`A. If the status is the same, pay the TOTAL FEE(S) DUE shown
`above.
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`A. Pay TOTAL FEE(S) DUE shown above, or
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`13. If the status above is to be removed, check box 5b on Part B -
`Fee(s) Transmittal and pay the PUBLICATION FEE (if required)
`and twice the amount of the ISSUE FEE shown above, or
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`B. If applicant claimed SMALL ENTITY status before, or is now
`claiming SMALL ENTITY status, check box 5a on Part B - Fee(s)
`Transmittal and pay the PUBLICATION FEE (if required) and I/2
`the ISSUE FEE shown above.
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`II. PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL, or its equivalent, must be completed and returned to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`(USPTO) with your ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required). If you are charging the fee(s) to your deposit account, section "4b"
`of Part B - Fee(s) Transmittal should be completed and an extra copy of the form should be submitted. If an equivalent of Part B is filed, a
`request to reapply a previously paid issue fee must be clearly made, and delays in processing may occur due to the difficulty in recognizing
`the paper as an equivalent of Part B.
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`III. All communications regarding this application must give the application number. Please direct all communications prior to issuance to
`Mail Stop ISSUE FEE unless advised to the contrary.
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`IMPORTANT REMINDER: Utility patents issuing on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980 may require payment of
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`PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL
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`Complete and send this form, together with applicable fee(s), to: Mail Mail Stop ISSUE FEE
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.0. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`or Ea;
`(571)-273—2885
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`INSTRUCTIONS; This form should be used for transmitting 'the ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required); Blocks I
`through 5 should be completed where
`tip gropriate. All lurther correspondence including the Patent, advance orders and notification of maintenance fees will
`6 mailed to the current corres ondence address as
`inticated unless corrected below or directed otherWise in Block I, by (a) specifying a new correspondence address; and/or (b) indicating a separate " EE ADDRESS" for
`maintenance fee notifications.
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`CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS (Note: Use Block I for any change ofaddrcss)
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`6 use
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`Fee(s) Transmittal. This certi icate cannot be used for any other accompanying
`papers. Each additional paper, .such as an assignment or formal drawmg, must
`ave its own certificate of mailing or transmissmn.
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`09/2l/2007
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`William M Lee
`Barnes & Thomburg
`P O Box 2786
`Chicago, IL 60690-2786
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`Certificate of Malling or Transmission
`that this lFee?) Transmittal isfbeting dcipositedlwilh the United
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`erVice Witi su iCient postage or
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`ISSUE FEE address above, or bein
`facsimile
`transmitted to the USPTO( 71) 273-2885, on the date indicated be ow.
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`07/28/2003
`10/398,8 | 6
`TITLE OF INVENTION: PRIZE VENDING MACHINE
`
`Gordon James Crompton
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`920537-964 I 9
`
`8737
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`SMALL ENTITY
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`ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION FEE DUE
`
`PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
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`DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`NO
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`BUTLER, MICHAEL E
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`$|400
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`3653
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`$300
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`$0
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`$I700
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`12/2l/2007
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`22l-210000
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`2. For printing on the patent front page, list
`(I) the names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
`or agents OR, alternatively,
`(2) the name ofa single fimi (having as a member a 2_—________._
`registered attorney or agent) and the names of up to
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`2 registered patent attorneys or agents. Ifno name is
`3
`listed, no name will be printed.
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`1. Chan c ofcorrespondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
`CF R I. 63).
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`D Chan e of corres ondence address (or Change ofCorrespondence
`Address orm PTO/ B/I22) attached.
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`[3 "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address" Indication fomi
`PTO/S 13/47; Rev 03-02 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer
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`Number is required.
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`3. ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATA TO BE PRINTED ON THE PATENT (print or type)
`If an assignee is identified below, the document has been filed for
`PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assiignee is identified below, no assignee data will appear on the patent.
`recordation as set forth in 37 CF
`3.1 l. Completion ofthis form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.
`(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE
`(B) RESIDENCE: (CITY and STATE OR COUNTRY)
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`Please check the appropriate assignee category or categories (will not be printed on the patent) : Ci Individual D Corporation or other private group entity D Government
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`4b. Payment'of Fee(s): (Please first reapply any previously paid Issue fee shown above)
`4a. The following fee(s) are submitted:
`D A check is enclosed.
`D Issue Fee
`C] Payment by credit card. Form PTO-2038 is attached.
`D Publication Fee (No small entity discount permitted)
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`CI The Director is hereby authorized to charge the reduired feeEs), any deficiency, or credit. any
`[I Advance Order - # ofCopies
`overpayment, to Deposn Account Number
`enclose an extra copy of this form).
`___________—________.__.—————————-——-——————
`5. Change in Entity Status (from status indicated above)
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`D a. Applicant claims SMALL ENTITY status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
`D b. Applicant is no longer claiming SMALL ENTITY status. See 37 CFR l.27(g)(2).
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`NOTE: The Issue Fee and Publication Fee (ifrequired) will not be accepted from anyone other than the applicant; a registered attorney or agent; or the assignee or other party in
`interest as shown by the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box I450
`Alexandria. Virginia 22313-[450
`www.usplo.gov
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`10/398,8l6
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`07/28/2003
`
`Gordon James Crompton
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`920537-964 I 9
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`8737
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`William M Lee
`Bamesmmburg
`P O Box 2786
`Ch'cago’ IL 60690'2786
`
`BUTLER, MICHAEL E
`
`3653
`DATE MAILED: 09/21/2007
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
`(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 512 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the'date that is three months after the
`mailing date of this notice and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a half
`months) after the mailing date of this notice, the Patent Term Adjustment will be 512 day(s).
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`' If a Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) was filed in the above-identified application, the filing date that
`determines Patent Term Adjustment is the filing date of the most recent CPA.
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`(PAIR) WEB site (http://pair.uspto.gov).
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`Patent Legal Administration at (571)-272-7702. Questions relating to issue and publication fee payments should be
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`l-(888)—786-0101
`or
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`(571)—272-4200.
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