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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Commissioner for Patents
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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` J. Rodman Steele, Jr.
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`Novak Druce & Quigg LLP
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`West Palm Beach FL 33401
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`OFFICE OF PETITIONS
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`In re Patent No. 7,650,015
`Issue Date: January 19, 2010
`Application No. 1 1/676,926
`Filed: February 20, 2007
`Attorney Docket No. 8042-2-1
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`NOTICE
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`This is a notice regarding your request for acceptance of a fee deficiency submission under
`37 CFR 1.28.
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`The Office no longer investigates or rejects original or reissue applications under
`37 CFR 1.56. 1098 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 502 (January 3, 1989). Therefore, nothing in this Notice IS
`intended to imply that an investigation was done.
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`Your fee deficiency submission under 37 CFR 1.28 is hereby ACCEPTED.
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`This application is no longer entitled to small entity status. Accordingly, all future fees paid in this
`application must be paid at the large entity rate.
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`(Office). The Office will not engage in dual correspondence with petitioner and petitioner’s
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`Petitions Paralegal Specialist
`Office of Petitions
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