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`Attorney DOC/‘5’ N°~
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`2305.0330001/1‘JS/A-L
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`FITS? Inventor
`Karnail S. ATWAL
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`Triaryl Substituted lmidllzole Derivatives and
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`Taste-Inhibiting Uses Thereof
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`BiressIVO-pMailLabe’_
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Re:
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`US. Non-Provisional Utility Patent Application under 37 C.F.R. § 1.53(b)
`App]. No. To be assigned; Filed: Herewith (April 30, 2007)
`For:
`Triaryl Substituted Imidazole Derivatives and Taste-Inhibiting Uses
`Thereof
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`Inventors: ATWAL et al.
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`Our Ref: 2305.0330001/TJS/A—L
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`Sir:
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`Utility Patent Application Transmittal Form (PTO/SB/OS);
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`Authorization to Treat a Reply As Incorporating An Extension of Time
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 1.l36(a)(3);
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`US. Utility Patent Application entitled:
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`Triaryl Substituted Imidazole Derivatives and Taste-Inhibiting Uses Thereof
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`and naming as inventors:
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`Kamail S. ATWAL
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`Robert W. BRYANT
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`Seunghun Paul LEE
`Roy Kyle PALMER
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`46 pages of claims (213 claims);
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