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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
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`Complete ifKnown
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`Application Number
`11/889,685
`Filing Date
`August 15, 2007
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`not considered, Include copy ofthis form with next communication to applicant. ‘Applicant's unique citation designation number(optional). ? See Kinds Codes
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`Equivalent of Form PTO/SB/O8A (10-07)
`Approved for use through 10/31/2007. OMB 0651-0031
`U.S, Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`Substitute for form 1449/PTO
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`
`Application Number
`11/889,685
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`! Filing Date
`August 15, 2007
`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
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`
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`Nalini J. PRAKASH
`First Named Inventor
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`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
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`*EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and
`not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant. ‘Applicant's unique citation designation number(optional). ? See Kinds Codes
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`complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application farm to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon theindividual case.
`Any comments on the amountof time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sentto the Chief Information
`Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS
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`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
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`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`10-17-2000
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`02-06-2001
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`07-10-2001
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`Complete ifKnown
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
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`Nalini J. PRAKASH
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`For Japanese patent documents, the indication of the year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial numberof the patent document. © Kind of
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`by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 2 hours to
`complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Timewill vary depending upon the individual case.
`Any comments on the amountof time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information
`Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS
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`Equivalentof Form PTO/SB/08A (10-07)
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
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