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`Attorney Docket No: 3406.005USR
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`US-4,179,347
`12/18/1979
`Krause, William A., et al.
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`US-5,728,287
`3/17/1998
`Hough, Gary §, et al.
`US-6,110,353
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`Hough, Gary S
`US-6,478,949
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