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`APPLICATION NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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` CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`13/338,880
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`12/28/2011
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`Tom Kimpe
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`CA0006
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`HARTMAN PATENTS PLLC
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`3399 FLINT HILL PL.
`WOODBRIDGE,VA 22192
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`EXAMINER
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`TABATABAI, ABOLFAZL
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`ART UNIT
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`2624
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`MAIL DATE
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`08/09/2012
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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` ., 13/338,880 KIMPE ET AL.
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`Responseto Rule 312 Communication
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`ABOLFAZL TABATABAI 2624
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`Application No.
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address —
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`1. KJ The amendmentfiled on 04 August 2072 under 37 CFR 1.312 has been considered, and has been:
`a) X] entered.
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`b) (1 entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope of the invention.
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`c)[) disapproved because the amendmentwasfiled after the paymentof the issue fee.
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`Any amendment filed after the date the issue fee is paid must be accompaniedby a petition under 37 CFR 1.313(c)(1)
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`and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.
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`d)( disapproved. See explanation below.
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`e)( entered in part. See explanation below.
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` U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`/ABOLFAZL TABATABAI/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2624
`August 4, 2012
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`PTOL-271 (Rev. 04-01)
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`Reponseto Rule 312 Communication
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`Part of Paper No. 20120808
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