`Attorney Docket No. CA0006
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re application of: KIMPEetal.
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`Application No.: 13/338,880
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`Group Art Unit:
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`(Reissue of Pat. No.: 7,639,849)
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`Examiner:
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`Filed: December 28, 2011
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`Confirmation No.:
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`For: METHODS, APPARATUS, AND DEVICES FOR NOISE REDUCTION
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`Due: December29, 2011
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`NOTICE OF CONCURRENT PROCEEDINGS UNDER37 CEFR1.178(b)
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`Mail Stop Reissue
`Commissionerfor Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`In accordance with Rule 178(b), the applicant hereby notifies the Office that a
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`court action wasfiled in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on
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`Sep. 2, 2011 on U.S. Pat. No. 7,639,849. This action has been assigned the docket
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`number 1:11-cv-2964-RLV. Copies of the court clerk’s report of Sep. 6, 2011, the
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`complaint of plaintiff Barco NV, and the answer of defendant Eizo Nanao Corp. are
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`included in an Information Disclosure Statementfiled concurrently with this notice.
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`Date: December 28, 2011
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