IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Attorney Docket No. 30696-733201
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`PATENT
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`In re Application:
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`Inventor:
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`Ian Gibbons et a1.
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`Application No.:
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`13/355,458
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`Filed:
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`January 20,2012
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`Confirmation No.: 1056
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`Customer No.
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`021971
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`Title:
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`SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE
`USE MAXIMIZATION
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`FILED ELECTRONICALLY ON: August 3, 2012
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`RESPONSE TO NOTICE TO FILE MISSING PARTS
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`Mail Stop Missing Parts
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`In response to the Notice to File Missing Parts of Non-Provisional Application mailed February 3, 2012,
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`Applicants respond as follows:
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`I: COPY ofNotice to File Missing Parts is provided
`El Filing Fees are authorized herewith
`[:1 Applicant claims small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
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`The Commissioner is authorized to charge any additional fees which may be required, including petition fees
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`and extension of time fees, to Deposit Account No. 23-2415 (Docket No. 30696-733201).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`., J.D., Reg. No. 44,409
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`Date: August 3, 2012
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`By:
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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`650 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
`Direct Dial: (650) 493—9300
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