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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`13/355,458
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`01/20/2012
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`2856
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`FEE REC'D
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`8510
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`21971
`WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
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`PALO ALTO, CA 94304-1050
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 1056
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`UPDATED FILING RECEIPT
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`Date Mailed: 08/27/2012
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`Applicant(s)
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`lan Gibbons, Portola Valley, CA;
`Anthony J. Nugent, Dublin, CA;
`Anthony Delacruz, San Jose, CA;
`Daniel Young, San Francisco, CA;
`Elizabeth Holmes, Palo Alto, CA;
`Andrew Drake, San Francisco, CA;
`Timothy Michael Kemp, San Jose, CA;
`Sunny Balwani, Palo Alto, CA;
`Chinmay Pangarkar, Newark, CA;
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
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`Projected Publication Date: 12/06/2012
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`Title
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`SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE USE MAXIMIZATION
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`Preliminary Class
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`073
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`PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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`Since the rights granted by a US. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have no
`effect in a foreign country, an inventor who wishes patent protection in another country must apply for a patent
`in a specific country or in regional patent offices. Applicants may wish to consider the filing of an international
`application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). An international (PCT) application generally has the same
`effect as a regular national patent application in each PCT-member country. The PCT process simplifies the filing
`of patent applications on the same invention in member countries, but does not result in a grant of "an international
`patent" and does not eliminate the need of applicants to file additional documents and fees in countries where patent
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`Almost every country has its own patent law, and a person desiring a patent in a particular country must make an
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`Applicants also are advised that in the case of inventions made in the United States, the Director of the USPTO must
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`Applicants may wish to consult the USPTO booklet, "General Information Concerning Patents" (specifically, the
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`can be viewed on the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html.
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`For information on preventing theft of your intellectual property (patents, trademarks and copyrights), you may wish
`to consult the US. Government website, http://www.stopfakes.gov. Part of a Department of Commerce initiative,
`this website includes self-help "toolkits" giving innovators guidance on how to protect intellectual property in specific
`countries such as China, Korea and Mexico. For questions regarding patent enforcement issues, applicants may
`call the US. Government hotline at 1-866-999-HALT (1-866-999-4158).
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