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`PTO/SB/66
`A31
`OMB065 1-00XX
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`PETITION TO ACCEPT UNINTENTIONALLY DELAYED PAYMENTOF MAINTENANCE FEE IN AN EXPIRED
`PATENT(37 CFR 1.378(b})
`Patent Number
`Issue Date
`Application
`Filing Date
`Docket Number(if applicable)
`Number
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`8311524
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`13-Nov-2012
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`13047306
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`14-Mar-2011
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`CAUTIGN: Maintenance fee {and surcharge,if any) payment must correctly identify: (1) the patent numberand {2} the application numberof the
`actual U.S. application leading to issuance of that patent to ensure the fee(s) is/are associated with the correct patent. 37 CFR 1.366(c) and (d).
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`Applicants claims the following fee status:
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`(#) Small Entity
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`| certify, in accordance with 37 CFR 1.4{d){4) that | am
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`C) Micro Entity
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`C) Regular Undiscounted
`Applicants selects the following :
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`PETITION FEE
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`The petition fee required by 37 CFR 1.17{m) (Fee Code 1558/2558) mustbe paid as a condition of accepting unintentionally delayed paymentof
`the maintenancefee.
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`MAINTENANCE FEE (37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g))
`The appropriate maintenance fee must be submitted withthis petition.
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`STATEMENT
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`The delay in payment of the maintenance fee for this patent was unintentional.
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`Petitioneris reminded that a delay resulting from a deliberately chosen course of action or a changein circumstanceis not an unintentional delay.
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`Petitioneris further reminded that a person seeking reinstatement of an expired patent should not make a statementthat the delay in payment of
`the maintenancefee was unintentional unless the entire delay was unintentional, including the period from discovery that the maintenance fee
`was not timely paid until payment of the maintenance fee. For example, a statement that the delay in paymentof the maintenance fee was
`unintentional would not be proper when the patentee becomes awareof an unintentional failure to timely pay the maintenance fee and then
`intentionally delaysfiling a petition for reinstatement of the patent under 37 CFR 1.378. See MPEP 2590.
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`NOTE: Where the petition under 37 CFR 1.378is filed more than two years after the date the patent expired for nonpayment of the maintenance
`fee, the United States Patent and Trademark Office requires an additional explanation of the circumstances surrounding the delay that establishes
`the entire delay was unintentional. This requirementis in addition to the requirement to provide a staternent that the entire delay was
`unintentional. See Clarification ofthe Practice for Requiring Additional Information in Petitions Filed in Patent Applications and Patents Based on
`Unintentional Delay, 85 FR 12222 (March 2, 2020). See MPEP 711.03(c)(II)(C)-(F) for additional guidance on the information required to establish that
`the entire delay was unintentional.
`PETITIGNER{S) REQUEST THAT THE DELAYED PAYMENT OF THE MAINTENANCEFEE BE ACCEPTED AND THE PATENT REINSTATED
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`THIS PORTION MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE SIGNATORYOR SIGNATORIES
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`37 CFR 1.378{c) states: “Any petition underthis section must be signed in compliance with 37 CFR 1.33{b}."
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`PTO/SB/66
`A31
`OMB065 1-00XX
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`An attorney or agent registered to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office who has been given powerofattorneyin
`this application.
`An attorney or agent registered to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office
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`A sole patentee
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`A joint patentee:| certify that | am authorized to sign this submission on behalfofall the other patentees as evidenced by the powerof
`attorneyin the application
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`®O0000
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`A joint patentee;all of whom are signing this e-petition
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`The assignee of record of the entire interest that qualifies as an authorized party under 37 CFR 1.33(b)
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`Under 37 CFR 3.71 an assignee becomesof record byfiling a statement in compliance with 37 CFR 3.73({b).
`Signature requirements are set forth in 37 CFR 1.4(d), and the undersigned certifies that he / she is empoweredto act on behalf of the assignee of
`the entire interest
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`The Assignee of record of the entire interest
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`{Michael Lucas/
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`Michael Lucas
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