IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Attorney Docket No. 76320-8012.US01
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`PATENT
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`IN RE APPLICATION OF: LIK HON
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`U.S. PATENT No.:
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`8,365,742 B2
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`ISSUED:
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`FEBRUARY 5, 2013
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`For: ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
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`REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
`UNDER 37 C.F.R.§1.323
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`Attn: Certificate of Corrections Branch
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`Applicants request a Certificate of Correction to correct the errors in the above-
`identified patent listed on the enclosed Form PTO/SB/44.
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`The requested corrections do not constitute new matter or require reexamination
`of the patent.
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`At least one of the errors listed on Form PTO/SB/44 is due to mistake on the part
`of the Applicant. USPTO (37 C.F.R. § 1.323). Accordingly, the required fee of
`$100.00 is paid herewith.
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`Please send the Certificate of Correction to the undersigned at the address
`shown below.
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`Dated:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Customer No. 34055
`Perkins Coie LLP
`Patent - LA
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`P.O. Box 1208
`Seattle, WA 98111-1208
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`PERKINS COIJE LLP
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`By:
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`Kenneth H. Ohriner
`Reg. No. 31,646
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARKOFFICE
`CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`PATENT NO.
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`8,365,742
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`APPLICATION NO.:
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`13/079,937
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`ISSUE DATE
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`February 5, 2013
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`Lik Hon
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`In column 6, lines 45-46, in claim 3, delete "run through" andinsert - - run-through - -, therefor.
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`It is certified that errors appear in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby
`corrected as shown below:
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`On the First page, in field (54), under “Title”, in column 1, line 1, delete"AEROSOL ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE"
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`and insert - - ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE - -, therefor.
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`In column 1, line 1, delete "AEROSOL ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE" and
`insert - - ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE- -, therefor.
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`In column 1, line 2, below "Title" and insert - - This application is divisional of U.S. Patent Application No.
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`12/226 ,818, filed Oct. 29, 2008, whichis the U.S. national stage application to International Patent Application No.
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`PCT/CN2007/001575, filed on May 15, 2007, which claimspriority, under 35 U.S.C. § 119, to Chinese Patent
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`application No.: 200620090805.0, filed on May 16, 2006, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference
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`herein in their entireties. - -.
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`In column 3, line 28, delete "(2)" and insert - - (82) - -, therefor.
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`In column 3, line 49, after "shown in" insert - - FIGS. - -.
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`In column 3, line 56, delete "ploypropylene" and insert - - polypropylene - -, therefor.
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