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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`14/161,007
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` FILING DATE
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`01/22/2014
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`Klaus DUGI
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`01-2051-US-3
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`4052
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`MICHAEL P. MORRIS
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`BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION
`900 RIDGEBURY ROAD
`P.O. BOX 368
`RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877-0368
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`WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E
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`1629
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/17/2015
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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` ., 14/161 ,007 DUGI ET AL.
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`Responseto Rule 312 Communication
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`Art Unit
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`KEVIN E. WEDDINGTON 1629
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address —
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`1. KJ The amendmentfiled on 29 July 2015 under 37 CFR 1.312 has been considered, and has been:
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`a) entered.
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`b) entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope ofthe invention.
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`c)[) disapproved because the amendmentwasfiled after the paymentof the issue fee.
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`Any amendment filed after the date the issue fee is paid must be accompaniedby a petition under 37 CFR 1.313(c)(1)
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`and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.
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`d)( disapproved. See explanation below.
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`e)( entered in part. See explanation below.
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` U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`/KEVIN E WEDDINGTON/
`Primary Examiner
`Art Unit: 1629
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`PTOL-271 (Rev. 04-01)
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`Reponseto Rule 312 Communication
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`Part of Paper No. 20150812
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