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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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`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`Moxandee. Virginia 22313-1450
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`APPLICATION
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`NUMBER
`14/484,585
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`FILING or
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`371(c) DATE
`09/12/2014
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`GRP ART
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`UNIT
`2878
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`FIL FEE REC'D
`1600
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`20792
`MYERSBIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC
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`PO BOX 37428
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`RALEIGH, NC 27627
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`ATTY.DOCKET.NO
`9653-7TSCTS
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`TOTOT IND =o
`CONFIRMATION NO.‘8375
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`FILING RECEIPT
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`NRE
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`Date Mailed: 10/22/2014
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`Receipt is acknowledgedofthis non-provisional patent application. The application will be taken up for examination
`in due course. Applicant will be notified as to the results of the examination. Any correspondence conceming the
`‘application mustinclude the following identification information: the U.S. APPLICATION NUMBER, FILING DATE,
`NAME OF APPLICANT, and TITLE OF INVENTION. Feestransmitted by check or draft are subject to collection.
`Pleaseverify the accuracy of the data presented onthis receipt. If an error is noted on this Filing Receipt, please
`submit a written requestfor a Filing Receipt Correction. Please provide a copyofthis Filing Receipt with the
`changesnotedthereon. If you received a "Notice to File Missing Parts" for this application, please submit
`any correctionsto this Filing Receipt with your reply to the Notice. When the USPTO processesthe reply
`to the Notice, the USPTO will generate another Filing Receipt incorporating the requested corrections
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`Inventor(s)
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`Applicant(s)
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`Steven Francis LeBoeuf, Raleigh, NC;
`Jesse Berkley Tucker, Knightdale, NC;
`Michael Edward Aumer, Raleigh, NC;
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`- Valencell, inc., Raleigh, NC
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`Powerof Attorney: The patent practitioners associated with Customer Number 20792
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
`This application is a CON of 14/184,364 02/19/2014 PAT 8886269
`which is a CON of 12/691,388 01/21/2010 PAT 8700111
`which claims benefit of 61/208,567 02/25/2609"
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`and claims benefit of 61/208,574 02/25/2009
`and claims benefit of 61/212,444 04/13/2009
`and claims benefit of 61/274,191 08/14/2009
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`Foreign Applications for which priority is claimed (You may’beeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highway program at the USPTO. Please see http://www.uspto.gov for more information.) - None.
`Foreign application information must be provided in an Application Data Sheetin order to constitute a claim to
`foreign priority. See 37 CFR 1.55 and 1.76.
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`If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 10/22/2014
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`The country code and numberof your priority application, to be usedfor filing abroad under the Paris Convention,
`is US 14/484,585
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`Projected Publication Date: 01/29/2015
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`Non-Publication Request: No
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`Early Publication Request: No
`Title
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`Wearable Light-Guiding Devices For Physiological Monitoring
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`Preliminary Class
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`250
`Statementunder 37 CFR 1.55 or 1.78 for AIA (First Inventor to File) Transition Applications: No
`PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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`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-membercountry. The PCT process simplifies thefiling
`of patent applications on the sameinvention in membercountries, but does notresult in a grant of “an international
`patent” and does noteliminate the need of applicantsto file additional documentsandfees in countries where patent
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`Almost every country hasits own patentlaw, and a persondesiring a patentin a particular country must make an
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`Applicants also are advised thatin the case of inventions madein the United States,the Directorof the USPTO must
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`Applicants may wish to consult the USPTO booklet, "General Information Concerning Patents" (specifically, the
`section entitled "Treaties and Foreign Patents") for more information on timeframes and deadlinesforfiling foreign
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`to consult the U.S. Government website, http://www.stopfakes.gov. Part of a Department of Commerceinitiative,
`this website includesself-help "toolkits" giving innovators guidance on howto protectintellectual property in specific
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`’ GlossaryPilot Program
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`A NEW STRATEGYFOR IMPROVING CLAIM CLARITY USING GLOSSARIES
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`Still Accepting Applications!
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`The Glossary Pilot Program began June 2, 2014 and will run for six months
`or until 200 petitions are granted for participation into the program.
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`Benefits of Participation - Expedited Examination
`Applications accepted into this pilot program will receive expedited
`processing up to the issuanceofa first Office action.
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`Pilot Program Eligibility
`Acceptanceinto the pilot program requires that the application be classified
`in software-related technological fields that fall under the examination jurisdiction
`of USPTO Technology Centers 2100, 2400, and 2600 or the Business Methods
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`Applications must befiled electronically using EFS-Web system and include a
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`For questions and additional information, please contact:
`Seema Rao e Director, Technology Center 2100
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