PTO/AlA/15 (03-13)
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`Attorney Docket No.
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`94868-916163 (107220US)
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`APPLICATION ELEMENTS
`See MPEP chapter 600 concerning utility patent application contents.
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`ADDRESS TO'
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria VA 22313-1450
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`1. I] Fee Transmittal Form (PTO/SBI17 or equivalent)
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`ACCOMPANYING APPLICATIONS PAPERS
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`2. El Applicant asserts small entity status.
`See 37 CFR 1.27.
`3. I] Applicant certifies micro entity status. See 37 CFR 1.20.
`4. E Specification
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`Both the claims and abstract must start on a new page
`(For information on the preferred arrangement, see MPEP 608.01(a))
`5. IX Drawing(s) (35 U.S.C.113)
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`6. Inventor’s Oath or Declaration
`(Including substitute statements under 37 CFR 1.64 and assignments serving as an
`oath or declaration under 37 CFR 1.63(e))
`I] Newly executed (original or copy)
`b. I] A copy from a prior application (37 CFR 1.63 (d))
`7. IX Application Data Sheet.
`*See Note below.
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`See 37 CFR 1.76 (PTO/AlA/14 or equivalent)
`8. El CD-ROM or CD-R
`in duplicate, large table or Computer Program (Appendix)
`|:| Landscape Table on CD
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`9. Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submission
`(if applicable, items a. -c. are required)
`a. El Computer Readable Form (CRF)
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`Specification Sequence Listing on:
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`10. I] Assignment Papers (cover sheet & document(s))
`Name of Assignee Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
`Hercules, CA
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`37 CFR. 3.73(c) Statement I] Power of Attorney
`(when there is an assignee)
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`12. I]
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`English Translation Document (ifapplicable)
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`1 3_ D |nf°rmation Disclosure Statement (PTO/SB/08 or PTO_1449)
`D Copies Of citations attached
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`15- D Return Receipt Postcard (MPEP 503)
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`Certified Copy of Priority Document(s)
`(if foreign priority is claimed)
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`Nonpublication Request
`Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i). Applicant must attach form
`PTO/SB/35 or equivalent.
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`i. [I CD-ROM or CD-R (2 copies); or
`it III Paper
`c. El Statements verifying identity of above copies
`*Note:
`(1) Benefit claims under 37 CFR 1.78 and foreign priority claims under 1.55 must be included in an Application Data Sheet (ADS).
`(2) For applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111, the application must contain an ADS specifying the applicant if the applicant is an assignee, person to whom the
`inventor is under an obligation to assign, or person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter. See 37 CFR 1.46(b).
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