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`19198828195 From: NK Patent Law
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`COMMUNICATIONTO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADE!
`OFFICE
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`Application
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`14/623,514
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`Correspondence
`Address Customer
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`118194
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` RECEIVED]
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`OCT O38 2018
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`OFFICE OF PETITIONS
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`Filing or 371 (c)
`Date:
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`02-17-2015
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`Status:
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`Patented Casc
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`Application Type:
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`Utility
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`Status Date:
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`03-08-2017
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`Examiner Name:
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`CASCA, FRED A
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`Group Art Unit:
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`Confirmation
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`Attorney Docket
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`2644
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`1515
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`455/002/4 UTIL
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`Location:
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`Earliest Publication
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`Earliest Publication
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`ELECTRONIC
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`US 2015-0163180 Al
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`06-11-2015
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`Class / Subclass:
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`455/420
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`Patent Number:
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`9,608,968
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`First Named
`Inventor:
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`Trevor A. Fiatal
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`Issuc Date of Patent:
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`03-28-2017
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`AIA (First Inventor
`to File):
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`No
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`Title of Invention:
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`CONNECTION ARCHITECTURE FOR A MOBILE
`NETWORK.
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`USPTO
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`CORRECTION IN SMALL ENTITY STATUS
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`It has been discovered that Applicant/Patentee (collectively “Applicant’?) may have lost
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`entitlement to small entity status in regard to the above-referenced patent(s) and/or patent
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`application(s) (the “Patents and Patent Applications”) at some date on or after July 5, 2007.
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`Applicant has paid fees for the Patents and Patent Applicationat the rate of a small entity,
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`however, due to the uncertainty of smallentity status after July 5, 2007, Applicant is choosing to
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`pay large entity fees out of an abundance of caution. Applicants respectfully request that any fec
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`Application No: 14/623,514
`Reply Dated: October 2, 2018
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`deficiencies owed are charged to Deposit Account 50-619! and Applicantfiles this Ictter in
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`compliance with 37 CFR 1.28(c).
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`Applicant provides a Table herewith that shows the date and the fec paid, what the fec
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`was paid for (e.g. filing fee, claim fec, etc), the current fee or the undiscounted fee at that time,
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`whichever is larger, and the fee deficiency owed.
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`02-07-2017|1501|$960.001|960.00|5960.00[0.00
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`02-17-2015|2311|$360.00|1|$360.00|$760.00[$400.00
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`02-17-2015|2051|70.00|1|$70.00|$160.00[$90.00
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`02-17-20154011|870.00|1|$70.00|$7000[0.00
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`02-17-2015|2111|$300.00[1|$300.00|$660.00[$360.00
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`Applicant calculates the total deficiency payment owed of $3,730.00 and submits the
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`total deficiency payment herewith.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that if the claim to small entity status was an error, the
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`payment of the small entity fee was made in good faith and without deceptive intent, and,
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`therefore, should be excused pursuant to 37 CFR 1|.28(c).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`{Justin R. Nifong/
`Justin R. Nifong
`Reg. No. 59,389
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`Date: October 2, 2018
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