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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Paper N0.
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`Application No.:
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`14/678,557
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`Date Mailed:
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`ELECTRONIC
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`2017-08-30
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`First Named Inventor:
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`Shiro SAKAI
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`Examiner:
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`BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER
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`Attorney Docket N0.:
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`P4639USC1
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`Art Unit:
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`2894
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`Confirmation N0.:
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`5952
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`Filing Date:
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`04/03/2015
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`Please find attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`PTO-90c (Rev.08-06)
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`Notice of Abandonment
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`14/678557
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`SAKAI ET AL.
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
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`This application is abandoned in view of:
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`1. X Applicant’s failure to timely file a proper reply to the Office letter mailed on 28 September 2016.
`(a) I] A reply was received on
`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
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`period for reply (including a total extension of time of
`month(s)) which expired on
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`(b) IZI A proposed reply was received on 15 November 2016, but it does not constitute a proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 to the final
`rejection.
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`(A proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 to a final rejection consists only of: ( 1) a timely filed
`amendment Which places the application in condition for allowance; (2) a timely filed Notice of Appeal (With appeal fee); or
`(3) if this is utility or plant application, a timely filed Request for Continued Examination (RCE) in compliance With 37 CFR
`1.114. Note that RCES are not permitted in design applications.)
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`but it does not constitute a proper reply, or a bona fide attempt at a proper reply, to the non-
`(c) I] A reply was received on
`final rejection. See 37 CFR 1.85(a) and 1.111.
`(See explanation in box 7 below).
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`(d) I] No reply has been received.
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`2. I:I Applicant’s failure to timely pay the required issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, within the statutory period of three months
`from the mailing date of the Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85).
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`if applicable, was received on
`(a) I] The issue fee and publication fee,
`), which is after the expiration of the statutory period for payment of the issue fee (and publication fee) set in the Notice of
`Allowance (PTOL-85).
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`(b) I] The submitted fee of $
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`is insufficient. A balance of $
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`is due.
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`The issue fee required by 37 CFR 1.18 is $
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`. The publication fee, if required by 37 CFR1.18(d), is $
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`(c) I] The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, has not been received.
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`3.|:l Applicant’s failure to timely file corrected drawings as required by, and within the three-month period set in, the Notice of
`Allowability (PTO-37).
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`(a) I] Proposed corrected drawings were received on
`after the expiration of the period for reply.
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`(b) I] No corrected drawings have been received.
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
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`_)
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`, which is
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`4. I] The letter of express abandonment which is signed by the attorney or agent of record or other party authorized under 37 CFR
`1.33(b). See 37 CFR1.138(b).
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`5. D The letter of express abandonment which is signed by an attorney or agent (acting in a representative capacity under 37 CFR
`1.34) upon the filing of a continuing application.
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`6. I] The decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interference rendered on
`of the decision has expired and there are no allowed claims.
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`and because the period for seeking court review
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`7. D The reason(s) below:
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`/DESHONNE T. MARTINO/
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`Petitions to revive under 37 CFR1.137, or requests to withdraw the holding of abandonment under 37 CFR 1.181, should be promptly filed to minimize
`an neoative effects on oatent term.
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`US Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-1432 (Rev. 07-14)
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`Notice of Abandonment
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`Part of Paper No. 201 70828-1
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`Continuation Sheet (PTOL-1432)
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`Application No.
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