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`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
`Oct 26, 2015
`(Not for SmelSSlon under 37 CFR 1.99)
`Aljosa Kemperle
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`NGUYEN, THUKHANH T
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`MBOT-0051-P02
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`U.S. PATENTS
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`Examiner
`lnitial*
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`Patent
`Number
`US-
`7625198
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`US-
`6629011
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`Kind
`Code1
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`Issue Date
`Dec 1, 2009
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`Name of Patentee or Applicant
`of cited Document
`Lipson, Hod et al.
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`Sep 30, 2003
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`Calderon, Joseph L., et al.
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`Pages, Columns, Lines, Where
`Relevant Passages or Relevant
`Figures Appear
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`--—6129872
`--—5303141
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`Examiner
`lnitial*
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`Cite
`No
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`Publication
`Number
`US-
`2014011
`7575
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`U.S. PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS
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`Kind
`Code1
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`Publication Date
`May 1, 2014
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`Name of Patentee or Applicant
`of cited Document
`Kemperle, Aljosa et al.
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`Pages, Columns, Lines, Where
`Relevant Passages or Relevant
`Figures Appear
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`Foreign
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`Document
`Examiner
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Code4
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`Publication Date
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`Pages, Columns, Lines
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`NON-PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS
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`Cite
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`Include name ofthe author (in CAPITAL LETTERS), title ofthe article (when appropriate), title ofthe
`item (book, magazine, journal, serial, symposium, catalog, etc.), date, page(s), volume-issue
`number(s), publisher, city and/or country where published.
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`T5
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`"Touch Sensor and Automated Calibration", by Assargadon -
`http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?1,8028, Jan. 4, 2008 , 14 pages
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`"HydraRaptor", http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2011/04/auto-z-probe.html
`Apr. 4, 2011 , 12 pages
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`"Automated Bed Leveling Vlfith Our 3D Printer", by Brian Benchoff -
`http://hackaday.com/2012/04/23/automated-bed-teveling-with-our-3d-printer/
`Apr. 23, 2012 , 5 pages
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`USPTO, "Application Serial No. 14/065,516 (Atty Ref MBOT—0051-P01 ), Non
`Final Office Action mailed 04-09-2015", 12 pages
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`DOC code: IDS
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
`(Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)
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`Sheet 2 of 3
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`14/922,267
`Oct 26, 2015
`A|josa Kemperle
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`NGUYEN, THUKHANH T
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`MBOT-0051-P02
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`NON-PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS
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`Include name ofthe author (in CAPITAL LETTERS), title ofthe article (when appropriate), title ofthe
`item (book, magazine, journal, serial, symposium, catalog, etc.), date, page(s), volume-issue
`Examiner
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`number(s), publisher, city and/or country where published.
`lnitials*
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`T5
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` USPTO, "Application Serial No. 14/065,516 (Atty Ref MBOT—0051-P01 ), Notice of
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`Allowance mailed 07-22-2015",
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`, 7 pages
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`EXAMINER SIGNATURE
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`*EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw
`line through a citation if not in conformance and not considered. Include copy ofthis form with next
`communication to applicant.
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`1 See Kind Codes of USPTO Patent Documents at ywvaSPTC-GDV or MPEP 901.04. 2 Enter office that issued the document, by the
`two-letter code (WIPO Standard ST.3). 3 For Japanese patent documents, the indication ofthe year ofthe reign of the Emperor must
`precede the serial number ofthe patent document. 4 Kind of document by the appropriate symbols as indicated on the document under
`WIPO Standard ST.16 if possible. 5 Applicant is to place a check mark here if English language translation is attached.
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`DOC code: IDS
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` Nt'A " b —INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 14/922257
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`MBOT-OO51-P02
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`Please see 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 to make the appropriate selection(s):
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`CERTIFICATION STATEMENT
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`I] That each item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was first cited in any communication
`from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months priorto the filing of the
`information disclosure statement. See 37 CFR 1.97(e) (1).
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`OR
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`I] That no item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was cited in a communication from a
`foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the person signing the certification
`after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was known
`to any individual designated in 37 CFR 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the information disclosure
`statement. See 37 CFR 1.97(e) (2).
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`I] See attached certification statement.
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`I] Fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (p) has been submitted herewith.
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`IXI Applicant believes that no fees are required with this filing. However, if an Office Action on the merits has been mailed,
`or a fee is othen/vise required, the Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any fees due under 37 CPR. §§1 .16 or
`1.17, or to credit any overpayments, to Deposit Account No. 50-4262 in order to have this information disclosure
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`SIGNATURE
`A signature ofthe applicant or representative is required in accordance with CFR 1.33, 10.18. Please see CFR 1.4(d) for
`the form of the signature.
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`Name/Print
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`Robert A. Mazzarese
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`Registration Number
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`42,852
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`Date <YYYY—MM-DD)
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