`Attorney Docket No. 44854-701.402
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re the Application of:
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`Inventors: William BANYAI,ef al.
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`Serial No.: 15/603,013
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`Filing Date: May 23, 2017
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`Title: DE NOVO SYNTHESIZED GENE
`LIBRARIES
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`Mail Stop Amendment
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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` Art Unit: 1636
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`Examiner: HAMMELL, NEIL P
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`Confirmation No.: 2258
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`Customer No.: 021971
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`Certificate of Electronic Filing
`Thereby certify that this communication andall marked
`attachments are being deposited by Electronic Filing on,
`January 3, 2019 by using the EFS-Webpatent filing
`system and addressed to: Commissionerfor Patents,
`P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
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`By:
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`/Heather Glasson/
`Heather Glasson
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`RESPONSETO FINAL OFFICE ACTION DATED NOVEMBER7, 2018
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`Commissioner:
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`This paper respondsto the Final Office Action mailed November 7, 2018, the time period
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`for response set for February 7, 2019. Therefore, this responseis timely filed. Applicant also
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`submits herewith a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) and the appropriate fee.
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`Reconsideration of the application is respectfully requested in view of the following amendments
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`and remarks.
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`Amendments to the Claims begin on page2.
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`Remarksbegin on page5.
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`The Conclusionis on page8.
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