IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventors: OKSCHE el al.
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`Confirmation No.: 7484
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`Applicant: PURDUE PHARMA L.P.
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`Art Unit: 1628
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`Application No.: 15/708,991
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`Examiner: RICCI, Craig D.
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`Filing Date: September 19, 2017
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`Atty. Docket: 1861.2700006
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`Title: BUPRENORPHINE WAFER FOR DRUG SUBSTITUTION THERAPY
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`First Supplemental Information Disclosure Statement
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`Mail Stop Amendment
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`PO Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Commissioner:
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`Listed on the accompanying form equivalent to form PTO/SB/08b are documents that may
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`be considered material to the patentability of this application as defined in 37 C.F.R. §1.56. This
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`IDS is being filed in compliance with the duty of disclosure requirements of 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.97 and
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`1.98. The numbering on this First Supplemental Information Disclosure Statement is a continuation
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`of the numbering in Applicant's Information Disclosure Statement filed on September 19, 2017, in
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`connection with the above-captioned application.
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`Applicant has listed the publication date on the attached form based on information
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`presently available to the undersigned. However, the listed publication date should not be construed
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`as an admission that the information was actually published on the date indicated.
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`Applicant reserves the right to establish the patentability of the claimed invention over any
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`of the information provided herewith, and/or to prove that this information may not be prior art,
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`and/or to prove that this information may not be enabling for the teachings purportedly offered.
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`This statement should not be construed as a representation that a search has been made, or
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`that information more material to the examination of the present patent application does not exist.
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`The Examiner is specifically requested not to rely solely on the material submitted herewith.
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`OKSCHE el al.
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`Application No. 15/708,991
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`This filing is under 37 CPR. § 1.97(c). This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed
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`more than three months after the US. filing date AND after the mailing date of the first Office
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`Action on the merits, but before the mailing date of a Final Rejection, or Notice of Allowance, or an
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`action that otherwise closes prosecution in the application.
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`The required fee is provided through online credit card payment authorization in the amount
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`of $240.00 in payment of the fee under 37 CPR. § l.l7(p).
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`Copies of documents NPL97-NPL103 are submitted.
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`It is respectfully requested that the Examiner initial and return a copy of the enclosed IDS
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`Form, and indicate in the official file wrapper of this patent application that the documents have
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`been considered.
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`The US. Patent and Trademark Office is hereby authorized to charge any fee deficiency, or
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`credit any overpayment, to our Deposit Account No. 19-0036.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Matthew S. Bodenstein/
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`Matthew S. Bodenstein
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`Attorney for Applicant
`Registration No. 58,885
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`Date: April 12, 2018
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`1100 New York Avenue, NW.
`Washington, DC. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`9169274_l.d0cx
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`Atty. Dkt. No. 1861.2700006/ JMC/MSB
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