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`Application No. 15/789,737
`Attorney Docket No. 100607-5229-US
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`First Named Inventor:
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`Conf. No.:
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`Sun Myoung JO
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`Art Unit:
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`Application No.2 15/789,737
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`Examiner:
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`Xiao En Mo
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`Filed: October 20, 2017
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`I hereby state that no item of information in this Information Disclosure
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`counterpart foreign application and, to my knowledge after making reasonable
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`inquiry, was known to any individual designated in 37 C.F.R. § l.56(c) more than
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed after the periods set forth
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`When the disclosures of two or more patents or publications listed in an
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`information disclosure statement are substantively cumulative, a copy of one of the
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`patents or publications may be submitted without copies of the other patents or
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`cumulative.
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`37 C.F.R. § l.98(c). US. Patent Application Publication No.
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`substantially cumulative of previously submitted
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`accompanying substitute for form PTO-1449A/PTO is not required nor is attached.
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`This Application relies on the earlier filing date of prior Application No.
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`It is understood that the Examiner will consider
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`information that was submitted to or cited by the Office in such prior applications.
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`M.P.E.P. § 609.02(A)(2). Copies of documents previously submitted to or cited by the
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`A concise explanation of the relevance of cite no.
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`specification. See, e. g., page ___, paragraph _.
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`U.S.C. § 120 (U.S. Patent Application No.
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`was cited or submitted in a prior application relied on under 35
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`to the present application is substantially similar as its relevance to the prior
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`application, a concise explanation of the relevance thereof is not required.
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`An English-language abstract of cite(s) no. C11 — C15 is attached thereto and
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`serves as a concise explanation of the relevance thereof.
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`relevance by a foreign patent office in a counterpart
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`report or action is attached hereto and serves as a concise explanation of the
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`In accordance with M.P.E.P. 2001.06(b) and in view of McKesson Information
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`Solutions v. Bridge Medical (Fed. Cir. 2007),. Applicant wishes to inform/remind the
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`Examiner that this application is related to the following US. Patent Application(s):
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`U.S. Application No.
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`The Examiner is encouraged to review the art made of record, any Office Action, and any
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`Notice of Allowance in the above—mentioned related application(s). Applicant assumes
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`that due to the ease of review on PAIR by the Examiner, Applicant need not submit
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`copies of the individual Office Actions and/or Notices of Allowance. Applicant assumes
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`that the Examiner is aware that prosecution is ongoing in the identified application(s) and
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`that the Examiner will continue to evaluate the application(s) as needed.
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`The identification of the above related application(s) is not to be construed as a waiver of
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`secrecy as to the application(s) now or upon issuance of the present application as a
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`Each item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was
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`first cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart application
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`and that this communication was not received by any individual designated in 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 1.56(c) more than thirty days prior to the filing of the information disclosure statement.
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`37 C.F.R. § 1.704(d).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Complete if Known
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`15/789,737
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`Filing Date
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`October 20, 2017
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
`First Named inventor
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`Sun Myoung JO
`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
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`Examiner Name
`Xiao En Mo
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`Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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`KR 10-2007-0042874 A 04-24-2007 Nissan Motor
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`Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
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`KR 10-2012-0060109 A 06-11-2012
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`KR 10—2014-0065650 A 05-30-2014
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