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`PTOMAIA/24 (05-22)
`Document Description: Letter Express Abandonment of the application
`Approved for use through 05/31/2024. OMB 0651-0031
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`EXPRESS ABANDONMENT UNDER Application Number|15/871,047
`37 CFR 1.138
`Filing Date
`01-14-2018
`File the petition electronically using USPTO's patent electronicfiling
`First Named Inventor
`Eric Stefankiewicz
`system (Patent Center or EFS-Web)
`Art Unit
`OrMail the petition to:
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`Mail Stop Express Abandonment Commissionerfor Patents
`Examiner Name
`Monica C. King
`P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`Attorney Docket Number WAC-10APP2
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`Submit multiple forms if more than one signature is required, see below. [] Total of
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`applicant.
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`attorney or agent of record. Attorney or agent registration numberis
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`44511
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`attorney or agent acting under 37 CFR 1.34, who is authorized under 37 CFR 1.138(b) because
`the application is expressly abandonedin favor of a continuing application (box 2 above must be
`checked). Attorney or agent registration numberis
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`/Edward M. Arons/
`7/20/2022
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`Signature
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`Date
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`Edward M. Arons
`845-362-6100
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`Typed or printed name
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`Telephone Number
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