UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and TrademarkOffice
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`15/871,047
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`01/14/2018
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`Eric Stefankiewicz
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`WAC-10APP2
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`9271
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`Weiss & Arons LLP
`63 South Main Street
`Spring Valley, NY 10977
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`KING, MONICA C
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`2844
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`07/27/2022
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`Thetime period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`2. LJ Applicant'sfailure to timely pay the required issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, within the statutory period of three months
`from the mailing date of the Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85).
`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`(a) 2 The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, was received on
`), which is after the expiration of the statutory period for payment of the issue fee (and publication fee) set in the Notice of
`Allowance (PTOL-85).
`is due.
`is insufficient. A balance of $
`(b) 0) The submitted fee of $
`The issue fee required by 37CFR 1.18 is $
`. The publication fee, if required by 37 CFR 1.18(d), is $
`(c) (] The issue fee and publication fee, if applicable, has not been received.
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`Petitions to revive under 37 CFR 1.137, or requests to withdraw the holding of abandonment under 37 CFR 1.181, should be promptlyfiled to minimize
`any negative effects on patent term.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-1432 (Rev. 04-19)
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`Notice of Abandonment
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`Part of Paper No. 20220725
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`Notice ofAbandonment
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`15/871 ,047
`Examiner
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`Stefankiewicz et al.
`Art Unit
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
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`MONICA C KING
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`2844
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`This application is abandonedin view of:
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`1. Applicant'sfailure to timely file a proper reply to the Office letter mailed on
`aya reply was received on
`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
`period for reply (including a total extension of time of
`month(s)) which expired on
`(b) CIA proposedreply was received on
`, but it does not constitute a proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 to the final rejection.
`(A proper reply under 37 CFR 1.113 toafinal rejection consists only of:(1) a timely filed amendment which places the
`application in condition for allowance; (2) a timely filed Notice of Appeal (with appeal fee); or (3)if this is utility or plant
`application, a timely filed Request for Continued Examination (RCE) in compliance with 37 CFR 1.114. Note that RCEs are not
`permitted in design applications.)
`(c) () A reply wasreceived on
`but it does not constitute a proper reply, or a bona foe attempt at a proper reply, to the non-final
`rejection. See 37 CFR 1.85(a) and 1.111. (See explanation in box 8 below).
`(d) (1) No reply has been received.
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`), which is after the expiration of the
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`.
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`3. C Applicant's failure to timely file corrected drawings as required by, and within the three-month period set in, the Notice of
`Allowability (PTO-37).
`(a) 4 Proposed corrected drawings were received on
`after the expiration of the period for reply.
`(b) [ No corrected drawings have been received.
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`(with a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission dated
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`), which is
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`4.|v}The letter of express abandonment which is signed by the attorney or agentof record or other party authorized under 37 CFR 1.33
`(b). See 37 CFR 1.138(b).
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`5. CD Theletter of express abandonmentwhichis signed by an attorney or agent(acting in a representative capacity under 37 CFR
`1.34) upon the filing of a continuing application.
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`6. CL) The decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rendered on
`decision has expired and there are no allowed claims.
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`and because the period for seeking court review of the
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`7. © The dismissal of the appeal in an application having no allowed claims. (When an appealis dismissed in an application having no
`allowed claims the application stands abandoned. See MPEP 1215.04 subsections I-V for an explanation of the reasons why an
`appeal is dismissed.)
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`8. () The reason(s) below:
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`[MONICA C KING/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2844
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