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`Inventors: KOCHIDOMARI el al.
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`Confirmation No.: 6814
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`Applicant: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co.,
`Ltd.
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`Art Unit: 3618
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`Application No.: 16/100,669
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`Examiner: DOLAK, James M.
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`Filing Date: August 10, 2018
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`Atty. Docket: 06664720004
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`Title: Hybrid Utility Vehicle
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`Reply to Requirement for Election of Species
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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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`In reply to the Office Action dated September 19, 2019, Applicant hereby
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`provisionally elects Species 111, corresponding to Fig 6. Claim(s) 1-4 read on such species.
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`This election is made without prejudice to or disclaimer of the other claims or inventions
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`disclosed. This election is made without traverse.
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`Applicant asserts the right to claim additional species in the event that a generic claim
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`thereto is found to be allowable in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.141(a). At least pending
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`claims 1 and 3 are generic to at least species III(a), III(b), IV(b), V, and VI. Consideration and
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`allowance of all pending claims are respectfully requested.
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`It is not believed that extensions of time are required beyond those that may otherwise
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`be provided for in documents accompanying this paper. However, if additional extensions of
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`time are necessary to prevent abandonment of this application, then such extensions of time
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`are hereby petitioned under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a), and any additional fees required to continue
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`prosecution or appeal of this application (including issue fee, fees for net addition of claims or
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`KOCHIDOMARI el al.
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`Application No. 16/100,669
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`forwarding to appeal) are hereby authorized to be charged to our Deposit Account No. 19-
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`0036.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Mark W. Rygiel/
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`Mark W. Rygiel
`Attorney for Applicant
`Registration No. 45,871
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`Date:
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`November 8 2019
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`1100 New York Avenue, NW.
`Washington, DC. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`14129207_l .docx
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`Atty. Dkt. No. 0666.4720004
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