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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re A Iication of:
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`|nventor(s): Ely et al.
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`App. No.:
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`16/179,870
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`Con. No.:
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`2048
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`Filed:
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`November 2, 2018
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`Art Unit:
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`Not Yet Assigned
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`Title:
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`ROTARY INPUT MECHANISM
`FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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`Examiner: Not Yet Assigned
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`UNDER 37 c.F.R. §§ 1.97(b)(1) and 1.98 and
`STATEMENT OF RELATEDNESS
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`UNDER M.P.E.P. § 2001.06(b)
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`MAIL STOP AMENDMENT
`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Commissioner:
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`The Examiner is requested to consider the references noted on the enclosed Form
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`PTO/SB/08a during examination of the above-identified patent application. These references
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`are submitted for the Examiner’s consideration and are submitted pursuant to the duty of
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`disclosure under 37 C.F.R. § 1.56.
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`In submitting these references, no representation is made or
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`implied that the references are or are not material to the examination of the application. The
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`Examiner is encouraged to make his or her own determination of materiality. Pursuant to the
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`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(a)(2)(ii), copies of the U.S. patent and U.S. patent application
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`publication references are not provided, unless required by the Office.
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`In satisfaction of the duty of disclosure under 37 C.F.R. § 1.56, and as required by
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`M.P.E.P. § 2001 .06(b), the Examiner is requested to consider the following applications
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`commonly owned by the Assignee of the present application, which may include subject matter
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`similar to that of the present application:
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`(1)
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`(2)
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`U.S. patent application no. 16/215,607, filed December 10, 2018, pending; and
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`U.S. patent application no. 16/247,335, filed January 14, 2019, pending.
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed within three months of the filing date
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`of the application. Therefore, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(b)(1), no fees are due with respect
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`Attorney Docket No. P19347USC4
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`to this filing. However, should any such fees or petitions be required, please consider this a
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`request therefor and authorization to charge Deposit Account No. 504621 as necessary.
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`If the Examiner has any questions, please contact the undersigned.
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`Dated: January 17, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/E|issa A. Asaro/
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`Elissa A. Asaro, Registration No. 64,659
`Agent for Assignee
`USPTO Customer No. 62579
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`Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
`410 Seventeenth Street
`Suite 2200
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`Denver, Colorado 80202
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`Phone: (303) 223-1100
`Fax: (303) 223-1111
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