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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Addl'fiss. COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, ViJgLnia 22313-1450
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`APPLICATION
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`FILING or
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`16/182,206
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`11/06/2018
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`3672
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`FEE REC'D
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`2865
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`ATTY.DOCKET.NO
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`P-123706.7(UTI)(CIP3)
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`TOT CLAHVIS IND CLAIMS
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`30544
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`Suite 2400
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`San Antonio, TX 78205
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 3976
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`UPDATED FILING RECEIPT
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`Date Mailed: 08/09/2019
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`Receipt is acknowledged of this non-provisional utility patent application. The application will be taken up for
`examination in due course. Applicant will be notified as to the results of the examination. Any correspondence
`concerning the application must include the following identification information: the US. APPLICATION NUMBER,
`FILING DATE, NAME OF FIRST INVENTOR, and TITLE OF INVENTION. Fees transmitted by check or draft are
`subject to collection.
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`Please verify the accuracy of the data presented on this receipt. If an error is noted on this Filing Receipt, please
`submit a written request for a corrected Filing Receipt, including a properly marked-up ADS showing the changes
`with strike-through for deletions and underlining for additions. If you received a "Notice to File Missing Parts" or
`other Notice requiring a response for this application, please submit any request for correction to this Filing Receipt
`with your reply to the Notice. When the USPTO processes the reply to the Notice, the USPTO will generate another
`Filing Receipt incorporating the requested corrections provided that the request is grantable.
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`lnventor(s)
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`Applicant(s)
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`W. Lynn Frazier, Corpus Christi, TX;
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`MAGNUM OIL TOOLS INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Corpus Christi, TX;
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`Power of Attorney: The patent practitioners associated with Customer Number 30544
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
`This application is a CIP of 15/672,790 08/09/2017
`which claims benefit of 62/372,550 08/09/2016
`and claims benefit of 62/374,454 08/12/2016
`and claims benefit of 62/406,195 10/10/2016
`and is a CIP of 15/403,739 01/11/2017 PAT 10337279
`which is a CIP of 15/189,090 06/22/2016 PAT 10352125
`which is a CIP of 14/677,242 04/02/2015 PAT 10119359
`which claims benefit of 61/974,065 04/02/2014
`and claims benefit of 62/003,616 05/28/2014
`and claims benefit of 62/019,679 07/01/2014
`and is a CIP of 13/893,205 05/13/2013 PAT 9127527
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`Foreign Applications for which priority is claimed (You may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highway program at the USPTO. Please see http://www.uspto.gov for more information.) - None.
`Foreign application information must be provided in an Application Data Sheet in order to constitute a claim to
`foreign priority. See 37 CFR 1.55 and 1.76.
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`Permission to Access Application via Priority Document Exchange: Yes
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`Permission to Access Search Results: Yes
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`Applicant may provide or rescind an authorization for access using Form PTO/SB/39 or Form PTO/SB/69 as
`appropriate.
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`If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 12/03/2018
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`The country code and number of your priority application, to be used for filing abroad under the Paris Convention,
`is US 16/182,206
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`Projected Publication Date: Not Applicable
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`Non-Publication Request: No
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`Early Publication Request: No
`Title
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`DISSOLVABLE ALUMINUM DOWNHOLE PLUG
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`Preliminary Class
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`166
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`Statement under 37 CFR 1.55 or 1.78 for NA (First Inventor to File) Transition Applications: No
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`PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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`Since the rights granted by a US. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have no
`effect in a foreign country, an inventor who wishes patent protection in another country must apply for a patent
`in a specific country or in regional patent offices. Applicants may wish to consider the filing of an international
`application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). An international (PCT) application generally has the same
`effect as a regular national patent application in each PCT-member country. The PCT process simplifies the filing
`of patent applications on the same invention in member countries, but does not result in a grant of "an international
`patent" and does not eliminate the need of applicants to file additional documents and fees in countries where patent
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`Almost every country has its own patent law, and a person desiring a patent in a particular country must make an
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`Applicants also are advised that in the case of inventions made in the United States, the Director of the USPTO must
`issue a license before applicants can apply for a patent in a foreign country. The filing of a US. patent application
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`to consult the US. Government website, http://www.stopfakes.gov. Part of a Department of Commerce initiative,
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`Title 35, United States Code, Section 184
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`Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, 5.11 & 5.15
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