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`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
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`By:
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`/Sherbonne Barnes-Anderson/
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`PATENT
`Attorney Docket No . 094868-1076189'107340US
`Chent Ref. No.: BRP00785-LSG-DBC-4550
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
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`Confirmation No.: 4719
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`Serge Saxonov
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`Examiner:
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`Application No: 16/223,416
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`Technology Center/Art Unit:
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`Filed: December 18, 2018
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`For: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`FOR NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS
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`Customer No: 142801
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`Mail Stop Amendment
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Commissioner:
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`Prior to examination of the above-referenced application, please enter the following
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`amendments and consider the following remarks:
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which begins on page 2
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`of this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 4 of this paper.
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