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`16/266,265
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`02/04/2019
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`2658
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`FEE REC'D
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`785
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`24998
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`meet: NW
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`Washington, DC 20006-5403
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`ATTY.DOCKET.NO
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`149369-00103
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`TOT CLAHVIS IND CLAIMS
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 7067
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`FILING RECEIPT
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`Date Mailed: 02/25/2019
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`Receipt is acknowledged of this non-provisional patent application. The application will be taken up for examination
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`lnventor(s)
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`Applicant(s)
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`Mark Catchpole, Prickwillow, UNITED KINGDOM;
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`Zentian Limited, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM;
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`Power of Attorney: The patent practitioners associated with Customer Number 24998
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`Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant
`This application is a CON of 15/392,396 12/28/2016 PAT 10217460
`which is a CON of 14/309,476 06/19/2014 PAT 9536516
`which is a CON of 13/253,223 10/05/2011 PAT 8768696
`which is a CON of 12/554,607 09/04/2009 PAT 8036890
`which is a CON of 10/503,463 05/24/2005 PAT 7587319
`which is a 371 of PCT/GB2003/000459 02/04/2003
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`If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 02/21/2019
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`The country code and number of your priority application, to be used for filing abroad under the Paris Convention,
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`Projected Publication Date: 06/06/2019
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