IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`In re application of:
`
`Confirmation No.2 1462
`
`Inventors: Terai et al.
`
`Applicant: Kao Corporation
`
`Art Unit: 1652
`
`App1.No.: 16/475,178
`
`35 U.S.C. § 371 Date: July 1,2019
`
`U.S. Nat'l. Ph. of PCT/JP2018/002797
`
`Examiner: Ramirez, Delia M.
`
`LA. Filed: January 29, 2018
`
`Atty. Docket: 2537.1780001/MAC
`
`For: Method of Producing Fatty
`Alcohol
`
`First Supplemental Information Disclosure Statement
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(b)
`
`Mail Stop Amendment
`
`Commissioner for Patents
`
`PO Box 1450
`
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`
`Commissioner:
`
`Listed on accompanying IDS Form PTO/SB/OSA equivalent is a document
`
`that may be considered material to the patentability of this application as defined in
`
`37 CPR. §1.56, and in compliance with the duty of disclosure requirements of 37
`
`C.F.R. §§ 1.97 and 1.98.
`
`A corrected citation for document USl is listed on the accompanying SB/08A
`
`equivalent form.
`
`In the IDS filed August 26, 2019, there is an error in the patent application
`
`publication number of Document USl. Specifically, the August 26, 2019 IDS listed
`
`

`

`_ 2 _
`
`Terai et al.
`
`App1.No. 16/475,178
`
`Document USl as being “US 2007/0044580 A1.” However, the correct publication
`
`number is “2017/0044580 A1.”
`
`This error also appeared in the pleading that accompanied the IDS, in the
`
`paragraph that explained the relationship between Document U81 and Document
`
`FPl (at page 2, first paragraph of the IDS pleading). A corrected statement is
`
`provided below.
`
`(Corrected Statement) Document FPl, WO 2015/133305 A1,
`
`is not
`
`in
`
`English. Document USl (2017/0044580 A1) is believed to be an English translation
`
`of at
`
`least
`
`the specification of document FPl because document USl
`
`is the
`
`publication of the US national phase application that published as document FPl
`
`during its international phase.
`
`Applicant and Applicant’s undersigned attorney sincerely apologize for any
`
`confusion this caused Examiner or the Office.
`
`Where the publication date of a listed document does not provide a month of
`
`publication, the year of publication of the listed document is sufficiently earlier than
`
`the effective U.S. filing date and any foreign priority date so that the month of
`
`publication is not in issue.
`
`Applicant has listed publication dates on the attached IDS Forms based on
`
`information presently available to the undersigned. However, the listed publication
`
`Atty. Dkt. N0. 2537.1780001/1VLAC
`
`

`

`- 3 _
`
`Terai et al.
`
`Appl. No. 16/475,178
`
`dates should not be construed as an admission that the information was actually
`
`published on the date indicated. Applicant reserves the right
`
`to establish the
`
`patentability of the claimed invention over any of the information provided herewith,
`
`and/or to prove that this information may not be prior art, and/or to prove that this
`
`information may not be enabling for the teachings purportedly offered.
`
`This statement should not be construed as a representation that a search has
`
`been made, or that information more material to the examination of the present patent
`
`application does not exist. The Examiner is specifically requested not to rely solely
`
`on the material submitted herewith.
`
`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed before the mailing date
`
`of a first Office action on the merits. No statement or fee is required.
`
`It is respectfully requested that the Examiner initial and return a copy of the
`
`enclosed IDS Form, and indicate in the official file wrapper of this patent application
`
`that the documents have been considered. The US. Patent and Trademark Office is
`
`hereby authorized to charge any fee deficiency, or credit any overpayment, to our
`
`Deposit Account No. 19-0036.
`
`Atty. Dkt. No. 2537.1780001/MAC
`
`

`

`- 4 -
`
`Terai et al.
`
`Appl. No. 16/475,178
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`
`fim.’ W4... A 4:88,}z’wmw
`
`Michele A. Cimbala
`
`Attorney for Applicant
`Registration No. 33,851
`
`Date: $81,881.81“, £88 81:: 11
`
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W
`Washington, D. C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
`mcimba1a@sternekessler.com
`
`138880804
`
`Atty. Dkt. No. 2537.1780001/MAC
`
`

This document is available on Docket Alarm but you must sign up to view it.


Or .

Accessing this document will incur an additional charge of $.

After purchase, you can access this document again without charge.

Accept $ Charge

This document could not be displayed.

We could not find this document within its docket. Please go back to the docket page and check the link. If that does not work, go back to the docket and refresh it to pull the newest information.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

You need a Paid Account to view this document. Click here to change your account type.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

Set your membership status to view this document.

With a Docket Alarm membership, you'll get a whole lot more, including:

  • Up-to-date information for this case.
  • Email alerts whenever there is an update.
  • Full text search for other cases.
  • Get email alerts whenever a new case matches your search.

Become a Member

One Moment Please

The filing “” is large (MB) and is being downloaded.

Please refresh this page in a few minutes to see if the filing has been downloaded. The filing will also be emailed to you when the download completes.

Your document is on its way!

If you do not receive the document in five minutes, contact support at support@docketalarm.com.

Sealed Document

We are unable to display this document, it may be under a court ordered seal.

If you have proper credentials to access the file, you may proceed directly to the court's system using your government issued username and password.


Access Government Site

We are redirecting you
to a mobile optimized page.