Doc Code: A.NE.AFCP
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`Document Description: After Final Consideration Program Request
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`CERTIFICATION AND REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER THE
`AFTER FINAL CONSIDERATION PILOT PROGRAM 2.0
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`Practitioner Docket No.:
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`Application No.:
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`Filing Date:
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`PTO/SB/434 (3-22)
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`EVSO-027US21___|17/484,554 2021-09-24
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`Title:
`=|MOISTURE-RESISTANT EYE WEAR
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`First Named Inventor:
`Ronald D. Blum
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`forms are submitted.
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`Reissue applications and reexamination proceedingsare noteligible to participate in AFCP 2.0.
`The examiner will verify that the AFCP 2.0 submission is compliant, j.e., that the requirements of the program have been met
`(see items 1 to 7 above). For compliant submissions:
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`The examiner will review the response under 37 CFR 1.116 to determine if additional search and/or consideration
`(i) is necessitated by the amendment and (ii) could be completed within the time allotted under AFCP 2.0. If
`additional search and/or consideration is required but cannot be completed within the allotted time, the examiner
`will process the submission consistent with current practice concerning responsesafter final rejection under
`37 CFR 1.116, e.g., by mailing an advisory action.
`If the examiner determines that the amendment does not necessitate additional search and/or consideration,or if
`the examiner determines that additional search and/or consideration is required and could be completed within
`the allotted time, then the examiner will consider whether the amendmentplaces the application in condition for
`allowance(after completing the additional search and/or consideration, if required). If the examiner determines
`that the amendmentdoes notplace the application in condition for allowance, then the examiner will contact the
`applicant and request an interview.
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`The interview will be conducted by the examiner, and if the examiner does not have negotiation
`authority, a primary examiner and/or supervisory patent examiner will also participate.
`If the applicant declines the interview,or if the interview cannot be scheduled within ten (10) calendar
`days from the date that the examiner first contacts the applicant, then the examiner will proceed
`consistent with current practice concerning responsesafter final rejection under 37 CFR 1.116.
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`APPLICANT HEREBY CERTIFIES THE FOLLOWING AND REQUESTS CONSIDERATION UNDER THE AFTER FINAL CONSIDERATION PILOT
`PROGRAM 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) OF THE ACCOMPANYING RESPONSE UNDER 37 CFR 1.116.
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`1.
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`The above-identified application is (i) an original utility, plant, or design nonprovisional application filed under
`35 U.S.C. 111(a) [a continuing application (e.g., a continuation or divisional application) is filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) and is
`eligible under (i)], or (ii) an international application that has entered the national stage in compliance with 35 U.S.C. 371(c).
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`The above-identified application contains an outstandingfinal rejection.
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`Submitted herewith is a response under 37 CFR 1.116 to the outstandingfinal rejection. The response includes an
`amendmentto at least one independent claim, and the amendment does not broaden the scope of the independent claim in
`any aspect.
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`This certification and request for consideration under AFCP 2.0 is the only AFCP 2.0 certification and requestfiled in
`responseto the outstanding final rejection.
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`Applicantis willing and available to participate in any interview requested by the examiner concerning the present response.
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`This certification and requestis being filed electronically using the USPTO's patent electronic filing system.
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`Any fees that would be necessary consistent with current practice concerning responsesafter final rejection under 37 CFR
`1.116, e.g., extension of time fees, are being concurrently filed herewith. [There is no additional fee required to request
`consideration under AFCP 2.0.]
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`Byfiling this certification and request, applicant acknowledgesthe following:
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`Signature
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`Date
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`Practitioner Registration No.
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`/Christopher Max Colice/
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`2023-10-06
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`65634
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`Name (Print/Typed)
`Telephone Number
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`Christopher Max Colice|(617) 947-7280
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`Note: This form must be signed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.33. See 37 CFR 1.4(d) for signature requirements andcertifications. Submit multiple
`forms if more than one signature is required, see below*.
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`[| * Total of
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