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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
`Mark Thompson,etal.
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`Group Art Unit: 1786
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`Confirmation No.: 3427
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`Application No.: 17/528,258
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`Examiner: Clark, Gregory D.
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`Filed: November 17, 2021
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`Attorney Docket No.:
`206157-0074-00US
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`Title: Tandem Carbene Phosphors
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`RESPONSE TO RESTRICTION REQUIREMENT
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`This Response serves to address the Restriction Requirement mailed on September 30,
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`2024, in connection with the above-referenced application. This Responseis timely filed
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`(November 30 and December1 being a Saturday and a Sunday, respectively).
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`Nofeeis believed due forfiling of this Response. Please charge any fee that is due, and
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`credit any overpayment, to deposit account no. 50-5366.
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 17/528,258
`Response to Restriction Requirement mailed on September 30, 2024
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`Currently, claims 1-19 are pending in the application.
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`REMARKS
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`Response to Species Election
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`Responsive to the Species Election Requirement, Applicants hereby elect the following
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`Applicants elect this species without prejudice to the inclusion of the subject matter of the
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`non-elected species in any later filed continuing application(s), and with the understandingthat if
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`generic claims of Applicants’ invention are found to be patentable, that the Examiner expand the
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`examination to the non-elected species. This election is made without traverse. Applicants
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`respectfully submit that claims 1-19 read on the elected species.
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 17/528,258
`Response to Restriction Requirement mailed on September 30, 2024
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`Summary
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`Early consideration and allowance of the claims in the present application is requested at
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`the earliest possible time.
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`December2, 2024
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`By:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Mark Thompson,etal.
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`/Scott E. Allen/
`Scott E. Allen, Ph.D.
`Registration No. 77,278
`Riverside Law, LLP
`175 Strafford Ave, Suite 100
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`215-268-3871 (fax)
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`Agentfor Applicants
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