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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`First Named Inventor: Mark W. McBride
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`- Art Unit: TBD
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`Serial No.: 17/870,171
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`Filed: July 21, 2022
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`Confirmation No.: 1312
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`For: EXPANDABLE IMPELLER PUMP
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`: Examiner: TBD
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`July 27, 2022
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`CERTIFICATION STATEMENT
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. 1.97 and 1.98 and MPEP 609, and in compliance with the
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`duty of disclosure set forth in 37 C.F.R. 1.56, Applicants submit the attached PTO/SB/08A forms
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`for consideration by the Patent and Trademark Office in the above-entitled application and to be
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`made of record therein. Copies of the references that have not been provided in accordance with
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`37 C.F.R. § 1.98(d) because they are of record in prior applications (Serial Numbers 17/084,774,
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`16/254,184, 14/622,339, 13/740,042, 13/072,624, 12/157,267, and 11/227,277) relied uponfor
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`an earlierfiling date under 35 U.S.C. § 120.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Christopher M. Goff/
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`Christopher M. Goff, Reg. No. 41,785
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