PTO/AIA/15 (10-17)
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`UTILITY
`PATENT APPLICATION
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`TRANSMITTAL
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`(Only for new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1.53(b}}
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`APPLICATION ELEMENTS
`See MPEP chapter 600 concerningutility patent application contents.
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`Label No.
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`ADDRESS TO:
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`4384.0010005/MSB/THN
`Dennis Mark MCDAID
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`ACCOMPANYING APPLICATION PAPERS
`[_] Fee Transmittal Form
`(PTO/SB/17 or equivalent)
`2. 10.L| Assignment PapersApplicant asserts small entity status.
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`See 37 CFR 1.27
`(cover sheet & document(s))
`3. [| Applicant certifies micro entity status. See 37 CFR 1.29.
`Nameof Assignee
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`Applicant must attach form PTO/SB/15Aor B or equivalent.
`11. [| 37 CFR 3.73(c) Statement
`4. [v] Specification
`[Total Pages 90
`(whenthereis an assignee)
`Both the claims and abstract must start on a new page.
`2. [| English Translation Document
`(See MPEP § 608.01(a}for information on the preferred arrangement}
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`5.1”]Drawing(s) (35 U.S.C.113) [Total Sheets 1 ] (if applicable)
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`6. Inventor’s Oath or Declaration
`[Total Pages 3
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`13. [| Information Disclosure Statement
`(including substitute statements under 37 CFR 1.64 and assignments
`(PTO/SB/08 or PTO-1449)
`serving as an oath or declaration under 37 CFR 1.63(e)}}[] Copiesofcitations attached
`a. [| Newly executed (original or copy)
`14. Cl Preliminary Amendment
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`b. [v] A copy fromaprior application (37 CFR 1.63(d)) 15. [| Return Receipt Postcard
`Application Data Sheet
`* See note below.
`(MPEP § 503) (Should be specifically itemized)
`See 37 CFR 1.76 (PTO/AIA/14or equivalent)
`16. [| Certified Copy of Priority Document(s)
`CD-ROM or CD-R
`(ifforeign priority is claimed)
`7 C]
`in duplicate, large table, or Computer Program (Appendix)
`Nonpublication Request
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`[] Landscape Table on CD Under35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i). Applicant must attach form PTO/SB/35
`9. Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submission
`or equivalent.
`(if applicable, items a. —c. are required)
`Other; Authorization Under 37 CFR § 1.136(a)(3);
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`a. [| Computer Readable Form (CRF)
`This patent application is being submitted under
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`b.[ | Specification SequenceListing on:
`37 CFR § 1.53(b) without the required fees and without
`i. [| CD-ROM orCD-R(2 copies); or
`paymentof any excess claim fees.
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`ii.[ | Paper
`Cc. [| Statements verifying identity of above copies
`*Note:
`(1) Benefit claims under 37 CFR 1.78 and foreign priority claims under 1.55 must be included in an Application Data Sheet (ADS).
`(2) For applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111, the application must contain an ADS specifying the applicantif the applicant is an
`assignee, person to whom the inventor is under an obligation to assign, or person who otherwise showssufficient proprietary
`interest in the matter. See 37 CFR 1.46(b).
`19. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
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`Powerof Attorney
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`18.
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`The address associated with Customer Number: 26111
`Name
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`OR [| Correspondence address below
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`Address
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`country|i elephione|email|
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`|/Matthew S. Bodenstein/
`March 13, 2023
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`(Print/tyse)|Matthew S. Bodenstein 58,885
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