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`First NamedInventor: Antonius Johannus VAN—Confirmation No.: 7o Be Assigned
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`Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
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`Art Unit: To Be Assigned
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`Application No.: Zo Be Assigned
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`Examiner: 7o Be Assigned
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`371(c) Date: To Be Assigned
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`Atty. Docket: 3857.2970001
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`(U.S. National Phase ofInt'l Appl. No.
`PCT/EP2021/078531; Int’l Filing Date: October
`14, 2021)
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`Title: CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD
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`Preliminary Amendment Under 37 C.ER.§ 1.115
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`Commissionerfor Patents
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`Commissioner:
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`Mail Stop Amendment
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`In advance of prosecution, Applicant submits the following amendments and remarks.
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`It is not believed that extensions of time are required beyond those that may otherwise be
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`provided for in documents accompanying this paper. However, if additional extensions of time are
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`necessary to prevent abandonmentof this application, then such extensionsof time are hereby
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`petitioned under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a), and any additional fees required to continue prosecution or
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`appeal of this application (including issue fee, fees for net addition of claims, or forwarding to
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`appeal) are hereby authorized to be charged to our Deposit Account No. 19-0036.
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