`DIRECTOR
`(202) 772-8645
`JASONE @STERNEKESSLER.COM
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`May19, 2023
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`Commissionerfor Patents
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sterne Kessler
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` STERNE KESSLER GOLDSTEIN & FOX
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`Confirmation No. 9861
`Art Unit To Be Assigned
`Attn: Mail Stop Amendment
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`Re:
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`USS. Utility Patent Application
`Application No. 18/251,261; 371(c) Date: May 1, 2023
`For:
`Conditioning Apparatus And Method
`Inventors: VAN DER NETef al.
`Our Ref: 3857.2970001
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`Commissioner:
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`Transmitted herewith for appropriate action are the following documents:
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`Information Disclosure Statement;
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`2. Form PTO/SB/08a (1 sheet)listing 3 documents (FP1-FP3);
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`3. Form PTO/SB/08b (1 sheet) listing 1 document (NPL1); and
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`4. Copies of cited documents (FP1-FP3 and NPL1).
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`In the event that extensions of time are necessary to prevent abandonmentof this patent
`application, then such extensions of time are hereby petitioned.
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`Fee payment is provided through online credit card payment. The U.S. Patent and
`Trademark Office is hereby authorized to charge any fee deficiency, or credit any overpayment,
`to our Deposit Account No. 19-0036.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Attorney for Applicant
`Registration No. 43,447
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