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`APPLICATION NUMBER
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`FILING OR 371(C) DATE
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFIGE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`FIRST NAMED APPLICANT
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`ATTY. DOCKET NO./TITLE
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`29/426,082
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`06/29/2012
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`Robert Brunner
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`22552.20US2
`CONFIRMATION NO. 3839
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`25541
`PATENT ADMINISTRATOR
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`NEAL, GERBER,& EISENBERG
`SUITE 1700
`2 NORTH LASALLE STREET
`CHICAGO, IL 60602
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`FORMALITIES LETTER
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`INOUECA
`0000000552653
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`Date Mailed: 07/11/2012
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`NOTICE TO FILE MISSING PARTS OF NONPROVISIONAL APPLICATION
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`FILED UNDER37 CFR 1.53(b)
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`Filing Date Granted
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`Items Required To Avoid Abandonment:
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`An application number andfiling date have been accordedto this application. The item(s) indicated below,
`however, are missing. Applicant is given TWO MONTHSfrom the date of this Notice within whichtofile all
`required items below to avoid abandonment. Extensions of time may be obtainedbyfiling a petition accompanied
`by the extension fee under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`« The statutory basicfiling fee is missing.
`Applicant must submit $250 to complete the basicfiling fee for a non-small entity. If appropriate, applicant may
`make a written assertion of entitlement to small entity status and pay the small entity filing fee (87 CFR 1.27).
`« The oath or declaration is missing.
`A properly signed oath or declaration in compliance with 37 CFR 1.63, identifying the application by the above
`Application Number and Filing Date, is required.
`Note: If a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 is being filed, an oath or declaration in compliance with 37 CFR 1.63
`signed by all available joint inventors, or if no inventor is available by a party with sufficient proprietary interest,
`is required.
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`The applicant needs to satisfy supplemental fees problems indicated below.
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`The required item(s) identified below must be timely submitted to avoid abandonment:
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`« A surcharge (for late submission offiling fee, search fee, examination fee or oath or declaration) as set forth in
`37 CFR 1.16(f) of $130 for a non-small entity, must be submitted.
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`SUMMARYOF FEES DUE:
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`Total fee(s) required within TWO MONTHSfrom the date of this Notice is $660 for a non-small entity
`* $250 Statutory basicfiling fee.
`* $130 Surcharge.
`* The application search fee has not been paid. Applicant must submit $120 to complete the searchfee.
`* The application examination fee has not been paid. Applicant must submit $160 to complete the examination
`fee for a non-small entity.
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