Substitute for form 1449/PTO
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
`(Use as many sheets as necessary)
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`Equivalent of Form PTO/SB/08
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`Complete if Known
`Application Number
`29/821,054
`Filing Date on
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`2317
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`Attorney Docket Number |
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`2607,3550006(P25033USC6)
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`kRAKOWER, SUSAN E
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`Examiner
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`Number-Kind Code’(if
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`Publication Date
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`Name of Patentee orApplicant of
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`Pages, Columns, Lines, Where
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`U. S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`04-21-2015|Akana et al.
`D727,199S
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`06-09-2015|Akana et al.
`D731,346S
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`12-15-2015|Akana et al.
`D745,421S
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`02-28-2017|Akana et al.
`D779,992S
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`D847,012 s
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`04-30-2019
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`11-05-2019|Akana et al.
`D865,536 S
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`Examiner
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`Date
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`*EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whetherornot citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Drawline through citation if not in conformance and not considered. Include
`copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
`1 Applicant’s unique citation designation number(optional). 2 See Kinds Codes of USPTO Patent Documents at
`www.uspto.gov or MPEP 901.04. 3 Enter Office that issued the document, by the two-letter code (WIPO Standard ST.3). 4 For Japanese patent documents, the indication of the
`year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial number of the patent document. 5 Kind of document by the appropriate symbols as indicated on the document under
`WIPO Standard ST.16 if possible. 6 Applicant is to place a check markhere if English language Translation is attached.
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`Complete if Known
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`Substitute for form 1449/PTO
`Application Number
`29/821,054
`Filing Date
`December 27, 2021
`First Named Inventor
`Jody AKANA
`Art Unit
`2917
`Examiner Name
`KRAKOWER, SUSAN E
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
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`Equivalent of Form PTO/SB/08
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`Attorney Docket Number|2607.8550006(P25033USC6)
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`CERTIFICATION STATEMENT
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`That each item of information contained in the information disclosure statement wasfirst cited in any
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`prior to the filing of the information disclosure statement. See 37 CFR 1.97(e)(1).
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`That no item of information contained in the information disclosure statement was cited in a communication from
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`a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the person signing the
`certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained in the information disclosure
`statement was knownto anyindividual designated in 37 CFR 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of
`the information disclosure statement. See 37 CFR 1.97(e)(2).
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`See attached certification statement.
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`Fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (p) has been submitted herewith.
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`A certification statement is not submitted herewith.
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`SIGNATURE
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`Signature
`/Tracy Durkin/
`Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`2022-01-31
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