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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`PATENT NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKETNO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`D1006627
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`2644.0660001
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`3169
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`29/892,900
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`ISSUE DATE
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`12/05/2023
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`26111
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`7590
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`11/15/2023
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`1101 K Street, NW
`10th Floor
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`WASHINGTON, DC 20005
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`ISSUE NOTIFICATION
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`The projected patent numberandissue date are specified above. The patent will issue electronically. The
`electronically issued patentis the official patent grant pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 153. The patent may be accessed
`on or after the issue date through Patent Center at https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/. The patent will be available in
`both the public and the private sides of Patent Center. Further assistance in electronically accessing the patent,
`or about Patent Center, is available by calling the Patent Electronic Business Center at 1-888-217-9197.
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`The USPTOis implementing electronic patent issuance with a transition period, during which period the
`USPTOwill mail a ceremonial paper copy ofthe electronic patent grant to the correspondence address of
`record. Additional copies of the patent(i.e., certified and presentation copies) may be ordered for a fee from the
`USPTO’s Certified Copy Center at https://certifiedcopycenter.uspto.gov/index.html. The Certified Copy Center
`may be reachedat (800)972-6382.
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`Determination of Patent Term Extension or Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`Design patents have a term measured from the issue date of the patent and the term remains the same length
`regardless of the time that the application for the design patent was pending. Since the above-identified application
`is an application for a design patent, the patent is not eligible for Patent Term Extension or Adjustment under
`35 U.S.C. 154(b).
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`Any questions regarding the Patent Term Extension or Adjustment determination should be directed to the Office
`of Patent Legal Administrationat (571)-272-7702. Questionsrelating to issue and publication fee payments should
`be directed to the Application Assistance Unit (AAU) of the Office of Patents Stakeholder Experience (OPSE),
`Stakeholder Support Division (SSD) at (571)-272-4200.
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`IR103 (Rev. 10/09)
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`INVENTOR(s) (Please see PATENT CENTERsite https://patentcenter.uspto.gov for additional inventors):
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`Louis FILOSA, San Francisco, CA;
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`APPLICANT(s) (Please see PATENT CENTERsite https://patentcenter.uspto.gov for additional applicants):
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`Method Products, PBC, San Francisco, CA;
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`IR103 (Rev. 10/09)
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