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`2372
`DATE MAlLED: 10/10/2006
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO
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`Niall R. Lynam
`04/02/2004
`10/817,645
`TITLE OF INVENTION: EXTERIOR MIRROR PLANO-AUXILIARY REFLECTIVE ELEMENT ASSEMBLY
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`DONOI P—l 148
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`SMALL ENTITY
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`ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION FEE DUE
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`PREV PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`$1400
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`$300
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`$1700
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`01/10/2007
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`THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIED ABOVE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT.
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`PETITION BY THE APPLICANT. SEE 37 CFR 1.313 AND MPEP 1308.
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`THE ISSUE FEE AND PUBLICATION FEE (IF REQUIRED) MUST BE PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS FROM THE
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`1. Review the SMALL ENTITY status shown above.
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`and twice the amount of the ISSUE FEE shown above, or
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`Transmittal and pay the PUBLICATION FEE (if required) and 1/2
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`PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL
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`Complete and send this form, together with applicable fee(s), to: Mail Mail Stop ISSUE FEE
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`or E (571)-273-2885
`_—______——_—_____——~
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`through 5 should be completed where
`INSTRUCTIONS: This form should be used_for transmitting the ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required); Blocks 1
`ap ropriate. All further conespondence includrng the Patent, advance orders and'notifieation of maintenance fees wrll
`e mailed to the current corres ondence address as
`indicated unless corrected below or directed otherwise In Block I, by (a) spectfymg a new correspondence address; and/or (b) Indrcatrng a separate “ EE ADDRESS“ for
`maintenance fee notifications.
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`CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS (Note: Use Block I {many Chung; offidmss)
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`28IOI
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`7590
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`IO/I0/2006
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`VAN DYKE, GARDNER, LINN AND BURKHART, LLP
`2851 CHARLEVOIX DRIVE’ S'E'
`P.O. BOX 888695
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`GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49588-8695
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`can only Be used Ior domestic maIIIngs of _the
`Note: A certIIIcate ol_ma1lrr]
`Fee(s) Transmittal. This certI Ieate cannot be used for any other accompanying
`papers. Each additional paper, such as an assrgnment or formal drawrng, must
`ave its own certificate ofmaillng or transmissron.
`Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
`that this llice s Transmittal is} befing delpositedlwith the Unlited
`Ishereb cer1if
`ervice wit
`su Icient postage or
`Irst c ass mai
`in an enve o
`tates ostal
`addressed to the Mail Stop ISSUE FEE address above, or beIn
`facsrmllee
`transmitted to the USPTO ( 71) 273-2885, on the date indicated be ow.
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION N0.
`
`Niall R. Lynam
`04/02/2004
`|0/8|7,645
`TITLE OF INVENTION: EXTERIOR MIRROR PLANO—AUXILIARY REFLECTIVE ELEMENT ASSEMBLY
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`DONOI P-l I48
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`_
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`2833
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`SMALL ENTITY
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`ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION FEE DUE
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`PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
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`DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
`EXAMINER
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`NO
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`$1400
`ART UNIT
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`$300
`CLASS-SUBCLASS
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`'
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`$0
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`$1700
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`01/10/2007
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`SHAFER, RICKY D
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`2872
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`359-874000
`2. For printing on the patent front page, list
`l. Chan e of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
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`CFR I. 63).
`(I) the names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
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`or agents OR, alternatively,
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`D Chan e of corres ondence address (or Change of Correspondence
`Address orm PTO/ B/ I22) attached.
`(2).the name of a single firm (having as a member a
`regrstered attorney or agent) and the names of up to
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`CI "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address" Indication form
`PTO/SB/47; Rev 03-02 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer
`2 re istcred patent attorneys or agents. If no name is
`liste , no name will be printed.
`Number is required.
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`3. ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATA TO BE PRINTED ON THE PATENT (print or type)
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`2
`3
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`PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assilgnee is identified below, no assignce data will appear on the patent. If an assignee is identified below, the document has _been filed for
`recordation as set forth in 37 CF 31 1. Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.
`(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE
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`(B) RESIDENCE: (CITY and STATE OR COUNTRY)
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`Please check the appropriate assignee category or categories (will not be printed on the patent) : D Individual D Corporation or other private group entity D Government
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`4a. The following fee(s) are submitted:
`CI A check is enclosed.
`D Issue Fee
`D Payment by credit card. Form PTO—2038 is attached.
`El Publication Fee (No small entity discount permitted)
`EIThe Director is hereby authorized to charge the required feegs), any deficiency, or credit. artiy
`CI Advance Order — # ofCopies
`overpayment, to Deposrt Account Number
`enclose an extra copy of thIs orm).
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`5. Change In Entity Status (from status indicated above)
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`CI 11. Applicant claims SMALL ENTITY status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
`D b. Applicant is no longer claiming SMALL ENTITY status. Sec 37 CFR l.27(g)(2).
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`Typed or printed name
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`Date
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`Registration No.
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`an applicatIon. Confidentialltyis governed by 35 U.S.C. l22'and 37 CFR l.l4. T _Is collection is estimated to take 1 minutes to complete, including gathering, preparing, and
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office; US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`SMR USA
`Exhibit 1031
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.0i Box I450
`Alexandria, Virginia 223l3-1450
`ww.uspto.gov
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO
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`CONFIRMATION N0.
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`10/817,645
`
`04/02/2004
`
`Niall R. Lynam
`
`DONOl P-I 148
`
`2833
`
`VAN DYKE, GARDNER, LINN AND BURKHART, LLP
`2851 CHARLEVOIX DRIVE, s.E.
`
`PO. BOX 888695
`, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49588-8695
`
`SHAFER. RICKY D
`mm NUMBER
`
`2872
`DATE MAILED: lO/l0/2006
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
`(application filed on or after May-29, 2000)
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`The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 0 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after the
`mailing date of this notice and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a half
`months) after the mailing date of this notice, the Patent Term Adjustment will be 0 day(s).
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`If a' Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) was filed in the above-identified application, the filing date that
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`.32
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`10/817,645
`Examiner
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`Applicant(s)
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`LYNAM ET AL
`Art Unit
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`Ricky D. Shafer
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`2872
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`— The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed). a Notice of Allowance (PTOL—85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`1. IX This communication is responsive to 07/10/2006.
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`2. E The allowed claim(s) is/are 60-117.
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`3. E] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)—(d) or (f).
`a) I] All
`b) E] Some”
`c) I] None
`of the:
`1. E] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
`3. [I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`" Certified copies not received: _
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE “MAILING DATE" of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`- noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`4. 1:] A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION mu