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 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICEPrint Table of Contents 1417 OG 1 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

August 04, 2015Volume 1417Number 1

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1417 OG 2
• Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1417 OG 6
• Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1417 OG 7
• Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 07/06/20151417 OG 37
• Reissue Applications Filed1417 OG 38
• Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1417 OG 40
• Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1417 OG 41
• Registration to Practice1417 OG 46
• Notice of Exclusion on Consent1417 OG 48
• Status of Public Records Division1417 OG 49
• Notice of Suspension1417 OG 51
• United States Patent and Trademark Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program1417 OG 52
• The Japan Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO1417 OG 63
• Arrangement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office Concerning Action of the Japan Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office1417 OG 64
• Arrangement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office Concerning Action of the Japan Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for Certain International Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office Annex A1417 OG 67
• United States Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program1417 OG 68
• Errata1417 OG 79
• Erratum1417 OG 83
• Certificates of Correction1417 OG 84
• AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board1417 OG 86
• Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1417 OG 87

• Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
• Patent Technology Centers


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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 61, on August 13, 2013. For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT Applicants' Guide. European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching Authority (ISA) or the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America. The EPO, effective January 1, 2015, no longer has any limitations concerning its competency to act as an ISA. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 61 on March 10, 2015. Previously, the EPO would not act as an ISA and would not carry out an international search for any application which contained one or more claims relating to the field of business methods. As of January 1, 2015, U.S. applicants filing their international applications with the USPTO or the IB as receiving Office may select the EPO to act as the ISA without restrictions. In applications containing claims relating to business methods where the subject matter of the application also contains technical features, the EPO will perform a search for those parts of the application which are more than mere business methods. However, the EPO will issue a declaration under PCT Rule 17(2)(a) that no ISR will be established whenever an application relates only to a business method as such. The EPO will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA. The search fee of the European Patent Office was changed, effective April 1, 2015, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 229, on March 31, 2015. Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority The Korean Intellectual Property Office may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G. 1261 on January 17, 2006. The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was changed, effective January 1, 2015, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1409 O.G. 243, on December 30, 2014. Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 265, on December 23, 2008. However, the use of IP Australia is restricted. IP Australia will not act as an ISA if it has received more than 250 international applications from the USPTO during a fiscal quarter, as indicated in the Official Gazette at 1409 O.G. 302 on December 30, 2014. IP Australia will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA. The search fee of IP Australia was changed, effective April 1, 2015, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 229, on March 31, 2015.
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 The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia as Searching and Examining Authority The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1378 O.G. 162, on May 8, 2012. The search fee of Rospatent was changed, effective April 1, 2015, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 229 on March 31, 2015. Israel Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority The Israel Patent Office (ILPO) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1408 O.G. 52, on November 4, 2014. However, the use of the ILPO is restricted. The ILPO will not act as an ISA for applications with one or more claims relating to a business method as defined by certain International Patent Classification classes nor will the ILPO act as an ISA where it has received more than 75 international applications from the USPTO during a fiscal quarter, as indicated in the Official Gazette at 1408 O.G. 52 on November 4, 2014. For the definition of what the ILPO considers to be precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, see Annex B of the Agreement between the Israel Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/notices/ilpo_isa-ipea.pdf). The ILPO will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA. The search fee of ILPO was changed, effective March 1, 2015, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 60 on March 10, 2015. Fees The transmittal fee for the USPTO was changed to include a basic portion and a non-electronic filing fee portion, effective November 15, 2011, and was announced in the Federal Register on November 15, 2011. Search fees for the USPTO were changed, effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on November 12, 2008. The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the right of priority was established, effective November 9, 2007, and was announced in the Federal Register on September 10, 2007. International filing fees were changed, effective January 1, 2015, and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1409 O.G. 243, on December 30, 2014. The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of April 1, 2015, is as follows: International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees: Transmittal fee Basic Portion - Fee $240.00 - Small Entity Fee $120.00 - Micro Entity Fee $60.00 Non-electronic filing fee portion for International
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 applications (other than plant applications) filed on or after 15 November 2011 other than by the Office electronic filing system - Fee $400.00 - Small Entity Fee $200.00 - Micro Entity Fee $200.00 Search fee U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as International Searching Authority (ISA) - Search fee - Fee $2,080.00 - Small Entity Fee $1,040.00 - Micro Entity Fee $520.00 - Supplemental search fee, per additional invention (payable only upon invitation) - Fee $2,080.00 - Small Entity Fee $1,040.00 - Micro Entity Fee $520.00 European Patent Office as ISA - Fee $2,125.00 - Small Entity Fee $2,125.00 - Micro Entity Fee $2,125.00 Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA - Fee $1,219.00 - Small Entity Fee $1,219.00 - Micro Entity Fee $1,219.00 IP Australia as ISA - Fee $1,789.00 - Small Entity Fee $1,789.00 - Micro Entity Fee $1,789.00 Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent) as ISA - Fee $426.00 - Small Entity Fee $426.00 - Micro Entity Fee $426.00 Israel Patent Office - Fee $909.00 - Small Entity Fee $909.00 - Micro Entity Fee $909.00 International Fees International filing fee - Fee $1,384.00 - Small Entity Fee $1,384.00 - Micro Entity Fee $1,384.00 International filing fee-filed in paper with PCT EASY zip file or electronically without PCT EASY zip file - Fee $1,280.00 - Small Entity Fee $1,280.00 - Micro Entity Fee $1,280.00 International filing fee-filed electronically with PCT EASY zip files - Fee $1,176.00 - Small Entity Fee $1,176.00 - Micro Entity Fee $1.176.00 Supplemental fee for each page over 30 - Fee $16.00 - Small Entity Fee $16.00 - Micro Entity Fee $16.00 Restoration of Priority
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 Filing a request for the restoration of the right of priority under § 1.452 - Fee $1,700.00 - Small Entity Fee $850.00 - Micro Entity Fee $850.00 International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination Handling fee - Fee $208.00 - Small Entity Fee $208.00 - Micro Entity Fee $208.00 Handling fee-90% reduction, if Applicants meet criteria specified at http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf - Fee $20.80 - Small Entity Fee $20.80 - Micro Entity Fee $20.80 Preliminary examination fee USPTO as International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I - Fee $600.00 - Small Entity Fee $300.00 - Micro Entity Fee $150.00 - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I - Fee $760.00 - Small Entity Fee $380.00 - Micro Entity Fee $190.00 - Additional preliminary examination fee, per additional invention (payable only upon invitation) - Fee $600.00 - Small Entity Fee $300.00 - Micro Entity Fee $150.00 U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's Web site (www.uspto.gov). March 10, 2015 MARK POWELL Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
 Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e) for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant. Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on July 24, 2012 for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges: Utility Patents 8,225,419 through 8,230,518 Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents. Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on July 22, 2008 for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges: Utility Patents 7,401,363 through 7,404,212 Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents. Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on July 20, 2004 for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid. The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges: Utility Patents 6,763,524 through 6,766,528 Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents. No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents. Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically over the Internet should be mailed to "Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Attn: Maintenance Fees, 2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314". Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed to "Mail Stop M Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450". Patent owners must establish small or micro entity status according to 37 CFR 1.27 or 1.29 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small or micro entity amount. The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO web-site at www.uspto.gov.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
 Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee 35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first maintenance fee which was not paid. According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge. PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON June 17, 2015 DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES Patent Application Issue Number Number Date 6,578,206 10/286,247 06/17/03 6,578,212 09/989,150 06/17/03 6,578,215 09/675,911 06/17/03 6,578,223 10/077,004 06/17/03 6,578,227 09/805,710 06/17/03 6,578,233 09/668,659 06/17/03 6,578,237 10/032,274 06/17/03 6,578,242 09/903,530 06/17/03 6,578,252 09/749,579 06/17/03 6,578,258 10/155,708 06/17/03 6,578,265 10/237,835 06/17/03 6,578,266 09/880,414 06/17/03 6,578,268 09/910,280 06/17/03 6,578,271 09/723,199 06/17/03 6,578,276 09/782,491 06/17/03 6,578,277 10/013,547 06/17/03 6,578,283 09/812,490 06/17/03 6,578,285 09/881,539 06/17/03 6,578,286 09/782,747 06/17/03 6,578,288 09/893,908 06/17/03 6,578,289 10/015,397 06/17/03 6,578,291 09/875,693 06/17/03 6,578,292 09/784,365 06/17/03 6,578,296 09/994,750 06/17/03 6,578,300 09/849,066 06/17/03 6,578,310 10/076,541 06/17/03 6,578,314 09/994,558 06/17/03 6,578,315 09/680,372 06/17/03 6,578,320 10/121,973 06/17/03 6,578,321 09/866,852 06/17/03 6,578,325 09/971,722 06/17/03 6,578,338 09/546,918 06/17/03 6,578,341 09/837,533 06/17/03 6,578,346 09/488,219 06/17/03 6,578,349 09/923,686 06/17/03 6,578,356 09/975,497 06/17/03 6,578,358 09/676,416 06/17/03 6,578,361 09/943,496 06/17/03 6,578,362 09/567,241 06/17/03 6,578,365 10/108,450 06/17/03 6,578,373 09/878,571 06/17/03 6,578,377 10/095,993 06/17/03 6,578,389 10/048,976 06/17/03 6,578,394 09/947,679 06/17/03 6,578,400 09/763,973 06/17/03 6,578,402 09/821,424 06/17/03 6,578,411 09/682,973 06/17/03
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 6,578,426 09/987,349 06/17/03 6,578,430 09/556,970 06/17/03 6,578,437 09/744,539 06/17/03 6,578,438 09/932,429 06/17/03 6,578,439 10/196,869 06/17/03 6,578,444 09/711,414 06/17/03 6,578,456 09/838,534 06/17/03 6,578,457 09/778,439 06/17/03 6,578,467 09/856,879 06/17/03 6,578,469 09/837,684 06/17/03 6,578,470 09/891,915 06/17/03 6,578,474 09/600,552 06/17/03 6,578,478 09/555,182 06/17/03 6,578,479 09/815,694 06/17/03 6,578,481 09/213,726 06/17/03 6,578,483 09/850,045 06/17/03 6,578,484 09/880,108 06/17/03 6,578,485 09/930,814 06/17/03 6,578,495 09/722,068 06/17/03 6,578,499 09/790,380 06/17/03 6,578,500 09/967,394 06/17/03 6,578,504 09/875,834 06/17/03 6,578,508 10/078,198 06/17/03 6,578,509 10/236,152 06/17/03 6,578,511 09/976,337 06/17/03 6,578,516 09/868,162 06/17/03 6,578,517 09/783,164 06/17/03 6,578,522 09/623,763 06/17/03 6,578,534 10/228,988 06/17/03 6,578,545 09/856,226 06/17/03 6,578,550 09/786,538 06/17/03 6,578,551 10/218,112 06/17/03 6,578,553 09/719,253 06/17/03 6,578,555 10/079,672 06/17/03 6,578,559 09/944,914 06/17/03 6,578,567 09/998,771 06/17/03 6,578,570 09/462,324 06/17/03 6,578,572 09/992,194 06/17/03 6,578,573 10/025,141 06/17/03 6,578,574 09/647,240 06/17/03 6,578,578 09/543,815 06/17/03 6,578,584 09/577,919 06/17/03 6,578,585 09/792,116 06/17/03 6,578,599 09/890,942 06/17/03 6,578,600 09/702,312 06/17/03 6,578,601 09/950,482 06/17/03 6,578,605 09/893,232 06/17/03 6,578,606 09/921,292 06/17/03 6,578,608 10/052,134 06/17/03 6,578,609 10/194,599 06/17/03 6,578,612 09/468,939 06/17/03 6,578,615 09/528,364 06/17/03 6,578,620 09/711,667 06/17/03 6,578,637 09/626,663 06/17/03 6,578,647 09/915,014 06/17/03 6,578,650 09/883,594 06/17/03 6,578,651 09/898,170 06/17/03 6,578,658 09/758,710 06/17/03 6,578,662 10/104,857 06/17/03 6,578,664 09/721,292 06/17/03 6,578,666 10/080,966 06/17/03 6,578,668 09/885,504 06/17/03 6,578,680 10/147,684 06/17/03 6,578,681 10/163,755 06/17/03 6,578,692 10/023,001 06/17/03 6,578,695 09/600,927 06/17/03
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 6,578,700 10/180,229 06/17/03 6,578,704 10/065,777 06/17/03 6,578,706 09/972,635 06/17/03 6,578,712 10/057,231 06/17/03 6,578,714 09/755,732 06/17/03 6,578,724 10/040,846 06/17/03 6,578,732 10/017,331 06/17/03 6,578,734 10/040,824 06/17/03 6,578,744 09/814,358 06/17/03 6,578,745 09/996,188 06/17/03 6,578,748 09/384,990 06/17/03 6,578,759 10/134,247 06/17/03 6,578,766 09/746,140 06/17/03 6,578,771 10/059,930 06/17/03 6,578,775 10/109,851 06/17/03 6,578,779 09/874,595 06/17/03 6,578,783 09/875,225 06/17/03 6,578,785 10/054,820 06/17/03 6,578,794 09/724,063 06/17/03 6,578,801 09/756,424 06/17/03 6,578,812 09/756,032 06/17/03 6,578,813 09/575,253 06/17/03 6,578,816 09/549,259 06/17/03 6,578,827 09/797,269 06/17/03 6,578,828 09/967,678 06/17/03 6,578,838 09/820,741 06/17/03 6,578,839 09/762,492 06/17/03 6,578,840 09/185,570 06/17/03 6,578,841 09/892,582 06/17/03 6,578,842 09/898,982 06/17/03 6,578,843 10/214,689 06/17/03 6,578,851 09/693,098 06/17/03 6,578,853 09/747,665 06/17/03 6,578,861 10/043,667 06/17/03 6,578,865 09/698,803 06/17/03 6,578,869 09/817,520 06/17/03 6,578,870 09/900,282 06/17/03 6,578,872 09/906,086 06/17/03 6,578,873 09/906,611 06/17/03 6,578,875 09/987,263 06/17/03 6,578,876 10/001,277 06/17/03 6,578,878 09/739,480 06/17/03 6,578,893 09/968,364 06/17/03 6,578,896 10/235,209 06/17/03 6,578,897 09/797,160 06/17/03 6,578,899 10/117,066 06/17/03 6,578,904 10/129,278 06/17/03 6,578,905 10/141,467 06/17/03 6,578,910 09/793,177 06/17/03 6,578,913 09/916,693 06/17/03 6,578,914 09/812,190 06/17/03 6,578,923 10/079,424 06/17/03 6,578,931 10/177,103 06/17/03 6,578,934 09/903,789 06/17/03 6,578,935 10/103,019 06/17/03 6,578,936 09/722,226 06/17/03 6,578,937 09/971,996 06/17/03 6,578,940 09/912,981 06/17/03 6,578,943 10/004,147 06/17/03 6,578,945 09/973,319 06/17/03 6,578,947 09/721,691 06/17/03 6,578,948 10/066,622 06/17/03 6,578,951 09/210,550 06/17/03 6,578,954 10/118,805 06/17/03 6,578,955 09/981,281 06/17/03 6,578,957 10/123,257 06/17/03
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 10 

 6,578,959 09/608,597 06/17/03 6,578,965 09/895,067 06/17/03 6,578,967 09/809,536 06/17/03 6,578,973 09/940,846 06/17/03 6,578,981 09/969,554 06/17/03 6,578,988 09/850,603 06/17/03 6,578,995 09/727,551 06/17/03 6,578,996 10/014,504 06/17/03 6,579,000 09/758,501 06/17/03 6,579,001 09/735,744 06/17/03 6,579,004 09/439,045 06/17/03 6,579,007 09/534,368 06/17/03 6,579,008 09/851,846 06/17/03 6,579,021 09/953,196 06/17/03 6,579,028 09/913,066 06/17/03 6,579,031 09/849,827 06/17/03 6,579,033 09/947,200 06/17/03 6,579,037 09/908,826 06/17/03 6,579,044 09/708,359 06/17/03 6,579,047 09/774,101 06/17/03 6,579,055 09/994,345 06/17/03 6,579,058 09/470,471 06/17/03 6,579,060 09/635,091 06/17/03 6,579,061 09/916,352 06/17/03 6,579,062 09/924,533 06/17/03 6,579,064 09/968,421 06/17/03 6,579,069 10/012,951 06/17/03 6,579,070 09/869,189 06/17/03 6,579,076 09/766,660 06/17/03 6,579,079 09/965,061 06/17/03 6,579,086 09/791,148 06/17/03 6,579,090 10/086,058 06/17/03 6,579,093 09/877,979 06/17/03 6,579,096 09/924,405 06/17/03 6,579,100 09/696,171 06/17/03 6,579,101 09/846,964 06/17/03 6,579,108 09/981,201 06/17/03 6,579,112 10/108,124 06/17/03 6,579,117 09/394,777 06/17/03 6,579,123 10/081,850 06/17/03 6,579,131 08/922,222 06/17/03 6,579,137 10/198,830 06/17/03 6,579,139 09/248,101 06/17/03 6,579,143 10/207,452 06/17/03 6,579,154 09/875,025 06/17/03 6,579,162 09/738,798 06/17/03 6,579,163 08/607,549 06/17/03 6,579,170 09/928,915 06/17/03 6,579,171 09/953,652 06/17/03 6,579,178 09/578,261 06/17/03 6,579,179 09/819,175 06/17/03 6,579,192 09/846,275 06/17/03 6,579,194 09/659,372 06/17/03 6,579,196 09/356,290 06/17/03 6,579,207 10/058,287 06/17/03 6,579,209 09/591,823 06/17/03 6,579,210 09/655,202 06/17/03 6,579,217 09/913,335 06/17/03 6,579,220 09/739,070 06/17/03 6,579,222 09/730,128 06/17/03 6,579,244 10/280,305 06/17/03 6,579,245 09/684,439 06/17/03 6,579,249 09/949,981 06/17/03 6,579,252 10/109,967 06/17/03 6,579,259 09/344,543 06/17/03 6,579,262 09/490,832 06/17/03
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 11 

 6,579,271 09/779,796 06/17/03 6,579,272 09/309,283 06/17/03 6,579,273 09/903,829 06/17/03 6,579,274 09/651,914 06/17/03 6,579,277 09/663,017 06/17/03 6,579,279 09/665,328 06/17/03 6,579,281 09/893,141 06/17/03 6,579,284 10/122,962 06/17/03 6,579,286 09/635,443 06/17/03 6,579,290 09/555,398 06/17/03 6,579,298 09/514,664 06/17/03 6,579,301 09/716,008 06/17/03 6,579,303 10/193,969 06/17/03 6,579,308 09/724,731 06/17/03 6,579,313 10/051,637 06/17/03 6,579,316 09/800,406 06/17/03 6,579,317 09/933,619 06/17/03 6,579,318 09/592,072 06/17/03 6,579,320 09/857,663 06/17/03 6,579,321 09/572,057 06/17/03 6,579,326 09/791,822 06/17/03 6,579,329 08/650,549 06/17/03 6,579,331 09/432,547 06/17/03 6,579,345 09/868,555 06/17/03 6,579,347 09/635,958 06/17/03 6,579,351 09/977,149 06/17/03 6,579,357 10/143,902 06/17/03 6,579,360 09/905,509 06/17/03 6,579,361 09/932,255 06/17/03 6,579,362 09/815,508 06/17/03 6,579,364 10/104,312 06/17/03 6,579,367 10/209,565 06/17/03 6,579,370 09/852,176 06/17/03 6,579,373 10/271,551 06/17/03 6,579,377 10/228,416 06/17/03 6,579,378 09/959,432 06/17/03 6,579,393 09/837,891 06/17/03 6,579,397 08/402,956 06/17/03 6,579,416 09/679,988 06/17/03 6,579,424 09/775,527 06/17/03 6,579,425 09/906,881 06/17/03 6,579,426 08/857,921 06/17/03 6,579,428 09/963,763 06/17/03 6,579,430 10/012,081 06/17/03 6,579,437 09/769,251 06/17/03 6,579,438 09/720,248 06/17/03 6,579,445 09/872,664 06/17/03 6,579,450 09/975,222 06/17/03 6,579,453 09/162,663 06/17/03 6,579,456 09/850,926 06/17/03 6,579,465 09/668,126 06/17/03 6,579,470 09/605,046 06/17/03 6,579,474 09/782,384 06/17/03 6,579,475 09/731,949 06/17/03 6,579,492 09/947,981 06/17/03 6,579,493 09/980,741 06/17/03 6,579,500 10/179,054 06/17/03 6,579,503 09/660,646 06/17/03 6,579,505 10/192,720 06/17/03 6,579,506 09/816,392 06/17/03 6,579,509 09/716,401 06/17/03 6,579,511 09/811,316 06/17/03 6,579,516 09/724,783 06/17/03 6,579,518 09/765,576 06/17/03 6,579,527 09/946,239 06/17/03 6,579,530 10/125,656 06/17/03
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 12 

 6,579,533 09/449,667 06/17/03 6,579,535 09/811,494 06/17/03 6,579,536 09/869,033 06/17/03 6,579,542 09/517,344 06/17/03 6,579,565 10/184,968 06/17/03 6,579,566 08/999,803 06/17/03 6,579,568 10/014,376 06/17/03 6,579,569 09/795,793 06/17/03 6,579,580 09/488,293 06/17/03 6,579,583 09/991,826 06/17/03 6,579,584 09/208,900 06/17/03 6,579,590 09/991,321 06/17/03 6,579,591 09/885,353 06/17/03 6,579,592 09/324,754 06/17/03 6,579,599 09/618,429 06/17/03 6,579,600 08/686,495 06/17/03 6,579,603 09/638,667 06/17/03 6,579,610 09/830,041 06/17/03 6,579,611 09/857,105 06/17/03 6,579,613 09/684,432 06/17/03 6,579,616 09/280,808 06/17/03 6,579,617 10/187,280 06/17/03 6,579,620 09/992,604 06/17/03 6,579,621 08/430,632 06/17/03 6,579,625 09/695,467 06/17/03 6,579,627 09/564,120 06/17/03 6,579,630 09/732,511 06/17/03 6,579,634 09/746,441 06/17/03 6,579,635 09/916,660 06/17/03 6,579,643 09/447,772 06/17/03 6,579,647 09/732,387 06/17/03 6,579,649 09/248,914 06/17/03 6,579,653 09/914,614 06/17/03 6,579,654 09/979,698 06/17/03 6,579,656 09/896,690 06/17/03 6,579,662 09/947,112 06/17/03 6,579,663 10/037,111 06/17/03 6,579,674 10/112,547 06/17/03 6,579,678 09/693,350 06/17/03 6,579,680 09/795,158 06/17/03 6,579,682 09/265,222 06/17/03 6,579,684 09/262,213 06/17/03 6,579,688 09/737,635 06/17/03 6,579,691 08/817,832 06/17/03 6,579,700 09/529,727 06/17/03 6,579,701 09/738,946 06/17/03 6,579,702 09/285,385 06/17/03 6,579,725 09/518,102 06/17/03 6,579,731 09/995,769 06/17/03 6,579,734 09/910,953 06/17/03 6,579,745 09/803,684 06/17/03 6,579,764 10/222,299 06/17/03 6,579,765 09/657,432 06/17/03 6,579,767 09/727,583 06/17/03 6,579,776 10/083,116 06/17/03 6,579,777 08/587,417 06/17/03 6,579,783 09/900,759 06/17/03 6,579,793 09/820,224 06/17/03 6,579,800 09/976,469 06/17/03 6,579,801 09/997,986 06/17/03 6,579,802 09/672,411 06/17/03 6,579,805 09/225,922 06/17/03 6,579,808 10/067,955 06/17/03 6,579,811 09/745,918 06/17/03 6,579,814 09/236,864 06/17/03 6,579,815 09/507,822 06/17/03
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 13 

 6,579,817 09/838,963 06/17/03 6,579,821 09/593,186 06/17/03 6,579,840 09/807,389 06/17/03 6,579,842 09/742,693 06/17/03 6,579,846 09/474,827 06/17/03 6,579,852 09/909,547 06/17/03 6,579,854 09/073,661 06/17/03 6,579,859 10/165,917 06/17/03 6,579,863 09/689,851 06/17/03 6,579,879 10/104,664 06/17/03 6,579,881 09/859,517 06/17/03 6,579,882 09/799,729 06/17/03 6,579,885 10/091,949 06/17/03 6,579,887 09/900,401 06/17/03 6,579,893 09/102,164 06/17/03 6,579,900 10/068,588 06/17/03 6,579,903 10/000,450 06/17/03 6,579,908 10/100,528 06/17/03 6,579,909 09/666,567 06/17/03 6,579,911 09/744,005 06/17/03 6,579,914 09/617,580 06/17/03 6,579,915 09/771,764 06/17/03 6,579,925 09/506,077 06/17/03 6,579,927 09/445,352 06/17/03 6,579,938 09/734,294 06/17/03 6,579,939 09/775,623 06/17/03 6,579,954 09/252,969 06/17/03 6,579,972 09/393,212 06/17/03 6,579,973 09/433,826 06/17/03 6,579,979 09/860,437 06/17/03 6,579,988 10/245,949 06/17/03 6,579,989 10/009,707 06/17/03 6,579,990 09/933,075 06/17/03 6,579,994 09/821,783 06/17/03 6,580,002 10/216,579 06/17/03 6,580,008 09/964,169 06/17/03 6,580,012 09/547,354 06/17/03 6,580,014 09/831,269 06/17/03 6,580,021 09/917,552 06/17/03 6,580,022 09/933,813 06/17/03 6,580,025 09/921,954 06/17/03 6,580,030 09/889,684 06/17/03 6,580,032 10/051,361 06/17/03 6,580,038 09/711,492 06/17/03 6,580,039 09/804,228 06/17/03 6,580,040 10/011,814 06/17/03 6,580,041 10/041,107 06/17/03 6,580,042 10/096,566 06/17/03 6,580,043 09/898,188 06/17/03 6,580,052 09/890,555 06/17/03 6,580,053 09/653,484 06/17/03 6,580,059 09/684,981 06/17/03 6,580,062 09/865,465 06/17/03 6,580,072 09/564,058 06/17/03 6,580,078 09/828,295 06/17/03 6,580,079 09/656,228 06/17/03 6,580,080 09/520,154 06/17/03 6,580,082 09/670,091 06/17/03 6,580,087 09/688,532 06/17/03 6,580,088 09/847,071 06/17/03 6,580,089 10/005,170 06/17/03 6,580,092 09/908,610 06/17/03 6,580,095 09/874,997 06/17/03 6,580,108 09/497,213 06/17/03 6,580,120 10/156,427 06/17/03 6,580,126 09/709,582 06/17/03
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 14 

 6,580,133 09/923,746 06/17/03 6,580,134 09/680,805 06/17/03 6,580,137 09/942,533 06/17/03 6,580,144 09/964,768 06/17/03 6,580,150 09/712,449 06/17/03 6,580,155 09/504,814 06/17/03 6,580,156 10/115,013 06/17/03 6,580,165 09/715,740 06/17/03 6,580,166 10/078,450 06/17/03 6,580,168 10/001,039 06/17/03 6,580,182 10/061,223 06/17/03 6,580,183 10/101,494 06/17/03 6,580,184 10/146,046 06/17/03 6,580,185 10/029,858 06/17/03 6,580,187 09/483,100 06/17/03 6,580,193 09/801,709 06/17/03 6,580,195 09/937,010 06/17/03 6,580,211 09/522,208 06/17/03 6,580,225 10/062,037 06/17/03 6,580,228 09/644,253 06/17/03 6,580,230 09/766,716 06/17/03 6,580,238 09/904,550 06/17/03 6,580,239 09/583,018 06/17/03 6,580,244 09/769,861 06/17/03 6,580,252 09/877,351 06/17/03 6,580,255 10/157,102 06/17/03 6,580,256 10/017,602 06/17/03 6,580,263 09/929,885 06/17/03 6,580,264 09/816,859 06/17/03 6,580,265 09/958,563 06/17/03 6,580,274 09/814,141 06/17/03 6,580,277 09/673,990 06/17/03 6,580,278 10/047,212 06/17/03 6,580,290 10/055,087 06/17/03 6,580,320 09/913,367 06/17/03 6,580,337 09/575,706 06/17/03 6,580,338 09/616,281 06/17/03 6,580,342 10/213,092 06/17/03 6,580,343 09/971,794 06/17/03 6,580,346 08/895,269 06/17/03 6,580,358 10/150,849 06/17/03 6,580,360 09/735,761 06/17/03 6,580,365 10/191,832 06/17/03 6,580,372 09/588,990 06/17/03 6,580,374 09/921,591 06/17/03 6,580,380 10/058,333 06/17/03 6,580,395 09/772,890 06/17/03 6,580,396 10/063,310 06/17/03 6,580,401 09/806,740 06/17/03 6,580,406 10/107,057 06/17/03 6,580,407 09/496,415 06/17/03 6,580,409 09/547,678 06/17/03 6,580,417 09/815,872 06/17/03 6,580,425 09/514,543 06/17/03 6,580,429 09/639,066 06/17/03 6,580,434 09/557,330 06/17/03 6,580,443 10/010,545 06/17/03 6,580,444 10/136,552 06/17/03 6,580,458 09/082,585 06/17/03 6,580,463 09/780,057 06/17/03 6,580,465 09/227,266 06/17/03 6,580,468 09/526,402 06/17/03 6,580,473 09/829,818 06/17/03 6,580,479 09/254,842 06/17/03 6,580,481 09/346,868 06/17/03 6,580,484 09/403,869 06/17/03
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 15 

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 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 16 

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 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 17 

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 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 18 

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 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 19 

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 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 22 

 7,230,049 11/027,326 06/12/07 7,230,056 11/173,029 06/12/07 7,230,059 10/540,512 06/12/07 7,230,061 10/467,323 06/12/07 7,230,062 11/054,410 06/12/07 7,230,063 11/583,624 06/12/07 7,230,070 10/809,737 06/12/07 7,230,071 10/775,580 06/12/07 7,230,072 10/258,445 06/12/07 7,230,074 10/775,598 06/12/07 7,230,075 09/390,846 06/12/07 7,230,080 11/058,952 06/12/07 7,230,081 10/130,084 06/12/07 7,230,086 10/648,811 06/12/07 7,230,088 10/685,172 06/12/07 7,230,089 09/980,758 06/12/07 7,230,099 10/929,295 06/12/07 7,230,101 10/651,340 06/12/07 7,230,102 10/484,491 06/12/07 7,230,103 10/411,390 06/12/07 7,230,106 11/416,165 06/12/07 7,230,107 11/303,664 06/12/07 7,230,114 10/488,791 06/12/07 7,230,118 10/572,210 06/12/07 7,230,125 10/629,537 06/12/07 7,230,128 10/260,028 06/12/07 7,230,134 10/484,900 06/12/07 7,230,138 11/008,914 06/12/07 7,230,140 11/107,980 06/12/07 7,230,147 10/866,586 06/12/07 7,230,149 10/940,242 06/12/07 7,230,150 10/894,165 06/12/07 7,230,152 10/736,013 06/12/07 7,230,156 11/094,286 06/12/07 7,230,157 10/129,849 06/12/07 7,230,159 10/505,744 06/12/07 7,230,177 10/715,921 06/12/07 7,230,178 10/458,890 06/12/07 7,230,181 11/088,170 06/12/07 7,230,184 11/426,890 06/12/07 7,230,191 10/986,544 06/12/07 7,230,197 11/511,449 06/12/07 7,230,199 11/206,741 06/12/07 7,230,203 10/538,313 06/12/07 7,230,207 11/105,758 06/12/07 7,230,215 11/211,626 06/12/07 7,230,217 10/516,686 06/12/07 7,230,224 10/348,771 06/12/07 7,230,226 11/377,408 06/12/07 7,230,227 10/961,173 06/12/07 7,230,244 10/845,820 06/12/07 7,230,255 10/559,117 06/12/07 7,230,259 10/879,072 06/12/07 7,230,261 10/927,011 06/12/07 7,230,262 11/141,327 06/12/07 7,230,267 10/653,428 06/12/07 7,230,278 10/929,522 06/12/07 7,230,305 10/875,720 06/12/07 7,230,307 11/183,863 06/12/07 7,230,308 11/037,108 06/12/07 7,230,318 10/746,199 06/12/07 7,230,326 11/214,983 06/12/07 7,230,327 11/201,380 06/12/07 7,230,338 11/142,324 06/12/07 7,230,350 10/285,212 06/12/07 7,230,362 10/968,154 06/12/07
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 23 

 7,230,367 10/979,277 06/12/07 7,230,369 10/990,988 06/12/07 7,230,372 11/106,636 06/12/07 7,230,373 11/048,738 06/12/07 7,230,376 10/720,191 06/12/07 7,230,377 10/934,696 06/12/07 7,230,382 10/828,493 06/12/07 7,230,383 10/852,422 06/12/07 7,230,386 11/156,447 06/12/07 7,230,390 11/197,305 06/12/07 7,230,391 11/118,634 06/12/07 7,230,397 10/132,368 06/12/07 7,230,407 11/491,022 06/12/07 7,230,413 10/968,463 06/12/07 7,230,415 10/988,927 06/12/07 7,230,435 10/760,449 06/12/07 7,230,449 11/055,805 06/12/07 7,230,457 10/983,455 06/12/07 7,230,466 11/066,010 06/12/07 7,230,468 10/797,776 06/12/07 7,230,471 11/121,540 06/12/07 7,230,474 11/001,264 06/12/07 7,230,475 11/005,523 06/12/07 7,230,487 11/222,375 06/12/07 7,230,493 11/048,930 06/12/07 7,230,496 11/059,691 06/12/07 7,230,506 10/682,617 06/12/07 7,230,511 10/935,160 06/12/07 7,230,518 10/994,549 06/12/07 7,230,521 11/053,341 06/12/07 7,230,525 11/178,604 06/12/07 7,230,526 11/126,060 06/12/07 7,230,530 11/152,711 06/12/07 7,230,533 11/161,572 06/12/07 7,230,539 11/160,415 06/12/07 7,230,547 11/074,580 06/12/07 7,230,558 11/403,026 06/12/07 7,230,565 10/519,642 06/12/07 7,230,576 11/220,840 06/12/07 7,230,589 10/756,452 06/12/07 7,230,606 10/740,214 06/12/07 7,230,607 11/008,673 06/12/07 7,230,609 10/866,944 06/12/07 7,230,620 10/912,724 06/12/07 7,230,635 11/151,238 06/12/07 7,230,644 11/028,975 06/12/07 7,230,649 10/291,531 06/12/07 7,230,661 10/833,278 06/12/07 7,230,686 10/526,611 06/12/07 7,230,694 10/724,234 06/12/07 7,230,715 11/006,109 06/12/07 7,230,716 10/763,655 06/12/07 7,230,724 11/107,249 06/12/07 7,230,728 10/624,231 06/12/07 7,230,731 10/294,377 06/12/07 7,230,732 09/865,697 06/12/07 7,230,733 09/962,188 06/12/07 7,230,734 10/094,823 06/12/07 7,230,739 11/326,482 06/12/07 7,230,740 10/304,319 06/12/07 7,230,746 10/415,957 06/12/07 7,230,749 11/061,014 06/12/07 7,230,756 11/226,864 06/12/07 7,230,758 11/171,070 06/12/07 7,230,759 10/926,505 06/12/07 7,230,767 11/280,775 06/12/07
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 24 

 7,230,773 11/209,631 06/12/07 7,230,777 11/393,709 06/12/07 7,230,783 11/154,123 06/12/07 7,230,788 10/985,434 06/12/07 7,230,793 10/717,516 06/12/07 7,230,795 10/808,406 06/12/07 7,230,798 10/803,977 06/12/07 7,230,799 09/933,218 06/12/07 7,230,803 10/771,312 06/12/07 7,230,804 10/428,474 06/12/07 7,230,807 11/012,705 06/12/07 7,230,817 11/107,358 06/12/07 7,230,818 11/086,596 06/12/07 7,230,819 10/661,816 06/12/07 7,230,821 10/253,442 06/12/07 7,230,828 10/946,721 06/12/07 7,230,830 11/106,461 06/12/07 7,230,837 11/277,594 06/12/07 7,230,853 10/960,542 06/12/07 7,230,857 10/930,604 06/12/07 7,230,861 11/248,290 06/12/07 7,230,862 11/212,843 06/12/07 7,230,865 11/321,518 06/12/07 7,230,866 11/329,660 06/12/07 7,230,867 11/206,016 06/12/07 7,230,878 11/349,781 06/12/07 7,230,892 10/714,625 06/12/07 7,230,895 10/545,791 06/12/07 7,230,898 09/654,003 06/12/07 7,230,899 09/984,595 06/12/07 7,230,902 10/714,866 06/12/07 7,230,903 11/387,832 06/12/07 7,230,904 09/852,002 06/12/07 7,230,906 10/902,797 06/12/07 7,230,924 09/819,555 06/12/07 7,230,938 10/202,226 06/12/07 7,230,943 10/618,694 06/12/07 7,230,950 10/160,028 06/12/07 7,230,954 10/004,691 06/12/07 7,230,955 10/331,013 06/12/07 7,230,957 10/228,073 06/12/07 7,230,963 11/108,039 06/12/07 7,230,970 10/612,175 06/12/07 7,230,973 10/421,912 06/12/07 7,230,985 10/667,658 06/12/07 7,231,011 09/932,531 06/12/07 7,231,015 10/276,060 06/12/07 7,231,023 09/840,091 06/12/07 7,231,027 10/790,610 06/12/07 7,231,029 09/935,540 06/12/07 7,231,033 11/364,064 06/12/07 7,231,034 10/691,118 06/12/07 7,231,039 09/842,563 06/12/07 7,231,042 09/796,908 06/12/07 7,231,043 09/879,913 06/12/07 7,231,048 10/176,477 06/12/07 7,231,050 09/755,452 06/12/07 7,231,055 09/999,676 06/12/07 7,231,057 10/953,789 06/12/07 7,231,062 10/420,900 06/12/07 7,231,066 10/332,001 06/12/07 7,231,071 10/241,670 06/12/07 7,231,078 11/057,964 06/12/07 7,231,080 09/782,626 06/12/07 7,231,083 09/430,282 06/12/07 7,231,085 10/464,740 06/12/07
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 25 

 7,231,102 11/033,038 06/12/07 7,231,111 10/899,003 06/12/07 7,231,112 11/384,747 06/12/07 7,231,123 10/558,830 06/12/07 7,231,130 10/078,705 06/12/07 7,231,147 11/188,412 06/12/07 7,231,148 10/112,022 06/12/07 7,231,152 10/404,966 06/12/07 7,231,155 11/174,539 06/12/07 7,231,156 11/088,674 06/12/07 7,231,158 11/010,269 06/12/07 7,231,160 10/881,012 06/12/07 7,231,165 10/940,712 06/12/07 7,231,166 11/094,238 06/12/07 7,231,169 11/193,394 06/12/07 7,231,171 11/028,677 06/12/07 7,231,182 10/328,562 06/12/07 7,231,194 10/889,302 06/12/07 7,231,204 09/773,061 06/12/07 7,231,216 10/433,926 06/12/07 7,231,227 10/929,847 06/12/07 7,231,233 10/974,053 06/12/07 7,231,236 10/899,269 06/12/07 7,231,238 11/018,488 06/12/07 7,231,241 11/070,816 06/12/07 7,231,244 10/740,369 06/12/07 7,231,252 10/346,073 06/12/07 7,231,268 09/504,893 06/12/07 7,231,274 10/908,348 06/12/07 7,231,278 11/174,318 06/12/07 7,231,282 11/274,724 06/12/07 7,231,283 10/495,080 06/12/07 7,231,285 11/065,457 06/12/07 7,231,290 10/406,970 06/12/07 7,231,292 11/319,095 06/12/07 7,231,293 10/974,730 06/12/07 7,231,313 11/298,883 06/12/07 7,231,316 10/664,915 06/12/07 7,231,323 10/324,680 06/12/07 7,231,328 09/877,695 06/12/07 7,231,329 10/706,478 06/12/07 7,231,336 10/729,785 06/12/07 7,231,339 10/113,586 06/12/07 7,231,345 11/039,969 06/12/07 7,231,350 11/316,517 06/12/07 7,231,352 10/663,966 06/12/07 7,231,354 10/293,052 06/12/07 7,231,356 09/671,871 06/12/07 7,231,368 09/839,664 06/12/07 7,231,374 09/571,826 06/12/07 7,231,375 10/683,807 06/12/07 7,231,381 09/805,626 06/12/07 7,231,412 10/637,803 06/12/07 7,231,413 10/766,484 06/12/07 7,231,414 09/501,045 06/12/07 7,231,418 09/862,328 06/12/07 7,231,421 10/398,656 06/12/07 7,231,424 10/322,055 06/12/07 7,231,427 09/956,512 06/12/07 7,231,438 09/675,002 06/12/07 7,231,439 09/724,902 06/12/07 7,231,445 09/713,319 06/12/07 7,231,447 10/015,684 06/12/07 7,231,448 10/107,468 06/12/07 7,231,452 10/306,985 06/12/07 7,231,459 10/739,655 06/12/07
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 26 

 7,231,465 10/661,154 06/12/07 7,231,466 11/452,974 06/12/07 7,231,473 10/815,818 06/12/07 7,231,490 10/654,996 06/12/07 7,231,504 10/845,549 06/12/07 7,231,511 10/032,154 06/12/07 7,231,522 09/969,778 06/12/07 7,231,524 11/276,176 06/12/07 7,231,539 10/885,922 06/12/07 7,231,547 10/424,797 06/12/07 7,231,548 10/095,029 06/12/07 7,231,553 11/269,088 06/12/07 7,231,563 10/901,609 06/12/07 7,231,565 11/160,974 06/12/07 7,231,571 10/908,146 06/12/07 7,231,584 10/496,343 06/12/07 7,231,589 10/446,697 06/12/07 7,231,599 10/800,846 06/12/07 7,231,600 10/782,501 06/12/07 7,231,604 09/681,172 06/12/07 7,231,607 10/418,739 06/12/07 7,231,614 10/884,200 06/12/07 7,231,645 10/895,785 06/12/07 7,231,647 10/806,475 06/12/07 7,231,650 09/705,208 06/12/07 7,231,654 10/311,690 06/12/07 PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON June 14, 2015 DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES Patent Application Issue Number Number Date 7,958,570 12/535,175 06/14/11 7,958,575 12/896,424 06/14/11 7,958,576 12/798,485 06/14/11 7,958,582 12/892,992 06/14/11 7,958,584 12/032,028 06/14/11 7,958,586 12/794,465 06/14/11 7,958,587 12/427,456 06/14/11 7,958,590 11/648,837 06/14/11 7,958,591 11/983,166 06/14/11 7,958,593 11/880,440 06/14/11 7,958,625 12/365,969 06/14/11 7,958,632 11/589,239 06/14/11 7,958,644 12/306,243 06/14/11 7,958,648 12/569,493 06/14/11 7,958,651 11/437,200 06/14/11 7,958,661 12/386,330 06/14/11 7,958,667 12/397,159 06/14/11 7,958,671 11/729,690 06/14/11 7,958,674 12/373,361 06/14/11 7,958,675 11/691,647 06/14/11 7,958,691 12/122,917 06/14/11 7,958,692 12/755,213 06/14/11 7,958,693 12/282,844 06/14/11 7,958,697 11/573,416 06/14/11 7,958,710 12/493,026 06/14/11 7,958,727 11/321,391 06/14/11 7,958,729 12/147,515 06/14/11 7,958,739 12/909,018 06/14/11 7,958,747 11/663,226 06/14/11 7,958,748 12/011,547 06/14/11 7,958,770 11/834,495 06/14/11 7,958,776 11/899,571 06/14/11 7,958,788 12/064,680 06/14/11 7,958,797 11/281,933 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 27 

 7,958,803 12/382,256 06/14/11 7,958,811 12/081,173 06/14/11 7,958,816 11/897,697 06/14/11 7,958,826 12/209,519 06/14/11 7,958,827 12/061,949 06/14/11 7,958,830 10/565,460 06/14/11 7,958,833 12/285,940 06/14/11 7,958,835 12/006,486 06/14/11 7,958,840 10/976,193 06/14/11 7,958,845 12/070,179 06/14/11 7,958,848 12/475,472 06/14/11 7,958,853 11/689,007 06/14/11 7,958,863 12/227,295 06/14/11 7,958,865 11/314,204 06/14/11 7,958,885 12/212,822 06/14/11 7,958,888 11/277,129 06/14/11 7,958,897 12/088,140 06/14/11 7,958,900 11/883,467 06/14/11 7,958,904 12/317,125 06/14/11 7,958,919 12/263,067 06/14/11 7,958,928 12/768,256 06/14/11 7,958,931 11/794,431 06/14/11 7,958,945 12/537,423 06/14/11 7,958,947 12/085,621 06/14/11 7,958,954 12/567,477 06/14/11 7,958,958 12/710,350 06/14/11 7,958,962 11/661,718 06/14/11 7,958,967 11/653,117 06/14/11 7,958,968 11/624,900 06/14/11 7,958,972 12/408,271 06/14/11 7,958,979 11/954,292 06/14/11 7,958,989 12/295,174 06/14/11 7,958,995 12/394,039 06/14/11 7,958,997 11/977,094 06/14/11 7,959,001 10/595,118 06/14/11 7,959,005 12/593,551 06/14/11 7,959,012 11/437,359 06/14/11 7,959,014 12/289,658 06/14/11 7,959,017 11/453,196 06/14/11 7,959,031 12/229,814 06/14/11 7,959,035 10/576,102 06/14/11 7,959,040 10/593,351 06/14/11 7,959,043 11/299,929 06/14/11 7,959,053 12/487,971 06/14/11 7,959,057 11/910,365 06/14/11 7,959,062 12/064,230 06/14/11 7,959,064 12/023,860 06/14/11 7,959,066 12/980,196 06/14/11 7,959,079 12/834,858 06/14/11 7,959,081 12/025,759 06/14/11 7,959,092 11/569,509 06/14/11 7,959,093 11/348,862 06/14/11 7,959,096 12/384,817 06/14/11 7,959,102 12/287,484 06/14/11 7,959,103 11/979,828 06/14/11 7,959,120 12/340,535 06/14/11 7,959,122 12/252,389 06/14/11 7,959,125 11/317,747 06/14/11 7,959,126 11/865,801 06/14/11 7,959,131 11/937,257 06/14/11 7,959,132 10/558,665 06/14/11 7,959,139 12/086,481 06/14/11 7,959,142 12/176,503 06/14/11 7,959,143 12/239,388 06/14/11 7,959,170 12/281,301 06/14/11 7,959,176 11/908,207 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 28 

 7,959,185 12/286,618 06/14/11 7,959,201 12/181,372 06/14/11 7,959,209 12/348,986 06/14/11 7,959,210 12/942,141 06/14/11 7,959,213 12/221,305 06/14/11 7,959,216 11/920,106 06/14/11 7,959,218 12/421,211 06/14/11 7,959,222 12/437,501 06/14/11 7,959,226 12/163,123 06/14/11 7,959,228 12/190,677 06/14/11 7,959,236 11/348,366 06/14/11 7,959,241 11/739,869 06/14/11 7,959,259 11/953,429 06/14/11 7,959,263 12/620,527 06/14/11 7,959,272 11/869,710 06/14/11 7,959,275 12/493,227 06/14/11 7,959,281 11/749,122 06/14/11 7,959,282 11/961,643 06/14/11 7,959,301 12/180,131 06/14/11 7,959,306 12/136,115 06/14/11 7,959,314 12/218,565 06/14/11 7,959,327 12/422,300 06/14/11 7,959,331 12/230,637 06/14/11 7,959,336 12/403,778 06/14/11 7,959,340 12/279,661 06/14/11 7,959,341 11/600,548 06/14/11 7,959,350 12/519,419 06/14/11 7,959,367 11/681,366 06/14/11 7,959,375 12/612,082 06/14/11 7,959,379 12/538,035 06/14/11 7,959,390 12/290,905 06/14/11 7,959,391 12/657,509 06/14/11 7,959,404 12/585,590 06/14/11 7,959,409 11/680,792 06/14/11 7,959,411 12/384,765 06/14/11 7,959,417 11/906,879 06/14/11 7,959,422 11/954,910 06/14/11 7,959,425 12/652,403 06/14/11 7,959,432 11/142,565 06/14/11 7,959,433 11/416,191 06/14/11 7,959,435 11/621,336 06/14/11 7,959,438 11/308,190 06/14/11 7,959,442 11/950,785 06/14/11 7,959,450 12/870,141 06/14/11 7,959,472 12/688,682 06/14/11 7,959,481 12/387,908 06/14/11 7,959,483 12/465,198 06/14/11 7,959,487 12/116,217 06/14/11 7,959,493 12/609,247 06/14/11 7,959,495 12/446,014 06/14/11 7,959,498 11/884,194 06/14/11 7,959,501 11/811,183 06/14/11 7,959,503 11/895,818 06/14/11 7,959,515 12/454,918 06/14/11 7,959,519 12/130,309 06/14/11 7,959,523 12/805,317 06/14/11 7,959,525 13/023,628 06/14/11 7,959,527 12/229,037 06/14/11 7,959,536 11/914,470 06/14/11 7,959,542 11/413,312 06/14/11 7,959,547 12/158,243 06/14/11 7,959,549 12/721,450 06/14/11 7,959,553 12/241,316 06/14/11 7,959,564 11/774,806 06/14/11 7,959,584 10/159,079 06/14/11 7,959,585 12/440,800 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 29 

 7,959,587 12/437,247 06/14/11 7,959,611 12/402,670 06/14/11 7,959,629 12/173,653 06/14/11 7,959,631 12/721,430 06/14/11 7,959,638 10/397,049 06/14/11 7,959,644 12/152,691 06/14/11 7,959,645 10/980,579 06/14/11 7,959,658 11/419,186 06/14/11 7,959,661 12/619,267 06/14/11 7,959,662 11/459,554 06/14/11 7,959,668 11/653,589 06/14/11 7,959,669 11/854,194 06/14/11 7,959,674 10/792,186 06/14/11 7,959,691 12/482,789 06/14/11 7,959,697 11/799,121 06/14/11 7,959,710 12/648,900 06/14/11 7,959,717 12/095,311 06/14/11 7,959,723 12/677,013 06/14/11 7,959,727 12/380,364 06/14/11 7,959,728 12/191,591 06/14/11 7,959,729 10/549,494 06/14/11 7,959,735 11/672,955 06/14/11 7,959,738 11/984,340 06/14/11 7,959,742 11/822,939 06/14/11 7,959,743 11/631,450 06/14/11 7,959,745 11/434,047 06/14/11 7,959,755 10/832,828 06/14/11 7,959,756 11/839,579 06/14/11 7,959,759 11/964,227 06/14/11 7,959,760 13/021,440 06/14/11 7,959,765 12/026,993 06/14/11 7,959,773 12/215,359 06/14/11 7,959,801 12/674,894 06/14/11 7,959,813 12/065,422 06/14/11 7,959,815 11/962,248 06/14/11 7,959,816 11/916,095 06/14/11 7,959,821 11/980,450 06/14/11 7,959,833 11/910,982 06/14/11 7,959,845 12/876,606 06/14/11 7,959,855 11/802,290 06/14/11 7,959,869 10/435,289 06/14/11 7,959,884 12/619,144 06/14/11 7,959,886 12/066,743 06/14/11 7,959,906 10/734,181 06/14/11 7,959,907 12/449,652 06/14/11 7,959,910 10/574,046 06/14/11 7,959,917 12/032,061 06/14/11 7,959,923 12/363,579 06/14/11 7,959,924 12/461,206 06/14/11 7,959,928 11/664,716 06/14/11 7,959,933 12/182,801 06/14/11 7,959,948 12/044,706 06/14/11 7,959,960 12/463,916 06/14/11 7,959,967 12/271,882 06/14/11 7,959,973 11/605,383 06/14/11 7,959,974 11/633,095 06/14/11 7,960,029 12/447,474 06/14/11 7,960,052 12/213,875 06/14/11 7,960,053 11/184,828 06/14/11 7,960,065 11/916,093 06/14/11 7,960,070 11/755,445 06/14/11 7,960,079 12/112,294 06/14/11 7,960,084 11/925,266 06/14/11 7,960,089 12/067,255 06/14/11 7,960,092 11/873,011 06/14/11 7,960,106 11/634,154 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 30 

 7,960,117 12/225,270 06/14/11 7,960,125 12/238,288 06/14/11 7,960,127 12/036,860 06/14/11 7,960,128 12/044,263 06/14/11 7,960,134 12/221,440 06/14/11 7,960,136 12/102,875 06/14/11 7,960,154 11/795,578 06/14/11 7,960,158 12/765,435 06/14/11 7,960,173 11/753,719 06/14/11 7,960,177 12/093,399 06/14/11 7,960,189 11/995,636 06/14/11 7,960,206 12/551,329 06/14/11 7,960,223 12/139,764 06/14/11 7,960,231 12/163,956 06/14/11 7,960,252 12/321,773 06/14/11 7,960,257 12/801,680 06/14/11 7,960,276 12/128,713 06/14/11 7,960,278 12/083,962 06/14/11 7,960,284 12/018,198 06/14/11 7,960,293 12/302,810 06/14/11 7,960,296 12/269,274 06/14/11 7,960,309 11/715,865 06/14/11 7,960,311 10/934,977 06/14/11 7,960,347 12/760,074 06/14/11 7,960,355 10/558,216 06/14/11 7,960,358 11/613,144 06/14/11 7,960,367 10/499,214 06/14/11 7,960,373 12/267,691 06/14/11 7,960,374 11/980,114 06/14/11 7,960,375 10/567,598 06/14/11 7,960,380 12/725,669 06/14/11 7,960,383 11/629,522 06/14/11 7,960,384 11/691,709 06/14/11 7,960,389 11/774,935 06/14/11 7,960,392 12/502,529 06/14/11 7,960,394 11/628,087 06/14/11 7,960,398 10/419,327 06/14/11 7,960,403 11/792,581 06/14/11 7,960,409 12/012,246 06/14/11 7,960,410 11/223,074 06/14/11 7,960,413 10/551,905 06/14/11 7,960,415 12/140,497 06/14/11 7,960,417 11/884,391 06/14/11 7,960,420 12/340,143 06/14/11 7,960,422 12/285,988 06/14/11 7,960,427 10/592,619 06/14/11 7,960,428 11/906,095 06/14/11 7,960,430 10/586,458 06/14/11 7,960,433 11/705,929 06/14/11 7,960,440 11/869,545 06/14/11 7,960,450 12/438,648 06/14/11 7,960,455 11/916,819 06/14/11 7,960,474 12/194,012 06/14/11 7,960,476 11/969,839 06/14/11 7,960,479 12/515,979 06/14/11 7,960,480 12/079,104 06/14/11 7,960,483 12/279,772 06/14/11 7,960,489 11/798,218 06/14/11 7,960,497 11/649,005 06/14/11 7,960,499 12/304,499 06/14/11 7,960,504 10/987,687 06/14/11 7,960,507 12/844,663 06/14/11 7,960,508 10/477,101 06/14/11 7,960,510 12/240,241 06/14/11 7,960,516 10/580,563 06/14/11 7,960,520 11/763,538 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 31 

 7,960,526 12/414,288 06/14/11 7,960,527 12/687,768 06/14/11 7,960,532 12/503,893 06/14/11 7,960,535 12/619,357 06/14/11 7,960,543 11/667,146 06/14/11 7,960,544 12/097,616 06/14/11 7,960,548 11/414,890 06/14/11 7,960,550 12/446,941 06/14/11 7,960,560 12/628,523 06/14/11 7,960,563 12/529,561 06/14/11 7,960,568 12/525,411 06/14/11 7,960,570 12/633,464 06/14/11 7,960,574 12/002,934 06/14/11 7,960,579 10/562,018 06/14/11 7,960,582 10/579,854 06/14/11 7,960,583 12/290,336 06/14/11 7,960,590 12/529,101 06/14/11 7,960,595 11/722,607 06/14/11 7,960,607 10/537,897 06/14/11 7,960,617 12/239,992 06/14/11 7,960,635 12/206,795 06/14/11 7,960,636 11/599,003 06/14/11 7,960,640 10/676,926 06/14/11 7,960,641 12/022,993 06/14/11 7,960,650 12/434,734 06/14/11 7,960,653 12/259,997 06/14/11 7,960,656 11/421,845 06/14/11 7,960,668 11/660,583 06/14/11 7,960,681 11/985,647 06/14/11 7,960,686 12/108,121 06/14/11 7,960,699 12/589,360 06/14/11 7,960,711 12/009,474 06/14/11 7,960,713 12/346,513 06/14/11 7,960,724 12/542,226 06/14/11 7,960,737 12/801,679 06/14/11 7,960,738 12/801,681 06/14/11 7,960,741 12/039,649 06/14/11 7,960,746 10/979,240 06/14/11 7,960,752 12/896,998 06/14/11 7,960,755 10/577,938 06/14/11 7,960,757 11/587,445 06/14/11 7,960,758 11/395,129 06/14/11 7,960,787 12/291,365 06/14/11 7,960,806 12/285,324 06/14/11 7,960,844 12/499,980 06/14/11 7,960,848 12/570,066 06/14/11 7,960,854 12/514,733 06/14/11 7,960,855 11/012,442 06/14/11 7,960,856 12/118,072 06/14/11 7,960,859 11/777,217 06/14/11 7,960,864 12/513,690 06/14/11 7,960,872 12/355,030 06/14/11 7,960,886 12/664,332 06/14/11 7,960,891 12/036,405 06/14/11 7,960,894 11/822,662 06/14/11 7,960,896 12/182,389 06/14/11 7,960,898 12/046,332 06/14/11 7,960,903 11/362,210 06/14/11 7,960,904 11/731,692 06/14/11 7,960,906 12/145,687 06/14/11 7,960,916 12/122,265 06/14/11 7,960,919 11/314,769 06/14/11 7,960,921 12/546,070 06/14/11 7,960,927 12/318,497 06/14/11 7,960,929 12/041,324 06/14/11 7,960,930 12/085,313 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 32 

 7,960,960 12/104,140 06/14/11 7,960,972 12/443,899 06/14/11 7,960,974 12/767,465 06/14/11 7,960,979 12/058,107 06/14/11 7,960,990 12/763,907 06/14/11 7,960,991 12/509,770 06/14/11 7,961,001 12/647,239 06/14/11 7,961,024 12/692,976 06/14/11 7,961,025 12/535,112 06/14/11 7,961,068 12/894,837 06/14/11 7,961,069 12/952,391 06/14/11 7,961,074 12/095,180 06/14/11 7,961,076 11/364,622 06/14/11 7,961,094 11/946,928 06/14/11 7,961,095 12/346,996 06/14/11 7,961,107 12/313,494 06/14/11 7,961,109 11/950,302 06/14/11 7,961,130 12/607,924 06/14/11 7,961,138 12/584,589 06/14/11 7,961,139 12/371,733 06/14/11 7,961,161 12/074,098 06/14/11 7,961,175 12/050,014 06/14/11 7,961,187 12/532,373 06/14/11 7,961,204 11/853,684 06/14/11 7,961,207 11/752,679 06/14/11 7,961,220 11/837,126 06/14/11 7,961,223 12/273,832 06/14/11 7,961,231 12/007,661 06/14/11 7,961,244 11/637,124 06/14/11 7,961,245 12/545,999 06/14/11 7,961,274 11/936,420 06/14/11 7,961,307 12/911,781 06/14/11 7,961,311 12/810,838 06/14/11 7,961,323 11/684,484 06/14/11 7,961,333 12/307,808 06/14/11 7,961,343 12/246,396 06/14/11 7,961,352 12/077,705 06/14/11 7,961,356 12/014,235 06/14/11 7,961,357 11/272,301 06/14/11 7,961,360 12/605,959 06/14/11 7,961,364 12/506,113 06/14/11 7,961,386 12/300,343 06/14/11 7,961,394 12/669,058 06/14/11 7,961,420 12/098,630 06/14/11 7,961,425 12/024,104 06/14/11 7,961,430 11/533,002 06/14/11 7,961,432 12/568,218 06/14/11 7,961,435 11/863,285 06/14/11 7,961,447 11/911,903 06/14/11 7,961,452 11/911,977 06/14/11 7,961,458 12/533,522 06/14/11 7,961,465 12/502,507 06/14/11 7,961,466 12/797,739 06/14/11 7,961,492 12/326,144 06/14/11 7,961,510 12/315,361 06/14/11 7,961,516 12/327,136 06/14/11 7,961,531 12/134,825 06/14/11 7,961,537 12/829,994 06/14/11 7,961,540 12/182,128 06/14/11 7,961,541 12/332,740 06/14/11 7,961,548 12/472,329 06/14/11 7,961,561 12/797,191 06/14/11 7,961,564 12/761,892 06/14/11 7,961,565 11/848,885 06/14/11 7,961,567 11/873,913 06/14/11 7,961,568 12/216,227 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 33 

 7,961,571 11/995,012 06/14/11 7,961,574 11/887,361 06/14/11 7,961,576 12/314,235 06/14/11 7,961,579 12/445,508 06/14/11 7,961,585 12/331,625 06/14/11 7,961,586 11/895,378 06/14/11 7,961,589 09/967,048 06/14/11 7,961,591 11/723,282 06/14/11 7,961,605 11/461,021 06/14/11 7,961,614 11/669,679 06/14/11 7,961,615 12/202,223 06/14/11 7,961,626 11/515,904 06/14/11 7,961,653 11/915,256 06/14/11 7,961,671 12/019,803 06/14/11 7,961,676 11/828,108 06/14/11 7,961,711 12/173,195 06/14/11 7,961,729 11/621,099 06/14/11 7,961,730 10/777,150 06/14/11 7,961,732 12/044,998 06/14/11 7,961,768 12/256,854 06/14/11 7,961,771 12/551,973 06/14/11 7,961,777 11/947,423 06/14/11 7,961,779 11/311,205 06/14/11 7,961,791 11/385,854 06/14/11 7,961,813 11/991,314 06/14/11 7,961,817 11/634,671 06/14/11 7,961,825 11/562,657 06/14/11 7,961,829 11/995,699 06/14/11 7,961,836 11/429,697 06/14/11 7,961,837 12/605,532 06/14/11 7,961,872 11/999,211 06/14/11 7,961,876 11/323,597 06/14/11 7,961,893 11/539,005 06/14/11 7,961,902 11/439,428 06/14/11 7,961,924 11/842,402 06/14/11 7,961,926 12/835,211 06/14/11 7,961,928 12/034,733 06/14/11 7,961,930 11/834,860 06/14/11 7,961,931 11/877,669 06/14/11 7,961,933 11/880,169 06/14/11 7,961,935 11/417,381 06/14/11 7,961,943 11/144,492 06/14/11 7,961,944 11/933,516 06/14/11 7,961,950 11/288,165 06/14/11 7,961,955 12/011,518 06/14/11 7,961,956 12/584,316 06/14/11 7,961,961 11/911,430 06/14/11 7,961,965 12/275,009 06/14/11 7,961,977 12/766,722 06/14/11 7,961,980 11/834,252 06/14/11 7,961,982 11/454,974 06/14/11 7,962,002 10/590,475 06/14/11 7,962,003 12/426,826 06/14/11 7,962,004 12/494,093 06/14/11 7,962,015 10/647,445 06/14/11 7,962,025 12/707,856 06/14/11 7,962,040 11/942,121 06/14/11 7,962,042 10/384,379 06/14/11 7,962,060 11/944,492 06/14/11 7,962,075 12/535,327 06/14/11 7,962,081 12/241,488 06/14/11 7,962,085 12/579,853 06/14/11 7,962,129 11/257,316 06/14/11 7,962,143 10/544,598 06/14/11 7,962,144 11/757,879 06/14/11 7,962,154 11/946,921 06/14/11
 August 04, 2015US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1417 OG 34 

 7,962,159 11/411,183 06/14/11 7,962,172 12/711,946 06/14/11 7,962,174 11/456,948 06/14/11 7,962,185 11/984,555 06/14/11 7,962,187 10/507,336 06/14/11 7,962,189 11/485,564 06/14/11 7,962,205 11/926,945 06/14/11 7,962,206 11/972,396 06/14/11 7,962,225 12/195,197 06/14/11 7,962,226 11/125,171 06/14/11 7,962,233 12/148,740 06/14/11 7,962,248 12/692,991 06/14/11 7,962,257 11/883,023 06/14/11 7,962,264 11/666,203 06/14/11 7,962,269 10/786,043 06/14/11 7,962,270 11/578,839 06/14/11 7,962,276 12/941,978 06/14/11 7,962,280 12/065,364 06/14/11 7,962,285 12/020,652 06/14/11 7,962,296 12/209,880 06/14/11 7,962,299 10/582,375 06/14/11 7,962,303 12/064,699 06/14/11 7,962,304 12/112,182 06/14/11 7,962,307 12/390,575 06/14/11 7,962,311 11/820,963 06/14/11 7,962,324 11/845,907 06/14/11 7,962,328 11/685,505 06/14/11 7,962,330 10/985,451 06/14/11 7,962,347 12/814,063 06/14/11 7,962,349 12/711,095 06/14/11 7,962,350 11/108,221 06/14/11 7,962,357 12/040,481 06/14/11 7,962,358 11/557,092 06/14/11 7,962,362 10/916,071 06/14/11 7,962,364 10/696,903 06/14/11 7,962,371 10/362,683 06/14/11 7,962,376 11/228,841 06/14/11 7,962,378 11/773,480 06/14/11 7,962,380 12/163,499 06/14/11 7,962,387 11/847,874 06/14/11 7,962,401 10/925,151 06/14/11 7,962,425 12/952,716 06/14/11 7,962,427 12/545,707 06/14/11 7,962,429 12/127,565 06/14/11 7,962,437 11/941,214 06/14/11 7,962,442 11/468,966 06/14/11 7,962,445 12/154,216 06/14/11 7,962,447 12/346,687 06/14/11 7,962,452 11/966,460 06/14/11 7,962,454 12/889,509 06/14/11 7,962,472 12/240,442 06/14/11 7,962,473 11/966,537 06/14/11 7,962,475 11/249,833 06/14/11 7,962,478 12/057,832 06/14/11 7,962,488 12/581,493 06/14/11 7,962,493 11/682,093 06/14/11 7,962,494 11/569,991 06/14/11 7,962,496 11/188,371 06/14/11 7,962,506 12/944,216 06/14/11 7,962,512 12/762,239 06/14/11 7,962,514 11/835,728 06/14/11 7,962,516 12/026,240 06/14/11 7,962,519 11/834,266 06/14/11 7,962,533 11/686,544 06/14/11 7,962,534 12/251,225 06/14/11 7,962,537 11/768,742 06/14/11
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 7,962,538 11/560,165 06/14/11 7,962,539 11/742,002 06/14/11 7,962,547 12/350,324 06/14/11 7,962,553 11/826,884 06/14/11 7,962,555 11/537,074 06/14/11 7,962,556 11/835,531 06/14/11 7,962,557 11/951,714 06/14/11 7,962,558 12/396,694 06/14/11 7,962,563 11/388,524 06/14/11 7,962,564 12/036,979 06/14/11 7,962,568 11/537,956 06/14/11 7,962,571 12/044,760 06/14/11 7,962,574 12/362,058 06/14/11 7,962,575 10/700,083 06/14/11 7,962,581 10/317,993 06/14/11 7,962,583 11/955,586 06/14/11 7,962,590 10/391,124 06/14/11 7,962,610 12/044,790 06/14/11 7,962,611 12/056,583 06/14/11 7,962,617 12/351,922 06/14/11 7,962,624 11/485,229 06/14/11 7,962,626 12/261,360 06/14/11 7,962,627 12/328,214 06/14/11 7,962,638 11/690,943 06/14/11 7,962,645 11/047,050 06/14/11 7,962,658 12/285,934 06/14/11 7,962,665 12/238,776 06/14/11 7,962,676 11/754,955 06/14/11 7,962,677 12/173,211 06/14/11 7,962,685 12/161,438 06/14/11 7,962,688 12/552,403 06/14/11 7,962,690 11/969,753 06/14/11 7,962,695 11/949,935 06/14/11 7,962,726 12/051,215 06/14/11 7,962,729 12/348,712 06/14/11 7,962,749 11/539,791 06/14/11 7,962,756 11/555,137 06/14/11 7,962,764 11/601,567 06/14/11 7,962,767 12/756,976 06/14/11 7,962,770 11/960,163 06/14/11 7,962,776 11/872,017 06/14/11 7,962,780 12/197,183 06/14/11 7,962,781 12/140,870 06/14/11 7,962,782 12/123,948 06/14/11 7,962,793 12/247,812 06/14/11 7,962,800 11/777,125 06/14/11 7,962,803 12/242,849 06/14/11 7,962,807 12/306,872 06/14/11 7,962,810 12/024,118 06/14/11 7,962,811 11/552,807 06/14/11 7,962,816 12/835,358 06/14/11 7,962,822 12/235,628 06/14/11 7,962,829 11/905,307 06/14/11 7,962,833 12/577,382 06/14/11 7,962,838 12/555,507 06/14/11 7,962,842 11/351,078 06/14/11 7,962,847 11/254,976 06/14/11 7,962,848 11/549,706 06/14/11 7,962,849 11/371,810 06/14/11 7,962,850 11/877,298 06/14/11 7,962,859 11/769,170 06/14/11 7,962,861 11/360,354 06/14/11 7,962,862 10/720,804 06/14/11 7,962,873 12/032,299 06/14/11 7,962,875 12/255,363 06/14/11 7,962,882 12/032,313 06/14/11
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 7,962,883 12/195,574 06/14/11 7,962,888 11/786,313 06/14/11 7,962,890 11/504,863 06/14/11 7,962,891 11/735,427 06/14/11 7,962,897 11/590,439 06/14/11 7,962,900 11/219,467 06/14/11 7,962,901 11/406,207 06/14/11 7,962,907 11/840,371 06/14/11 7,962,913 12/342,352 06/14/11 7,962,924 11/759,588 06/14/11 7,962,926 11/398,002 06/14/11 7,962,927 12/568,496 06/14/11 7,962,933 11/694,546 06/14/11 7,962,951 12/129,858 06/14/11 7,962,964 12/236,573 06/14/11 7,962,965 11/587,134 06/14/11 7,962,966 12/471,762 06/14/11
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 07/06/2015
 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 07/06/2015 Patent Application Filing Issue Granted Number Number Date Date Date 6,372,010 09/459,303 12/10/1999 04/16/2002 07/08/2015 6,563,621 09/849,441 05/04/2001 05/13/2003 07/06/2015 6,570,697 09/848,968 05/04/2001 05/27/2003 07/06/2015 6,572,308 10/065,114 09/18/2002 06/03/2003 07/10/2015 6,931,530 10/201,358 07/22/2002 08/16/2005 07/09/2015 7,007,344 10/800,126 03/12/2004 03/07/2006 07/10/2015 7,154,063 10/926,030 08/26/2004 12/26/2006 07/08/2015 7,194,844 10/123,476 04/17/2002 03/27/2007 07/10/2015 7,559,138 11/291,127 11/30/2005 07/14/2009 07/10/2015 7,565,532 11/584,971 10/23/2006 07/21/2009 07/09/2015 7,745,591 11/431,373 05/09/2006 06/29/2010 07/09/2015 7,759,653 12/130,879 05/30/2008 07/20/2010 07/07/2015 7,775,497 11/054,721 02/10/2005 08/17/2010 07/06/2015 7,828,435 12/699,238 02/03/2010 11/09/2010 07/07/2015 7,867,411 11/577,152 06/08/2007 01/11/2011 07/07/2015 7,872,236 11/668,846 01/30/2007 01/18/2011 07/08/2015 7,919,760 12/331,336 12/09/2008 04/05/2011 07/09/2015 7,928,383 12/204,282 09/04/2008 04/19/2011 07/09/2015 7,936,126 12/501,152 07/10/2009 05/03/2011 07/07/2015 7,947,030 11/026,103 12/30/2004 05/24/2011 07/09/2015 7,954,504 10/596,865 06/27/2006 06/07/2011 07/08/2015 7,958,127 12/032,473 02/15/2008 06/07/2011 07/06/2015 7,960,697 12/257,304 10/23/2008 06/14/2011 07/09/2015 7,972,037 12/324,663 11/26/2008 07/05/2011 07/08/2015
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Reissue Applications Filed
 Reissue Applications Filed Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair) on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be obtained by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19). D. 659,432, Re. S.N.: 29/528,376, May 28, 2015, Cl.: D06/450, CROSS- SHAPED DISPLAY STAND, William F. Kroll, Owner of Record: INVENTOR, Attorney or Agent: Mark D. Bowen, Ex. Gp.: 2917 7,030,971, Re. S.N.: 14/741,857, Jun. 17, 2015, Cl.: 356/035.5, NATURAL SPAN REFLECTOMETRY FOR WELL CASING MONITORING, Robert Michael Payton, Owner of Record: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Newport, RI, Attorney or Agent: James M. Kasischke, Ex. Gp.: 2877 7,543,413, Re. S.N.: 14/456,885, Aug. 11, 2014, Cl.: 052/058, DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR USE IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, Tom Sourlis, Owner of Record: INVENTOR, Attorney or Agent: Vincent M. Smolcynski, Ex. Gp.: 3635 7,574,037, Re. S.N.: 14/743,538, Jun. 18, 2015, Cl.: 382, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GROUP LEARNING, Kenichi Hidai, et al, Owner of Record: SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JAPAN, Attorney or Agent: William S. Frommer, Ex. Gp.: 2624 7,707,591, Re. S.N.: 14/704,972, May 06, 2015, Cl.: 719, INTEGRATION OF AUDIO OR VIDEO PROGRAM WITH APPLICATION PROGRAM, Michael J. Curry, et.al, Owner of Record: CEDATECH HOLDINGS, LLC, Plano, TX, Attorney or Agent: Frank M. Washko, Ex. Gp.: 2194 7,890,581, Re. S.N.: 14/638,851, Mar. 04, 2015, Cl.: 709/220, MATCHING NETWORK SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES, Sunil K. Rao, Owner of Record: IP HOLDINGS, INC., Attorney or Agent: Johney U. Han, Ex. Gp.: 2444 7,967,646, Re. S.N.: 14/794,003, Jul. 08, 2015, Cl.: 439, MODULAR ELECTRICAL BUS SYSTEM, Enrico De Carolis, et al, Owner of Record: Numatics, Incorporated, Novi, MI, Attorney or Agent: Michael J. Thomas, Ex. Gp.: 2833 7,995,158, Re. S.N.: 14/603,284, Jan. 22, 2015, Cl.: 349/062, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, Kiyohiro Kimura et. al., Owner of Record: SONY CORPORATION, Attorney or Agent: Robert M. Abrahamsen, Ex. Gp.: 2871 8,357,906, Re. S.N.: 14/602,294, Jan. 22, 2015, Cl.: 250/369, LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM, SENSOR, CONVERTER ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE, Rabah Hanfoug, Owner of Record: MAPPER LITHOGRAPHY IP B.V., Attorney or Agent: David P. Owen, Ex. Gp.: 2884 8,379,590, Re. S.N.: 14/625,525, Feb. 18, 2015, Cl.: 370/330, METHOD, APPARATUSES, SYSTEM, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION, Kari Juhani Hooli, et al., Owner of Record: Cellular Communications Equipment LLC, Attorney or Agent: Eric A. Bernsen, Ex. Gp.: 2473 8,401,248, Re. S.N.: 14/663,365, Mar. 19, 2015, Cl.: 423, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING EMOTIONAL AND ATTENTIONAL RESPONSE TO DYNAMIC DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT, Hankyu Moon, et al., Owner of Record: 9051147 Canada Inc. Vancouver, BC CA, Attorney or Agent: Michael D. Stein, Ex. Gp.: 1754 8,472,611, Re. S.N.: 14/750,965, Aug. 25, 2015, Cl.: 379, BALANCING MULTIPLE COMPUTER MODELS IN A CALL CENTER ROUTING SYSTEM, Zia CHISHTI, Owner of Record: Satmap international holdings limited, Hamilton, BM, Attorney or Agent: Thomas E. Anderson, Ex. Gp.: 2652 8,472,611, Re. S.N.: 14/788,469, Jun. 30, 2015, Cl.: 379/265.110,
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 BALANCING MULTIPLE COMPUTER MODELS IN A CALL CENTER ROUTING SYSTEM, Zia Chishti, Owner of Record: SATMAP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, HAMILTON, BM, Attorney or Agent: Thomas E. Anderson, Ex. Gp.: 2652 8,480,315, Re. S.N.: 14/794,568, Jul. 08, 2015, Cl.: 396, CAMERA MOUNTING STRUCTURE, CAMERA MOUNTING METHOD AND EXTERIOR PANEL COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE, Akihiro Nakamura, et al, Owner of Record: SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JAPAN, Attorney or Agent: William S. Frommer, Ex. Gp.: 2852 8,482,969, Re. S.N.: 14/794,707, Jul. 08, 2015, Cl.: 365, SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, Katsuhiko Hoya, et al, Owner of Record: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JAPAN, Attorney or Agent: Eric L. Fong, Ex. Gp.: 2824 8,484,421, Re. S.N.: 14/788,122, Jun. 30, 2015, Cl.: 711/137, CACHE PRE- FETCH ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD, Tarek Rohana, et al., Owner of Record: Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., Yokneam, IL, Attorney or Agent: Kevin T. LeMond, Ex. Gp.: 2139 8,678,321, Re. S.N.: 14/559,777, Dec. 03, 2014, Cl.: 244/158, SEA LANDING OF SPACE LAUNCH-VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS, Jeffrey P. Bezos et. al., Owner of Record: BLUE ORIGIN LLC., Attorney or Agent: John M. Wechkin, Ex. Gp.: 3645 8,681,723, Re. S.N.: 14/664,482, Mar. 20, 2015, Cl.: 370/315, METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSMITTING BACKHAUL SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING RELAY STATION, Han Byul Seo et. al., Owner of Record: LG ELETRONICS INC., Attorney or Agent: Esther H. Chong, Ex. Gp.: 2462 8,843,430, Re. S.N.: 14/677,006, Apr. 02, 2015, Cl.: 604/218, MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE, Christopher James Vincent Smith, Owner of Record: SANOFI- AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Attorney or Agent: David M. Frischkorn, Ex. Gp.: 3763 8,963,229, Re. S.N.: 14/730,856, Jun. 04, 2015, Cl.: 257/321, NON- VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, Yutaka Shinagawa et. al., Owner of Record: FLOADIA CORPORATION, Attorney or Agent: Robert J. Sacco, Ex. Gp.: 2826
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
 Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed 7,491,509, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,524, Requested Date: Jun. 8, 2015, Cl. 435/069, Title: SYSTEM FOR EXPRESSION OF GENES IN PLANTS, Inventor: Oleg Fedorkin et al., Owners of Record: Ibio, Inc., Newark, DE, Attorney or Agent: Fish & Richardson, Wilmington, DE, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: David M. Marcus, McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC., Harrisburg, PA 7,769,605, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,527, Requested Date: Jun. 12, 2015, Cl. 705/003, Title: MULTIPLE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PROACTIVE HEALTH MANAGEMENT, Inventor: Stephen J. Brown, Owners of Record: Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc., Farmington, MI, Attorney or Agent: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP., Irvine, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Richard D. Coller, III, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC., Washington, DC 8,477,931, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,523, Requested Date: Jun. 3, 2015, Cl. 379/451, Title: CASE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SURFACE FOR ATTACHING BUILDING ELEMENTS, Inventor: Hunter S. Thompson et al., Owners of Record: Pono Paani, LLC., Austin, TX, Attorney or Agent: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel, PC., Austin, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Brian R. Pollack, Day Pitney, LLP., Stamford, CT
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew
 Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew 15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year before the expiration of the period for which the registration was issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such expiration on payment of an additional fee. According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 1059. TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED July 10, 2015 DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW Reg. Number Serial Number Reg. Date 1,865,656 74/463,889 12/06/1994 2,907,437 75/508,803 12/07/2004 2,907,439 75/519,461 12/07/2004 2,907,440 75/533,388 12/07/2004 2,908,878 75/630,387 12/07/2004 2,908,886 75/732,328 12/07/2004 2,908,899 75/841,816 12/07/2004 2,908,901 75/866,663 12/07/2004 2,907,452 75/906,424 12/07/2004 2,907,454 75/913,380 12/07/2004 2,907,458 75/926,532 12/07/2004 2,908,913 76/007,358 12/07/2004 2,907,466 76/045,905 12/07/2004 2,908,921 76/079,713 12/07/2004 2,908,927 76/093,918 12/07/2004 2,908,943 76/187,676 12/07/2004 2,907,485 76/210,354 12/07/2004 2,907,488 76/218,866 12/07/2004 2,907,489 76/218,867 12/07/2004 2,907,491 76/233,387 12/07/2004 2,907,492 76/233,390 12/07/2004 2,908,963 76/237,925 12/07/2004 2,908,975 76/265,020 12/07/2004 2,908,977 76/269,137 12/07/2004 2,907,500 76/271,403 12/07/2004 2,908,983 76/283,659 12/07/2004 2,908,986 76/292,589 12/07/2004 2,908,997 76/332,778 12/07/2004 2,909,007 76/348,413 12/07/2004 2,907,519 76/353,968 12/07/2004 2,909,012 76/361,939 12/07/2004 2,909,021 76/376,657 12/07/2004 2,909,028 76/388,135 12/07/2004 2,907,529 76/388,773 12/07/2004 2,909,029 76/390,140 12/07/2004 2,909,037 76/397,332 12/07/2004 2,909,044 76/402,952 12/07/2004 2,907,542 76/407,299 12/07/2004 2,907,543 76/409,942 12/07/2004 2,909,048 76/410,270 12/07/2004 2,909,049 76/410,358 12/07/2004 2,907,548 76/415,225 12/07/2004 2,907,550 76/421,015 12/07/2004 2,909,060 76/422,028 12/07/2004 2,909,063 76/426,651 12/07/2004
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 2,909,066 76/430,117 12/07/2004 2,907,566 76/442,620 12/07/2004 2,907,575 76/447,920 12/07/2004 2,907,578 76/451,860 12/07/2004 2,907,579 76/452,323 12/07/2004 2,909,088 76/454,451 12/07/2004 2,907,582 76/455,345 12/07/2004 2,907,587 76/457,377 12/07/2004 2,907,588 76/457,885 12/07/2004 2,909,095 76/463,838 12/07/2004 2,907,599 76/464,900 12/07/2004 2,909,097 76/465,303 12/07/2004 2,909,098 76/466,806 12/07/2004 2,907,602 76/467,143 12/07/2004 2,907,609 76/473,787 12/07/2004 2,907,610 76/473,793 12/07/2004 2,907,611 76/473,797 12/07/2004 2,907,613 76/474,069 12/07/2004 2,909,107 76/478,132 12/07/2004 2,907,622 76/478,494 12/07/2004 2,907,627 76/480,194 12/07/2004 2,907,628 76/483,307 12/07/2004 2,907,636 76/488,967 12/07/2004 2,909,318 76/494,571 12/07/2004 2,909,111 76/500,381 12/07/2004 2,907,658 76/504,340 12/07/2004 2,907,663 76/506,633 12/07/2004 2,907,670 76/507,957 12/07/2004 2,907,682 76/511,800 12/07/2004 2,907,687 76/512,829 12/07/2004 2,907,690 76/513,447 12/07/2004 2,907,692 76/513,696 12/07/2004 2,907,693 76/513,776 12/07/2004 2,907,695 76/514,368 12/07/2004 2,907,697 76/515,008 12/07/2004 2,907,699 76/515,539 12/07/2004 2,907,711 76/517,416 12/07/2004 2,907,722 76/518,440 12/07/2004 2,907,727 76/518,839 12/07/2004 2,909,130 76/518,853 12/07/2004 2,909,131 76/518,854 12/07/2004 2,909,134 76/520,736 12/07/2004 2,907,753 76/521,983 12/07/2004 2,907,774 76/524,144 12/07/2004 2,907,781 76/524,911 12/07/2004 2,907,787 76/525,460 12/07/2004 2,907,798 76/526,853 12/07/2004 2,909,144 76/527,128 12/07/2004 2,907,806 76/527,658 12/07/2004 2,907,808 76/527,698 12/07/2004 2,907,810 76/527,811 12/07/2004 2,907,811 76/528,034 12/07/2004 2,907,812 76/528,272 12/07/2004 2,907,813 76/528,301 12/07/2004 2,907,816 76/528,629 12/07/2004 2,907,827 76/529,190 12/07/2004 2,907,829 76/529,620 12/07/2004 2,907,833 76/530,370 12/07/2004 2,907,836 76/530,584 12/07/2004 2,907,837 76/530,805 12/07/2004 2,907,840 76/530,973 12/07/2004 2,907,847 76/532,406 12/07/2004 2,907,848 76/532,515 12/07/2004 2,907,850 76/532,769 12/07/2004 2,907,862 76/534,872 12/07/2004 2,907,867 76/536,300 12/07/2004
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 2,907,888 76/542,633 12/07/2004 2,907,891 76/543,187 12/07/2004 2,907,892 76/543,359 12/07/2004 2,907,894 76/543,446 12/07/2004 2,907,897 76/544,234 12/07/2004 2,907,912 76/548,454 12/07/2004 2,907,922 76/549,877 12/07/2004 2,907,935 76/552,407 12/07/2004 2,907,943 76/553,695 12/07/2004 2,907,946 76/554,783 12/07/2004 2,907,947 76/554,859 12/07/2004 2,907,965 76/556,946 12/07/2004 2,907,995 76/560,055 12/07/2004 2,907,996 76/560,235 12/07/2004 2,908,027 76/562,220 12/07/2004 2,908,030 76/562,320 12/07/2004 2,908,040 76/563,082 12/07/2004 2,908,052 76/563,607 12/07/2004 2,908,059 76/563,756 12/07/2004 2,908,066 76/564,146 12/07/2004 2,908,085 76/564,689 12/07/2004 2,908,093 76/565,198 12/07/2004 2,908,095 76/565,233 12/07/2004 2,908,099 76/565,366 12/07/2004 2,908,102 76/565,387 12/07/2004 2,908,105 76/565,429 12/07/2004 2,908,112 76/565,877 12/07/2004 2,908,118 76/566,071 12/07/2004 2,908,120 76/566,090 12/07/2004 2,908,131 76/566,987 12/07/2004 2,908,134 76/568,257 12/07/2004 2,908,137 76/568,655 12/07/2004 2,909,153 76/977,077 12/07/2004 2,908,144 78/016,247 12/07/2004 2,908,151 78/094,000 12/07/2004 2,908,153 78/104,322 12/07/2004 2,908,155 78/116,768 12/07/2004 2,909,160 78/120,358 12/07/2004 2,909,161 78/120,359 12/07/2004 2,908,176 78/157,232 12/07/2004 2,908,184 78/165,978 12/07/2004 2,908,203 78/183,777 12/07/2004 2,909,173 78/184,244 12/07/2004 2,908,211 78/189,994 12/07/2004 2,908,221 78/198,774 12/07/2004 2,908,225 78/202,326 12/07/2004 2,908,230 78/208,736 12/07/2004 2,908,234 78/211,715 12/07/2004 2,908,237 78/212,816 12/07/2004 2,909,198 78/213,276 12/07/2004 2,909,200 78/213,707 12/07/2004 2,909,202 78/216,539 12/07/2004 2,908,257 78/226,675 12/07/2004 2,909,213 78/228,434 12/07/2004 2,909,219 78/229,139 12/07/2004 2,909,230 78/232,297 12/07/2004 2,909,232 78/232,524 12/07/2004 2,908,274 78/240,556 12/07/2004 2,908,279 78/242,269 12/07/2004 2,909,241 78/244,676 12/07/2004 2,908,291 78/246,274 12/07/2004 2,908,295 78/247,566 12/07/2004 2,908,303 78/249,055 12/07/2004 2,908,310 78/250,521 12/07/2004 2,909,246 78/252,503 12/07/2004 2,908,322 78/253,297 12/07/2004
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 2,908,335 78/255,830 12/07/2004 2,908,361 78/260,115 12/07/2004 2,908,363 78/260,502 12/07/2004 2,908,365 78/260,709 12/07/2004 2,908,368 78/261,431 12/07/2004 2,908,385 78/264,006 12/07/2004 2,908,397 78/266,701 12/07/2004 2,908,405 78/268,054 12/07/2004 2,908,408 78/268,395 12/07/2004 2,908,428 78/272,300 12/07/2004 2,908,435 78/273,001 12/07/2004 2,908,440 78/273,428 12/07/2004 2,908,444 78/274,284 12/07/2004 2,908,445 78/274,433 12/07/2004 2,908,450 78/275,571 12/07/2004 2,908,453 78/275,778 12/07/2004 2,909,272 78/276,312 12/07/2004 2,908,456 78/276,873 12/07/2004 2,909,329 78/278,619 12/07/2004 2,909,283 78/280,863 12/07/2004 2,908,474 78/282,774 12/07/2004 2,909,290 78/287,527 12/07/2004 2,909,291 78/288,371 12/07/2004 2,908,498 78/288,859 12/07/2004 2,908,501 78/289,183 12/07/2004 2,909,295 78/290,177 12/07/2004 2,909,299 78/291,657 12/07/2004 2,909,304 78/292,521 12/07/2004 2,908,514 78/294,066 12/07/2004 2,908,522 78/297,194 12/07/2004 2,908,526 78/298,036 12/07/2004 2,908,554 78/305,734 12/07/2004 2,908,566 78/308,935 12/07/2004 2,908,570 78/310,632 12/07/2004 2,908,576 78/312,522 12/07/2004 2,908,604 78/318,088 12/07/2004 2,908,615 78/320,129 12/07/2004 2,908,619 78/321,049 12/07/2004 2,908,620 78/321,146 12/07/2004 2,908,627 78/322,973 12/07/2004 2,908,632 78/323,234 12/07/2004 2,908,642 78/325,628 12/07/2004 2,908,648 78/326,938 12/07/2004 2,908,653 78/327,183 12/07/2004 2,908,657 78/327,743 12/07/2004 2,908,664 78/328,032 12/07/2004 2,908,666 78/328,704 12/07/2004 2,908,667 78/328,708 12/07/2004 2,908,674 78/329,402 12/07/2004 2,908,686 78/331,523 12/07/2004 2,908,690 78/331,703 12/07/2004 2,908,692 78/331,772 12/07/2004 2,908,695 78/332,265 12/07/2004 2,908,696 78/332,283 12/07/2004 2,908,708 78/333,008 12/07/2004 2,908,718 78/334,565 12/07/2004 2,908,724 78/334,781 12/07/2004 2,908,742 78/336,576 12/07/2004 2,908,748 78/337,092 12/07/2004 2,908,750 78/337,145 12/07/2004 2,908,752 78/337,391 12/07/2004 2,908,755 78/337,619 12/07/2004 2,908,770 78/338,050 12/07/2004 2,908,772 78/338,267 12/07/2004 2,908,793 78/339,103 12/07/2004 2,908,795 78/339,128 12/07/2004
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 2,908,796 78/339,131 12/07/2004 2,908,797 78/339,263 12/07/2004 2,909,344 78/339,674 12/07/2004 2,908,807 78/339,846 12/07/2004 2,908,827 78/341,773 12/07/2004 2,908,835 78/343,699 12/07/2004 2,908,837 78/343,823 12/07/2004 2,908,843 78/362,333 12/07/2004 2,908,847 78/387,279 12/07/2004 2,908,854 78/404,553 12/07/2004 2,908,858 78/975,447 12/07/2004 2,908,867 78/975,467 12/07/2004 1,790,603 74/347,462 08/31/1993
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Registration to Practice
 Registration to Practice The following list contains the names of persons seeking for registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute. 37 CFR § 11.7 Accordingly, any information tending to affect the eligibility of any of the following persons on moral ethical or other grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on or before August 22, 2015 at the following address: Mail Stop OED United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314 Applegate, Gabriel Thomas, SmithAmundsen LLC, 201 N Illinois Street, Suite 1400, Capital Center, South Tower, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Barazesh, Ellyar Yousef, 250 K. Street NW, Apartment 801, Washington, DC 20002 Bedford, Sean Boudreau, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, 3500 Sun Trust Plaza, 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30308 Benavides, Luis Fernando, 637 Taylor Ridge Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 Benson, Michael Patrick, 7246 Pershing Avenue, Apartment 2E, St. Louis, MO 63130 Bychowski, Meaghan Elizabeth, 2 International Place, Choate Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA 02110 Chen, Andrew Yen-bor, 1717 31st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 Eick, Stefanie Lynn, 401 West A Street, Suite 1785, San Diego, CA 92101 Evans, Joseph McConkie, 7A Short Street, Concord, NH 03301 Evans, Matthew Verlin, Schaeffler Group USA, 1750 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48092 Fischer, Sarah Jane, Jack Brooks Federal Building and Courthouse, 300 Willow Street, Suite 221, Beaumont, TX 77701 Freeborn-Scott, Christopher Robin, Pennington PA, 215 South Monroe Street, 2nd Floor, Tallahassee, FL 32301 Goodman, Jason Michael Selig, 5610 West Tensleep Road, Bloomington, IN 47403 Grice, Christopher Jeffrey, 4225 Larchmont Road, Apartment 805, Durham, NC 27707 Hines, Charisse LaToya, P.O. Box 34223, Washington, DC 20043 James, Thomas Alden, 2434 N. Southport 1F, Chicago, IL 60614 Jang, Seung-Hyun, Brinks Gilson & Lione, 1775 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006-2219 Jia, Kemiao, 57 Candlewood Drive, Tolland, CT 06084 Near, Rachel Deanne, Meunier Carlin and Curfman LLC, 999 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1300, Atlanta, GA 30066 Park, Byungwoong, Novick, Kim & Lee, PLLC, 1604 Spring Hill Road, Suite 320, Vienna, VA 22182
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 Pyatt, Robby Dale, Hamilton, Brook, Smith and Reynolds, PC, 530 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742 Restauro, Brian Matthew, International Business Machines, 1701 North Street, Bldg 256-2, Office K006, Endicott, NY 13760 Rush, Stacy, 3131 Walnut Street, #240, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Sahba, Reza, 32600 Whatley Road, Franklin, MI 48025 Santoro, Ariana Kristine, Omni Legal Group, 938 Palm Avenue, Apartment #3, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Sun, Jeff K.Y, 5721 Elsom Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5H-2Z8, Canada Yeargin, Lindsey Michelle, Alston & Bird LLP, One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 July 8, 2015 WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN Acting Director Office of Enrollment and Discipline
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Notice of Exclusion on Consent
 Notice of Exclusion on Consent This notice concerns Greg H. Leitich of Austin, Texas, a registered patent attorney (Registration No. 39,745). The Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO" or "Office") has accepted Mr. Leitich's affidavit of resignation and ordered his exclusion on consent from the practice of patent, trademark, and non-patent law before the Office. Mr. Leitich voluntarily submitted his affidavit at a time when a disciplinary investigation was pending against him. His affidavit acknowledged that the Director of the USPTO's Office of Enrollment and Discipline ("OED Director") was of the opinion that Mr. Leitich's conduct violated 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.23(b)(5) (engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice); 10.77(c) (neglecting a legal matter entrusted to the practitioner); 10.23(b) via 10.23(c)(8) (failing to timely inform a client of correspondence received from the Office when the correspondence (i) could have a significant effect on a matter pending before the Office, (ii) was received by the practitioner on behalf of a client, and (iii) was correspondence of which a reasonable practitioner would believe under the circumstances the client should be notified); 11.804(c) (engaging in dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation); 11.804(d) (engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice); 11.101 (failing to act with thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation of a client); 11.103 (failing to act with reasonable diligence and promptness); 11.104(a)(3)-(a)(4) (failing to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information from the client); and 11.801(b) (failing to cooperate with OED in an investigation of any matter before it, or knowingly failing to respond to a lawful demand or request for information from a disciplinary authority). The OED Director is of the opinion that Mr. Leitich violated the above rules by allowing five patent applications to go abandoned without the client's knowledge or consent; failing to apprise himself of the status of the five patent applications; presenting multiple payments to the Office that were dishonored; failing to update the client on the status of the client's five patent applications and accurately respond to the client's request for a status update; failing to keep the mailing address updated in the patent applications; and failing to respond to OED's lawful requests for information. While Mr. Leitich did not admit to violating any of the disciplinary rules of the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct as alleged in the pending investigation, he acknowledged that, if and when he applies for reinstatement, the OED Director will conclusively presume, for the limited purpose of determining the application for reinstatement, that (i) the facts set forth above are true, and (ii) he could not have successfully defended himself against such allegations embodied in the opinion of the OED Director that he violated 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.23(b)(5); 10.77(c); 10.23(b) via 10.23(c)(8); 11.804(c); 11.804(d); 11.101; 11.103; 11.104(a)(3)-(a)(4); and 11.801(b). This action is taken pursuant to the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §§ 2(b)(2) (D) and 32, and 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.27 and 11.59. Disciplinary decisions involving practitioners are posted for public reading at the Office of Enrollment and Discipline Reading Room, located at http://efoia.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp. June 15, 2015 JAMES O. PAYNE Deputy General Counsel for General Law United States Patent and Trademark Office on behalf of MICHELLE K. LEE Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Status of Public Records Division
 Status of Public Records Division The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of June 2015: DOCUMENT SERVICES Goal Actual Processing Time Certified Documents Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 3 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 19 days Patent Copies 10 days 4 days Patent Assignments 10 days 6 days Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 3 days Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 14 days Trademark Assignments 10 days 7 days Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 3 days Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 11 days Uncertified Documents Patent Copies 5 days 1 day Plant Patents 5 days 1 day Patent Assignments 10 days 1 day Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 2 days Trademark Copies 5 days 1 day Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 2 days Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with a particular order. Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p Orders may also be faxed to the Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov. ASSIGNMENT SERVICES Goal Actual Processing Time Submission Method Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS) 2 days 3 days Fax 10 days 14 days Paper 14 days 12 days The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on June 18, 2015. Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet.
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 Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/ for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments. Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc. Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Branch at (571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area). July 2, 2015 DONNA J. COOPER Manager, Public Records Division
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Notice of Suspension
 Notice of Suspension This notice concerns Andrew Y. Schroeder of Santa Maria, California, a registered patent practitioner (Registration No. 53,565). In a disciplinary proceeding, Mr. Schroeder has been suspended from practice before the Office in patent, trademark, and other non-patent matters for six months. The Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline for the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO" or "Office") filed a disciplinary complaint against Mr. Schroeder alleging that he violated several provisions of the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility. Mr. Schroeder did not respond to the Complaint or otherwise participate in the disciplinary proceedings. On May 18, 2015, the administrative law judge ("ALJ") assigned to the case granted the OED Director's motion for default judgment and entered an Initial Decision and Order suspending Mr. Schroeder for six months. Mr. Schroeder did not appeal the decision and it became final pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 11.55(i). The ALJ concluded that Mr. Schroeder violated 37 C.F.R. § 10.23(a) (a practitioner shall not engage in disreputable or gross misconduct); 37 C.F.R. § 10.23(b)(5) (a practitioner shall not engage in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice); 37 C.F.R. § 10.23(a) and (b) via 10.23(c)(15) (a practitioner shall not make a scandalous or indecent statement in a paper filed in the Office); and 37 C.F.R. § 10.89(c)(5) (a practitioner shall not engage in undignified or discourteous conduct before the Office while appearing in a professional capacity before a tribunal). These violations occurred as a result of comments made by Mr. Schroeder in papers filed with the Office in two patent applications. This notice is given pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 11.59(a). Disciplinary decisions regarding registered practitioners are posted at the Office of Enrollment and Discipline's Reading Room, which is publicly accessible via http://e-foia.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp. July 9, 2015 WILLIAM R. COVEY Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
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United States Patent and Trademark Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program
 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No.: PTO-P-2015-0026] United States Patent and Trademark Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is initiating a joint Work Sharing Pilot Program with the Korean Intellectual Patent Office (KIPO) to study whether the exchange of search reports between offices for corresponding counterpart applications improves patent quality and facilitates the examination of patent applications in both offices. In the pilot program, each office will concurrently conduct a prior art search for its corresponding counterpart application. The search report from each office will then be exchanged between offices before either office issues a communication concerning patentability to the applicant. As a result of this exchange of search reports, the examiners in both offices may have a more comprehensive set of references before them when making an initial patentability determination. Each office will accord special status to its counterpart application to first action. First Action Interview (FAI) pilot program procedures will be applied during the examination of the U.S. application and make the Korean search report of record concurrently with the issuance of a Pre-Interview Communication. DATES: Effective Date: September 1, 2015. Duration: Under the United States-Korean Collaboration Pilot (US-KR CSP) program, the USPTO and KIPO will accept petitions to participate for two years from its effective date. During the pilot program, each office will be limited to granting 400 petitions. The offices may extend the pilot program (with or without modification) for an additional amount of time, if necessary. Both offices reserve the right to terminate the pilot program at any time. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Hunter, Director of International Work Sharing, Planning, and Implementation, Office of International Patent Cooperation, by telephone at 571-272-8050 regarding the handling of any specific application participating in the pilot. Any questions concerning this notice may be directed to Joseph Weiss, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, by phone (571) 272-7759. Any inquiries regarding this pilot program can be emailed to csp@uspto.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The USPTO is continually looking for ways to improve the quality of issued patents and to promote work sharing between other Intellectual Property (IP) Offices throughout the world. The USPTO has launched several work sharing pilot programs in recent years (e.g., numerous Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs). In furtherance of promoting interoffice work sharing, the USPTO and KIPO will cooperate in a study to determine whether work sharing between IP offices, in the form of exchanging the results from independently performed concurrent searches, increases the efficiency and quality of patent examination. This exchange of search reports would occur prior to making determinations regarding patentability. Work sharing benefits applicants by promoting compact prosecution, reducing pendency, and supporting patent quality by reducing the likelihood of inconsistencies in patentability determinations (not predicated upon differences in national patent laws) between IP offices
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 when considering corresponding counterpart applications. Currently, an application filed in the USPTO with a claim of foreign priority may have a search report and art cited by the foreign office in the priority application provided to applicant during the U.S. application's pendency. After review of the search report and cited art, an applicant may submit an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) in the U.S. application to provide the information to the USPTO. Often this submission occurs after examination on the merits is already underway in the U.S. application. Upon evaluation of the search report and cited art, the U.S. examiner may determine that the art cited by the foreign office is relevant to patentability and merits further examination before making a final determination on patentability. The delay caused by further examination results in additional costs to an applicant and the USPTO that could have been avoided if the U.S. examiner was in possession of the foreign office's search results before commencing examination of the application. Furthermore, in light of the various expedited examination programs currently in place, the potential exists that a U.S. application may reach final disposition before an applicant is in receipt of a foreign office's search report. Work sharing between intellectual Property (IP) offices in the form of an exchange of search reports may increase efficiency and promote patent examination quality by providing the examiner with both offices' search reports when examination commences. In order to study the benefits of the exchange of search reports between offices, current USPTO examination practice would need to be modified to conduct a search and generate a search report, without issuance of an Office action. The U.S. application also would need to be "made special" pursuant to USPTO procedures to ensure that it could be contemporaneously searched with its corresponding counterpart application. The USPTO is using the First Action Interview Pilot Program (FAI) in this search report work sharing pilot program because its procedure bifurcates the determination and evaluation of a prior art search from the notice of rejection. See Full First Action Interview Pilot Program, 1367 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 42 (June 7, 2011). Under the FAI pilot program, participants receive a Pre-Interview Communication providing the results of a prior art search conducted by the examiner. Participants then have three options: (1) File a request not to conduct a first action interview; (2) submit a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 after reviewing the Pre-Interview Communication; or (3) conduct an interview with the examiner. Participants in the FAI pilot program experience many benefits including: (1) The ability to advance prosecution of an application; (2) enhanced interaction between applicant and the examiner; (3) the opportunity to resolve patentability issues one-on-one with the examiner at the beginning of the prosecution process; and (4) the opportunity to facilitate possible early allowance. The US-KR CSP program differs from the FAI pilot program procedure by requiring a Petition to Make Special for the participating application, and providing for the exchange of information with KIPO at different stages of prosecution as set forth in this notice. The USPTO also is initiating a joint Work Sharing Pilot Program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO). The KIPO and JPO pilot programs are different in the way that they operate. Thus, while there may be applications that are eligible for both work sharing pilot programs, such applications will not be permitted to participate in both pilot programs due to the differences in work sharing procedures of these two different programs. More information about the US-KR CSP program can be found on the USPTO's Internet Web site at: http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/ international-protection/collaborative-search-pilot-program-csp. II. Overview of Pilot Program Structure An application must meet all of the requirements set forth in section III of this notice to be accepted into this pilot program. An applicant must file a Petition to Make Special using form PTO/SB/437KR via EFS-web in a U.S. application. Use of the form will assist an applicant in complying with the pilot program's requirements. Form PTO/SB/437KR is available at: http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/international-protection/
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 collaborative-search-pilot-program-csp. An applicant's use of this form allows the USPTO to quickly identify participating applications, facilitates timely processing in accordance with this notice, and simplifies petition preparation and submission for an applicant. The collection of information involved in this pilot program has been submitted to OMB. The collection will be available at the OMB's Information Collection Review Web site (www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain). No fee is required for submission of petitions using Form PTO/SB/437KR. The fee (currently $140.00) for a petition under 37 CFR 1.102 (other than those enumerated in 37 CFR 1.102(c)) is hereby sua sponte waived for petitions to make special based upon the procedure specified in this notice. Each office may reevaluate the workload and resources needed to administer the pilot program at any time. The USPTO will provide notice of any substantive changes to the program (including early termination of the program) at least thirty (30) days prior to implementation of any changes. New patent applications are normally taken up for examination in the order of their U.S. filing date. Applications accepted into the US-KR CSP program will receive expedited processing by being granted special status and taken out of turn until issuance of a Pre-Interview Communication, or first action allowance, but will not maintain special status thereafter. While KIPO and USPTO will be sharing search reports, the possibility exists that there may be differences in the listing of references made of record by the USPTO versus those made of record in the corresponding KIPO counterpart application. Participants in the US-KR CSP program should review the references cited in each respective office's search reports. If any KIPO communication to an applicant cites references that are not already of record in the USPTO application and the applicant wants the examiner to consider the references, the applicant should promptly file an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) that includes a copy of the KIPO communication along with copies of the newly cited references in accordance with 37 CFR 1.98 and MPEP section 609.04(a)-(b). See also MPEP sections 609 and 2001.06(a). III. Requirements for Participation in the Pilot Program The following requirements must be satisfied for a petition under the US-KR CSP Program to be granted: (1) The application must be a non-reissue, non-provisional utility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), or an international application that has entered the national stage in compliance with 35 U.S.C. 371(c), with an effective filing date of no earlier than March 16, 2013. The U.S. application and the corresponding KIPO counterpart application must have a common earliest priority date that is no earlier than March 16, 2013. (2) A completed petition form PTO/SB/437KR must be filed in the application via EFS-Web. Form PTO/SB/437KR is available at: http://www. uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/international-protection/collaborative- search-pilot-program-csp. (3) The petition submission must include an express written consent under 35 U.S.C. 122(c) for the USPTO to accept and consider prior art references and comments from KIPO, during the examination of the U.S. application participating in the pilot program. The petition also must provide written authorization for the USPTO to provide KIPO access to the participating U.S. application's bibliographic data and search reports in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 122(a) and 37 CFR 1.14(c). Form PTO/SB/437KR includes language compliant with the consent requirements for this pilot program. (4) The petition must be filed at least one day before a first Office action on the merits of the application appears in the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system (i.e., at least one day prior to the date when a first Office action on the merits, notice of allowability or allowance, or action under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 Dec. Comm'r Pat. 11 (1935), appears in the PAIR system). An applicant should check the status of the application using the PAIR system prior to submitting the petition to ensure that this requirement is met. (5) The petition for participation filed in the corresponding KIPO
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 counterpart application for the US-KR CSP Program must be grant or have granted by KIPO. The KIPO and the USPTO petitions should be filed within fifteen days of each other. Both the KIPO and the USPTO petitions must be granted for the applications to be treated under the US-KR CSP program. As the requirements of each office's pilot program may differ, applicants should review the requirements for both pilot programs when considering participation, ensuring that the respective corresponding counterpart applications can comply with each office's requirements. (6) The petition submission must include a claims correspondence table that notes which claims between the pending U.S. and KIPO applications have a substantially corresponding scope to each other. Claims are considered to have a "substantially corresponding scope" where, after accounting for differences due to claim format requirements, the scope of the corresponding claims in the corresponding KIPO counterpart application would either anticipate or render obvious the subject matter recited under U.S. law. Additionally, claims in the corresponding U.S. counterpart application that introduce a new/different category of claims than those presented in the corresponding KIPO counterpart application are not considered to substantially correspond. For example, where the corresponding KIPO counterpart application contains only claims relating to a process of manufacturing a product, then any product claims in the corresponding U.S. counterpart application are not considered to substantially correspond, even if the product claims are dependent on process claims which substantially correspond to claims in the corresponding KIPO counterpart application. Applicants may file a preliminary amendment in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121 to amend the claims of the corresponding U.S. counterpart application to satisfy this requirement when attempting to make the U.S. application eligible for the program. (7) The application must contain three or fewer independent claims and twenty or fewer total claims. The application must not contain any multiple dependent claims. For an application that contains more than three independent claims or twenty total claims, or any multiple dependent claims, applicants may file a preliminary amendment in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121 to cancel the excess claims and/or the multiple dependent claims to make the application eligible for the program. (8) The claims must be directed to a single invention. If the Office determines that the claims are directed to multiple inventions (e.g., in a restriction requirement), the applicant must make a telephonic election without traverse in accordance with the procedures outlined in section V of this notice. An applicant is responsible for ensuring that the same invention is elected in both the U.S. and KIPO corresponding counterpart applications for concurrent treatment in the US-KR CSP program. (9) All submissions for the participating application while being treated under the US-KR CSP program's procedure must be filed via EFS-Web. (10) The petition must include a statement that the applicant agrees not to file a request for a refund of the search fee and any excess claim fees paid in the application after the mailing or notification date of the Pre- Interview Communication. See form PTO/SB/413C. Any petition for express abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138(d) to obtain a refund of the search fee and excess claim fee filed after the mailing or notification date of a Pre- Interview Communication will not be granted. IV. Decision on Petition To Make Special Under the US-KR Collaborative Search Pilot Program (Form PTO/SB/437KR) An applicant must file a Petition to Make Special using Form PTO/ SB/437KR in an eligible U.S. application for entry into the US-KR CSP program. Applicant also must file the appropriate petition paper in the corresponding KIPO counterpart application for participation in the US-KR CSP program. Once both petitions are granted, the U.S. application will receive expedited processing by being placed on the examiner's special docket for examination in accordance with sections V-VIII of this notice. A. Petition Decision Making
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 An applicant must file appropriate petition papers in both the USPTO and KIPO corresponding counterpart applications within fifteen days of each other. If the petitions are not filed within fifteen days of each other, an applicant runs the risk of one of the pending applications being acted upon by an examiner before entry into the pilot program, which will result in both applications being denied entry into the pilot program. Both offices must grant the respective petitions in order for the applications to participate in the pilot program. Once the USPTO issues a decision granting the petition, an applicant will no longer have a right to file a preliminary amendment that amends the claims. Any preliminary amendment filed after petition grant and before issuance of a Pre-Interview Communication amending the claims will not be entered unless approved by the examiner. After the petition is granted and before issuance of the Pre- Interview Communication, an applicant may still submit preliminary amendments to the specification that do not affect the claims. If either office determines that the petition must be denied, then the other office will be informed of the denial determination, and both offices will issue decisions denying the petition. B. Petition Dismissal If an applicant files an incomplete Form PTO/SB/437KR, or if an application accompanied by Form PTO/SB/437KR does not comply with the requirements set forth in this notice, the USPTO will notify the applicant of the deficiency by issuing a dismissal decision and the applicant will be given a single opportunity to correct the deficiency. If an applicant still wishes to participate in the pilot program, the applicant must make appropriate corrections within one month or thirty days of the mailing date of the dismissal decision, whichever is longer. The time period for reply is not extendable under 37 CFR 1.136(a). If the applicant fails to correct all of the noted deficiencies within the time period set forth, the USPTO will render a denial decision and notify KIPO in accordance with this notice, and neither application will be eligible for the pilot program. The U.S. application will then be taken up for examination in accordance with standard examination procedures, unless designated special in accordance with another established procedure (e.g., Prioritized Examination, Special Based on Applicant's Age, etc.). If an applicant timely files a response to the dismissal that corrects all the noted deficiencies and does not introduce new instances of non-compliance, the USPTO will issue a decision granting the petition. C. Withdrawal of Petition An application can be withdrawn from the pilot program only by filing a withdrawal of the petition to participate in the pilot program prior to issuance of a decision granting the petition. Once the petition for participation in the pilot program has been granted (one day before it appears in PAIR), withdrawal from the pilot program is not permitted. The USPTO will treat any request for withdrawal from the pilot program filed after the mailing or notification of acceptance into the pilot program as a request to not conduct an interview, and subsequent to the mailing of the Pre-Interview Communication, the USPTO will issue a First-Action Interview Office Action, in due course. (See section VII.B.1. of this notice.) V. Requirement for Restriction If the examiner determines that not all the claims presented are directed to a single invention, the telephone restriction practice set forth in MPEP section 812.01 will be followed. An applicant must make an election without traverse during the telephonic interview. If the applicant refuses to make an election without traverse, or if the examiner cannot reach the applicant after a reasonable effort (i.e., three business days), the examiner will treat the first claimed invention (the group of claim 1) as constructively elected without traverse for examination. When a telephonic election is made, the examiner will provide a complete record of the telephone interview, including the restriction or lack of unity
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 requirement and the applicant's election, as an attachment to the Pre-Interview Communication. Applicants are strongly encouraged to ensure that applications submitted for the pilot program are written such that they claim a single, independent, and distinct invention. An applicant is responsible to ensure the same invention is elected in both the U.S. and KIPO corresponding counterpart applications for concurrent treatment in this joint office work sharing pilot program. VI. Pre-Interview Communication If the application contains only one invention or an applicant has elected one invention without traverse, the examiner will conduct a prior art search for the claimed invention under consideration. The examiner may prepare either a Notice of Allowability or a Pre-Interview Communication. A. Notice of Allowability If the examiner determines that the application is in condition for allowance or the application could be placed in condition for allowance with minor corrections or a possible amendment or submission, a Pre- Interview Communication and all subsequent FAI procedures under this pilot program will not be necessary. The examiner may allow the application, or contact the applicant and conduct an interview in accordance with MPEP section 713 to discuss any possible amendments or submissions to place the application in condition for allowance. If the USPTO has not received the KIPO search report at the time the examiner has decided the claims are allowable, the USPTO will notify KIPO of the examiner's findings and references identified during the search. The USPTO will wait for up to 90 days from the date of notification for receipt of the KIPO search. Upon receipt of the KIPO search report, the examiner will consider the references cited in the KIPO search report before making a final determination whether to issue a Notice of Allowability. If the KIPO search report is not received within 90 days, the examiner will issue a Notice of Allowability without consideration of the KIPO search report. An applicant will be responsible for determining the appropriateness of any future correspondence with the USPTO for information later obtained from KIPO. If the examiner issues a Notice of Allowability with consideration of the KIPO search report, the examiner will cite references from the KIPO search report in a Notice of References Cited (PTO-892). The Notice of Allowability with a completed form PTO-892 also will be forwarded to KIPO for further consideration by the KIPO examiner of record for the corresponding KIPO counterpart application. If a Notice of Allowability will not issue, then the examiner will prepare and issue a Pre-Interview Communication in accordance with Section VI.B of this notice. B. Pre-Interview Communication If the examiner determines the application is not in condition for allowance, the examiner will prepare a Pre-Interview Communication and a PTO-892 citing the prior art references, identifying any rejections or objections relevant to the claimed invention, and any designation of allowable subject matter. If the USPTO has not received the KIPO search report at the time the examiner has completed the Pre-Interview Communication, the USPTO will notify KIPO of the examiner's findings and references identified during the search. The USPTO will wait for up to 90 days from the date of notification for receipt of the KIPO search. Upon receipt of the KIPO search report, the examiner will issue a Pre-Interview Communication and include a copy of the KIPO search report. Thus, the examiner is not required to cite in the Pre-Interview Communication references cited in the KIPO search report, because the KIPO search report is being sent to the applicant with the Pre-Interview Communication. If the KIPO search report is not received within 90 days, the examiner will issue the Pre-Interview Communication to the applicant, and the application will be removed from the pilot program for evaluation purposes only, but will continue to be treated in accordance with this notice. An applicant is responsible for responding to the USPTO Pre-Interview Communication in
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 accordance with the First Action Interview Program procedures discussed in Section VII of this notice. The Pre-Interview Communication issued to an applicant will set forth a time period of one month or thirty days, whichever is longer, for the applicant to request or decline an interview. An applicant is responsible for responding to the Pre-Interview Communication in accordance with the First Action Interview Program procedures discussed in Section VII of this notice. The USPTO will permit the applicant to extend this time period for reply pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) for one additional month as set forth in section VII, subsection B (Applicant's Options and Reply to Pre-Interview Communication) and subsection C (Failure to Respond to Pre-Interview Communication) of this notice. The examiner's typical working schedule also will be provided with the Pre-Interview Communication to indicate the examiner's availability for scheduling the interview. VII. Post Pre-Interview Communication A. Amendments Filed After Pre-Interview Communication Once a Pre-Interview Communication has been entered in an application, an applicant no longer has a right to amend the application until the first action interview is conducted and the First-Action Interview Office Action is sent. Therefore, any amendments filed after the Pre-Interview Communication, but before the interview and the mailing or notification date of a First-Action Interview Office Action (PTOL-413FA), will not be entered unless approved by the examiner or in accordance with the procedure of the Full First Action Interview Pilot Program in section VII, subsection B(2), or section VIII, subsection B(3), of this notice. This is because the examiner has devoted a significant amount of time to the preparation of the Pre-Interview Communication. See 37 CFR 1.115(b) and MPEP section 714.01(e). The USPTO may enter the amendment if it is clearly limited to: Cancellation of claims; adoption of examiner suggestions; placement of the application in condition for allowance, including an explanation on how the proposed amendments overcome art cited and/or applied in the KIPO search report, if necessary, in accordance with U.S. patent laws; and/or correction of informalities (similar to the treatment of an after-final amendment). Amendments will be entered solely at the examiner's discretion. B. Applicant Options and Reply to Pre-Interview Communication Upon receipt of a Pre-Interview Communication, the applicant has three options: (1) File a "Request to Not Have a First Action Interview"; (2) File a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 waiving the first action interview and First-Action Interview Office Action--an applicant is accepting that the Pre-Interview Communication is the first Office action on the merits; or (3) Schedule the first action interview--an applicant must file an Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form (PTOL-413A) electronically via EFS-Web, accompanied by a proposed amendment or arguments, and schedule the interview to be conducted within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of the Applicant Initiated Interview Request. 1. Request To Not Have a First Action Interview If an applicant wishes not to have the first action interview, the applicant should electronically file a letter requesting not to have a first action interview within the time period set forth in the Pre- Interview Communication. In this situation, a first action interview will not be conducted, and the examiner will provide the First-Action Interview Office Action setting forth the requirements, objections, and rejections relevant to the claimed invention. However, such a request will not preclude the examiner from contacting the applicant and conducting a regular interview in accordance with MPEP section 713 to discuss any issues or possible amendment to place the application in condition for allowance. To ensure that the request will be processed and recognized timely, an
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 applicant should file the request electronically via EFS-Web, selecting the document description "Request to Not Have a First Action Interview" on the EFS-Web screen. Once the petition for entry into the pilot program has been granted (one day before it appears in PAIR), withdrawal from the pilot program is not permitted. Therefore, the USPTO will treat a request for withdrawal from the pilot program filed after the mailing or notification of granting an applicant's petition to participate in the pilot program as a request to not conduct an interview, issue a Pre-Interview Communication, and subsequently enter a First-Action Interview-Office Action, in due course. 2. File a Reply Under 37 CFR 1.111, Waiving the First Action Interview and First-Action Interview Office Action Applicants may file, preferably in conjunction with a request to not conduct the interview, a reply in compliance with 37 CFR 1.111(b)-(c) to address every rejection, objection, and requirement set forth in the Pre-Interview Communication, including any issues of patentability raised by the art cited and/or applied in the KIPO search report, if necessary, in accordance with U.S. patent laws, thereby waiving the first action interview and First Action Interview Office Action. The reply under 37 CFR 1.111 must be filed within the time period for reply set forth in the Pre-Interview Communication. To ensure that the request will be processed and recognized timely, an applicant should file the request electronically via EFS-Web, selecting the document description "Reply under 1.111 to Pre-Interview Communication" on the EFS-Web screen. In this situation, a first action interview will not be conducted, and a First Action Interview Office Action will not be provided to the applicant. The Pre-Interview Communication will be deemed the first Office action on the merits. The examiner will consider the reply under 37 CFR 1.111 and provide an Office action in response to the reply, in due course. The Office action will be the second Office action on the merits, and thus it could be a final Office action, a notice of allowability, or other appropriate action. 3. Schedule the First Action Interview If an applicant wants a first action interview with the examiner, the applicant must timely file an Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form (PTOL 413A), electronically using EFS-Web, accompanied by a proposed amendment and/or arguments (as an attachment to the request). To ensure that the request will be processed and recognized timely, the applicant should select the document description "First Action Interview--Schedule Interview Request." An applicant must designate a proposed date to conduct the interview to facilitate scheduling of the first action interview. The applicant's proposed date to conduct the interview must be within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form. An applicant should consult the examiner's work schedule provided in the Pre-Interview Communication and discuss with the examiner the best date for conducting the interview. After filing the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form, the applicant must contact the examiner to confirm the interview date. The applicant's failure to conduct an interview within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form will be treated as a failure to respond to the Pre-Interview Communication. See section VII; subsection C (Failure to Respond to Pre-Interview Communication) of this notice. The interview may be in person, telephonic, or a video-conference. The applicant must provide written authorization to conduct any Internet email communications with the examiner. See MPEP section 502.03 for more information. The proposed amendment or arguments must be clearly labeled as "PROPOSED" at the header or footer of each page and filed electronically via EFS-Web as an attachment to the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form. The proposed amendment or arguments will not be entered as a matter
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 of right. The proposed amendment or arguments must address every proposed rejection, objection, and requirement set forth in the Pre-Interview Communication, including any issues of patentability raised by the art cited and/or applied in the KIPO search report, if necessary, in accordance with U.S. patent laws. The examiner, based upon discussions, feedback, and agreement with an applicant during the interview may at his or her discretion enter the amendment if found sufficient to advance prosecution on the merits. See MPEP sections 713.01 III and 713.04; see also MPEP sections 714 and 1302.04. Even if the examiner denies entry of the proposed amendment, the proposed amendment will be placed in the application file. Preparation for the Interview: An applicant must be prepared to fully discuss the prior art of record, any relevant interview talking points from the interview talking points posted at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ pac/dapp/opla/preognotice/fai_talking_points.pdf, and any rejections or objections with the intent to clarify and resolve all issues with respect to patentability during the interview, including any issues of patentability raised by the art cited and/or applied in the KIPO search report, if necessary, in accordance with U.S. patent laws. An applicant also must be prepared to discuss any proposed amendment or arguments previously submitted and discuss and resolve any relevant issues that arise. The interview talking points posted at http://www.uspto.gov/web/ offices/pac/dapp/opla/preognotice/fai_talking_points.pdf represent a non-exhaustive list of potential topics for discussion in a first action interview. The talking points are available to the public and the patent examining corps to assist and facilitate comprehensive and effective first action interviews. Multiple proposed amendments or sets of arguments are not permitted. Inventor Participation: Inventor participation in the interview process is encouraged, as it may assist in the resolution of outstanding rejections and/or objections. C. Failure To Respond to Pre-Interview Communication If an applicant fails to: (1) Respond to the Pre-Interview Communication within the time period for reply or (2) conduct the interview within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form, the Office will enter a First-Action Interview Office Action. Therefore, the consequence for failure to respond to the Pre-Interview Communication is issuance of a First-Action Interview Office Action without the benefit of an interview. VIII. First-Action Interview and First-Action Interview Office Action A. First-Action Interview The interview will be conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in MPEP section 713 except as otherwise provided in this notice. The interview should focus on and include: 1. A discussion to assist the examiner in developing a better understanding of the invention; 2. A discussion to establish the state of the art as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention, including the prior art references cited by the applicant and the examiner (as only applications subject to the First Inventor to File provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) are eligible for this pilot program); and 3. A discussion of the features of the claimed subject matter which make the invention patentable, including any proposed amendments to the claims. 4. A discussion regarding any issues of patentability raised by the art cited and/or applied in the KIPO search report, if necessary, in accordance with U.S. patent laws. B. Three Possible Outcomes of a First-Action Interview 1. An agreement is reached and all claims are in condition for allowance. If the applicant and the examiner reach agreement that the
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 application is in condition for allowance, the examiner must complete an Interview Summary (PTOL-413), enter and attach any necessary amendments or arguments (e.g., the proposed amendment and/or an examiner's amendment), generate a notice of allowability (PTOL-37), and attach a copy of the completed Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form. If the examiner agrees to enter the proposed amendment, the examiner must annotate the first page of the proposed amendment (e.g., "OK to enter"). In an in-person interview, a courtesy copy of the completed forms will be given to the applicant at the conclusion of the interview. The completed forms will then be promptly made of record with a Notice of Allowability and a Notice of Allowance and Fees Due (PTOL 85). The Notice of Allowability and the Notice of Allowance, interview summary, and all amendments made of record along with a completed Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 listing any newly cited references will also be forwarded to KIPO for consideration by the KIPO examiner of record for the corresponding KIPO counterpart application. 2. An agreement as to allowability is not reached. If the applicant and the examiner do not reach agreement during the interview, the examiner will set forth any unresolved, maintained, or new requirements, objections, and rejections in the First-Action Interview Office Action. The examiner also will complete an Interview Summary, highlighting the basis for any unresolved, maintained, or new requirements, objections, and rejections as well as resolution of any issues that occurred during the interview, attaching a copy of the completed Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form and any proposed amendments or arguments. In a personal interview, a courtesy copy of the completed forms may be given to the applicant at the conclusion of the interview. The completed forms will be promptly made of record. For this situation, the First-Action Interview Office Action is deemed the first Office action on the merits. Because the requirements, objections, and grounds of rejection are provided in the Pre-Interview Communication and the First-Action Interview Office Action, the applicant has sufficient notice of the requirements, objections, and grounds of rejection. To avoid abandonment of the application, the applicant must, within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the mailing or notification date of the First-Action Interview Office Action, file a reply in compliance with 37 CFR 1.111(b)-(c). This time period for reply is extendable under 37 CFR 1.136(a) for only two additional months. The First-Action Interview Office Action, interview summary and a completed Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 listing any newly cited references also will be forwarded to KIPO for consideration by the KIPO examiner of record for the corresponding KIPO counterpart application. 3. An agreement as to allowability is not reached, and applicant wishes to convert the previously submitted proposed amendment into a reply under 37 CFR 1.111(b) and waive receipt of a First-Action Interview Office Action. Applicants may request the USPTO to enter the previously filed proposed amendment and/or arguments as a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 to address every rejection, objection, and requirement set forth in the Pre-Interview Communication, waiving a First-Action Interview Office Action, if the proposed amendment and/or arguments comply with the requirements of 37 CFR 1.121 and 37 CFR 1.111(b)-(c). If the examiner agrees to enter the proposed amendment as the reply under 37 CFR 1.111 to the Pre-Interview Communication, the examiner must annotate the first page of the proposed amendment (e.g., "OK to enter"), and provide a statement in the Interview Summary (e.g., "Applicant requested to enter the proposed amendment as a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 to the Pre-Interview Communication, waiving the First-Action Interview Office Action"). The applicant cannot file any additional amendment and/or arguments until the mailing or notification of the next Office action. In this situation, a First-Action Interview Office Action will not be provided to the applicant. The Pre-Interview Communication and the interview will be deemed the first Office action on the merits. The interview summary and a completed Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 listing any newly cited references, if any, also will be forwarded to KIPO for consideration by the KIPO examiner of record for the corresponding KIPO counterpart application. The examiner will enter the proposed amendment and/or arguments, consider it as the reply under 37 CFR 1.111, and provide
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 an Office action in response to the reply. The Office action will be the second Office action on the merits, and thus it could be a final Office action, a notice of allowability, or other appropriate action. C. Substance of Interview Must Be Made of Record A complete written statement as to the substance of the interview with regard to the merits of the application must be made of record in the application, whether or not an agreement with the examiner was reached at the interview. It is the applicant's responsibility to make of record the substance of an interview, and it is the examiner's responsibility to see that such a record is made and to correct inaccuracies, including those which bear directly on the question of patentability. See MPEP section 713.04. July 2, 2015 MICHELLE K. LEE Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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The Japan Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
 The Japan Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO Effective July 1, 2015, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) may act as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for international applications filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as a Receiving Office, provided that: (1) the applications are submitted in the English language; (2) the claims of the application are directed to the field of green technology as defined by certain International Patent Classification classes; (3) the JPO has not received more than 5,000 international applications from the USPTO during the 3 year period from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018, and not more than 300 applications per quarter during the first year, and not more than 475 application per quarter during the second and third years; and (4) the JPO is chosen as a competent authority by the applicants of said applications. The JPO will also act as an IPEA if these four requirements are met, and the JPO acted as the ISA. The arrangement between the JPO and the USPTO is intended to end on June 30, 2018. The arrangement may be continued by mutual written consent. The USPTO will collect the search fees from the applicants, and will transmit the search fees to the JPO. The search fee for the JPO acting as an ISA for international applications received by the USPTO is $577 effective July 1, 2015. Any other fees necessary for search or examination or incidental thereto will be paid by applicants directly to the JPO. All correspondence between the JPO and the USPTO or the applicants will be in English. With this addition, U.S. applicants may now elect the USPTO, the European Patent Office (EPO)1, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, IP Australia2, Rospatent, the Israel Patent Office3 or the JPO as the ISA or IPEA. 1The use of the EPO is not restricted. However, the EPO will issue a declaration under PCT Rule 17(2)(a) that no International Search Report will be established whenever an application relates only to a business method as such. In applications containing claims relating to business methods where the subject matter of the application also contains technical features, the EPO will perform a search for those parts of the application which are more than mere business methods. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1414 O.G. 61 on March 10, 2015. The EPO will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA. 2The use of IP Australia is restricted. IP Australia will not act as an ISA if it has received more than 250 international applications from the USPTO during a fiscal quarter, as indicated in the Official Gazette at 1409 O.G. 302 on December 30, 2014. IP Australia will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA. 3The use of the ILPO is restricted. The ILPO will not act as an ISA for applications with one or more claims relating to a business method as defined by certain International Patent Classification classes nor will the ILPO act as an ISA where it has received more than 75 international applications from the USPTO during a fiscal quarter, as indicated in the Official Gazette at 1408 O.G. 52 on November 4, 2014. For the definition of what the ILPO considers to be precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, see Annex B of the Agreement between the Israel Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/notices/ilpo_isa-ipea.pdf). The ILPO will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA. The concluded arrangement between the USPTO and the JPO for the establishment of the JPO as an ISA and IPEA, including Annex A which sets forth the International Patent Classification classes the JPO considers to be green technology, follows. July 07, 2015 MICHELLE K. LEE Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Arrangement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office Concerning Action of the Japan Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 Arrangement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office Concerning Action of the Japan Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office Whereas an Agreement exists between the Japan Patent Office (hereinafter "JPO") and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization(hereinafter called "International Bureau") in relation to the functioning of the JPO as an International Searching and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (hereinafter called "the Agreement between the JPO and the International Bureau"); and Whereas the United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereinafter called "USPTO") desires to have the JPO carry out the tasks as one of the International Searching Authorities and International Preliminary Examining Authorities under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the JPO is willing to do so, The USPTO and the JPO (hereinafter also called "the Participants") have reached the common recognition as follows: 1. (1) The JPO intends to act as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for international applications filed with the USPTO as Receiving Office insofar as the following conditions are met: (i) the international applications are submitted in the English language; (ii) the claims of the international application are directed to the field of green technology as defined by the International Patent Classification classes indicated in Annex A; (iii) The JPO has not received more than 5,000 international applications from the USPTO during the 3 year period from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018, and not more than 300 applications per quarter during the first year, and not more than 475 applications per quarter during the second and third years; and (iv) The JPO is chosen as a competent authority by the applicants of said applications. (2) Consistent with paragraph (1), the JPO intends to act as an International Preliminary Examining Authority only where the JPO had acted as the International Searching Authority. (3) The USPTO intends to inform the International Bureau, pursuant to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (hereinafter the "PCT") Rules 35 and 59 that the JPO is competent for the searching and international preliminary examination under this arrangement in paragraphs (1) and (2). 2. The JPO intends to conduct the international search and international preliminary examination pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement between the JPO and the International Bureau, and intends to promptly notify the USPTO of any relevant amendment to said Agreement between the JPO and the International Bureau.
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 3. The language of correspondence between the USPTO and the JPO or the applicants is English. 4. Conduct of technical and procedural matters including transfer of fees and exchange of documents is as specified in Annex B of this arrangement. 5. The JPO, upon request and on payment, intends to furnish the applicants with copies of the documents cited in the international search reports and the international preliminary examination reports. 6. (1) The fees and charges which the JPO is entitled to make in relation to its function are intended to be those set out in Annex C of the Agreement between the JPO and the International Bureau, depending on the version of the Agreement in force, as represented by Annexes D and E of the PCT Applicant's Guide. (2) The USPTO intends to collect the search fees from the applicants in the U.S. Dollar (USD) amount specified in Annex D of the PCT Applicant's Guide and intends to transfer said amount in USD to the bank account in Japan, which has been communicated for this use. (3) The USPTO intends to transfer the search fee to said bank account in Japan, by the end of the next month following the month in which the search fee is received, and intends to promptly notify the JPO of the international filing date, the international application number, and the date on which the search fee was received. (4) Any fee for copies of documents cited in the international search report, additional international search fee, international preliminary examination fee, additional preliminary examination fee, or any necessary fee for search or preliminary examination is expected to be paid by the applicant to the JPO in the amount and in the currency set out in Annex D or E of the PCT Applicant's Guide. 7. (1) This Arrangement comes into effect upon July 1, 2015. (2) The USPTO and the JPO intend that this Arrangement end on June 30, 2018 or upon the termination of the Agreement between the JPO and the International Bureau if such termination is earlier. The USPTO and the JPO may continue this Arrangement by mutual written consent upon any renewal of the said Agreement between the JPO and the International Bureau. 8. This Arrangement may be modified with the written consent of both the USPTO and the JPO. 9. (1) This Arrangement may be discontinued by either Participant by written notice to the other Participant; however each Participant should endeavour to provide six months advanced notice of its intent to discontinue this Arrangement. (2) The JPO intends to act as the competent International Searching Authority and the International Preliminary Examining Authority in accordance with this Arrangement upon international applications insofar as these applications are received by the USPTO within six months after the receipt of the notice under the preceding paragraph. 10. (1) The Participants intend, where relevant, to apply the provisions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Regulations and the Administrative Instructions under the Treaty, to matters which are not provided for in this Arrangement. (2) This Arrangement does not give rise to legal obligations under international or domestic law. The JPO and the USPTO intend to
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 resolve any differences which arise regarding this Arrangement through consultations and negotiations. 11. Annex A and Annex B are part of this Arrangement. 12. The Participants recognize that if there is a change regarding the information in Section 1 (Contact Details) of Annex B, the Participant making the change intends to notify the other Participant. Signed on May 15, 2015 and on May 27, 2015 For the United States Patent For the Japan Patent Office and Trademark Office MICHELLE LEE HITOSHI ITO Under Secretary of Commerce for Commissioner of the JPO Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
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Arrangement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office Concerning Action of the Japan Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for Certain International Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office Annex A

Arrangement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office

and the Japan Patent Office

Concerning Action of the Japan Patent Office

as an International Searching Authority

and Preliminary Examining Authority

under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

for Certain International Applications Received by

the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Annex A


The Green Technology Classifications

JPO intends to conduct searches on the field of green technology. The details of the field of green technology are as follows:

A. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PRODUCTION

DESCRIPTION

IPC

Agricultural waste

C10L5/40

Biofuel

C10L5/00 C10L5/40

Chemical waste

B09B3/00 F23D3/00 F23D5/00 F23D7/00 F23D9/00 F23D11/00 F23D14/00 F23G5/00 F23G7/00 F23G7/04

For domestic hot water systems

F24J2/02 F24J2/04 F24J2/10 F24J2/22 F24J2/24 F24J2/26 F24J2/30 F24J2/32 F24J2/44 F24J2/46 F24J2/48 F24J2/50

For passive space heating

E04D13/18 E04H14/00

For swimming pools

F24J2/42

Fuel cell

H01M8/00

Fuel from animal waste and crop residues

C10L5/00

Gasification

B09B1/00 C01B3/36 C02F3/28 C10J3/46 C10J3/54 C12M1/107

Genetically engineered organism

C12N1/00 C12N1/12 C12N1/20 C12N5/00 C12N5/02 C12N5/04 C12N5/07 C12N5/071 C12N5/10 C12N5/16

Geothermal

F01K27/00 F03G7/00

Harnessing energy from man-made waste

F23D14/00 F23G7/08 F23J15/00

Hospital waste

B09B3/00 F23D3/00 F23D5/00 F23D7/00 F23D9/00 F23D11/00 F23D14/00 F23G5/00 F23G7/00 F23G7/04

Hydroelectric

E02B9/00 E02B9/08 F01B25/00 F01D17/00 F03B13/18 F03B13/20 F03B13/26 F03B15/00 F03B17/02 F04D27/00

Industrial waste

B09B3/00 F23D3/00 F23D5/00 F23D7/00 F23D9/00 F23D11/00 F23D14/00 F23G5/00 F23G7/00 F23G7/04

Industrial waste anaerobic digestion

C02F3/30

Industrial wood waste

C10L5/00 C10L5/40

Inertial (e.g., turbine)

F02N11/04 F03B13/00 F03B13/18 F03B13/20 F03B13/26 F03B17/02 H02P9/04

Landfill gas

F23D14/00 F23G7/08 F23J15/00

Municipal waste

C10L5/46

Nuclear power—induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

A61N5/10 C01B3/06 E21B43/24 E21B43/263 F01K3/18 F24J3/08 G01T3/00 G01V5/10 G21B1/00 G21B1/03 G21B1/13 G21B1/25 G21C1/01 G21C1/02 G21C1/04 G21C1/22 G21C1/24 G21C3/00 G21C3/06 G21C3/10 G21C3/22 G21C3/30 G21C3/32 G21C3/34 G21C3/36 G21C3/40 G21C3/56 G21C5/00 G21C7/00 G21C7/02 G21C7/06 G21C7/30 G21C7/32 G21C7/36 G21C9/00 G21C13/00 G21C15/00 G21C17/00 G21C19/00 G21C19/28 G21C19/42 G21C23/00 G21D5/02 G21D7/00 G21G1/00 G21G1/02 G21G1/06 G21G1/10 G21G1/12 H05H1/02 H05H1/12 H05H1/14 H05H1/16 H05H1/18 H05H1/22 H05H1/24 H05H3/06 H05H6/00

Nuclear power—reaction motor with electric, nuclear, or radiated energy fluid heating means

F03H1/00

Nuclear power—heating motive fluid by nuclear energy, Photovoltaic

G21D5/00 H01L25/00 H01L31/00 H01L31/042 H02N6/00

Refuse-derived fuel

C10L5/46

Solar cells

H01L21/00

Solar energy

B60K16/00 B60L8/00 E04D13/18 F01K27/00 F03G6/00 F03G7/00 F03G7/04 F03G7/06 F24J2/00 F24J2/02 F24J2/04 F24J2/08 F24J2/10 F24J2/12 F24J2/16 F24J2/18 F24J2/22 F24J2/24 F24J2/26 F24J2/30 F24J2/32 F24J2/34 F24J2/36 F24J2/38 F24J2/40 F24J2/42 F24J2/44 F24J2/46 F24J2/48 F24J2/50

Solar thermal energy

B60K16/00 B60L8/00 E04D13/18 F01K27/00 F03G6/00 F03G7/00 F03G7/04 F03G7/06 F24J2/00 F24J2/02 F24J2/04 F24J2/08 F24J2/10 F24J2/12 F24J2/16 F24J2/18 F24J2/22 F24J2/24 F24J2/26 F24J2/30 F24J2/32 F24J2/34 F24J2/36 F24J2/38 F24J2/40 F24J2/42 F24J2/44 F24J2/46 F24J2/48 F24J2/50

Water level (e.g., wave or tide)

E02B9/00 E02B9/08 F03B13/18 F03B13/20 F03B13/26 F03B17/02

Wind

F03B15/06 F03D7/00 F03D9/00 H02J7/00 H02J9/00 H02P9/04 H04B3/00 H04B15/00

B. ENERGY CONSERVATION

DESCRIPTION

IPC

Alternative-power vehicle (e.g., hydrogen)

A63G25/00 B60K8/00 B60K16/00 B60L8/00 B60L9/00

Cathode ray tube circuits

G05F1/00 H05B37/02 H05B39/04 H05B41/36

Commuting, e.g., HOV, teleworking

G07B15/00 G07B15/02

Drag reduction

B60J1/00 B60J7/00 B60J9/00 B60K37/00 B60N2/00 B60N3/00 B61D17/00 B62D35/00 B62D37/02

Electric lamp and discharge devices

H01J1/62 H01J11/00 H01J17/00 H01J17/02 H01J17/04 H01J17/06 H01J17/16 H01J17/18 H01J17/20 H01J17/30 H01J17/42 H01J17/44 H01J17/46 H01J17/48 H01J17/49 H01J17/50 H01J17/54 H01J61/00 H01J61/02 H01J61/04 H01J61/06 H01J61/09 H01J61/12 H01J61/16 H01J61/18 H01J61/20 H01J61/28 H01J61/30 H01J61/35 H01J61/36 H01J61/54 H01J61/64 H01J63/04 H01J65/00 H01K1/00 H01K1/50

Electric vehicle

B60K1/00 B60K6/20 B60L9/00 B60L11/00 B62J6/08 B62J6/12 B65D5/50 G04C13/11 G05D1/00 G05D3/00 G06F7/00 G06F17/00 G09B23/18 G09B25/02 G21D7/02 G21H1/00 H01L41/00 H01R39/00 H01R39/04 H01R39/06 H01R39/08 H01R39/18 H01R39/20 H01R39/24 H01R39/26 H01R39/32 H01R39/36 H01R39/38 H01R39/40 H01R39/42 H01R39/44 H01R39/46 H01R39/52 H01R39/56 H02K1/00 H02K1/02 H02K1/04 H02K1/06 H02K1/10 H02K1/12 H02K1/14 H02K1/16 H02K1/18 H02K1/20 H02K1/22 H02K1/24 H02K1/26 H02K1/28 H02K1/30 H02K1/32 H02K3/00 H02K3/04 H02K3/14 H02K3/16 H02K3/20 H02K3/24 H02K3/34 H02K3/38 H02K3/40 H02K3/46 H02K3/48 H02K5/00 H02K5/10 H02K5/12 H02K5/14 H02K5/16 H02K5/18 H02K5/20 H02K5/24 H02K7/00 H02K7/02 H02K7/06 H02K7/08 H02K7/09 H02K7/10 H02K7/14 H02K7/16 H02K7/18 H02K7/20 H02K9/00 H02K9/02 H02K9/06 H02K9/08 H02K9/20 H02K9/26 H02K9/28 H02K11/00 H02K11/04 H02K13/00 H02K13/02 H02K13/04 H02K13/12 H02K13/14 H02K15/12 H02K16/00 H02K16/02 H02K17/00 H02K17/10 H02K17/16 H02K17/22 H02K17/28 H02K17/30 H02K17/42 H02K17/44 H02K19/00 H02K19/12 H02K19/14 H02K19/20 H02K19/24 H02K19/26 H02K19/36 H02K19/38 H02K21/00 H02K21/04 H02K21/10 H02K21/12 H02K21/22 H02K21/26 H02K21/38 H02K23/00 H02K23/02 H02K23/04 H02K23/18 H02K23/20 H02K23/22 H02K23/24 H02K23/26 H02K23/28 H02K23/30 H02K23/32 H02K23/36 H02K23/40 H02K23/42 H02K23/44 H02K23/46 H02K23/50 H02K23/60 H02K23/64 H02K23/66 H02K27/00 H02K27/02 H02K27/04 H02K27/06 H02K27/10 H02K27/16 H02K27/22 H02K27/24 H02K29/00 H02K31/00 H02K33/00 H02K33/04 H02K33/10 H02K33/14 H02K35/00 H02K37/00 H02K37/02 H02K37/10 H02K37/24 H02K39/00 H02K41/00 H02K41/02 H02K41/03 H02K44/00 H02K47/00 H02K47/08 H02K47/18 H02K47/22 H02K47/28 H02K47/30 H02K49/00 H02K49/02 H02K51/00 H02N1/00 H02N1/04 H02N2/00 H02N3/00 H02N10/00 H02N11/00 H02P15/00

Emission trading, e.g., pollution credits

G06Q40/00

Energy storage or distribution

G05D3/12 G05D5/00 G05D9/00 G05D11/00 G05D17/00 G06F1/00 G06F1/26 G06F1/32 G06F11/30 H02J3/14

Fuel cell-powered vehicles

B60K1/00 B60K6/20 B60K16/00 B60L8/00

Human-powered vehicle

A61G5/10 A61H3/04 A63G25/00 A63G27/00 A63G29/00 A63H33/28 B62B5/06 B62H1/02 B62H1/04 B62H1/06 B62H1/08 B62H5/00 B62H7/00 B62J1/28 B62J7/00 B62J9/00 B62J11/00 B62J11/02 B62J25/00 B62J27/00 B62K1/00 B62K3/00 B62K5/00 B62K7/00 B62K9/00 B62K11/00 B62K13/00 B62K13/06 B62K15/00 B62K17/00 B62K21/00 B62K27/00 B62K27/12 B62L1/00 B62M1/00 B62M1/02 B62M1/04 B62M1/08 B62M1/10 B62M1/14 B62M3/00 B62M5/00 B62M6/00 B62M6/10 B62M6/15 B62M6/20 B62M6/25 B62M6/30 B62M6/35 B62M7/00 B62M9/00 B62M9/04 B62M11/00 B62M13/00 B62M15/00 B62M25/00 B62M27/00 B62M29/00

Hybrid-powered vehicle

B60K6/20 B60K6/42 B60K6/44 B60K6/442 B60K6/445 B60K6/448 B60K6/46 B60K6/48 B60K6/485 B60W10/00 B60W10/04 B60W10/06 B60W10/24 B60W10/30 B60W20/00 F02B37/12 F02M25/08 F02P7/00 F02P17/00 G01F1/32 G01F1/68 G01F9/00 G01F9/02 G01J5/34 G01L1/24 G01L3/00 G01L3/02 G01L3/26 G01L5/13 G01L5/14 G01L5/26 G01L5/28 G01L23/22 G01M9/00 G01M13/02 G01M15/00 G01M17/00 G01M17/04 G01M17/06 G01N15/00 G01N33/22

Incoherent light emitter structure

H01L27/15 H01L29/16 H01L29/18 H01L29/20 H01L29/201 H01L29/207 H01L29/26 H01L31/12 H01L33/00

Land vehicle

B60K1/00 B60K6/20 B60K6/42 B60K6/44 B60K6/442 B60K6/445 B60K6/448 B60K6/46 B60K6/48 B60K6/485 B60K16/00 B60L8/00 B60W10/00 B60W10/04 B60W10/06 B60W10/24 B60W10/30 B60W20/00 B61C3/00

Optical systems and elements

G02B17/00 G02B27/00

Roadway, e.g., recycled surface, all-weather bikeways

E01C3/00 E01C5/00 E01C5/08 E01C5/10 E01C5/14 E01C5/16 E01C5/18 E01C5/22 E01C9/08 E01C9/10

Static structures

A47G1/00 E04B1/74 E04B2/00 E04C1/00 E04C2/32 E04C2/34 E04C2/36 E04C2/54

Thermal

G01K1/00 G01K1/08 G01K3/00 G01K5/00 G01K7/00 G01K7/16 G01K9/00 G01K11/00 G01K11/30 G01K13/00 G01K17/00

Transportation

H01H47/00 H02H7/00 H02H7/06 H02H9/00 H05F3/00

Watercraft drive (electric powered)

B60L11/00 B60L15/20 B63H21/17

Watercraft drive (human powered)

B63H16/00 B63H16/02 B63H16/08 B63H16/16 B63H16/18 B63H16/20

Wave-powered boat motors

B63H19/02

Wind-powered boat motors

B63H9/00 B63H13/00

Wind-powered ships

B63H9/04

C. ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FARMING

DESCRIPTION

IPC

Alternative irrigation technique

E02B11/00 E02B13/00 E02B13/02

Animal waste disposal or recycling

C02F3/00 C05B15/00 C05B17/00 C05C9/00 C05D9/02 C05F1/00 C05F3/00 C05F5/00 C05F7/00 C05F9/00 C05F11/00 C05F11/02

Fertilizer alternative, e.g., composting

C05B15/00 C05B17/00 C05C9/00 C05D9/02 C05F1/00 C05F3/00 C05F5/00 C05F7/00 C05F9/00 C05F11/00 C05F11/02 C05F11/08

Pollution abatement, soil conservation

E02B3/04

Water conservation

F16K17/36 F16K31/00 G05B11/00 G05D11/00

Yield enhancement

A01H3/04 A01H5/02 A01N3/02 A01N25/00 A01N25/02 A01N25/04 A01N25/10 A01N25/12 A01N25/16 A01N25/26 A01N25/28 A01N25/32 A01N27/00 A01N29/00 A01N31/00 A01N31/02 A01N31/14 A01N33/00 A01N33/02 A01N33/16 A01N33/18 A01N33/26 A01N35/00 A01N35/10 A01N37/00 A01N37/10 A01N37/18 A01N37/22 A01N37/34 A01N37/36 A01N37/38 A01N37/44 A01N39/02 A01N41/00 A01N41/02 A01N41/06 A01N41/10 A01N41/12 A01N43/00 A01N43/02 A01N43/08 A01N43/10 A01N43/16 A01N43/26 A01N43/32 A01N43/34 A01N43/36 A01N43/40 A01N43/42 A01N43/46 A01N43/48 A01N43/50 A01N43/52 A01N43/54 A01N43/56 A01N43/58 A01N43/60 A01N43/64 A01N43/647 A01N43/653 A01N43/66 A01N43/68 A01N43/707 A01N43/72 A01N43/76 A01N43/78 A01N43/80 A01N43/82 A01N43/84 A01N43/90 A01N47/06 A01N47/10 A01N47/20 A01N47/24 A01N47/28 A01N47/34 A01N47/36 A01N47/40 A01N47/46 A01N47/48 A01N51/00 A01N55/02 A01N55/04 A01N55/08 A01N57/00 A01N57/18 A01N57/26 A01N59/00 A01N59/02 A01N59/04 A01N59/06 A01N59/14 A01N59/16 A01N59/24 A01N59/26 A01N63/00 A01N65/00 A61L9/01 C05F7/00

D. ENVIRONMENTAL PURIFICATION, PROTECTION, OR REMEDIATION

DESCRIPTION

IPC

Biodegradable

B65D30/02 C08K5/00 C08K5/56 C08K11/00 D06P1/52

Bio-hazard, Disease (permanent containment of malicious virus, bacteria, prion)

B09B1/00 B09B3/00 B09B5/00

Bio-hazard, Disease (destruction of malicious virus, bacteria, prion)

A62D3/00

Carbon capture or sequestration

B01D11/04 B01D53/02 B01D53/04 B01D53/14 B01D53/48 B01D53/52 B01D53/56 B09B1/00 B09B3/00 B09B5/00 B09C1/00 B65D90/24 B65F5/00 B65G5/00 C01B17/16 C01B31/20 E02D31/00 G21F5/00 G21F9/00

Disaster (e.g., spill, explosion, containment, or cleanup)

B09B1/00 B09B3/00 B09B5/00 B09C1/00 B65D90/24 B65F5/00 B65G5/00 E02D31/00 G21F5/00 G21F9/00

Environmentally friendly coolants, refrigerants, etc.

C09K5/00

Genetic contamination

A01M1/20 A01N25/00 A61L2/00 A61L2/04 A61L2/08 A61L2/18 A61L2/20 A61L2/24 A61L9/00 A61L11/00 B01J19/00 B08B17/00 C23F11/00 C23F11/02 C23F11/04 C23F11/06 C23F11/10 C23F11/16 C23F11/18

Hazardous or Toxic waste destruction or containment

A62D3/00 B09B1/00 B09B3/00 B09B5/00 B65D90/24 B65D90/50 C02F1/00 C02F11/00 C03B5/00 C03B5/027 C04B18/02 C04B18/04 C21B3/06 E02D3/11 E02D31/00 F23C1/00 F23G5/00 G21F1/00 G21F9/00 G21F9/14 G21F9/16 G21F9/20 G21F9/24 H05B3/00

In atmosphere

B01D19/00 B01D19/02 B01D19/04 B01D45/00 B01D46/00 B01D47/00 B01D47/02 B01D47/04 B01D47/06 B01D47/14 B01D53/14 B03C3/00 B03C3/10 B03C3/14 B03C3/16 B03C3/74

In water

B01D1/00 B01D3/00 B01D11/00 B01D11/02 B01D11/04 B01D15/00 B01D15/04 B01D15/08 B01D17/00 B01D17/02 B01D17/04 B01D17/12 B01D21/00 B01D21/01 B01D21/26 B01D24/00 B01D24/28 B01D24/32 B01D24/36 B01D24/46 B01D29/00 B01D29/62 B01D33/00 B01D33/04 B01D33/048 B01D33/06 B01D33/15 B01D33/17 B01D33/27 B01D33/44 B01D33/46 B01D35/06 B01D35/18 B01D35/22 B01D37/00 B01D37/02 B01D41/00 B01D43/00 B01D61/00 B01D61/02 B01D61/24 B01D65/02 B01J39/00 B01J49/00 B03C1/30 B03D1/00 B03D3/00 B03D3/06 B04B3/00 B04C5/081 C02F1/00 C02F1/02 C02F1/20 C02F1/24 C02F1/26 C02F1/28 C02F1/30 C02F1/32 C02F1/34 C02F1/36 C02F1/38 C02F1/40 C02F1/42 C02F1/44 C02F1/48 C02F1/52 C02F1/68 C02F1/70 C02F1/72 C02F1/76 C02F1/78 C02F3/00 C02F3/02 C02F3/30 C02F3/32 C02F9/00 E02B15/00 G01N33/49 G21F9/04

Landfill

B09B5/00

Nuclear waste containment or disposal

A62D3/00 G21F1/00 G21F9/00 G21F9/14 G21F9/16 G21F9/20 G21F9/24

Plants and plant breeding

A01H1/00 A01H1/02 A01H1/06 A01H5/00 A01H7/00 A01H9/00 A01H11/00 A01H13/00 A01H15/00 C12N15/01 C12N15/05 C12N15/82 C12N15/87

Post-consumer material

B28C5/00 B29B17/00 B29C73/00 B29D24/00 B29D30/54 B32B43/00 C08J11/04 F16L55/16

Recovery of excess process materials or regeneration from waste stream

B22C5/18 B29B17/00 C07C51/00 C07C51/42 C08J11/04 D21C11/00 D21F1/66

Recycling

B01D24/00 B07B13/00 B23P17/04 B23P19/04 B28C5/00 B29B17/00 B29C45/00 B29C47/00 B29C49/00 B29C73/00 B30B9/32 B32B43/00 C22B1/00 D01F13/00 H01B15/00 H02G1/12

Smokestack

F23J11/00 F23J15/00

Soil

A62D3/00 B08B5/00 B09B1/00 B09B3/00 B09B5/00 B09C1/00 B09C1/02 B09C1/04 B09C1/06 B09C1/08 B09C1/10 B65D90/24 B65F5/00 B65G5/00 E02D31/00 F23G7/14 G21F5/00 G21F9/00

Toxic material cleanup

A01N1/00 A01N1/02 C10G32/00 C12C1/15 C12C7/06 C12M1/00 C12M1/02 C12M1/09 C12M1/10 C12M1/107 C12M1/12 C12M1/14 C12M1/21 C12M1/22 C12M1/24 C12M1/26 C12M1/33 C12M1/34 C12M1/36 C12M1/38 C12M1/42 C12M3/00 C12M3/04 C12M3/06 C12M3/08 C12N1/00 C12N5/00 C12N5/02 C12N5/04 C12N5/07 C12N5/071 C12N5/10 C12N5/16 C12N15/00 C12N15/01 C12N15/02 C12N15/05 C12N15/06 C12N15/07 C12N15/08 C12N15/74 C12N15/75 C12N15/76 C12N15/77 C12N15/82 C12N15/86 C12N15/87 C12N15/88

Toxic material permanent containment or destruction

A62D3/00 A62D3/10 A62D3/11 A62D3/115 A62D3/13 A62D3/15 A62D3/17 A62D3/172 A62D3/174 A62D3/176 A62D3/178 A62D3/19 A62D3/20 A62D3/30 A62D3/32 A62D3/33 A62D3/34 A62D3/35 A62D3/36 A62D3/37 A62D3/38 A62D3/40 B09B1/00 B09B3/00 B09B5/00 B65D90/24 B65D90/50 C02F1/00 C02F11/00 C03B5/00 C03B5/027 C04B18/02 C04B18/04 C21B3/06 E02D3/11 E02D31/00 F23C1/00 F23G5/00 G21F1/00 G21F9/00 G21F9/14 G21F9/16 G21F9/20 G21F9/24 H05B3/00

Using microbes or enzymes

A62D3/00 A62D3/02 B09B3/00 B09C1/10

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United States Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program
 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No.: PTO-P-2015-0027] United States Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is initiating a joint Work Sharing Pilot Program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) to study whether the exchange of search results between offices for corresponding counterpart applications improves patent quality and facilitates the examination of patent applications in both offices. In the pilot program, each office will conduct a prior art search for its corresponding counterpart application and exchange the search results with the other office before either office issues a communication concerning patentability to the applicant. As a result of this exchange of search results, the examiners in both offices may have a more comprehensive set of references before them when making their initial patentability determinations. Each office will accord special status to its counterpart application to first action. First Action Interview (FAI) pilot program procedures will be applied during the examination of the U.S. application and make the search results of record in the form of a Pre-Interview Communication. DATES: Effective date: August 1, 2015. Duration: Under the United States-Japan Collaborative Pilot (US-JP CSP) program, the USPTO and JPO will accept petitions to participate for two years from its effective date. During each year, the pilot program will be limited to 400 granted petitions, 200 granted petitions where USPTO performs the first search and JPO performs the second search, and 200 granted petitions where JPO performs the first search and USPTO performs the second search. The offices may extend the pilot program (with or without modification) for an additional amount of time, if necessary. The offices reserve the right to terminate the pilot program at any time. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Hunter, Director of International Work Sharing, Planning, and Implementation, Office of International Patent Cooperation, by telephone at 571-272-8050 regarding the handling of any specific application participating in the pilot. Any questions concerning this notice may be directed to Joseph Weiss, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, by phone 571-272-7759. Any inquiries regarding this pilot program can be emailed to csp@uspto.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The USPTO is continually looking for ways to improve the quality of issued patents and to promote work sharing between other Intellectual Property (IP) Offices throughout the world. The USPTO has launched several work sharing pilot programs in recent years (e.g., numerous Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs). In furtherance of promoting interoffice work sharing, the USPTO and JPO will cooperate in a study to determine whether work sharing between IP offices by exchanging search results, where one office will have the benefit of the other office's search results before conducting a search, increases the efficiency and quality of patent examination. This exchange of search results would occur prior to making determinations regarding patentability. Work sharing benefits applicants by promoting compact prosecution, reducing pendency, and supporting patent quality by reducing the likelihood of inconsistencies
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 in patentability determinations (not predicated upon differences in national patent laws) between IP offices when considering corresponding counterpart applications. Currently, an application filed in the USPTO with a claim of foreign priority may have a search report and art cited by the foreign office in the priority application provided to the applicant during the U.S. application's pendency. After review of the search report and cited art, the applicant may submit an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) in the U.S. application to provide the information to the USPTO. Often, this submission occurs after examination on the merits is already underway in the U.S. application. Upon evaluation of the search report and cited art, the U.S. examiner may determine that the art cited by the foreign office is relevant to patentability and merits further examination before making a final determination on patentability. The delay caused by further examination results in additional costs to an applicant and the USPTO that could have been avoided if the U.S. examiner was in possession of the foreign office's search results before commencing examination of the application. Furthermore, in light of the various expedited examination programs currently in place, the potential exists that a U.S. application may reach final disposition before an applicant is in receipt of a foreign office's search report. Work sharing between intellectual Property (IP) offices in the form of an exchange of search results may increase efficiency and promote patent examination quality by providing the examiner with both offices' search results when examination commences. In order to study the benefits of the exchange of search results between offices, current USPTO examination practice would need to be modified to conduct a search and generate a search report, without issuance of an Office action. The U.S. application also would need to be "made special" pursuant to USPTO procedures to ensure that it could be contemporaneously searched with its corresponding counterpart application. The USPTO is using the First Action Interview Pilot Program (FAI) in this search results work sharing pilot program, because its procedure bifurcates the determination and evaluation of a prior art search from the notice of rejection. See Full First Action Interview Pilot Program, 1367 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 42 (June 7, 2011). Under the FAI pilot program, participants receive a Pre-Interview Communication providing the results of a prior art search conducted by the examiner. Participants then have three options: (1) File a request not to conduct a first action interview; (2) submit a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 after reviewing the Pre-Interview Communication; or (3) conduct an interview with the examiner. Participants in the FAI pilot program experience many benefits including: (1) The ability to advance prosecution of an application; (2) enhanced interaction between applicant and the examiner; (3) the opportunity to resolve patentability issues one-on-one with the examiner at the beginning of the prosecution process; and (4) the opportunity to facilitate possible early allowance. The US-JP CSP program differs from the FAI pilot program procedure by requiring a Petition to Make Special for the participating application, and providing for the exchange of information with the JPO at different stages of prosecution as set forth in this notice. The USPTO also is initiating a joint Work Sharing Pilot Program with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). The JPO and KIPO pilot programs are different in the way that they operate. Thus, while there may be applications that are eligible for both pilot programs, such applications will not be permitted to participate in both pilot programs due to the differences in work sharing procedures of these two different programs. More information about the US-JP CSP program can be found on the USPTO's Internet Web site at: http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/ international-protection/collaborative-search-pilot-program-csp. II. Overview of Pilot Program Structure An application must meet all of the requirements set forth in section III of this notice, to be accepted into this pilot program. An applicant must file via EFS-Web a Petition to Make Special using form PTO/SB/437JP in a published U.S. application. Use of the form will assist an applicant in complying with the pilot program's requirements. Form PTO/SB/437JP is
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 available at: http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/international- protection/collaborative-search-pilot-program-csp. Use of this form allows the USPTO to quickly identify participating applications, facilitates timely processing in accordance with this notice, and simplifies petition preparation and submission for an applicant. The collection of information involved in this pilot program has been submitted to OMB. The collection will be available at the OMB's Information Collection Review Web site (www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain). No fee is required for submission of petitions using Form PTO/SB/437JP. The fee (currently $140.00) for a petition under 37 CFR 1.102 (other than those enumerated in 37 CFR 1.102(c)) is hereby sua sponte waived for petitions to make special based upon the procedure specified in this notice. The offices will search the corresponding counterpart applications participating in the pilot program sequentially. The office of first search will be set based upon which participating counterpart application, the JPO or the U.S. application, has the earlier filing date. In the event that corresponding counterpart applications were filed on the same day, then the office of first search will be determined as agreed to by the offices. Each office may reevaluate the workload and resources needed to administer the pilot program at any time. The USPTO will provide notice of any substantive changes to the program (including early termination of the program) at least thirty (30) days prior to implementation of any changes. New patent applications are normally taken up for examination in the order of their U.S. filing date. Applications accepted into this pilot program will receive expedited processing by being granted special status and taken out of turn until issuance of a Pre-Interview Communication, or first-action Notice of Allowability but will not maintain special status thereafter. While JPO and USPTO will be sharing search results, the possibility exists that there may be differences in the listing of references made of record by the USPTO versus those made of record in the corresponding JPO counterpart application. Participants in the US-JP CSP program should review the references cited in each office's communication. If any JPO communication to an applicant cites references that are not already of record in the USPTO application and the applicant wants the examiner to consider the references, the applicant should promptly file an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) that includes a copy of the JPO communication along with copies of the newly cited references in accordance with 37 CFR 1.98 and MPEP § 609.04(a)-(b). See also MPEP §§ 609 and 2001.06(a). III. Requirements for Participation in the US-JP CSP Program The following requirements must be satisfied for a petition under the US-JP CSP program to be granted: (1) The application must be a published, non-reissue, non-provisional utility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), or an international application that has entered the national stage in compliance with 35 U.S.C. 371(c) with an effective filing date no earlier than March 16, 2013. The U.S. application and the corresponding JPO counterpart application must have a common earliest priority date that is no earlier than March 16, 2013. (2) A completed petition form PTO/SB/437JP must be filed in the application via EFS-Web after the U.S. application has published. Form PTO/SB/437JP is available at: http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/ international-protection/collaborative-search-pilot-program-csp. An applicant may request early publication in accordance with 37 CFR 1.219 to expedite the filing of the petition. (3) The petition submission must include an express written consent under 35 U.S.C. 122(c) for the USPTO to receive prior art references and comments from the JPO that will be considered during the examination of the U.S. application participating in the US-JP CSP Program. Form PTO/SB/437JP includes language compliant with the consent requirements for this pilot program. (4) The petition must be filed at least one day before a first Office action on the merits of the application appears in the Patent Application
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 Information Retrieval (PAIR) system (i.e., at least one day prior to the date when a first Office action on the merits, notice of allowability or allowance, or action under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 Dec. Comm'r Pat. 11 (1935), appears in the PAIR system). An applicant should check the status of the application using the PAIR system prior to submitting the petition to ensure that this requirement is met. (5) The petition for participation filed in the corresponding JPO counterpart application for the US-JPO CSP program must be granted or have been granted by JPO. The USPTO and JPO petitions should be filed within fifteen days of each other. Both the JPO and the USPTO petitions must be granted before either application can be treated under the US-JP CSP program. As the requirements of each office's pilot programs may differ, applicants should review the requirements for both pilot programs when considering participation, ensuring that the respective corresponding counterpart applications can comply with each office's requirements. (6) The petition submission must include a claims correspondence table that notes which independent claims between the pending U.S. and JPO applications have a substantially corresponding scope to each other. Claims are considered to have "substantially corresponding scope" where, after accounting for differences due to claim format requirements, the scope of the corresponding independent claims in the corresponding counterpart applications would either anticipate or render obvious the subject matter recited under U.S. law. Additionally, claims in the corresponding U.S. counterpart application that introduce a new/different category of claims than those presented in the corresponding JPO counterpart application(s) are not considered to substantially correspond. For example, where a corresponding JPO counterpart application contains only claims relating to a process of manufacturing a product, then any product claims in the corresponding U.S. counterpart application are not considered to substantially correspond, even if the product claims are dependent on process claims, which substantially correspond to claims in each corresponding counterpart application. Applicants may file a preliminary amendment in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121 to amend the claims of the corresponding U.S. counterpart application to satisfy this requirement when attempting to make the U.S. application eligible for the program. (7) The application must contain three or fewer independent claims and twenty or fewer total claims. The application must not contain any multiple dependent claims. For an application that contains more than three independent claims or twenty total claims, or any multiple dependent claims, applicants must file a preliminary amendment in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121 to cancel the excess claims and/or the multiple dependent claims to make the application eligible for the program. (8) The claims must be directed to a single invention. If the Office determines that the claims are directed to multiple inventions (e.g., in a restriction requirement), the applicant must make a telephonic election without traverse in accordance with the procedures outlined in section V of this notice. An applicant is responsible to ensure the same invention is elected in both the U.S. and JPO corresponding counterpart applications for concurrent treatment in the US-JP CSP program. (9) All submissions for the participating application while being treated under the US-JP CSP program's examination procedure must be filed via EFS-Web. (10) The petition must include a statement that the applicant agrees not to file a request for a refund of the search fee and any excess claim fees paid in the application after the mailing or notification date of the Pre-Interview Communication. See Form PTO/SB/413C. Any petition for express abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138(d) to obtain a refund of the search fee, and excess claims fee filed after the mailing or notification date of a Pre-Interview Communication will not be granted. IV. Decision on Petition To Make Special Under the US-JP Collaborative Search Pilot Program (Form PTO/SB/437JP) An applicant must file a Petition to Make Special using Form PTO/ SB/437JP in an eligible U.S. application for entry into the US-JP CSP
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 program after the application has published. An applicant may request early publication in accordance with 37 CFR 1.219 to expedite the filing of the petition. An applicant also must file the appropriate petition paper in the corresponding JPO counterpart application for participation in the US-JP CSP program. Once both petitions are granted, the corresponding U.S. counterpart application will receive expedited processing by being placed on the examiner's special docket for examination in accordance with sections V-IX of this notice. A. Petition Decision Making: An applicant must file appropriate petition papers in the USPTO and JPO corresponding counterpart applications within fifteen days of each other. If the petitions are not filed within fifteen days of each other, an applicant runs the risk of one of the pending applications being acted upon by an examiner before entry into the pilot program, which will result in both applications being denied entry into the pilot program. Both offices must grant the respective petitions in order for the applications to participate in the pilot program. Once decisions granting the petitions have issued, an applicant will no longer have a right to file a preliminary amendment that amends the claims. Any preliminary amendment filed after petition grant and before issuance of a Pre-Interview Communication amending the claims, will not be entered unless approved by the examiner. After the decision granting the petition issues, and before issuance of a Pre-Interview Communication, an applicant may still submit preliminary amendments to the specification that do not affect the claims. If either office determines that the petition must be denied, then the other office will be informed of the denial determination, and both offices will issue decisions denying the petition. B. Petition Dismissal: If an applicant files an incomplete Form PTO/SB/437JP, or if an application accompanied by Form PTO/SB/437JP does not comply with the requirements set forth in this notice, the USPTO will notify the applicant of the deficiency by issuing a dismissal decision and the applicant will be given a single opportunity to correct the deficiency. If the applicant still wishes to participate in the US-JP CSP Program, the applicant must make appropriate corrections within one month or thirty days of the mailing date of the dismissal decision, whichever is longer. The time period for reply is not extendable under 37 CFR 1.136(a). If the applicant does not timely file a response to the dismissal decision or timely files a response that fails to correct all of the noted deficiencies, the petition will be denied. In both cases, USPTO will notify JPO of the denial and then both offices will issue a denial decision in each application, resulting in neither application participating in the pilot program. The U.S. application will then be examined in accordance with standard examination procedures, unless designated special in accordance with another established procedure (e.g., Prioritized Examination, Special Based on Applicant's Age, etc.). If the applicant timely files a response to the dismissal decision correcting all noted deficiencies and does not introduce new deficiencies, the USPTO will issue a decision granting the petition. C. Withdrawal of Petition: An application can be withdrawn from the pilot program only by filing a withdrawal of the petition to participate in the pilot program prior to issuance of a decision granting the petition. Once the petition for participation in the pilot program has been granted (one day before it appears in PAIR), withdrawal from the pilot program is not permitted. The USPTO will treat any request for withdrawal from the pilot program filed after the mailing or notification of the petition being granted as a request to not conduct an interview, and subsequent to the mailing of the Pre-Interview Communication, the USPTO will issue a First Action Interview Office Action, in due course. (See section VIII.B.1. of this notice.) V. Requirement for Restriction If the examiner determines that not all the claims presented are directed to a single invention, the telephone restriction practice set forth in MPEP § 812.01 will be followed. An applicant must make an election without traverse during the telephonic interview in accordance with the procedures outlined in sections V.A. or V.B. of this notice. When
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 a telephonic election is made, the examiner will provide a complete record of the telephone interview, including the restriction or lack of unity requirement and the applicant's election, as an attachment to the Pre-Interview Communication. Applicants are strongly encouraged to ensure that applications submitted for the pilot are written such that they claim a single, independent, and distinct invention. An applicant is responsible to ensure the same invention is elected in both the U.S. and JPO corresponding counterpart applications for concurrent treatment in the US-JP CSP program. A. USPTO Office of First Search: If the USPTO determines a restriction is required, applicant must make an election without traverse during the telephonic interview in response to a restriction or lack of unity requirement. If the applicant refuses to make an election without traverse, or if the examiner cannot reach the applicant after a reasonable effort (i.e., three business days), the examiner will treat the first claimed invention (the group of claim 1) as constructively elected without traverse for examination. The examiner will record the circumstances for the constructive election in the next Office communication (Pre-Interview Communication or Notice of Allowability). If the restriction requirement claim groups have substantially corresponding scope to different corresponding JPO counterpart applications, upon election of one group without traverse, an applicant may file a divisional U.S. application(s) and may separately petition to have the divisional U.S. application(s) participate in the pilot program. An applicant must include the decisions granting the petition from both the parent U.S. application and from the divisional application's corresponding JPO counterpart application, to expedite decision making for the corresponding U.S. counterpart divisional application. B. USPTO Office of Second Search: If the USPTO is the office of second search, then a restriction or lack of unity requirement determination by the examiner will first take into consideration whether only one of the restriction claim groups has a substantially corresponding scope to the corresponding JPO counterpart application that was already searched. If so, then the USPTO will designate that group as elected without traverse for treatment in accordance with this notice. If more than one of the restricted claim groups was searched in the corresponding JPO counterpart applications, the examiner will attempt to contact the applicant for a telephonic interview in order to provide for the opportunity to elect a claim group without traverse. If applicant refuses to make an election without traverse, or if the examiner cannot reach the applicant after a reasonable effort (i.e., three business days), the examiner will treat the first claimed invention of the U.S. application that was searched in the counterpart JPO application as constructively elected without traverse. If the other restriction requirement groups have substantially corresponding scope to other different corresponding JPO counterpart applications, the applicant may file corresponding U.S. counterpart divisional applications and may separately petition to have the divisional U.S. applications participate in the pilot program. The applicant must include the decision granting the petition from the parent application and from the U.S. divisional application's corresponding JPO counterpart application, if any, to expedite decision making for the corresponding U.S. counterpart divisional application. VI. Searching The offices will search the corresponding counterpart applications participating in the pilot program sequentially. The office of first search will be set based upon which participating counterpart application (JPO or U.S.) has the earlier filing date. In the event that both corresponding counterpart applications were filed on the same day, then the office of first search will be determined as agreed to by the offices. A. USPTO Office of First Search: If the USPTO is the office of first search, the JPO will place a hold on the corresponding JPO counterpart application to await the USPTO initial search results. The corresponding U.S. counterpart application will be docketed to the USPTO examiner in accordance with USPTO procedures for this program. The USPTO examiner will
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 review the application, perform a prior art search, and communicate the initial search results to the JPO. Upon receipt of the USPTO initial search results, the JPO will remove the docket hold, and the JPO examiner will perform a prior art search of the corresponding JPO counterpart application. The JPO will then forward the search results to the USPTO. The USPTO will then issue a communication in accordance with section VII of this notice. B. JPO Office of First Search: If the JPO is the office of first search, the USPTO will place a hold on the corresponding U.S. counterpart application to await the JPO initial search results. The corresponding JPO counterpart application will be docketed to the JPO examiner in accordance with JPO procedures for this pilot program. The JPO examiner will review the application, perform an evaluation and prior art search, and communicate the initial search results to the USPTO. Upon receipt of the JPO initial search results, the USPTO will remove the docket hold, and the USPTO examiner will review the application and perform a prior art search of the corresponding U.S. counterpart application. The USPTO will then forward the search results to the JPO and issue a communication to applicant in accordance with section VII of this notice. C. Exceeding Maximum Search Results Exchange Hold: If the search results have not been exchanged within 90 days of the mailing date of the decision granting participation in the program, then each office will independently issue search results to the applicant without the search results from the other office. The USPTO will issue the search results in either a Notice of Allowability or a Pre-Interview Communication as set forth in Section VII of this notice, noting that JPO search results are not included. The Notice of Allowability or Pre-Interview Communication also will note that the corresponding counterpart applications are being removed from the pilot program for evaluation purposes only, and that the corresponding U.S. counterpart application will continue to be treated in accordance with the FAI pilot program procedures, if necessary. VII. Post Search Exchange Communication Once all search results are received by the examiner and considered, then either a Notice of Allowability or a Pre-Interview Communication may issue. A. Notice of Allowability: If the examiner, after considering both sets of search results, determines that the application is in condition for allowance or the application could be placed in condition for allowance with minor corrections or a possible amendment or submission, then the examiner may allow the application. The examiner may issue a notice of allowability, or contact the applicant to conduct an interview in accordance with MPEP § 713 to discuss any possible amendments or submissions to place the application in condition for allowance. The USPTO will notify JPO of the examiner's determination of allowability to include all findings and references identified in the notice of allowance. The examiner will cite references from the JPO search results in a Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 when the Notice of Allowability is issued to applicant. The Notice of Allowability with a completed Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 also will be forwarded to JPO for further consideration by the JPO examiner of record for the corresponding JPO counterpart application. B. Pre-Interview Communication: If the examiner, after considering both sets of search results, determines that the application is not in condition for allowance, then the examiner will prepare and issue a Pre-Interview Communication (PTOL-413FP) and a Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) citing the prior art references, identifying any rejections or objections, and any designation of allowable subject matter. The examiner will cite references from the JPO search results in a Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 when the Pre-Interview Communication is issued to applicant. The Pre-Interview Communication with a completed Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 will also be forwarded to JPO for further consideration by the JPO examiner of record for the corresponding JPO counterpart application. The Pre-Interview Communication issued to an applicant will set forth a time period of one month or thirty days, whichever is longer, for the
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 applicant to request or decline an interview. An applicant is responsible for responding to the Pre-Interview Communication in accordance with the First Action Interview Program procedures discussed in Section VIII of this notice. The USPTO will permit an applicant to extend this time period for reply pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) for one additional month in accordance with the First Action Interview Program, as set forth in section VIII, subsection B (Applicant's Options and Reply to Pre-Interview Communication) and subsection C (Failure to Respond to Pre-Interview Communication) of this notice. The examiner's typical working schedule also will be provided with the Pre-Interview Communication to indicate the examiner's availability for scheduling the interview. VIII. Post Pre-Interview Communication A. Amendments Filed After Pre-Interview Communication: Once a Pre- Interview Communication has been entered in an application, an applicant no longer has a right to amend any part of the application until the first action interview is conducted and the First Action Interview Office Action is sent. Therefore, any amendments filed after the Pre-Interview Communication, but before the interview and the mailing or notification date of a First Action Interview Office Action (PTOL-413FA), will not be entered unless approved by the examiner or in accordance with the procedure of the Full First Action Interview Pilot Program as set forth in section VIII, subsection B(2), or section IX, subsection B(3), of this notice. This is because the examiner has already devoted a significant amount of time to the preparation of the Pre-Interview Communication. See 37 CFR 1.115(b) and MPEP § 714.01(e). The USPTO may enter the amendment if it is clearly limited to: Cancellation of claims; adoption of examiner suggestions; placement of the application in condition for allowance; and/or correction of informalities (similar to the treatment of an after-final amendment). Amendments will be entered solely at the examiner's discretion. B. Applicant Options and Reply to Pre-Interview Communication: Upon receipt of a Pre-Interview Communication, the applicant has three options: (1) File a "Request to Not Have a First Action Interview"; (2) File a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 waiving the first action interview and First Action Interview Office Action-an applicant is accepting that the Pre-Interview Communication is the first Office action on the merits; or (3) Schedule the first action interview-an applicant must file an Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form (PTOL-413A) electronically via EFS-Web, accompanied by a proposed amendment or arguments, and schedule the interview to be conducted within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of the Applicant Initiated Interview Request. 1. Request to Not Have a First Action Interview: If an applicant wishes not to have the first action interview, applicant should electronically file a letter requesting to not have a first action interview within the time period set forth in the Pre-Interview Communication. In this situation, a first action interview will not be conducted, and the examiner will provide the First Action Interview Office Action setting forth the requirements, objections, and rejections relevant to the claimed invention. However, such a request will not preclude the examiner from contacting the applicant and conducting a regular interview in accordance with MPEP § 713 to discuss any issues or possible amendment to place the application in condition for allowance. To ensure that the request will be processed and recognized timely, an applicant should file the request electronically via EFS-Web, selecting the document description "Request to Not Have a First Action Interview" on the EFS-Web screen. Once the petition for entry into the pilot has been granted (one day before it appears in PAIR), withdrawal from the program is not permitted. Therefore, the USPTO will treat a request for withdrawal from the pilot program filed after the mailing or notification of granting an applicant's petition to participate in the pilot as a request to not conduct an interview, issue a Pre-Interview Communication, and subsequently enter a First Action Interview-Office Action, in due course. 2. File a Reply under 37 CFR 1.111, Waiving the First Action Interview and First Action Interview Office Action: Applicants may file, preferably
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 in conjunction with a request to not conduct the interview, a reply in compliance with 37 CFR 1.111(b)-(c) to address every rejection, objection, and requirement set forth in the Pre-Interview Communication, thereby waiving the first action interview and First Action Interview Office Action. The reply under 37 CFR 1.111 must be filed within the time period for reply set forth in the Pre-Interview Communication. To ensure that the request will be processed and recognized timely, an applicant should file the request electronically via EFS-Web, selecting the document description "Reply under 1.111 to Pre-Interview Communication" on the EFS-Web screen. In this situation, a first action interview will not be conducted, and a First Action Interview Office Action will not be provided to the applicant. The Pre-Interview Communication will be deemed the first Office action on the merits. The examiner will consider the reply under 37 CFR 1.111 and provide an Office action in response to the reply, in due course. The Office action will be the second Office action on the merits, and thus it could be a final Office action, a notice of allowability, or other appropriate action. 3. Schedule the First Action Interview: If an applicant wants a first action interview with the examiner, the applicant must timely file an Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form (PTOL 413A), electronically using EFS-Web, accompanied by a proposed amendment and/or arguments (as an attachment to the request). To ensure that the request will be processed and recognized timely, the applicant should select the document description "First Action Interview-Schedule Interview Request." An applicant must designate a proposed date to conduct the interview to facilitate scheduling of the first action interview. The applicant's proposed date to conduct the interview must be within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form. An applicant should consult the examiner's work schedule provided in the Pre-Interview Communication and discuss with the examiner the best date for conducting the interview. After filing the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form, an applicant must contact the examiner to confirm the interview date. The applicant's failure to conduct an interview within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form will be treated as a failure to respond to the Pre-Interview Communication. See section VIII; subsection C (Failure to Respond to Pre-Interview Communication) of this notice. The interview may be in person, telephonic, or a video-conference. An applicant must provide written authorization to conduct any Internet email communications with the examiner. See MPEP § 502.03 for more information. The proposed amendment or arguments must be clearly labeled as "PROPOSED" at the header or footer of each page and filed electronically via EFS-Web as an attachment to the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form. The proposed amendment or arguments will not be entered as a matter of right. The examiner, based upon discussions, feedback, and agreement with an applicant during the interview may at his or her discretion enter the amendment if found sufficient to advance prosecution on the merits. See MPEP §§ 713.01 III and 713.04; see also MPEP §§ 714 and 1302.04. Even if the examiner denies entry of the proposed amendment, the proposed amendment will be placed in the application file. Preparation for the Interview: An applicant must be prepared to fully discuss the prior art of record, any relevant interview talking points from the interview talking points posted at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ pac/dapp/opla/preognotice/fai_talking_points.pdf, and any rejections or objections, with the intent to clarify and resolve all issues with respect to patentability during the interview. An applicant also must be prepared to discuss any proposed amendment or arguments previously submitted and discuss and resolve any relevant issues that arise. The interview talking points posted at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/ preognotice/fai_talking_points.pdf represent a non-exhaustive list of potential topics for discussion in a first action interview. The talking points are available to the public and the patent examining corps to assist and facilitate comprehensive and effective first action interviews. Multiple proposed amendments or sets of arguments are not permitted. Inventor Participation: Inventor participation in the interview process
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 is encouraged, as it may assist in the resolution of outstanding rejections and/or objections. C. Failure to Respond to Pre-Interview Communication: If applicant fails to: (1) Respond to the Pre-Interview Communication within the time period for reply or (2) conduct the interview within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the filing of the Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form, the Office will enter a First Action Interview Office Action. Therefore, the consequence for failure to respond to the Pre-Interview Communication is issuance of a First Action Interview Office Action without the benefit of an interview. IX. First-Action Interview and First-Action Interview Office Action A. First-Action Interview The interview will be conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in MPEP § 713 except as otherwise provided in this notice. The interview should focus on and include: 1. A discussion to assist the examiner in developing a better understanding of the invention; 2. A discussion to establish the state of the art as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention, including the prior art references cited by both applicant and examiner (as only applications subject to the First Inventor to File provisions of the Leahy-Smith America invents act (AIA) are eligible for this pilot program); and 3. A discussion of the features of the claimed subject matter which make the invention patentable, including any proposed amendments to the claims. B. Three Possible Outcomes of a First-Action Interview 1. An agreement is reached and all claims are in condition for allowance. If the applicant and the examiner reach agreement that the application is in condition for allowance, the examiner must complete an Interview Summary (PTOL-413), enter and attach any necessary amendments or arguments (e.g., the proposed amendment and/or an examiner's amendment), generate a notice of allowability (PTOL-37), and attach a copy of the completed Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form. If the examiner agrees to enter the proposed amendment, the examiner must annotate the first page of the proposed amendment (e.g., "OK to enter"). In an in-person interview, a courtesy copy of the completed forms will be given to the applicant at the conclusion of the interview. The completed forms will then be promptly made of record with a Notice of Allowability and a Notice of Allowance and Fees Due (PTOL 85). The Notice of Allowability, Notice of Allowance, interview summary, and all amendments made of record along with a completed Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 listing any newly cited references also will be forwarded to JPO for consideration by the JPO examiner of record for the corresponding JPO counterpart application. 2. An agreement as to allowability is not reached. If the applicant and the examiner do not reach agreement during the interview, the examiner will set forth any unresolved, maintained, or new requirements, objections, and rejections in the First Action Interview Office Action. The examiner will also complete an Interview Summary, highlighting the basis for any unresolved, maintained, or new requirements, objections, and rejections as well as resolution of any issues that occurred during the interview, attaching a copy of the completed Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form and any proposed amendments or arguments. In an in-person interview, a courtesy copy of the completed forms may be given to the applicant at the conclusion of the interview. The completed forms will be promptly made of record. For this situation, the First Action Interview Office Action is deemed the first Office action on the merits. Because the requirements, objections, and grounds of rejection are provided in the Pre-Interview Communication and the First Action Interview Office Action, an applicant has sufficient notice of the requirements, objections, and grounds of rejection. To avoid abandonment of the application, the applicant must, within two months or sixty days, whichever is longer, from the mailing or
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 notification date of the First Action Interview Office Action, file a reply in compliance with 37 CFR 1.111(b)-(c). This time period for reply is extendable under 37 CFR 1.136(a) for only two additional months. The First Action Interview Office Action, interview summary, and a completed Notice of References Cited form PTO-892 listing any newly cited references also will be forwarded to JPO for consideration by the JPO examiner of record for the corresponding JPO counterpart application. 3. An agreement as to allowability is not reached, and applicant wishes to convert the previously submitted proposed amendment into a reply under 37 CFR 1.111(b) and waive receipt of a First Action Interview Office Action. Applicants may request the USPTO to enter the previously filed proposed amendment and/or arguments as a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 to address every rejection, objection, and requirement set forth in the Pre Interview Communication, waiving a First Action Interview Office Action, if the proposed amendment and/or arguments comply with the requirements of 37 CFR 1.121 and 37 CFR 1.111(b)-(c). If the examiner agrees to enter the proposed amendment as the reply under 37 CFR 1.111 to the Pre-Interview Communication, the examiner must annotate the first page of the proposed amendment (e.g., "OK to enter") and provide a statement in the Interview Summary (e.g., "Applicant requested to enter the proposed amendment as a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 to the Pre-Interview Communication, waiving the First Action Interview Office Action"). The applicant cannot file any additional amendment and/or arguments until the mailing or notification of the next Office action. In this situation, a First Action Interview Office Action will not be provided to the applicant. The Pre-Interview Communication and the interview will be deemed the first Office action on the merits. The examiner will enter the proposed amendment and/or arguments, consider it as the reply under 37 CFR 1.111, and provide an Office action in response to the reply. The Office action will be the second Office action on the merits, and thus it could be a final Office action, a notice of allowability, or other appropriate action. C. Substance of Interview Must Be Made of Record A complete written statement as to the substance of the interview with regard to the merits of the application must be made of record in the application, whether or not an agreement with the examiner was reached at the interview. It is applicant's responsibility to make of record the substance of an interview, and it is the examiner's responsibility to see that such a record is made and to correct inaccuracies, including those which bear directly on the question of patentability. See MPEP § 713.04. July 2, 2015 MICHELLE K. LEE Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Errata
 Errata "All references to Patent No. RE. 45,605 to SEUNG-YONG LEE of Seoul, KR for METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING SESSION FOR MESSAGE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONVERGED IP MESSAGING SERVICE CLIENT AND SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE CLIENT appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,073,205 to PHILIP MEIER of San Diego, CA for APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC LEARNING appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,073,219 to HIROKI KAWAI of Chino, JP for SENSOR ELEMENT, FORCE DETECTING DEVICE, ROBOT AND SENSOR DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,073,252 to WILLIAM STUHL of Burlington, NJ for MACHINE FOR PRODUCTION OF SOLID DOSAGE FORMS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,073,317 to TAKESHI IKE of Tokyo, JP for PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK DISCHARGE STATE DETERMINATION METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,073,338 to RYOTA KASHU of Kawasaki-shi, JP for RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,073,552 to TATSUHIRO YONE of UTSUNOMIYA-SHI, JP for CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,075 to THORSTEN TORBRUEGGE of Langenhagen, DE for SULFUR-CROSSLINKABLE RUBBERIZING MIXTURE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,130 to PHILIPP STOESSEL of Frankfurt am Main, DE for METAL COMLEXES appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,141 to SEAMES, WAYNE et al of GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA for PRODUCTION OF AROMATICS FROM NONCATALYTICALLY CRACKED FATTY ACID BASED OILS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,232 to MINORU GENTA of Tokyo, JP for SACCHARIDE-SOLUTION PRODUCING APPARATUS, FERMENTATION SYSTEM, SACCHARIDE- SOLUTION PRODUCING METHOD, AND FERMENTATION METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,501 to NAGAKURA, MASAKI et al. of WAKO, JAPAN for CAMSHAFT SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,557 to MULYE, NIRMAL of KENDALL PARK, NEW JERSEY for INTERNALLY COOLED HIGH COMPRESSION LEAN-BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07,
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 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,914 to REINHARD BAUMFALK of Goettingen, DE for CONTAINER HAVING A SENSOR ADAPTER appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,074,931 to TAKUYA HANASHI of Tokyo, JP for OPTICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE AND OPTICAL ANALYSIS METHOD USING A WAVELENGTH CHARACTERISTIC OF LIGHT OF A SINGLE LIGHT-EMITTING PARTICLE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,019 to NATHANIEL MCCAFFREY of Mill Valley, CA for INTEGRATED ANALYTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,131 to ROBERT BRIDGES of Kennett Square, PA for SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM LASER TRACKER THAT COOPERATES WITH A REMOTE LINE SCANNER appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,230 to SAKO, YOICHIRO et al of TOKYO, JAPAN for DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS IN WHICH A PART OF A SCREEN AREA IS IN A THROUGH-STATE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,274 to TAKAHIRO OCHIAI of Chiba, JP for LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,298 to YASUNARI MIKUTSU of Tokyo, JP for IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,390 to NAO ITABASHI of Nagoya-shi, JP for PROCESS CARTRIDGE CAPABLE OF ACCURATELY POSITIONING DEVELOPER CARRYING MEMBER AND PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,458 to PESHKIN, MICHAEL A. et al of EVANSTON, ILLINOIS for TOUCH INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CONTROLLABLE SHEAR FORCES TO A HUMAN APPENDAGE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,518 to NIGEL RICHARDSON of Surrey, GB for APPARATUS COMPRISING A DISPLAY AND A METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,524 to YOSHINAKA, KEI of TOKYO, JAPAN for DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,632 to MOHAMMED ATTAR of Placentia, CA for CONFIGURING A SYSTEM WITH VARIOUS SYSTEM COMPONENTS UTILIZING A CONFIGURATION PROFILE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,075,770 to JEDDELOH, JOE M. et al of SHOREVIEW, MINNESOTA for APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MEMORY TESTING AND REPAIR appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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 "All references to Patent No. 9,075,821 to BENJAMIN, MATTHEW W. et al of ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN for CLIENT-BASED DATA REPLICATION appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,420 to EMI KANAYAMA of Hamamatsu-shi, JP for ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,587 to MARKUS GROSS of Poppenricht, DE for COMBINATION CONVERTER ARRANGEMENT AND SWITCHING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,614 to KATSUSHI NAKADA of Tokyo, JP for SWITCHGEAR appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,679 to SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI of Tokyo, JP for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,690 to TOSHIHIKO SAITO of Atsugi, JP for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH LIGHT-BLOCKING LAYERS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,692 to ATSUSHI UMEZAKI of Isehara, JP for LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,695 to HIROYUKI MIYAKE of Atsugi, JP for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,728 to MEHUL SHROFF of Austin, TX for METHOD OF MAKING A LOGIC TRANSISTOR AND A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (NVM) CELL appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,743 to HIROSHI SAGAWA of Kanagawa, JP for DISPLAY, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,890 to MEHUL SHROFF of AUSTIN, TX for METHOD FOR FORMING A SPLIT-GATE DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,965 to SUMI, KOJI et al. of SHIOJIRI, JAPAN for PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC SENSOR, PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR, AND POWER GENERATOR appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,966 to HIDENORI TANAKA of Yokohama-shi, JP for PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,076,967 to KANAKO OSHIMA of Tokyo, JP for PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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 "All references to Patent No. 9,077,104 to GREIG, NIGEL et al of AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND for CONNECTOR APPARATUS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,252 to TATSUYA HOSOTANI of Nagaokakyo-shi, JP for SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,303 to TAKUJI MOCHIZUKI of Tokyo, JP for RECEIVING DEVICE AND GAIN CONTROL METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,304 to HIROMICHI KITAJIMA of Nagaokakyo-shi, JP for HIGH FREQUENCY MODULE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,492 to YONG HE of Beijing, CN for MAPPING SIGNALS FROM A VIRTUAL FREQUENCY BAND TO PHYSICAL FREQUENCY BANDS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,743 to GARY LAW of Georgetown, TX for INTEGRATED UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT FOR A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,789 to DANIEL ASH of Laguna Niguel, CA for SLEEVE WITH ELECTRONIC EXTENSIONS FOR A CELL PHONE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,831 to MASAYUKI KAWAMOTO of Amagasaki-shi, JP for DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH BROWSING PROGRAM appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,867 to LEWIN, ASAF of NORDIYA, ISRAEL for APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A MIRROR CAMERA appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,897 to SU-JUNG PARK of Suwon-si, KR for IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,904 to TAIJIRO MORIHISA of Yokohama-shi, JP for IMAGING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,992 to SUNG-BUM PARK of Seongnam-si, KR for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO FRAME BY USING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PIXEL VALUES appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,077,999 to YE-KUI WANG of San Diego, CA for VIDEO CODING WITH NETWORK ABSTRACTION LAYER UNITS THAT INCLUDE MULTIPLE ENCODED PICTURE PARTITIONS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All references to Patent No. 9,078,383 to YUMA OTSUKA of Komaki-shi, JP for CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of July 07, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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Erratum
 Erratum "All reference to Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (1101st) No. 7,187,947 C1 to Russell W. White et al. (US) for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING SELECTED INFORMATION TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, appearing in the Official Gazette of May 12, 2015, should be deleted, since the reexamination certificate has been vacated."
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Certificates of Correction
 Certificates of Correction for July 14, 2015 6,818,009 8,772,306 8,918,769 8,966,429 6,983,009 8,775,492 8,918,794 8,966,480 7,290,381 8,778,198 8,919,570 8,966,521 7,610,836 8,782,998 8,920,657 8,967,082 7,848,054 8,786,988 8,921,361 8,967,136 7,866,897 8,789,709 8,921,814 8,967,492 7,875,355 8,789,834 8,922,182 8,967,871 7,875,607 8,795,414 8,923,003 8,968,141 7,921,754 8,796,555 8,923,198 8,968,221 7,940,763 8,799,034 8,923,496 8,969,210 7,954,261 8,801,216 8,924,184 8,969,996 7,975,410 8,801,779 8,927,534 8,970,515 7,998,875 8,801,918 8,927,714 8,970,951 8,000,059 8,803,154 8,927,848 8,971,033 8,061,456 8,804,949 8,928,584 8,971,308 8,068,312 8,805,822 8,928,646 8,971,453 8,070,213 8,806,242 8,933,076 8,972,043 8,074,534 8,806,595 8,933,643 8,972,726 8,085,207 8,808,600 8,934,371 8,972,969 8,111,479 8,810,215 8,935,073 8,974,290 8,125,742 8,810,573 8,935,099 8,974,616 8,143,339 8,812,373 8,936,636 8,974,794 8,213,168 8,812,439 8,936,781 8,974,810 8,224,078 8,812,816 8,937,091 8,975,130 8,293,112 8,818,775 8,937,652 8,975,326 8,297,381 8,819,134 8,938,126 8,976,383 8,326,031 8,819,757 8,938,510 8,976,492 8,344,836 8,824,280 8,938,551 8,976,686 8,357,716 8,825,718 8,938,639 8,977,656 8,363,590 8,826,241 8,939,526 8,977,944 8,367,617 8,828,998 8,939,715 8,978,347 8,372,837 8,829,165 8,940,276 8,978,789 8,399,312 8,831,314 8,940,665 8,979,063 8,422,168 8,832,363 8,941,659 8,979,620 8,443,731 8,832,748 8,942,009 8,979,742 8,491,453 8,833,286 8,942,026 8,979,747 8,502,684 8,833,418 8,942,483 8,980,548 8,512,138 8,840,483 8,942,509 8,980,926 8,529,649 8,844,931 8,942,693 8,980,964 8,529,813 8,845,726 8,943,080 8,981,578 8,552,045 8,848,317 8,943,251 8,982,121 8,552,196 8,853,282 8,943,593 8,982,416 8,553,737 8,858,002 8,944,222 8,982,604 8,555,053 8,858,566 8,945,650 8,982,683 8,556,297 8,859,652 8,946,161 8,984,393 8,565,560 8,860,228 8,947,095 8,984,440 8,568,798 8,860,517 8,947,101 8,984,532 8,575,139 8,863,991 8,947,673 8,984,539 8,582,337 8,864,060 8,947,680 8,985,001 8,590,230 8,865,734 8,948,137 8,985,331 8,591,774 8,866,515 8,948,185 8,985,621 8,597,154 8,866,813 8,948,759 8,985,708 8,605,125 8,866,913 8,949,442 8,986,092 8,621,031 8,867,383 8,949,608 8,986,239 8,628,494 8,868,482 8,949,686 8,986,475 8,632,502 8,870,396 8,949,732 8,986,939 8,642,518 8,873,402 8,950,216 8,987,019 8,642,587 8,876,508 8,950,324 8,987,173 8,647,550 8,879,412 8,950,469 8,987,188 8,647,557 8,879,675 8,951,911 8,987,985 8,657,101 8,881,123 8,951,913 8,988,283 8,658,641 8,885,560 8,952,030 8,989,211
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 8,665,549 8,885,749 8,952,834 8,990,547 8,671,409 8,888,249 8,953,291 8,990,609 8,675,171 8,888,742 8,953,440 8,992,224 8,677,390 8,888,935 8,953,588 8,992,591 8,679,604 8,889,563 8,953,606 8,993,500 8,683,574 8,889,945 8,953,649 8,993,563 8,684,217 8,890,798 8,953,861 8,995,055 8,684,753 8,892,094 8,953,986 8,995,617 8,685,013 8,893,274 8,954,176 8,996,328 8,698,433 8,894,743 8,955,460 8,996,359 8,700,577 8,896,619 8,955,551 8,996,650 8,702,787 8,899,295 8,955,744 8,996,755 8,709,810 8,900,366 8,956,520 8,997,084 8,711,595 8,901,853 8,956,562 8,997,150 8,713,685 8,903,253 8,956,611 8,997,961 8,715,336 8,903,375 8,956,844 8,997,972 8,719,134 8,904,325 8,957,080 8,998,248 8,720,164 8,906,455 8,957,091 8,999,409 8,721,708 8,906,645 8,957,366 9,000,188 8,721,714 8,906,855 8,958,057 9,000,376 8,729,063 8,907,517 8,958,453 9,001,653 8,734,950 8,908,603 8,958,792 9,002,520 8,735,045 8,908,630 8,958,802 9,002,837 8,735,441 8,908,639 8,959,210 9,002,969 8,736,699 8,908,665 8,959,448 9,007,760 8,737,261 8,909,310 8,960,214 9,008,014 8,747,460 8,910,802 8,961,491 9,009,265 8,755,682 8,913,485 8,961,576 9,018,523 8,761,166 8,914,941 8,961,804 D. 616,155 8,763,218 8,916,289 8,962,564 D. 719,837 8,764,798 8,916,372 8,964,538 D. 724,690 8,765,973 8,916,513 8,964,805 D. 725,097 8,768,638 8,916,672 8,965,728 8,770,494 8,917,016 8,966,029
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AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Covered Business Methods
Patent No.Trial NumberRequested DatePetitionerPatent Owner
8,838,074CBM2015-001496/22/2015PNC Bank, National Association,
SunTrust Bank and
SunTrust Mortgage Inc.		Parus Holdings, Inc.
8,843,120CBM2015-001506/22/2015PNC Bank, National Association,
SunTrust Bank and
SunTrust Mortgage Inc.		Parus Holdings, Inc.
8,843,141CBM2015-001516/22/2015PNC Bank, National Association,
SunTrust Bank and
SunTrust Mortgage Inc.		Parus Holdings, Inc.
8,098,600CBM2015-001526/22/2015PNC Bank, National Association,
SunTrust Bank and
SunTrust Mortgage Inc.		Parus Holdings, Inc.


Inter Partes Review
Patent No.Trial NumberRequested DatePetitionerPatent Owner
5,751,346IPR2015-012966/12/2015Samsung Techwin AmericaTrover Group, Inc. and
The Security Center, Inc.
5,655,365IPR2015-012586/16/2015Robert Bosch LLC,
Robert Bosch GmbH,
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC,
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.,
Daimler AG and
Daimler North America Corporation		Orbital Australia Pty Ltd f/k/a/
Orbital Engine Company (Australia) Pty. Ltd. and
Orbital Fluid Technologies, Inc.
5,655,365IPR2015-012596/16/2015Robert Bosch LLC,
Robert Bosch GmbH,
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC,
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.,
Daimler AG and
Daimler North America Corporation		Orbital Australia Pty Ltd f/k/a/
Orbital Engine Company (Australia) Pty. Ltd. and
Orbital Fluid Technologies, Inc.
5,995,176IPR2015-014486/19/2015Funai Electric Co., Ltd.MiiCs & Partners America, Inc. &
Gold Charm Limited
D631670IPR2015-014536/19/2015Johns Manville Corporation and
Johns Manville, Inc.		Knauf Insulation, Inc. and
Knauf Insulation SPRL
8,579,555IPR2015-014626/22/2015Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation,
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.,
Techtronic Industries North America, Inc. and
One World Technologies, Inc.		Irwin Industrial Tool Company
6,587,046IPR2015-014776/23/2015Terremark North America LLC,
Verizon Business Network Services Inc.,
Verizon Services Corp,
Time Warner Cable Inc.,
iControl Networks, Inc.,
CoxCom, LLC;
Verizon Communications Inc.,
Verizon Corporate Resources Group LLC and
Verizon Data Services LLC		Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
6,542,076IPR2015-014786/23/2015Terremark North America LLC,
Verizon Business Network Services Inc.,
Verizon Services Corp,
Time Warner Cable Inc.,
iControl Networks, Inc.,
CoxCom, LLC;
Verizon Communications Inc.,
Verizon Corporate Resources Group LLC and
Verizon Data Services LLC		Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
6,417,833IPR2015-014796/23/2015Toshiba Corporation;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd. and
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.		Gold Charm Limited
6,510,434IPR2015-014816/23/2015International Business Machines CorporationIntellectual Ventures I LLC
8,311,522IPR2015-014706/24/2015Google Inc.,
Dropcam, Inc., and
Nest Labs, Inc.		e.Digital Corporation
8,315,618IPR2015-014716/24/2015Google Inc.,
Dropcam, Inc., and
Nest Labs, Inc.		e.Digital Corporation
8,306,514IPR2015-014726/24/2015Google Inc.,
Dropcam, Inc., and
Nest Labs, Inc.		e.Digital Corporation
8,311,523IPR2015-014736/24/2015Google Inc.,
Dropcam, Inc., and
Nest Labs, Inc.		e.Digital Corporation
8,311,524IPR2015-014746/24/2015Google Inc.,
Dropcam, Inc., and
Nest Labs, Inc.		e.Digital Corporation
8,315,619IPR2015-014756/24/2015Google Inc.,
Dropcam, Inc., and
Nest Labs, Inc.		e.Digital Corporation
7,397,363IPR2015-014826/24/2015Terremark North America LLC;
Verizon Business Network Services Inc.;
Verizon Services Corp.,
Verizon Communications Inc.,
Verizon Corporate Resources Group LLC and
Verizon Data Services LLC		Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
7,277,010IPR2015-014846/24/2015Terremark North America LLC;
Verizon Business Network Services Inc.;
Verizon Services Corp.;
Time Warner Cable Inc.;
iControl Networks, Inc.,
CoxCom, LLC,
Verizon Communications Inc.,
Verizon Corporate Resources Group, LLC and
Verizon Data Services LLC		Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
7,397,363IPR2015-014856/24/2015Terremark North America LLC;
Verizon Business Network Services Inc.;
Verizon Services Corp.,
Verizon Communications Inc.,
Verizon Corporate Resources Group LLC and
Verizon Data Services LLC		Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
6,549,130IPR2015-014866/24/2015Terremark North America LLC;
Verizon Business Network Services Inc.;
Verizon Services Corp.;
Time Warner Cable Inc.;
iControl Networks, Inc.,
CoxCom, LLC,
Verizon Communications Inc.,
Verizon Corporate Resources Group, LLC and
Verizon Data Services LLC		Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
6,308,265IPR2015-014876/24/2015America Megatrends, Inc.,
Micro-star International Co., Ltd.,
MSI Computer Corp,
GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. &
G.B.T, Inc.		Kinglite Holdings Inc.
7,754,702IPR2015-014906/24/2015Pharmacosmos A/SLuipold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6,734,927IPR2015-014916/24/2015Funai Electric Co., Ltd.,
Toshiba Corporation, and
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.		MiiCs & Partners America, Inc. &
Gold Charm Limited
8,431,549IPR2015-014936/24/2015Pharmacosmos A/SLuipold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8,054,315IPR2015-014946/24/2015HTC America Inc.,
HTC Corp.,
LG Electronics, Inc.,
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.,
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.,
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.		Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC
8,895,612IPR2015-014956/24/2015Pharmacosmos A/SLuipold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5,790,092IPR2015-014976/24/2015Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., and
Toshiba America, Inc.		Gold Charm Limited
6,161,005IPR2015-014987/9/2015Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC,
Daimler North America Corporation, and
Daimler AG		Entry Systems, LLC
7,321,368IPR2015-015006/24/2015HTC America Inc.,
HTC Corp.,
LG Electronics, Inc.,
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.,
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.,
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.		Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC
7,777,753IPR2015-015016/24/2015HTC America Inc.,
HTC Corp.,
LG Electronics, Inc.,
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.,
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.,
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.		Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC
7,542,045IPR2015-015026/24/2015HTC America Inc.,
HTC Corp.,
LG Electronics, Inc.,
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.,
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.,
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.		Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC
8,681,164IPR2015-015036/24/2015HTC America Inc.,
HTC Corp.,
LG Electronics, Inc.,
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.,
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.,
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.		Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC
6,549,130IPR2015-015096/25/2015Nissan North America, Inc. and
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.		Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
6,826,620IPR2015-015106/25/2015Cisco Systems, Inc.Network Congestion Solutions LLC
6,432,586IPR2015-015116/25/2015Ube Maxell Co., Ltd.Celgard Inc.
7,657,018IPR2015-015226/26/2015Genband US LLC,
Genband Management Services Corp.,
Genband Holdings Company,
Genband International Holding Company,
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and
OEP Capital Advisors, L.P.		Metaswitch Networks Ltd.


Post-Grant Review
Patent No.Trial NumberRequested DatePetitionerPatent Owner
9,051,066PGR2015-000186/22/2015Telebrands CorporationTinnus Enterprises, LLC
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
June 29, 2015 - July 3, 2015 
 
Date IssuedType of Case(1)Proceeding or Appn. NumberParty or PartiesTTAB Panel (2)Issue(s)TTAB DecisionOpposer’s or Petitioner’s mark and goods or servicesApplicant’s or Respondent’s mark and goods or servicesMark and goods or services cited by Examining Attorney Issued as Precedent of TTAB
6-29CANC92057088UVeritech, Inc.
v.
Amax Lighting, Inc.		Quinn*
Mermelstein
Bergsman		2(d) and priority; ownership Petition to Cancel Granted (analyzing 2(d) and priority ground as an ownership claim)UVF861 [replacement bulb part for use with ultraviolet counterfeit currency detection equipment]UVF861 [lighting fixtures, light bulbs, and internal lighting in the nature of lighting tracks and lighting tubes] Yes
6-29EX86185362IBrand Accessories LLCQuinn*
Zervas
Shaw		2(d)Refusal Affirmed BULLETPROOF SCREEN PROTECTOR ("SCREEN PROTECTOR" disclaimed) [display screen protectors for providing shade and privacy specially adapted to electronic devices, namely, laptops, cell phones, and personal digital assistants]BULLET-PROOF SHIELDS [protective sheet for covering lap-top computers, MP3 players, ipods, personal digital assistance, mobile phones and other electronics]No
6-30EX85972840Restoration Capital , LLCWellington
Greenbaum*
Gorowitz		2(e)(1); 6(a) (disclaimer)Refusal Affirmed in the absence of disclaimer of "RESTORATION" RESTORATION CAPITAL (and design) ("CAPITAL" disclaimed) [residential mortgage origination] No
6-30CANC92052150Wonderbread 5
v.
Patrick Gilles a/k/a Wonderbread 5 and / or Wonderbread Five		Lykos*
Hightower
Masiello		2(d) and priority; ownership; fraudPetition to Cancel Granted on ownership groundsWONDERBREAD 5 [entertainment services in the nature of live musical performances]WONDERBREAD 5 [entertainment services in the nature of live musical performances] Yes
6-30EX85438946Javelin Capital Markets, LLCBergsman*
Lykos
Masiello		2(d)Refusal Reversed JAVELIN (and design) [financial exchange, namely, execution services regarding the trading of derivatives and specifically excluding venture capital services]JAVELIN VENTURE PARTNERS ("VENTURE PARTNERS" disclaimed) [venture capital services, namely, providing financing to emerging and start-up companies]No
6-30EX77073701Driven Innovations, Inc.Rogers
Richey
Bucher
Mermelstein
Wolfson*		2(e)(1); 1, 2, and 45 (fails to function as a mark)Refusal Affirmed on 2(e)(1) ground (also holding that USPTO’s determination of clear error may not be challenged by petition to Director or on appeal to the TTAB) DOTBLOG [providing specific information as requested by customers via the Internet] Yes
7-2EX85900620MGF Financial, Inc.Kuhlke*
Taylor
Adlin		2(e)(1)Refusal Affirmed EXCEPTIONALE [coffee] No
7-2EX86343562Cathie MarksQuinn*
Wellington
Wolfson		2(d); 2(e)(1) (misdescriptive)Both Refusals Affirmed CEE SALT [seasoned salt that is not sea salt]
 		C (stylized) [sea salts]No
 (1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (R) =Request for Reconsideration; (REM)=Decision on Remand (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member
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Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 MAILING AND HAND CARRY ADDRESSES FOR MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS For most correspondence (e.g., new patent applications) no mail stop is required because the processing of the correspondence is routine. If NO mail stop is included on the list below, no mail stop is required for the correspondence. See the listing under "Mail to be Directed to the Director of the Patent And Trademark Office" for additional mail stops for patent-related correspondence. Only the specified type of document should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in the address. Most correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the USPTO's Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) internet page http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/index.jsp for additional information. Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows: Mail Stop _____ Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should be omitted from the address. NEW: Effective September 16, 2012, the Mail Stop description for Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam is being revised and a new Mail Stop for supplemental examination requests is being added as Mail Stop Supplemental Examination. Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account Replenishments (see 37 CFR 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR 5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address patent-related correspondence to be delivered by other delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser, Action, Purolator, etc.) as follows: United States Patent and Trademark Office Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____ Randolph Building 401 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Mail Stop Designations Explanation Mail Stop 12 Contributions to the Examiner Education Program. Mail Stop 313(c) Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a patent application from issue after payment of the issue fee and any papers associated with the petition, including papers necessary for a continuing application or a request for continued examination (RCE). Mail Stop AF Amendments and other responses after final rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any request for pre-appeal brief conference)), other than an appeal brief. Mail Stop Amendment Information disclosure statements, drawings, and replies to Office actions in patent applications with or without an amendment to the application or a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for replies after final rejection.) Mail Stop Appeal For appeal briefs or other briefs under Brief-Patents part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192). Mail Stop Public comments regarding patent-related Comments-Patent regulations and procedures. Mail Stop Conversion Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a nonprovisional application to a provisional application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3) to convert a provisional application to a nonprovisional application. Mail Stop EBC Mail for the Electronic Business Center including: Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer Number, and Requests for Customer Number Data Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 125A, respectively) and Customer Number Upload Spreadsheets and Cover Letters. Mail Stop Expedited Only to be used for the initial filing of Design design applications accompanied by a request for expedited examination under 37 CFR 1.155. Mail Stop Express Requests for abandonment of a patent Abandonment application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138, including any petitions under 37 CFR 1.138(c) to expressly abandon an application to avoid publication of the application. Mail Stop Applications under 35 U.S.C. 156 for patent term Hatch-Waxman PTE extension based on regulatory review of a product subject to pre-market review by a regulating agency. This mail stop is also to be used for additional correspondence regarding the application for patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. 156. It is preferred that such initial requests be hand-carried to: Office of Patent Legal Administration Room MDW 7D55 600 Dulany Street (Madison Building) Alexandria, VA 22314 Mail Stop ILS Correspondence relating to international patent classification, exchanges and standards. Mail Stop Issue Fee All communications following the receipt of a PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due," and prior to the issuance of a patent should be addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee, unless advised to the contrary. Assignments are the exception. Assignments (with cover sheets) should be faxed to 571-273-0140, electronically submitted (http://epas.uspto.gov), or submitted in a separate envelope and sent to Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services, Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as shown below. Mail Stop L&R All documents pertaining to applications subject to secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, or national-security classified and required to be processed accordingly. Such papers, petitions for foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b) for which expedited handling is requested, and petitions for retroactive license under 37 CFR 5.25 may also be hand carried to Licensing and Review: Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director Room 4B41 501 Dulany Street (Knox Building) Alexandria, VA 22314 Mail Stop Missing Requests for a corrected filing receipt and Parts replies to OPAP notices such as the Notice of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing Parts of Application, and associated papers and fees. Mail Stop MPEP Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. Mail Stop Patent Ext. Applications for patent term extension or adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 and any communications relating thereto. This mail stop is limited to petitions for patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed between June 8, 1995 and May 29, 2000, and patent term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed on or after May 29, 2000. For applications for patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE. For applications for patent term extension or adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 that are mailed together with the payment of the issue fee, use Mail Stop Issue Fee. Mail Stop Patent Submission of comments regarding search templates. Search Template Comments Mail Stop PCT Mail related to international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the international phase and in the national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a Notification of Acceptance of Application Under 35 U.S.C. 371 and 37 CFR 1.495 (Form PCT/DO/EO/903). Mail Stop Petition Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions, including petitions to revive and petitions to accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance fees. Mail Stop PGPUB Correspondence regarding publication of patent applications not otherwise provided, including: requests for early publication made after filing, rescission of a non-publication request, corrected patent application publication, and refund of publication fee. Mail Stop Post In patented files: requests for changes of Issue correspondence address, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal as attorney or agent and submissions under 37 CFR 1.501. Designation of, or changes to, a fee address should be addressed to Mail Stop M Correspondence. Requests for Certificate of Correction need no special mail stop, but should be mailed to the attention of Certificate of Correction Branch. Mail Stop RCE Requests for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114. Mail Stop Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction Reconstruction of lost patent files. Mail Stop Ex Parte Original requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Reexam and all subsequent correspondence other than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)). Effective September 16, 2012, this mail stop is also to be used for any papers to be filed in an ex parte reexamination proceeding ordered as a result of a supplemental examination proceeding. Mail Stop Inter Original requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Partes Reexam and all subsequent correspondence other than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)). Mail Stop Reissue All new and continuing reissue application filings. Mail Stop Sequence Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for applications with sequence listings, when the CRF is not being filed with the patent application. Mail Stop Supplemental (Effective September 16, 2012). Requests for Examination Supplemental Examination, including original request papers and any other correspondence, other than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor (see 37 CFR Secs. 1.1(a)(3) AND 1.302(c)). This mail stop is limited to original request papers and any other papers that are to be filed in a supplemental examination proceeding. For any papers to be filed in an ex parte reexamination proceeding ordered as a result of a supplemental examination proceeding, use "Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam". Information for addressing patent-related correspondence may also be found on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/mail.jsp. MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS Please address trademark-related correspondence to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as follows: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, must be mailed to: Madrid Processing Unit 600 Dulany Street MDE-7B87 Alexandria, VA 22314-5796 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to: Letter of Protest ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314-5796 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to: Director, USPTO ATTN: FQA 600 Dulany Street, MDE-10A71 Alexandria, VA 22314-5793 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to: Native American Tribal Insignia ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks 600 Dulany Street MDE-10A71 Alexandria, VA 22314-5793 Do NOT send any of the following via USPS certified mail or with a "signature required" option: submissions to the Madrid Processing Unit, Letters of Protest, applications for recordal of insignia under the Fastener Quality Act, notifications of Native American Tribal Insignia. Trademark-related mail to be delivered by hand or other private courier or delivery service (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) to the Trademark Operation, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, must be delivered to: Trademark Assistance Center Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/mail.jsp. MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Please address correspondence to be directed to a mail stop identified below to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows (unless otherwise instructed): Mail Stop _____ Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Mail Stop Designations Explanation Mail Stop 3 Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC. Mail Stop 6 Mail for the Office of Procurement. Mail Stop 8 All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except communications relating to pending litigation and disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to pending litigation in court cases shall be mailed only to Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667, Arlington, VA 22215 and papers related to pending disciplinary proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge or the Director shall be mailed only to the Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116, Arlington, VA 22215. Mail Stop 11 Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS). Mail Stop 13 Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division. Mail Stop 16 Mail related to refund requests, other than requests for refund of a patent application publication fee. Such requests should be directed to Mail Stop PGPub. Mail Stop 17 Invoices directed to the Office of Finance. Mail Stop 24 Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program, including complaints about Invention Promoters. Mail Stop 171 Vacancy Announcement Applications. Mail Stop Assignment All assignment documents, security interests, Recordation Services and other documents to be recorded in the Assignment records. Note that documents with cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov) are processed much more quickly than those submitted by mail. Mail Stop Document All requests for certified or uncertified Services copies of patent or trademark documents. Mail Stop EEO Mail for the Office of Civil Rights. Mail Stop External Mail for the Office of External Affairs. Affairs Mail Stop Interference Communications relating to interferences and applications and patents involved in interference. Mail Stop M Mail to designate or change a fee Correspondence address, or other correspondence related to maintenance fees, except payments of maintenance fees in patents. See below for the address for maintenance fee payments. Mail Stop OED Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline. Maintenance Fee Payments Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov, payments of maintenance fees in patents using the United States Postal Service, hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.) should be mailed to: Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attn: Maintenance Fees 2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Deposit Account Replenishments Payments to replenish deposit accounts using the United States Postal Service, hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.) should be made to: Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attn: Deposit Accounts 2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314 Information about deposit account replenishments may also be found on the USPTO's website at http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/fees-and-payment/deposit-accounts/deposit-account-replenishment-options 
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Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
 Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs), provide public access to patent and trademark information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, search tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc, microfilm and paper. Each PTRC also offers access to USPTO resources on the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet. Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information. All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience. State Name of Library Telephone Contact Alabama Auburn University Libraries (334) 844-1737 Birmingham Public Library (205) 226-3620 Alaska Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (907) 474-2636 Arizona Phoenix, Arizona State Library of Arizona Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records (602) 926-3870 Arkansas Little Rock: Arkansas State Library (501) 682-2053 California Los Angeles Public Library (213) 228-7220 Riverside: University of California, Riverside, Orbach Science Library (951) 827-3316 Sacramento: California State Library (916) 654-0261 San Diego Public Library (619) 236-5800 San Francisco Public Library (415) 557-4400 Sunnyvale Public Library (408) 730-7300 Colorado Denver Public Library (720) 865-1711 Connecticut Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library Sacred Heart University (203) 371-7726 Delaware Newark: University of Delaware Library (302) 831-2965 Dist. of Columbia Washington: Howard University Libraries (202) 806-7252 Florida Fort Lauderdale: Broward County Main Library (954) 357-7444 Miami-Dade Public Library (305) 375-2665 Orlando: University of Central Florida Libraries (407) 823-2562 Georgia Atlanta: Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology (404) 385-7185 Hawaii Honolulu: Hawaii State Library (808) 586-3477 Illinois Chicago Public Library (312) 747-4450 Macomb: Western Illinois University Libraries (309) 298-2722 Indiana Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library (317) 269-1741 West Lafayette Siegesmund Engineering Library, Purdue University (765) 494-2872 Iowa Davenport: Davenport Public Library (563) 326-7832 Kansas Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita State University 1 (800) 572-8368 Kentucky Louisville Free Public Library (502) 574-1611 W. Frank Steely Library Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, Kentucky (859) 572-5457 Louisiana Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875 Maine Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine (207) 581-1678 Maryland College Park: Engineering and Physical Sciences Library, University of Maryland (301) 405-9157 Massachusetts Amherst: Physical Sciences Library, University of Massachusetts (413) 545-2765 Boston Public Library (617) 536-5400 Ext. 4256 Michigan Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, University of Michigan (734) 647-5735 Big Rapids: Ferris Library for Information, Technology & Education, Ferris State University (231) 592-3602 Detroit: Public Library (313) 481-1391 Michigan Technological University, Van Pelt and Opie Library, Houghton (906) 487-2500 Minnesota Hennepin County Library Minneapolis Central Library (612) 543-8000 Mississippi Jackson: Mississippi Library Commission (601) 961-4111 Missouri Kansas City: Linda Hall Library (816) 363-4600 Ext. 724 St. Louis Public Library (314) 352-2900 Montana Butte: Montana Tech Library of the University of Montana (406) 496-4281 Nebraska Lincoln: Engineering Library, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (402) 472-3411 New Hampshire Concord: University of New Hampshire School of Law (603) 513-5130 Nevada Reno: University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (775) 784-6500 Ext. 257 New Jersey Newark Public Library (973) 733-7779 Piscataway: Library of Science and Medicine, Rutgers University (732) 445-2895 New York Albany: New York State Library (518) 474-5355 Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (716) 858-7101 Rochester Public Library (716) 428-8110 New York: New York Public Library, Science Industry & Business Library (212) 592-7000 North Carolina J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (704) 687-0494 North Dakota Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota (701) 777-4888 Ohio Akron - Summit County Public (330) 643-9075 Library Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Public Library of (513) 369-6932 Cleveland Public Library (216) 623-2870 Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University (937) 775-3521 Toledo/Lucas County Public Library (419) 259-5209 Oklahoma Stillwater: Oklahoma State University Edmon Low Library (405) 744-6546 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, The Free Library of (215) 686-5394 Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of (412) 622-3138 University Park: PAMS Library, Pennsylvania State University (814) 865-7617 Puerto Rico Bayamon: Learning Resources Center, University of Puerto Rico (787) 993-0000 Ext. 3222 Mayaquez General Library, University of Puerto Rico (787) 832-4040 Ext. 2023 Bayamon, Learning Resources Center, University of Puerto Rico (787) 786-5225 Rhode Island Providence Public Library (401) 455-8027 South Carolina Clemson University Libraries (864) 656-3024 South Dakota Rapid City: Devereaux Library, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (605) 394-1275 Tennessee Nashville: Stevenson Science and Engineering Library, Vanderbilt University (615) 322-2717 Texas Austin: McKinney Engineering Library, University of Texas at Austin (512) 495-4511 College Station: West Campus Library, Texas A & M University (979) 845-2111 Dallas Public Library (214) 670-1468 Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice University (713) 348-5483 Lubbock: Texas Tech University (806) 742-2282 San Antonio Public Library (210) 207-2500 Utah Salt Lake City: Marriott Library, University of Utah (801) 581-8394 Vermont Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont (802) 656-2542 Washington Seattle: Engineering Library, University of Washington (206) 543-0740 West Virginia Morgantown: Evansdale Library, West Virginia University (304) 293-4695 Wisconsin Wendt Commons Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison (608) 262-0696 Milwaukee Public Library (414) 286-3051 Wyoming Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library (307) 777-7281 
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Patent Technology Centers
PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS1
Technology
Center		GAUAvg Filing Date
1600BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
 161004/27/2014
 162008/08/2014
 163002/07/2014
 164004/21/2014
 165004/08/2014
 166011/23/2013
 167006/11/2014
 TOTAL05/03/2014
   
1700CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
 171008/14/2013
 172010/14/2013
 173012/08/2013
 174010/05/2013
 175010/08/2013
 176003/15/2014
 177009/23/2013
 178009/29/2013
 179001/25/2014
 TOTAL 11/07/2013
   
2100COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
 211011/19/2013
 212005/12/2013
 213011/13/2013
 214006/23/2013
 215012/23/2013
 216010/20/2013
 217005/27/2013
 218008/17/2013
 219001/28/2014
 TOTAL 09/26/2013
   
2400NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
 241011/13/2013
 242003/15/2014
 243004/11/2014
 244008/29/2013
 245007/09/2013
 246001/04/2014
 247012/11/2013
 248006/17/2013
 249004/11/2014
 TOTAL 11/19/2013
   
2600COMMUNICATIONS
 261009/11/2013
 262012/23/2013
 263007/27/2014
 264002/13/2014
 265011/26/2013
 266003/03/2014
 267008/14/2014
 268003/15/2014
 269012/20/2013
 TOTAL 02/16/2014
   
2800 SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
 281007/15/2014
 282006/17/2014
 283011/10/2013
 284001/19/2014
 285002/04/2014
 286004/24/2013
 287001/04/2014
 288004/14/2014
 289007/21/2014
 TOTAL 02/16/2014
   
2900  
 291003/27/2014
 292002/04/2014
 TOTAL 03/21/2014
   
3600  TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
 361006/20/2014
 362009/04/2013
 363007/15/2014
 364012/08/2013
 365003/06/2014
 366005/09/2014
 367001/16/2014
 368009/04/2013
 369003/12/2014
 TOTAL 02/22/2014
   
3700 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
 371002/22/2014
 372009/14/2013
 373011/10/2013
 374005/30/2013
 375011/07/2013
 376001/13/2014
 377010/08/2013
 378005/06/2014
 TOTAL 10/17/2013
   
 1 Report last updated on 06-30-2015.
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