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OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

August 04, 2015

Volume 1417

Number 1

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CONTENTS

Patent and Trademark Office Notices	Page
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information	1417 OG 2
• Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable	1417 OG 6
• Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee	1417 OG 7
• Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 07/06/2015	1417 OG 37
• Reissue Applications Filed	1417 OG 38
• Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed	1417 OG 40
• Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew	1417 OG 41
• Registration to Practice	1417 OG 46
• Notice of Exclusion on Consent	1417 OG 48
• Status of Public Records Division	1417 OG 49
• Notice of Suspension	1417 OG 51
• United States Patent and Trademark Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program	1417 OG 52
• The Japan Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO	1417 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 Office	1417 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 A	1417 OG 67
• United States Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program	1417 OG 68
• Errata	1417 OG 79
• Erratum	1417 OG 83
• Certificates of Correction	1417 OG 84
• AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board	1417 OG 86
• Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board	1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 OG 15

6,580,488                       10/223,377                         06/17/03
6,580,497                       09/579,462                         06/17/03
6,580,501                       09/866,400                         06/17/03
6,580,502                       09/570,587                         06/17/03
6,580,503                       10/006,932                         06/17/03
6,580,511                       09/624,654                         06/17/03
6,580,514                       09/559,063                         06/17/03
6,580,525                       09/533,938                         06/17/03
6,580,531                       09/475,836                         06/17/03
6,580,532                       09/493,642                         06/17/03
6,580,542                       09/454,415                         06/17/03
6,580,545                       09/683,035                         06/17/03
6,580,547                       10/038,416                         06/17/03
6,580,550                       09/609,595                         06/17/03
6,580,553                       10/046,355                         06/17/03
6,580,555                       09/920,562                         06/17/03
6,580,564                       10/097,956                         06/17/03
6,580,566                       10/023,859                         06/17/03
6,580,568                       09/921,897                         06/17/03
6,580,585                       09/880,233                         06/17/03
6,580,586                       09/991,601                         06/17/03
6,580,589                       09/684,710                         06/17/03
6,580,592                       09/834,882                         06/17/03
6,580,601                       10/284,658                         06/17/03
6,580,624                       09/805,140                         06/17/03
6,580,625                       10/086,834                         06/17/03
6,580,631                       09/924,648                         06/17/03
6,580,634                       09/969,211                         06/17/03
6,580,643                       09/284,083                         06/17/03
6,580,644                       10/091,048                         06/17/03
6,580,649                       10/038,720                         06/17/03
6,580,652                       10/291,645                         06/17/03
6,580,654                       10/056,837                         06/17/03
6,580,655                       09/941,911                         06/17/03
6,580,656                       10/029,215                         06/17/03
6,580,666                       09/760,044                         06/17/03
6,580,668                       10/245,317                         06/17/03
6,580,670                       09/854,922                         06/17/03
6,580,676                       09/356,676                         06/17/03
6,580,677                       09/486,751                         06/17/03
6,580,693                       09/316,973                         06/17/03
6,580,695                       10/120,977                         06/17/03
6,580,697                       09/400,424                         06/17/03
6,580,700                       09/222,126                         06/17/03
6,580,702                       09/223,753                         06/17/03
6,580,712                       09/415,235                         06/17/03
6,580,713                       09/236,457                         06/17/03
6,580,714                       09/184,513                         06/17/03
6,580,724                       09/368,358                         06/17/03
6,580,733                       09/448,627                         06/17/03
6,580,738                       09/876,128                         06/17/03
6,580,757                       09/237,247                         06/17/03
6,580,763                       09/403,664                         06/17/03
6,580,764                       09/425,893                         06/17/03
6,580,765                       09/337,149                         06/17/03
6,580,768                       09/436,494                         06/17/03
6,580,770                       09/757,466                         06/17/03
6,580,774                       09/371,867                         06/17/03
6,580,792                       09/225,978                         06/17/03
6,580,794                       09/374,650                         06/17/03
6,580,796                       09/238,646                         06/17/03
6,580,799                       09/692,479                         06/17/03
6,580,800                       09/457,102                         06/17/03
6,580,804                       09/369,081                         06/17/03
6,580,806                       09/442,990                         06/17/03
6,580,808                       09/795,339                         06/17/03

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6,580,812                       09/217,554                         06/17/03
6,580,815                       09/615,471                         06/17/03
6,580,819                       09/287,940                         06/17/03
6,580,820                       09/328,481                         06/17/03
6,580,822                       09/447,163                         06/17/03
6,580,828                       09/343,934                         06/17/03
6,580,830                       09/358,032                         06/17/03
6,580,833                       09/933,457                         06/17/03
6,580,836                       09/009,858                         06/17/03
6,580,848                       09/954,094                         06/17/03
6,580,854                       09/615,955                         06/17/03
6,580,858                       09/844,574                         06/17/03
6,580,862                       10/026,084                         06/17/03
6,580,868                       09/812,358                         06/17/03
6,580,870                       09/200,801                         06/17/03
6,580,875                       10/160,195                         06/17/03
6,580,876                       10/063,033                         06/17/03
6,580,877                       10/096,965                         06/17/03
6,580,880                       09/572,526                         06/17/03
6,580,882                       09/971,164                         06/17/03
6,580,885                       09/796,321                         06/17/03
6,580,887                       10/160,066                         06/17/03
6,580,890                       10/012,790                         06/17/03
6,580,893                       09/944,067                         06/17/03
6,580,895                       09/819,503                         06/17/03
6,580,904                       09/054,360                         06/17/03
6,580,908                       09/584,326                         06/17/03
6,580,912                       09/948,816                         06/17/03
6,580,913                       09/690,135                         06/17/03
6,580,915                       09/406,067                         06/17/03
6,580,918                       09/121,623                         06/17/03
6,580,920                       09/874,912                         06/17/03
6,580,927                       09/953,766                         06/17/03
6,580,928                       09/521,543                         06/17/03
6,580,933                       09/825,030                         06/17/03
6,580,936                       09/750,989                         06/17/03
6,580,944                       09/724,402                         06/17/03
6,580,946                       09/842,147                         06/17/03
6,580,957                       09/440,820                         06/17/03
6,580,978                       10/123,762                         06/17/03
6,580,982                       10/154,863                         06/17/03
6,580,992                       09/973,138                         06/17/03
6,580,995                       09/601,704                         06/17/03
6,581,000                       09/754,604                         06/17/03
6,581,001                       09/686,811                         06/17/03
6,581,016                       09/362,011                         06/17/03
6,581,024                       09/413,894                         06/17/03
6,581,026                       09/848,584                         06/17/03
6,581,028                       09/245,860                         06/17/03
6,581,034                       09/483,860                         06/17/03
6,581,036                       09/692,651                         06/17/03
6,581,037                       09/434,982                         06/17/03
6,581,042                       09/848,867                         06/17/03
6,581,056                       08/670,546                         06/17/03
6,581,069                       09/585,218                         06/17/03
6,581,072                       09/861,463                         06/17/03
6,581,080                       09/549,403                         06/17/03
6,581,081                       09/489,767                         06/17/03
6,581,085                       09/310,184                         06/17/03
6,581,090                       09/284,353                         06/17/03
6,581,095                       09/471,904                         06/17/03
6,581,097                       09/222,640                         06/17/03
6,581,098                       09/407,129                         06/17/03
6,581,102                       09/321,282                         06/17/03
6,581,103                       09/422,159                         06/17/03
6,581,109                       09/339,709                         06/17/03

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6,581,119                       09/598,321                         06/17/03
6,581,123                       09/576,235                         06/17/03
6,581,127                       09/477,286                         06/17/03
6,581,128                       09/933,800                         06/17/03
6,581,131                       09/757,558                         06/17/03
6,581,133                       09/418,332                         06/17/03
6,581,135                       09/314,384                         06/17/03
6,581,157                       09/299,447                         06/17/03
6,581,170                       09/016,083                         06/17/03
6,581,173                       09/844,927                         06/17/03
6,581,176                       09/223,755                         06/17/03
6,581,179                       08/669,937                         06/17/03
6,581,180                       09/527,736                         06/17/03
6,581,182                       09/570,764                         06/17/03
6,581,199                       09/950,802                         06/17/03
6,581,203                       08/915,655                         06/17/03

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON June 12, 2015
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                           Issue
Number                             Number                              Date

7,228,570                       10/835,162                         06/12/07
7,228,576                       11/429,138                         06/12/07
7,228,584                       10/613,933                         06/12/07
7,228,586                       11/225,255                         06/12/07
7,228,599                       11/209,070                         06/12/07
7,228,613                       10/533,306                         06/12/07
7,228,623                       10/291,876                         06/12/07
7,228,636                       11/273,490                         06/12/07
7,228,639                       11/346,615                         06/12/07
7,228,643                       11/355,674                         06/12/07
7,228,648                       10/958,605                         06/12/07
7,228,654                       10/717,285                         06/12/07
7,228,656                       11/027,377                         06/12/07
7,228,660                       10/678,623                         06/12/07
7,228,661                       10/411,648                         06/12/07
7,228,663                       10/766,048                         06/12/07
7,228,664                       10/694,239                         06/12/07
7,228,673                       10/518,244                         06/12/07
7,228,675                       11/067,940                         06/12/07
7,228,676                       10/899,924                         06/12/07
7,228,680                       11/449,331                         06/12/07
7,228,681                       10/563,988                         06/12/07
7,228,682                       11/012,319                         06/12/07
7,228,697                       10/796,204                         06/12/07
7,228,700                       11/055,072                         06/12/07
7,228,715                       10/899,688                         06/12/07
7,228,716                       11/257,795                         06/12/07
7,228,720                       10/187,811                         06/12/07
7,228,721                       10/759,351                         06/12/07
7,228,723                       11/051,904                         06/12/07
7,228,727                       11/297,267                         06/12/07
7,228,728                       10/514,359                         06/12/07
7,228,731                       10/774,446                         06/12/07
7,228,733                       10/533,391                         06/12/07
7,228,736                       11/206,560                         06/12/07
7,228,737                       11/103,707                         06/12/07
7,228,739                       10/996,654                         06/12/07
7,228,741                       10/943,170                         06/12/07
7,228,743                       11/314,809                         06/12/07
7,228,745                       11/220,534                         06/12/07
7,228,749                       11/509,681                         06/12/07
7,228,755                       11/094,868                         06/12/07
7,228,759                       10/838,738                         06/12/07
7,228,760                       10/614,038                         06/12/07

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7,228,767                       11/274,737                         06/12/07
7,228,771                       11/208,047                         06/12/07
7,228,774                       10/686,476                         06/12/07
7,228,775                       10/694,443                         06/12/07
7,228,781                       10/515,255                         06/12/07
7,228,787                       10/524,567                         06/12/07
7,228,790                       10/776,971                         06/12/07
7,228,792                       10/840,342                         06/12/07
7,228,794                       10/791,545                         06/12/07
7,228,798                       11/121,733                         06/12/07
7,228,801                       10/656,471                         06/12/07
7,228,808                       11/031,404                         06/12/07
7,228,813                       11/184,116                         06/12/07
7,228,819                       11/346,136                         06/12/07
7,228,832                       10/806,786                         06/12/07
7,228,840                       11/034,860                         06/12/07
7,228,842                       11/370,090                         06/12/07
7,228,845                       11/282,698                         06/12/07
7,228,846                       10/859,138                         06/12/07
7,228,847                       10/836,674                         06/12/07
7,228,848                       11/348,808                         06/12/07
7,228,863                       11/076,225                         06/12/07
7,228,869                       10/530,675                         06/12/07
7,228,871                       10/515,520                         06/12/07
7,228,876                       11/301,018                         06/12/07
7,228,885                       10/723,881                         06/12/07
7,228,886                       10/882,408                         06/12/07
7,228,888                       11/249,912                         06/12/07
7,228,901                       11/292,331                         06/12/07
7,228,903                       10/951,755                         06/12/07
7,228,917                       11/232,640                         06/12/07
7,228,918                       10/838,512                         06/12/07
7,228,921                       11/170,689                         06/12/07
7,228,922                       10/863,789                         06/12/07
7,228,923                       10/499,056                         06/12/07
7,228,934                       10/907,614                         06/12/07
7,228,938                       10/991,153                         06/12/07
7,228,940                       10/916,357                         06/12/07
7,228,946                       10/491,430                         06/12/07
7,228,949                       10/766,630                         06/12/07
7,228,964                       10/644,915                         06/12/07
7,228,966                       10/840,460                         06/12/07
7,228,972                       11/401,527                         06/12/07
7,228,974                       10/903,284                         06/12/07
7,228,980                       10/491,591                         06/12/07
7,228,982                       11/011,726                         06/12/07
7,228,992                       10/635,124                         06/12/07
7,228,993                       10/976,831                         06/12/07
7,228,995                       10/803,624                         06/12/07
7,228,997                       11/082,366                         06/12/07
7,229,000                       10/925,007                         06/12/07
7,229,001                       11/030,915                         06/12/07
7,229,008                       11/060,697                         06/12/07
7,229,014                       10/877,759                         06/12/07
7,229,018                       11/191,381                         06/12/07
7,229,029                       10/677,800                         06/12/07
7,229,031                       10/685,274                         06/12/07
7,229,042                       10/537,233                         06/12/07
7,229,044                       10/518,207                         06/12/07
7,229,046                       11/163,619                         06/12/07
7,229,053                       10/523,161                         06/12/07
7,229,058                       10/497,115                         06/12/07
7,229,063                       10/946,507                         06/12/07
7,229,064                       10/531,212                         06/12/07
7,229,066                       11/234,566                         06/12/07
7,229,067                       11/117,716                         06/12/07

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1417 OG 19

7,229,072                       11/240,295                         06/12/07
7,229,073                       11/116,274                         06/12/07
7,229,074                       10/905,207                         06/12/07
7,229,083                       11/002,308                         06/12/07
7,229,091                       11/145,919                         06/12/07
7,229,094                       10/853,426                         06/12/07
7,229,107                       10/950,741                         06/12/07
7,229,128                       10/941,122                         06/12/07
7,229,147                       10/926,268                         06/12/07
7,229,148                       11/003,615                         06/12/07
7,229,153                       11/188,018                         06/12/07
7,229,154                       11/455,132                         06/12/07
7,229,158                       10/918,489                         06/12/07
7,229,164                       10/503,919                         06/12/07
7,229,167                       10/255,206                         06/12/07
7,229,170                       11/173,755                         06/12/07
7,229,175                       11/335,511                         06/12/07
7,229,179                       10/355,927                         06/12/07
7,229,180                       11/048,088                         06/12/07
7,229,182                       11/124,683                         06/12/07
7,229,183                       11/275,522                         06/12/07
7,229,184                       11/469,443                         06/12/07
7,229,185                       11/027,950                         06/12/07
7,229,195                       11/286,867                         06/12/07
7,229,196                       11/421,502                         06/12/07
7,229,209                       11/008,548                         06/12/07
7,229,220                       11/000,748                         06/12/07
7,229,221                       11/157,325                         06/12/07
7,229,223                       10/959,046                         06/12/07
7,229,224                       10/793,911                         06/12/07
7,229,226                       10/922,968                         06/12/07
7,229,227                       11/044,164                         06/12/07
7,229,231                       10/440,170                         06/12/07
7,229,233                       10/796,198                         06/12/07
7,229,242                       11/196,036                         06/12/07
7,229,258                       10/950,176                         06/12/07
7,229,265                       11/505,444                         06/12/07
7,229,276                       11/514,847                         06/12/07
7,229,277                       10/942,737                         06/12/07
7,229,279                       10/723,201                         06/12/07
7,229,281                       11/137,288                         06/12/07
7,229,285                       10/507,709                         06/12/07
7,229,293                       11/175,448                         06/12/07
7,229,298                       11/168,611                         06/12/07
7,229,302                       11/456,571                         06/12/07
7,229,308                       11/397,471                         06/12/07
7,229,315                       11/168,605                         06/12/07
7,229,326                       11/466,833                         06/12/07
7,229,327                       11/137,289                         06/12/07
7,229,329                       11/328,969                         06/12/07
7,229,334                       10/517,191                         06/12/07
7,229,336                       10/698,142                         06/12/07
7,229,337                       10/726,637                         06/12/07
7,229,338                       11/197,287                         06/12/07
7,229,339                       10/884,371                         06/12/07
7,229,341                       11/320,608                         06/12/07
7,229,343                       10/711,229                         06/12/07
7,229,348                       11/105,488                         06/12/07
7,229,353                       10/613,878                         06/12/07
7,229,355                       10/781,864                         06/12/07
7,229,360                       10/981,659                         06/12/07
7,229,361                       11/425,112                         06/12/07
7,229,365                       11/241,485                         06/12/07
7,229,367                       10/915,822                         06/12/07
7,229,368                       10/916,903                         06/12/07
7,229,377                       11/152,017                         06/12/07

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1417 OG 20

7,229,379                       10/515,322                         06/12/07
7,229,384                       11/188,078                         06/12/07
7,229,388                       11/246,181                         06/12/07
7,229,392                       10/617,996                         06/12/07
7,229,405                       11/481,567                         06/12/07
7,229,409                       10/328,222                         06/12/07
7,229,427                       10/390,572                         06/12/07
7,229,450                       10/365,270                         06/12/07
7,229,460                       10/737,704                         06/12/07
7,229,464                       10/621,599                         06/12/07
7,229,465                       10/113,096                         06/12/07
7,229,467                       10/977,531                         06/12/07
7,229,469                       10/423,999                         06/12/07
7,229,470                       10/160,531                         06/12/07
7,229,475                       10/733,173                         06/12/07
7,229,477                       10/151,799                         06/12/07
7,229,480                       11/040,853                         06/12/07
7,229,489                       11/179,061                         06/12/07
7,229,500                       10/432,079                         06/12/07
7,229,505                       11/156,807                         06/12/07
7,229,513                       10/698,540                         06/12/07
7,229,517                       10/759,879                         06/12/07
7,229,519                       11/050,825                         06/12/07
7,229,522                       10/431,364                         06/12/07
7,229,526                       10/474,127                         06/12/07
7,229,528                       11/016,521                         06/12/07
7,229,529                       10/893,209                         06/12/07
7,229,530                       10/039,236                         06/12/07
7,229,540                       10/337,352                         06/12/07
7,229,550                       10/348,071                         06/12/07
7,229,557                       10/772,675                         06/12/07
7,229,561                       10/789,168                         06/12/07
7,229,564                       10/908,551                         06/12/07
7,229,566                       10/664,998                         06/12/07
7,229,571                       10/412,270                         06/12/07
7,229,577                       10/847,601                         06/12/07
7,229,578                       10/487,515                         06/12/07
7,229,581                       10/702,945                         06/12/07
7,229,582                       10/406,601                         06/12/07
7,229,584                       10/243,618                         06/12/07
7,229,590                       10/759,071                         06/12/07
7,229,592                       11/229,812                         06/12/07
7,229,603                       10/904,099                         06/12/07
7,229,605                       10/918,845                         06/12/07
7,229,614                       10/609,680                         06/12/07
7,229,622                       10/223,711                         06/12/07
7,229,624                       10/733,582                         06/12/07
7,229,625                       11/111,900                         06/12/07
7,229,629                       10/237,558                         06/12/07
7,229,631                       10/672,040                         06/12/07
7,229,641                       10/208,877                         06/12/07
7,229,666                       10/912,878                         06/12/07
7,229,676                       10/937,549                         06/12/07
7,229,677                       10/748,839                         06/12/07
7,229,679                       10/849,831                         06/12/07
7,229,691                       10/781,298                         06/12/07
7,229,702                       10/506,300                         06/12/07
7,229,705                       11/465,288                         06/12/07
7,229,709                       10/750,882                         06/12/07
7,229,712                       10/794,687                         06/12/07
7,229,717                       11/232,304                         06/12/07
7,229,721                       10/705,954                         06/12/07
7,229,724                       10/919,059                         06/12/07
7,229,726                       10/992,858                         06/12/07
7,229,729                       10/888,730                         06/12/07
7,229,731                       11/406,416                         06/12/07

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1417 OG 21

7,229,732                       10/911,104                         06/12/07
7,229,735                       10/899,244                         06/12/07
7,229,737                       09/894,827                         06/12/07
7,229,739                       11/137,179                         06/12/07
7,229,740                       11/220,803                         06/12/07
7,229,743                       11/170,141                         06/12/07
7,229,748                       10/901,078                         06/12/07
7,229,749                       11/371,884                         06/12/07
7,229,750                       10/926,037                         06/12/07
7,229,757                       10/105,029                         06/12/07
7,229,766                       10/600,389                         06/12/07
7,229,767                       10/672,735                         06/12/07
7,229,779                       10/749,075                         06/12/07
7,229,785                       10/511,929                         06/12/07
7,229,796                       11/474,663                         06/12/07
7,229,813                       11/021,825                         06/12/07
7,229,815                       10/230,331                         06/12/07
7,229,816                       11/128,026                         06/12/07
7,229,819                       10/694,206                         06/12/07
7,229,822                       09/515,363                         06/12/07
7,229,828                       10/365,835                         06/12/07
7,229,835                       09/983,743                         06/12/07
7,229,848                       10/997,076                         06/12/07
7,229,849                       10/751,212                         06/12/07
7,229,853                       11/374,343                         06/12/07
7,229,859                       10/353,005                         06/12/07
7,229,861                       10/288,585                         06/12/07
7,229,866                       10/935,000                         06/12/07
7,229,868                       10/433,959                         06/12/07
7,229,874                       10/778,525                         06/12/07
7,229,875                       10/688,077                         06/12/07
7,229,878                       11/175,524                         06/12/07
7,229,881                       11/165,180                         06/12/07
7,229,888                       10/819,294                         06/12/07
7,229,890                       10/368,069                         06/12/07
7,229,891                       09/800,213                         06/12/07
7,229,930                       10/341,693                         06/12/07
7,229,931                       10/870,232                         06/12/07
7,229,933                       10/815,561                         06/12/07
7,229,939                       11/085,564                         06/12/07
7,229,944                       10/898,031                         06/12/07
7,229,947                       10/468,417                         06/12/07
7,229,961                       10/083,960                         06/12/07
7,229,966                       10/780,325                         06/12/07
7,229,967                       10/987,787                         06/12/07
7,229,969                       10/250,476                         06/12/07
7,229,970                       11/128,732                         06/12/07
7,229,975                       10/088,569                         06/12/07
7,229,979                       10/874,384                         06/12/07
7,229,981                       10/695,930                         06/12/07
7,229,985                       10/500,071                         06/12/07
7,229,986                       10/276,288                         06/12/07
7,229,989                       10/945,443                         06/12/07
7,229,991                       11/155,764                         06/12/07
7,229,994                       10/477,642                         06/12/07
7,229,997                       10/440,011                         06/12/07
7,230,007                       10/865,454                         06/12/07
7,230,014                       09/549,858                         06/12/07
7,230,017                       10/525,608                         06/12/07
7,230,018                       10/644,981                         06/12/07
7,230,020                       10/970,064                         06/12/07
7,230,023                       10/647,023                         06/12/07
7,230,028                       10/494,241                         06/12/07
7,230,032                       10/436,902                         06/12/07
7,230,036                       10/478,569                         06/12/07
7,230,040                       10/836,625                         06/12/07

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1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

1417 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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 Number	Requested Date	Petitioner	Patent Owner
8,838,074	CBM2015-00149	6/22/2015	PNC Bank, National Association, SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Mortgage Inc.	Parus Holdings, Inc.
8,843,120	CBM2015-00150	6/22/2015	PNC Bank, National Association, SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Mortgage Inc.	Parus Holdings, Inc.
8,843,141	CBM2015-00151	6/22/2015	PNC Bank, National Association, SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Mortgage Inc.	Parus Holdings, Inc.
8,098,600	CBM2015-00152	6/22/2015	PNC Bank, National Association, SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Mortgage Inc.	Parus Holdings, Inc.

Inter Partes Review
Patent No.	Trial Number	Requested Date	Petitioner	Patent Owner
5,751,346	IPR2015-01296	6/12/2015	Samsung Techwin America	Trover Group, Inc. and The Security Center, Inc.
5,655,365	IPR2015-01258	6/16/2015	Robert 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.
5,655,365	IPR2015-01259	6/16/2015	Robert 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.
5,995,176	IPR2015-01448	6/19/2015	Funai Electric Co., Ltd.	MiiCs & Partners America, Inc. & Gold Charm Limited
D631670	IPR2015-01453	6/19/2015	Johns Manville Corporation and Johns Manville, Inc.	Knauf Insulation, Inc. and Knauf Insulation SPRL
8,579,555	IPR2015-01462	6/22/2015	Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd., Techtronic Industries North America, Inc. and One World Technologies, Inc.	Irwin Industrial Tool Company
6,587,046	IPR2015-01477	6/23/2015	Terremark 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
6,542,076	IPR2015-01478	6/23/2015	Terremark 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
6,417,833	IPR2015-01479	6/23/2015	Toshiba Corporation; Funai Electric Co., Ltd. and Samsung Display Co., Ltd.	Gold Charm Limited
6,510,434	IPR2015-01481	6/23/2015	International Business Machines Corporation	Intellectual Ventures I LLC
8,311,522	IPR2015-01470	6/24/2015	Google Inc., Dropcam, Inc., and Nest Labs, Inc.	e.Digital Corporation
8,315,618	IPR2015-01471	6/24/2015	Google Inc., Dropcam, Inc., and Nest Labs, Inc.	e.Digital Corporation
8,306,514	IPR2015-01472	6/24/2015	Google Inc., Dropcam, Inc., and Nest Labs, Inc.	e.Digital Corporation
8,311,523	IPR2015-01473	6/24/2015	Google Inc., Dropcam, Inc., and Nest Labs, Inc.	e.Digital Corporation
8,311,524	IPR2015-01474	6/24/2015	Google Inc., Dropcam, Inc., and Nest Labs, Inc.	e.Digital Corporation
8,315,619	IPR2015-01475	6/24/2015	Google Inc., Dropcam, Inc., and Nest Labs, Inc.	e.Digital Corporation
7,397,363	IPR2015-01482	6/24/2015	Terremark 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
7,277,010	IPR2015-01484	6/24/2015	Terremark 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
7,397,363	IPR2015-01485	6/24/2015	Terremark 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
6,549,130	IPR2015-01486	6/24/2015	Terremark 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
6,308,265	IPR2015-01487	6/24/2015	America Megatrends, Inc., Micro-star International Co., Ltd., MSI Computer Corp, GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. & G.B.T, Inc.	Kinglite Holdings Inc.
7,754,702	IPR2015-01490	6/24/2015	Pharmacosmos A/S	Luipold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6,734,927	IPR2015-01491	6/24/2015	Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, and Samsung Display Co., Ltd.	MiiCs & Partners America, Inc. & Gold Charm Limited
8,431,549	IPR2015-01493	6/24/2015	Pharmacosmos A/S	Luipold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8,054,315	IPR2015-01494	6/24/2015	HTC 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
8,895,612	IPR2015-01495	6/24/2015	Pharmacosmos A/S	Luipold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5,790,092	IPR2015-01497	6/24/2015	Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., and Toshiba America, Inc.	Gold Charm Limited
6,161,005	IPR2015-01498	7/9/2015	Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, Daimler North America Corporation, and Daimler AG	Entry Systems, LLC
7,321,368	IPR2015-01500	6/24/2015	HTC 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
7,777,753	IPR2015-01501	6/24/2015	HTC 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
7,542,045	IPR2015-01502	6/24/2015	HTC 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
8,681,164	IPR2015-01503	6/24/2015	HTC 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
6,549,130	IPR2015-01509	6/25/2015	Nissan North America, Inc. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.	Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC
6,826,620	IPR2015-01510	6/25/2015	Cisco Systems, Inc.	Network Congestion Solutions LLC
6,432,586	IPR2015-01511	6/25/2015	Ube Maxell Co., Ltd.	Celgard Inc.
7,657,018	IPR2015-01522	6/26/2015	Genband 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 Number	Requested Date	Petitioner	Patent Owner
9,051,066	PGR2015-00018	6/22/2015	Telebrands Corporation	Tinnus 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 Issued	Type of Case(1)	Proceeding or Appn. Number	Party or Parties	TTAB Panel (2)	Issue(s)	TTAB Decision	Opposer’s or Petitioner’s mark and goods or services	Applicant’s or Respondent’s mark and goods or services	Mark and goods or services cited by Examining Attorney	Issued as Precedent of TTAB
6-29	CANC	92057088	UVeritech, 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
6-29	EX	86185362	IBrand Accessories LLC	Quinn* 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
6-30	EX	85972840	Restoration Capital , LLC	Wellington 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
6-30	CANC	92052150	Wonderbread 5 v. Patrick Gilles a/k/a Wonderbread 5 and / or Wonderbread Five	Lykos* Hightower Masiello	2(d) and priority; ownership; fraud	Petition to Cancel Granted on ownership grounds	WONDERBREAD 5 [entertainment services in the nature of live musical performances]	WONDERBREAD 5 [entertainment services in the nature of live musical performances]		Yes
6-30	EX	85438946	Javelin Capital Markets, LLC	Bergsman* 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
6-30	EX	77073701	Driven 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
7-2	EX	85900620	MGF Financial, Inc.	Kuhlke* Taylor Adlin	2(e)(1)	Refusal Affirmed		EXCEPTIONALE [coffee]		No
7-2	EX	86343562	Cathie Marks	Quinn* 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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