Form PTO-1382 Transmittal Letter to the United States Receiving Office

PT0-1382 (Rev. 01-2017)
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TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES RECEIVING OFFICE (RO/US)
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Date of Deposit:

File Reference No.:

International Application No. (If known):

Customer Number1:

Earliest Priority Date Claimed (dd/mm/yyyy):

Title of Invention:
Applicant:
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This is a new International Application
SCREENING DISCLOSURE INFORMATION:
In order to assist in screening the accompanying international application for purposes of determining whether a license for foreign transmittal should
and could be granted and for other purposes, the following information i s supplied. (check all boxes as apply):
The invention disclosed was not made in the United States of America.
There is no prior U.S. application relating to this invention.
The following prior U.S. application(s) contain subject matter which is related to the invention disclosed in the attached international
application. (NOTE: priority to these applications may or may not be claimed on the Request (form PCT/RO/101) and this listing does not
constitute a claim for priority.)
application no.

filed on

application no.

filed on

The present international application contains additional subject matter not found in the prior U.S. application(s) identified above. The
additional subject matter is found on pages________________________________________________
and

DOES NOT ALTER

MIGHT BE CONSIDERED TO ALTER the general nature of the invention in a manner which would

require the U.S. application to have been made available for inspection by the appropriate defense agencies under 35 U.S.C. 181 and
37 C.F.R. 5.15.

Itemized list of contents & entity status
Sheets of Request form:

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Sheets of description
(excluding sequence listing):

Return receipt postcard:

Sheets of claims:

Sheets of drawings:

Power of attorney:
Certified copy of priority
document (specify):
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Sheets (paper or pdf) of sequence listing:

Other (specify):

Sheets of abstract:

Sequence listing text file:
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must sign (37 C.F.R. §1.42)
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The person
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this form
is:

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Attorney/Agent
Registration No.
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Name of person signing

Signature

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