Form PTO/SB/429 Third-Party Submission Under 37 CFR 1.290

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PTO/SB/429 (06-15)
Approved for use through XX/XX/XXXX. OMB 0651-0062
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THIRD-PARTY SUBMISSION
UNDER 37 CFR 1.290

Application Number (required):

(Do not submit this form electronically via EFS-Web)
U.S. PATENTS AND U.S. PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS
Issue Date or
Publication
Date

Document Number

Cite
No.

1

Number-Kind Code

First Named Inventor

MM/DD/YYYY

USUSUSUSUSUSUSUSUS-

FOREIGN PATENTS AND PUBLISHED FOREIGN PATENT APPLICATIONS
Cite
No.

Country or Patent Office and
Document Number
2

3

4

Country Code -Number -Kind Code

Publication
Date
MM/DD/YYYY

Applicant, Patentee or First Named Inventor

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1. If known, enter kind of document by the appropriate symbols indicated on the document under WIPO Standard ST.16. See MPEP 901.04(a). 2. Enter the country or
patent office that issued the document by two-letter country code under WIPO Standard ST.3. See MPEP 1851. 3. For Japanese patent documents, the indication of
the year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial number of the patent document. 4. If known, enter kind of document by the appropriate symbols indicated
on the document under WIPO Standard ST.16. See MPEP 901.04(a).
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Doc Code: IDS.3P
Document Description: Information Disclosure Statement Filed

PTO/SB/429 (06-15)
Approved for use through 07/31/2018. OMB 0651-0062
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number

THIRD-PARTY SUBMISSION
UNDER 37 CFR 1.290

Application Number (required):

(Page 2 of 2)
NON-PATENT PUBLICATIONS (e.g., journal article, Office action)
Cite
No.

Author (if any), title of the publication, page(s) being submitted, publication date, publisher
(where available), and place of publication (where available)

Translation
Attached

Evidence
of
Publication
Attached

STATEMENTS
The party making the submission is not an individual who has a duty to disclose information with respect to the aboveidentified application under 37 CFR 1.56.
This submission complies with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 122(e) and 37 CFR 1.290.
The following fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.290(f) is submitted herewith:

regular undiscounted

small entity*

The fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.290(f) is not required because this submission lists three or fewer total items and, to the
knowledge of the person signing the statement after making reasonable inquiry, this submission is the first and only
submission under 35 U.S.C. 122(e) filed in the above-identified application by the party making the submission or by a party
in privity with the party.
This resubmission is being made responsive to a notification of non-compliance issued for an earlier filed third-party
submission. The corrections in this resubmission are limited to addressing the non-compliance. As such, the party making
this resubmission: (1) requests that the Office apply the previously-paid fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.290(f), or (2) states that no
fee is required to accompany this resubmission as the undersigned is again making the fee exemption statement set forth in
37 CFR 1.290(g).
Signature
Name (Printed/Typed)
Examiner
Signature**

Date
Reg. No., if
applicable
Date
Considered

*SUBMITTER: By selecting the “small entity” box and paying the applicable small entity fee, the party making the submission asserts that the party qualifies as a small
entity. A third party is not eligible for the micro entity discount.
**EXAMINER: Signature indicates all items listed have been considered, except for citations through which a line is drawn. Draw line through citation if not
considered. Include a copy of this form with next communication to applicant.

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