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NONPUBLICATION REQUEST
UNDER
35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i)

First Named Inventor

Title

Attorney Docket Number

I hereby certify that the invention disclosed in the attached application has not and will not be
the subject of an application filed in another country, or under a multilateral international
agreement, that requires publication at eighteen months after filing.
I hereby request that the attached application not be published under 35 U.S.C. 122(b).

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Registration Number, if applicable

Telephone Number

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for publication at eighteen months from the earliest claimed filing date for which a benefit is
claimed.
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