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`Name of Patentee
`Ill HOLDINGS 7, LLC
`Patent Number
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`DISCLAIMER IN PATENT UNDER 37 CFR 1.321(3)
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`Docket Number (Optional)
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`Date Patent Issued
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`7,929,722
`Title of Invention
`HEARING ASSISTANCE USING AN EXTERNAL COPROCESSOR
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`April 19, 2011
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`I hereby disclaim the foliowing complete claims in the above identified patent:
`1—5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14—16, and 20-30
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`City, State, Zip Code or Foreign Country as applicable
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`The extent of my interest in said patent is (if assignee of record, state liber and page, or reel and frame, where
`assignment is recorded): Assignee of Record iReel/Frame: 037950/0909I
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`The fee for this disclaimer is set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(d).
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`[j Patentee claims small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
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`[:1 Small entity status has already been established in this case, and is still proper.
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`Signed at I110
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`this I CH/l'day org—“MIN;
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`2011.
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`Signature
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`Henry A. Petri, Jr.
`Typed or printed name of patenteel attorney or agent of record
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`1000 Louisiana Street, Fifty-Third Floor
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`Address
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`Houston, TX 77002
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`33,063
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`applicable
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`713—374—1600
`Telephone Number
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`III HOLDINGS 7, LLC
`Exhibit 2001
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`III HOLDINGS 7, LLC
`Exhibit 2001
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`III HOLDINGS 7, LLC
`Exhibit 2001
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