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`Docket No.: l l 1552-8016.US03
`(PATENT)
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
`Benjamin E. Merritt et al.
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`Application No.: 17 /705, 189
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`Confirmation No.: 9367
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`Filed: March 25, 2022
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`Art Unit: 3783
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`For: HEMOSTASIS VALVES AND METHODS OF
`USE
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`Examiner: Quynh-Nhu H. Vu
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`COMMENTS ON STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Dear Commissioner:
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`In the Notice of Allowability mailed on December 14, 2022 and on April 14, 2023, the
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`Examiner allowed claims 1-9. The Applicant acknowledges Examiner's statements of Reasons
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`for Allowance of the above-referenced patent application and agrees that the claimed subject
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`matter is patentable. However, the Applicant takes no position regarding the Reasons for
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`Allowance presented by the Examiner other than the positions Applicant may have previously
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`taken during prosecution. Therefore, the Examiner's Reasons for Allowance should not be
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`attributed to the Applicant as an indication of the basis for Applicant's belief that the claims are
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`patentable. Furthermore, the Applicant respectfully asserts that there may also be additional
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`reasons for patentability of the claimed subject matter not explicitly stated in this record and the
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`Applicant does not waive its rights to such arguments by not further addressing such reasons
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`herein.
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`Docket No.: ll 1552-8016.US03
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`Dated: May 25, 2023
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`By _/Matthew S. Williams/ _ _ _ _
`Matthew S. Williams
`Registration No.: 77,516
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`Perkins Coie LLP
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO
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`111552-8016.US03
`17/705,189
`March 25, 2022
`Benjamin E. Merritt
`TIILEOFIN\iENTION HEMOSTASIS VALVES AND METHODS OF USE
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`CONHRNIATJON NO
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`Title of Invention
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