UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`PATENT NO.
`APPLICATION NO.
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`: 10,003,553 B2
`: 15/140470
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`DATED
`INVENTOR(S)
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`: June 19, 2018
`: Venkat Konda
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`It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:
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`On the Title Page
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`Items (87), (63), (60) should read as below:
`(87) PCT Pub. No: W02013/O36544
`PCT Pub. Date: Mar. 14, 2013
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`(63) Continuation of application No. 14/199,168, filed on Mar. 6, 2014, now Pat. No. 9,374,322,
`which is bypass Continuation of application No. PCT/118201253814, filed on Sep. 6, 2012.
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`(60) Provisional application No. 61/531,615, filed on Sep. 7, 2011.
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`In the Specification
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`Column 1, Line 13 and 14, change ‘which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. This application
`is related to and incorporates by reference in its entirety’ to —-—now US Patent No. 9,374,322 issued
`June 21, 2016 which in turn is bypass continuation application to and claims priority of—-—.
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`Column 1, Line 20, change ‘and’ to ---, which in turn is continuation in part application to and claims
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`priority of—--.
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`Signed and Sealed this
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`Nineteenth Day of February, 2019
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`Andrei lancu
`Director ofthe United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Venkat Konda
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OEEICE
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`Patent N0.:
`Issue Date:
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`10003553
`19 June 2018
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`Appl. N0.:
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`15/140,470
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`PART A RESPONSE FOR CERTIFICATES OF CORRECTION
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`This is a decision on the Certificate of Correction request filed 12 December 2018.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`PATENT NO.
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`: 10,003,553
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`APPLICATION No.: 15/140,470
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`ISSUE DATE
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`|NVENTOR(S)
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`Venkat Konda
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`(60) Provisional application No. 61/531 ,615, filed on Sep. 7, 2011.
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