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`Case 6:21-cv-00642-ADA Document 38-2 Filed 02/08/22 Page 2 of 7
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`17/243,401
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`04/28/2021
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`Ivan Zhidov
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`GETFL-01001DIV3
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`4808
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`12/09/2021
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`WEST & ASSOCIATES, A PC
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`EXAMINER
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`HUYNH, NAM TRUNG
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`ART UNIT
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/09/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Case 6:21-cv-00642-ADA Document 38-2 Filed 02/08/22 Page 3 of 7
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`Application No.
`17/243,401
`Examiner
`Nam T Huynh
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`Applicant(s)
`Zhidov et al.
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2647
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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