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`Senniger, Powers, Leavitt 8C Roedel
`Attorneys at Law
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`April 25, 2003
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`One Metropolitan Square, 16th Floor
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`UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL
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`(new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1.53(b))
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`Attorney Docket Number: KCC 4961 (K—C 19,090)
`First Named Inventor: Jian Qin, et al.
`Title:
`ABSORBENT STRUCTURE WITH SUPERABSORBENT MATERIAL
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`Express Mail Label Number: EV 233499955 US
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`TO: Commissioner for Patents
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`Box Patent Application
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`APPLICATION ELEMENTS
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`1.
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`[X]
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`Fee Transmittal Form
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`20. Correspondence Address: Customer Number 321
`Attention: Richard L. Bridge
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Richard L. Bridge, Reg. No. 40,529
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`FEEFTRANBMITTAL
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`Application Entitled ABSORBENT STRUCTURE WITH SUPERABSORBENT
`MATERIAL
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`Filing Date April 25, 2003
`Inventor(s) Jian Qin, et al.
`Attorney Docket Number KCC 4961 (K—C 19,090)
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`METHOD OF PAYMENT
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`1.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge the
`indicated fees to Deposit Account No. 19—1345.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any
`additional fees required under 37 CFR 1.16 and 1.17 to
`Deposit Account No. 19—1345.
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`[
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`[X]
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized
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`to charge any under payment or credit any over payment
`to Deposit Account No. 19-1345.
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`FEE CALCULATION
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`[X]
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`BASIC FILING FEE Subtotal
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`(1)
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`$ 750.00
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`[X]
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`EXTRA CLAIM FEES Subtotal
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`(2)
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`$ 450.00
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`Total Claims
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`45
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`2
`Independent Claims
`Multiple Dependent Claims
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`Extension for reply within
`Notice of Appeal
`Filing a Brief in Support of an appeal
`Request for ex parte Reexamination
`Petitions to the Commissioner
`Submission of Information Disclosure Statement
`Recording each patent assignment per property
`Request for Continued Examination
`Other:
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`TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYMENT
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`A ril 25
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`2003
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`Express Mail Label No. EV 233499955 US
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