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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`15/733,205
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`06/10/2020
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`Jerald K. Rasmussen
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`79799US007
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`3573
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`Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
`2510 Conway Ave E
`3M Center, 275-6E-21
`St Pal, MN S514
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`BREWSTER, HAYDEN R
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`RDOO
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`04/26/2024
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
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`IPDocketing @ Solventum.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Corrected
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Hayden Brewster
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`RDOO
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`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANTOF PATENTRIGHTS.This application is subject to withdrawal from issue atthe initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`1.{¥] This communication is responsive to See Continuation Sheet.
`(J A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2._) Anelection was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporatedinto this action.
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`; the
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`3.{¥) The allowed claim(s) is/are 7-18 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highwayprogram at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
`http:/Awww.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp or send an inquiry to PPHfeedback@uspto.gov.
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`* Certified copies not received:
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE"of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below.Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT ofthis application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`5.) CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`(} including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment / Commentor in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawingsin the front (not the back) of each
`sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`6.LJ DEPOSIT OFand/or INFORMATION aboutthe deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`4.1) Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`c) () Noneofthe:
`a) DAI
`b) (] Some*
`1. (1 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. (J Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3. (J Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`Examiner, RDOO
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`Attachment(s)
`1.1 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2.C Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`3.) Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirementfor Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4.C] Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date.
`/HAYDEN BREWSTER/
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`5. (2 Examiner's Amendment/Comment
`6. C) Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`7. CZ Other
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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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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20240423
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`Continuation Sheet (PTOL-37)
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`Application No. 15/733,205
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`Continuation of 1. This communication is responsiveto:
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`Aninternal request to address a foreign priority claim issue. Previous acknowledgementsof a foreign priority
`claim, such asin Office Actions dated March 10, 2021 through December20, 2022 are erroneous. Applicant
`did not make a foreign priority claim.
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