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`STATEMENT UNDER 37 CFR 3.7310)
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`BASF AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS B.V.
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`Application No./Patent No.: 16/016395
`Filed/Issue Date: June 25! 2018
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`HERBICIDE-RESISTANT SUNFLOWER PLANTS WITH MULTIPLE HERBICIDE RESISTANT ALLELES OF AHASL1 AND METHODS OF USE
`Titled'
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`BASF AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS B.V.
`. a corporation
`(Name of Assignee)
`(Type of Assignee, e.g., corporation, partnership, university, government agency, etc.)
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`states that, for the patent application/patent identified above, it is (choose one of options 1, 2, 3 or 4 below):
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`1. E] The assignee of the entire right, title, and interest.
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`An assignee of less than the entire right, title, and interest (check applicable box):
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`%. Additional Statement(s) by the owners
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`[LI The extent (by percentage) of its ownership interest is
`holding the balance of the interest must be submitted to account for 100% of the ownership interest.
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`C] There are unspecified percentages of ownership. The other parties, including inventors, who together own the entire
`right, title and interest are:
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`Additional Statement(s) by the owner(s) holding the balance of the interest must be submitted to account for the entire
`right, title, and interest.
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`3. I: The assignee of an undivided interest in the entirety (a complete assignment from one of the joint inventors was made).
`The other parties, including inventors, who together own the entire right, title, and interest are:
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`Additional Statement(s) by the owner(s) holding the balance of the interest must be submitted to account for the entire
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`4. I: The recipient, via a court proceeding or the like (e.g., bankruptcy, probate), of an undivided interest in the entirety (a
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`The interest identified in option 1, 2 or 3 above (not option 4) is evidenced by either (choose % of options A or B below):
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`An assignment from the inventor(s) of the patent application/patent identified above. The assignment was recorded in
`the United States Patent and Trademark Office at Reel 038621
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`B. E] A chain of title from the inventor(s), of the patent application/patent identified above, to the current assignee as follows:
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`1. From:
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`PTO/AlA/96 (08-12)
`Approved for use through 01/31/2013. OMB 0651-0031
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`STATEMENT UNDER 37 CFR 3.731c1
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`To:
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`To:
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`, or for which a copy thereof is attached.
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`To:
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`, or for which a copy thereof is attached.
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`The document was recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office at
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`E Additional documents in the chain of title are listed on a supplemental sheet( ).
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`As required by 37 CFR 3.73(c)(1)(i), the documentary evidence of the chain of title from the original owner to the
`assignee was, or concurrently is being, submitted for recordation pursuant to 37 CFR 3.11.
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`[NOTE: A separate copy (Le, a true copy of the original assignment document(s)) must be submitted to Assignment
`Division in accordance with 37 CFR Part 3, to record the assignment in the records of the USPTO. See MPEP 302.08]
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`The undersigned (whose title is supplied below) is authorized to act on behalf of the assignee.
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`/Mary K. Nicholes/
`April 6, 2021
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`Mary K. Nicholes
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