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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNTTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`MenaVirginia 22313-1450
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`61/846,474
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`07/15/2013
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`UF.1133P
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`93557
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`APROFESSIONALASSOCIATION
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`A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
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`GAINESVILLE, FL 32614
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`CONFIRMATION NO.2220
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`FILING RECEIPT
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`Date Mailed: 08/02/2013
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`It will not be examined for patentability and will
`Receipt is acknowledged of this provisional patent application.
`become abandonednotlater than twelve monthsafter its filing date. Any correspondence concerning the application
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`changes noted thereon. If you received a "Notice to File Missing Parts” for this application, please submit
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`to the Notice, the USPTO will generate another Filing Receipt incorporating the requested corrections
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`Inventor(s)
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`Applicant(s)
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`TAYLOR W. GAINES, GAINESVILLE, FL;
`KENNETH BOONE WAGENER, GAINESVILLE, FL;
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`TAYLORW.GAINES, GAINESVILLE, FL;
`KENNETH BOONE WAGENER, GAINESVILLE, FL;
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`Powerof Attorney:
`Mark Buese--52669
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`If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 07/30/2013
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`Projected Publication Date: None, application is not eligible for pre-grant publication
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`PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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`Since the rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughouttheterritory of the United States and have no
`effect in a foreign country, an inventor who wishes patent protection in another country must apply for a patent
`in a specific country or in regional patent offices. Applicants may wish to consider the filing of an international
`application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). An international (PCT) application generally has the same
`effect as a regular national patent application in each PCT-member country. The PCT process simplifies the filing
`of patent applications on the sameinvention in member countries, but does not result in a grant of “an international
`patent" and doesnoteliminate the needof applicantstofile additional documents and fees in countries where patent
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`Almost every country has its own patent law, and a person desiring a patent in a particular country must make an
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`Applicants also are advised thatin the case of inventions madein the United States, the Director of the USPTO must
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`Applicants may wish to consult the USPTO booklet, "General Information Concerning Patents” (specifically, the
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