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I PTOL-85 (Rev. 8-82) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office Address : COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS Washington, D.C. 20231 First Named I Applicant TITLE OF INVENTION I r s=4t:i::4,_:1:~' Phl'.l.d»;}sf;+ :!_t?t~a:t~t4';. €3 C I'i: e~°C:I:f.lc~ 1°'t1 s 4:c? i 1: tl1_tt~E~l=:4_. T ' t O. BOX 2&5>~i3 fiV.<i-1A#i)ND? VA , , 2326,:4- SC/SERIALNO. FILtNGDATE TOTAL CLAIMS for issuance of Letters Patent. PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS CLOSED. The application identified below has been examined and found allowable i:1c~s./'~i1.{~ 1~~:~..``. '1 C3 / s•'_t{:;3:~i NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND ISSUE FEE DUE AlLcommunications regarding this application should give the serial number, date of filing, name of applicant, and batch number. Please direct all communications to the Attention of "OFFICE OF PUBLICATIONS" unless advised to the contrary. EXAMINER AND GROUP ART UNIT DATE MAILED . ."e 1107 F't .ia ..1,_ i:N? V _ 7 M:tt.tt'#INER v '7 ORAtl C:,{'t0i+~1~~~~.v 1 OMP#}SITTONS res ATTY'S DOCKET NO. CLASS-SUBCLASS BATCH NO. APPLN. TYPE SMALL ENTITY FEE DUE DATE DUE t.'M `'l6,11 DIt,11.a. V3.3..-.2 7 i:: s 0 0 () M i~'~2 1'!f :i l a ,I d' ) #;: r .3, ../ M°S The ar:Lount of the issue fee is specified by 37 C.F.R. 1.18 as follows: for an original or reissue patent, except for a design or plant patent, $500; for a de3ign patent, $175; and for a plant patent, $250. If the applicant qualifies for and has filed a verified statement of small entity status in accordance with 37 C.F.R. 1.27, the issue fee is one-half the respective amount aforementioned. The issue fee due printed above reflects applicant's status as of the time of mailing this notice. A verified statement of small entity status may be filed prior to or with payment of the issue fee. However, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. 1.28, failure to establish status as a small entity prior to or with payment of the issue fee precludes payment of the issue fee in the amount so established for small entities and precludes a refund of any portion thereof paid prior to establishing status as a small entity. THE ISSUE FEE MUST BE PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS NOTICE as indicated above. The appli- cation shall otherwise be regarded as ABANDONED. The issue fee will not be accepted from anyone other than the applicant; a registered attorney or agent; or the assignee or other party in interest as shown by the records of the Patent and Trademark Office. Where an authorization to charge the issue fee to a deposit account has been filed before the mailing of the notice of allowance, the issue fee is charged to the deposit account at the time of mailing of this notice in accordance with 37 C.F.R. 1.311. If the issue fee has been so charged, it is indicated above. In order to minimize delays in the issuance of a patent based on this application, this Notice may have been mailed prior to completion of final processing. The nature and/or extent of the remaining revision or processing requirements may cause slight delays of the patent. In addition, if prosecution is to be reopened, this Notice of Allowance will be vacated and the appropriate Office action will follow in due course. If the issue fee has already been paid and prosecutio'n is reopened, the applicant may request a refund or request that the fee be credited to a Deposit Account. However, applicant may wait until the application is either found allowable or held abandoned. If allowed, upon receipt of a new Notice of Allowance, applicant may request that the previously submitted issue fee be applied. If abandoned, applicant may request refund or credit to a Deposit Account. 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REVERSE PTOL-85a ISSUE FEE RECORD If no name is listed, no name will be printed. Th s form is provided for optional use in recording information for your files. It is so des;gned that with use of carbon paper ?t may be filled in concurrently with the completion of the Issue Fee Transmittal Form PTOL-85b. 2A. The COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADE- MARKS is requested to apply the Issue Fee to the application identified below. Note: The Issue Fee will not be accepted from anyone other than the applicant; a registered attorney or agent; or the assignee or other party in interest as shown by the records of the Patent and Trademark Office. 1 A. Further correspondence to be mailed to the following: DO NOT USE THIS SPACE 3. ASSIGNMENT DATA (print or type) A. (1) Q This application is NOT assigned. submitted to the Patent and Trademark Office io l e ss gnmen pr v us y 1 X l A i t (2) B. U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office 1 name of a firm having as a mem- 2 ber a registered attorney or agent. 26. For printing on the patent front page, list the names of not more than 3 registered patent attorneys or agents OR, alternatively, the 4. 3 The following fees are enclose: 1 Issue fee 0 Advanced order 0 Assignment recording N (3) ' l . Assignment submitted herewith. 0 For Printing On The Patent: (Unless an assignee is identified below, no The following fees should be charged to assignee data wi appear on the patent. (nc(usion of assignee data below is only appropriate when an assignment has been previously submitted to deposit acc. no. 1 6-1 5H the PTO or is submitted herewith. Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing of an assignment as required by 37 C.F.R. 1.334). (PTOL-85c or additional copy of PTOL-85b must be enclosed) (1) NAME OF ASSIGNEE : ® Issue fee W Philip Morris IncorDorated El Advanced order N (2) ADDRESS: (City & State or Country) ' A W 120 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 0 Assignment recording ~ + W (3) STATE OF INCORPORATION, IF ASSIGNEE IS A CORPORATION: Number of advanced order copies requested. ~~_ (must be for 10 or more copies) Virginia