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SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO Grover M. Myers R. J. Reynolds Industri:es, Inc. 1100 Reynolds Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27102 DIRECT TELEPHONE CALLS TO. (ham and fthp1w»mm+bM Grover M. Myers 919/773-2694 I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on Information and belief are believed to be t'ue; and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that w11Hu1 false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or mp sonment, or both under Section 1001 of T1tle 18 of the United States Code and that such wi0ful false statements may jeopardize the vatift of the application or.any patent Issued thereon. Full name of sole or first Inventor MIaNL DAVID SHMWN Inventor's signature ~0 11AAA pate Decanber 21. 1984 Country Of qtizenship U.S.A. Residerm Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27106 U.S.A. Pod pffloo Address 3735-8 Ashlawn Qc>urt Winston-Salen, Nort,h Carolina 27106 U.S.A. Full name of seoond joint Inventor. If any ~KUMAR BANERJEE Inventor's signature CIVy"aLa-- k~-- } e'° Date Decanber 10, 1984 ~ntry of ~~p Indi.a Reg(denpe Pfafftasan, North aml i na 27A4 n ii _q_ A_ Post Offioe Address 4430 CheUar Drive Pfafftowm. North Carolina 27040 rr_S_A C a HECK PR O PER B OX(ESJ A 0 R A N YA D D ED PA GE(S) FO i R M/N G A PA R T O F T N/ S , .~ . ® Signature for third and subsequent joint Inventors. Number of pages added ^ Signature by admtnistrator(tr4. executor(trbc) or legal representattve for de- oeased or Incapacitated inrnrentor. Number of pages added ^ Signature for inventor who refuses to sign or cannot be reached by person au- thofted under 37 CFR 1.47. Number of pages added ~ 4 (Dedaration and Power of Atttxney-page 3 of 29)

PATFW Attorney's Docket No. 35,692 COMBINED DECLARATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY (OR/GINAL, DESIGN, NAT/ONAL STAGEOFACTORCIPAPPLICA T/ONj As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that My residenoe, post office address and ddzenstdp are as stated below next to my name. I believelamll, an origi. nal. first and joint Irwentor (if plural names are Nsted below) of the subjec,•t matter which is daimed and for which a patent Is sought on the Irvention enti9ed: IISSEJLATFD SMOECING ARZZCIE • the specification of wt"- (aarrtplete (q), (b) or (c) 1br type of 4ppfkvt#04 REGULAR OR DESIGN APPLICATION (a) ® Is attached hereto. (b) ^ was filed on as Application Serial No. and was amended on (!l 4P1~'~cabAe). . PCT FILED APPLICATION ENTERING NATIONAL STAGE (C) ^ was described and claimed In Intemationat Application No. on and as amended on ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REVIEW OF PAPERS AND DUTY OF CANDOR I hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above Identified specification, Including the claims, as amended by any amendment referred to above. I acknowledge the duty to disclose Information which is material to the examination of this application in accordance with litle 37. Code of Federal Regulations. $ 1.56(a). ^ In compliance with this duty there Is attached an Information disclosure state• ment 37 CFR 1.97. PRIORITY CLAIM I hereby ctaim foreign priority benefits under Title 35, United States Code, g 119 of any foreign application(s) for patent or tnventor's certificate listed below and have also Identified below any foreign application for patent or Inventor's certificate having a filing date before that of the application on which priority Is daimed (Declaration and Power of Attomey-page 1044

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(oonWete(d7or(e)J (d) ® no such applications have been Sled. (e) [] such applications have been filed as follows EARUEST FOREIGN APPLICATION(S), IF ANY FILED WITHIN 12 MONTHS (6.MONTHS FOR DESIGN) PRIOR TO SAID APPLICATION Country Application No. Date of filing (day. month. ywo Date of Issue (day. month. read Priority Claimed ^YES NO ^ ^YES NO ^ ^YES NO ^ ALL FOREIGN APPUCATION(S). IF ANY FILED MORE THAN 12 MONTHS (6 MONTHS FOR DESIGN) PRIOR TO SAID APPLICATION CONTINUATION-IN-PART (oontplete drfspsrt onyXt,hlslsa 0ardiwatarr~4PtrA="V I hereby daim the benefit under Title 35, Untted States Code, g 120 of any United States appl'icatbn(s) Gsted below and. insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this • application Is not disclosed in the prior United States application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of Title 35. United States Code. § 112. 1 acknowledge the duty to dis- close material infom-abon as defined in Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations. g 1.56(a) which occurred between the filing date of the prior application and the national or PCT in- temational filing date of this application: _ Oppkatlon SerW Noa (ffinp DNa (Status) (vs+enteal. Pa+dk~o. aband«+sdl Qpp~stio- seWNv.) (F" D&W) (fttA) (Wtented. Psn*%o. abandonsd! POWER OF ATTORNEY As a named inventor. I hereby appoint the following attorney(s) and/or agent(s) to prose- cute this application and transact all business In the Patent and Trademark Office con- nected therewith. (Ust name and registration number) Grover M. Myers, Reg. N5. 25,359 Dkvi,d G. Conlin, Reg. No. 27,026 Joseph E. Root III, Reg. No. 30,678 Ernest V. Linek, Reg. No. 29,822 4 (Declaration and Power of Attorney-page 2 of 2)

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