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<p class="elementToProof" style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Small Business and Small Entity Representatives:</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The USPTO has just released a request for comment on AI’s impact on prior art, the knowledge of a person having ordinary
skill in the art (PHOSITA), and determinations of patentability made in view of the foregoing. Review the request for comment and submit comments on the fifteen questions.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Advocacy Reg Alert:</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://advocacy.sba.gov/2024/05/09/uspto-requests-comments-on-the-impact-of-artificial-intelligence-on-intellectual-property/" id="OWAfaa6cd48-770e-b8ba-f4eb-c98a7894365c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://advocacy.sba.gov/2024/05/09/uspto-requests-comments-on-the-impact-of-artificial-intelligence-on-intellectual-property/</a></u></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fed Reg RFC Posting:</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/30/2024-08969/request-for-comments-regarding-the-impact-of-the-proliferation-of-artificial-intelligence-on-prior" id="OWAc70405f2-e1b9-02cd-e45c-b6ca07cda922" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/30/2024-08969/request-for-comments-regarding-the-impact-of-the-proliferation-of-artificial-intelligence-on-prior</a></u></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Comments are due by July 29, 2024 and can be submitted at:</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/PTO-P-2023-0044-0001" id="OWA85d4eede-e055-a0b6-b39b-77558d4dd598" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.regulations.gov/document/PTO-P-2023-0044-0001</a></u></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please reach out to me directly if you have any questions or would like to share your response to these questions.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">David</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">David Mullis</span></p>
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