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<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] INVENTOR NAME<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I have a chinese national filing an application. The ADS lists his name correctly, but he signed last name first and first name last which is their convention. I am worried that when I file, the declaration
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