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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">On Monday, Sep 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM, Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 15, 2025 4:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Goldberg, Judi <<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@leydig.com">jgoldberg@leydig.com</a>>; For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>;
Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: NO SOUP FOR YOU!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> Goldberg,
Judi <<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@leydig.com">jgoldberg@leydig.com</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 15, 2025 4:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>; Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: NO SOUP FOR YOU!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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allows for the following identifiers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>That being said, the examiners are being
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</span>I recently had some NPL refs in an IDS not be considered because the publisher or publisher\u2019s location weren\u2019t included in the cite (which I had previously only done when citing a book, not a journal article.)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 15, 2025 3:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>>; For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] NO SOUP FOR YOU!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 15, 2025 4:09 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> RE: NO SOUP FOR YOU!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Was it signed by the Examiner, or an LIE?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 15, 2025 4:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>>; For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: NO SOUP FOR YOU!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> Randall
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 15, 2025 4:05 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: NO SOUP FOR YOU!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>When did you file a response?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It may have come up for action and the Examiner didn't want to work on it because it's the end of the fiscal year so he got it off his docket this way.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(3)
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</span>The presentation of a clean version of any claim having the status of \u201coriginal," "withdrawn" or "previously presented" will constitute an assertion that it has not been changed relative to the immediate prior version, except to omit markings that may
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1-5 (canceled)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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6 (withdrawn): A process for molding a bucket.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
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<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
7 (previously presented): A bucket with a handle.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4">
<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
8 (currently amended): A bucket with a green<u>blue</u> handle.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5">
<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
9 (withdrawn): The process for molding a bucket of claim 6 using molten plastic material.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6">
<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
10 (original): The bucket of claim 8 with a wooden handle.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
11 (canceled)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
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<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
12 (previously presented): A bucket having a circumferential upper lip.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:9">
<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
13 (not entered)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:10;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes">
<td style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Claim
14 (new): A bucket with plastic sides and bottom.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tbody>
</table>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(E) <b>Acceptable Alternative Status Identifiers:</b> To prevent delays in prosecution, the Office may waive certain
provisions of <b><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e323020">37 CFR 1.121</a></b> and accept alternative status identifiers not specifically set forth in <b><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e323020">37
CFR 1.121(c)</a></b>. Accordingly claim listings that include alternative status identifiers as set forth below will be accepted if the amendment otherwise complies with <b><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e323020">37
CFR 1.121</a></b>. See <i>Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c),</i> 1296 OG 27 (July 5, 2005).</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<thead>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes">
<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;background:#EFEFEF;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Status
Identifiers Set </span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Forth in 37 CFR 1.121(c)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;background:#EFEFEF;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Acceptable
Alternatives</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">1.
Original</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Original
Claim; and Originally Filed Claim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">2.
Currently amended</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Presently
amended; and Currently amended claim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">3.
Canceled</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Canceled
without prejudice; Cancel; Cancelled; Canceled herein; Previously cancelled; Canceled claim; Deleted; and Previously canceled</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">4.
Withdrawn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Withdrawn
from consideration; Withdrawn \u2013 new; Withdrawn claim; and Withdrawn \u2013 currently amended</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">5.
Previously presented</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Previously
amended; Previously added; Previously submitted; and Previously presented claim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6">
<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">6.
New</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Newly
added; and New claim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:7;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes">
<td valign="top" style="border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">7.
Not entered</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Not
entered claim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The Office may also accept
additional variations of the status identifiers provided in <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e323020">37 CFR 1.121(c)</a> not listed above if an Office personnel determines that the status of the claims is accurate
and clear. When accepting alternative status identifiers, the examiner is not required to correct the status identifiers using an examiner\u2019s amendment.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">
Applicant will not be notified and will not be required to submit a corrective compliant amendment. The examiner does not need to make a statement on the record that the alternative status identifiers have been accepted.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/news/og/2005/week27/patamnd.htm">https://www.uspto.gov/news/og/2005/week27/patamnd.htm</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] NO SOUP FOR YOU!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Got a Notice of Non-Compliant Amendment</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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