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53. Informing of Warning Letter

We have forwarded a strong letter to A company, a copy being enclosed for your information.We would expect the infringer would contact his legal advisers who would inform us within the time period that investigations are being made and would be in contact with us in the near future.If the infringers do not abide by the demands we would recommend passing the matter to a recommended firm of solicitors and barristers to initiate action through the courts.When hear from them you will immediately be advised.

Oct 23, 2006

52. Request for Warning Letter

Enclosed herewith is a copy of the Certificate of Design Registration.You will note that such design registration was prosecuted by your firm, and please be advised that your reference number is 400ABC.As you may have noted, A company indicated in the enclosed Certificate of Design Registration has now been changed to B corporation, an agency in Australia of which has given us information to the effect that the following companies are selling goods under the name of X, which may possible infringe our registration of design.X companyY companyIt is necessary for us to stop selling of the infringed products, enforcing the right of design based on the design registration.We kindly ask you to send the infringers warning letters, getting in touch with Mr. K of our agency, in order to legally stop the possible infringement of the design registration.If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.We look forward to hearing from you.

Oct 22, 2006

51. Informing of the Payment

I have received your statements dated February 28th, 2003, for our accounts Nos.0000.In review, please note the following.For account No.Debit No.0000 value US$1,000- has been already been paid with our wire transfer dated October 23rd, 2002.Please confirm at your Bank A.This wire transfer was in remittance of this one debit note.Advise if you need more details.Debit note No.0000, I have forwarded to our Legal Dept. for approval, once received payment will be remitted.For Account No.0000Debit No.0000 has also been forwarded to our Legal Dept. for approval, once received payment will be remitted.

Oct 21, 2006

50. Informing of the Payment

We are instructing our bankers today, to pay your invoices on the enclosed list, for a total of US$10,000-.Type of Payment:By Bank transfer to:(name & address of bank)

Oct 20, 2006

49. Accounts Reminder

Thank you for your letter of March 11th, 2003, informing us that this case has been transferred to firm B.Please be advised that our debit note No.0000 dated December 21st, 2001, is still outstanding.This debit note covers our services rendered in taking the national phase procedure in Japan for this case.Despite several reminders sent to you, we have not received any reply from you with respect to said debit note.In order to avoid possible confusion in the future regarding the outstanding bills, we would like you to settle all outstanding bills as quickly as possible.We will address future correspondence to the new firm B as soon as full payment of the outstanding bills has been made.If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.For your reference, we enclose a copy of each of our latest reminder recently sent to you and the debit note.

Oct 19, 2006

48. Accounts Reminder

Meanwhile, our debit note No.000000 is still outstanding.We enclose herewith a copy of the debit note for your reference.Please review your records and settle it as soon as possible so that we can proceed further with this matter.

Oct 18, 2006

47. Response to Accounts Reminder

We were sent a notice that invoice number, 0000 is overdue.However, we never receive this invoice.Please send this invoice via my attention.If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Oct 17, 2006

46. Accounts Reminder

According to our records, our bill no. 000 for US$1,234,567 is outstanding.Please arrange for early settlement or advise us if there is any reason why you are unable to settle the bill.Kindly quote the above bill number when you make your payment.If you have already paid this bill, please disregard this letter.

Oct 16, 2006

45. Charge Estimation

Extra charges may be incurred in bringing this application into concurrence with the specification as granted in the other countries.The above estimate includes checking the specification against the certified copy.

Oct 15, 2006

44. Informing the Change of Name

We refer to your facsimile of May 7th, 2003.We have today received confirmation from the Patent Office that the change of company name has been recorded.For your information we enclose a copy of the notification from the Patent Office.We will immediately commence action against the potential infringers and will keep you informed of the action we have taken.

Oct 14, 2006

43. Informing the Change of Name

We have filed the necessary documents at the Patent Office for effecting record of the change of name.We will advise you as soon as we receive confirmation from the Patent Office that the change has been recorded, but in the meantime we enclose herewith our debit note for your kind attention.

Oct 13, 2006

42. Informing Completion of Assignment

Thank you for your letter of February 21st, 2002, enclosing the documents as required in this case.We, on March 31st, 2002, filed with the Patent Office petitions for recording the assignments with respect to the Japanese patent and the Japanese patent applications.Recording in this case will be completed in the Patent Office in a couple of months, and the Patent Office will issue a certificate of recording in respect of the issued patents but such a certificate will not be issued in connection with the pending applications.We are enclosing our debit note for the services rendered in this matter.

Oct 12, 2006

41. Request for Recording Name Change

Your firm is handling the prosecution of the attached lists of A company's patents.Two companies have changed their names as give above.We would like you to record the name change in the Patent Office in your country.We are unsure of the documentation you will require to effect these name changes.Please let us know if the attached documents will suffice.If not, please advise us of the documents you will need for filing in your country.

Oct 11, 2006

40. Assignment

Our client is going through a corporate restructuring.As of December 31st, 2002, the patents owned by the client will be assigned to a new holding company.Attached is a list of pending applications being handled by our firm that will be subject to the assignment.The applications will be assigned to A Inc..We seek your help in making sure (1) that the assignment for the applications in your country is legally binding and includes the right to collect for past infringement, and (2) recording the assignment once executed.The client also has one issued patent in your country that may have been prosecuted through a different law firm.We assume that you can prepare and record an assignment document for that patent as well.By return facsimile please advise us (1) whether you need any additional information to prepare the assignment document, (2) a rough estimate of the cost of preparing and recording the assignment document, (3) when you expect to have the assignment document prepared, and (4) any potential difficulties that we should be aware of regarding inter-corporate assignment of patents and applications in your country.If there will be any difficulties in preparing an assignment document to us prior to December 16th, 2002, please advise us and let us know whether it will be possible to have the client sign a general assignment to make the transfer effective on December 31st, 2002, and whether you can then prepare a document ratifying the assignment that can be recorded in your country.Thank you for your prompt assistance in this matter.

Oct 10, 2006

39. Request for Trademark Research

Please carry out a trade mark search as detailed below for the following trade mark.Trade Mark: Satellite CompassInternational Class: 5Type of Search: Full AvailabilityGoods: Pharmaceutical and SubstancesTherapeutic Area: PsychiatryDate Required By: Within a week from today's datePlease e-mail the results initially to mail@mail.comAnd send the confirmation copy, for my attention, to "Name" and "Address".

Oct 9, 2006

38. Request for Obtaining File History

Kindly provide us with a copy of the patent prosecution history (file wrapper) for U.S. Patent 6,xxx,xxx issued April 28th, 2005.The application number serial number is 10/000,000 and it was filed on April 28th, 2002.The title of the patent is Device for ...We respectfully request your prompt attention to our request, as this is an urgent matter.Please forward the copied documents to us by expedited delivery service and kindly include your statement of charges.Thank you very much for your kind assistance.Please contact us by fax if you have any questions or information regarding our request.

Oct 8, 2006

37. Research Report

We have studied the abstract of engine, which was enclosed in your letter and we have conducted a search on the patents, patent applications and utility models.The following classes of IPC have been searched ...The following citations were considered to be relevant either directly or as a background art: ...Enclosed please find copies of the above-mentioned citations.We consider the enclosed application (number) shows ...When you study the U.S. counterpart to the application, you will note that the scavenging ports appear to have the same functions as the engine outlined in your letter.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.We enclose a debit note for our search.

Oct 7, 2006

36. Request for Research

Enclosed herein is a brief explanation about a 2 stroke cycle engine which is to be developed by our client.The engine is designed to accomplish a significant reduction in amount of hydrocarbon in the exhaust gas discharged through the exhaust port to atmosphere.As you will note from the enclosed brief description, one of a pair of scavenging ports on either side of the cylinder is ... is first supplied into the combustion engine to from a barrier layer of exhaust gas between the exhaust port and the fresh fuel mixture subsequently introduced from the crankcase chamber through both the scavenging ports into the combustion engine, thereby preventing the fuel mixture from escaping through the exhaust port.We kindly ask you to conduct prior art search as to the 2 stroke cycle engine as set forth above and described in the enclosed explanation.Please be advised that the prior art search is necessary for us to evaluate the patentability of the engine.We should be very much obliged if you would provide us with your search report until the end of this month.If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Oct 6, 2006

35. Informing the Notice of Allowance

We are pleased to inform you that the Patent Office has decided to grant a patent right to the above-captioned application.Enclosed herewith is the notification to grant the patent right or the notice of allowance dated April 19th, 2006, for your records.Pursuant to Article 108 of the Patent Law, the applicant is required to pay the first-third annuities to effect the registration of the patent, otherwise it will be deemed that the application has abandoned this right to obtain the patent right.We will attend to the payment of the above-mentioned annuities and send our debit note to you thereafter unless we receive your instructions to the contrary before the due date of July 4th, 2006.

Oct 5, 2006

34. Request to Maintain & Lapse

Our client has indicated to us that they are only interested in pursuing the three cases indicated as "Keep".Therefore, please close your files on the cases not indicated as "Keep".

Oct 4, 2006

33. Request for Lapse

We hereby provide our instructions and authorization for you to allow the application to lapse by taking no further action in connection with this application.

Oct 3, 2006

32. Request for Lapse

It has been decided not to proceed with the above referenced application.You are, therefore, requested to allow the application to lapse so as to minimize costs.I should like to take this opportunity to thank you for your assistance in prosecuting this case.

Oct 2, 2006

31. Request for Abandonment

We are writing further to your letter of March 8th, 2003.Please be advised that our client does not wish to take any further action regarding the above referenced application.Please close your file, and incur no further expenses.Thank you for your assistance to date.

Oct 1, 2006

30. Request for Abandonment

Thank you for your letter dated March 14th, 2003, regarding this matter.Our client has instructed us that they no longer wish to pursue this case.Please discontinue working on this matter and allow it to become abandoned.We trust you will confirm receipt of our facsimile.Should you have any questions, please let us know.

Sep 30, 2006

29. Comment for Amendment

Amendments to the description, claims, and drawings are to be filed within the above mentioned period on separate sheets.Failure to comply with this invitation in due date will result in the application being deemed to be withdrawn.

Sep 29, 2006

28. Request for Amendment

Enclosed herein is an amendment to claim 1 as originally filed with the above-identified application.Please proceed with such an amendment.Support for this amendment is for example found in the final paragraph on page 4 of English language specification sent to you for translation.We look forward to having your report on this matter after an amendment has been filed with the Patent Office.

Sep 28, 2006

27. Request for Amendment

We have noted that some mistyping occurred in claim 1 of the set of claims that was sent to you on May 1st, 2006, as to the above-referenced patent application.Claim 1 should recite: ...We note that the correct language of the claim is consistent with the language of the claim as filed already.Please take the appropriate measure to ensure that the correct language of the claim is filed.

Sep 27, 2006

26. Asking for Sample against O.A.

Thank you for your letter of July 31st, 2002, responding to our July 18th letter.Regarding a sample hinge you have received from your client, we would like to present it to the Examiner of the Patent Office for his reference.We believe that the sample hinge would be effective to assist the Examiner in understanding the features of the invention claimed in the application.We would like you to forward us the sample hinge in due date.

Sep 26, 2006

25. Response to Office Action

We are in receipt of your letter of July 18th, 2002, and appreciate your comments.In response thereto, we ask that you please take the most appropriate measures, which in your estimation will place this application in condition of allowance without unduly compromising the overall scope of the claim.Therefore, in accordance with your suggestions, please cancel claims 1-4 and 9-11, amend claims 6-8 and 13-16 by replacing the term "A" with "B", and do not incorporate into claims 5 and 12 the limitation that the cylindrical neck of the rivet portion is non-threaded.Also we have received a sample casement hinge from our client, therefore, if you still believe that it would be helpful for you to have the hinge in your possession, we will gladly forward it to your office.Please acknowledge safe receipt of these instructions.

Sep 25, 2006

24. Content of Office Action

Reference 1 discloses that ...Reference 2 clearly teaches that ... (claim language)Both of the References disclose the claimed invention except for the particular use of a styrene block copolymer as the thermoplastic elastomer.It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made, to employ as the thermoplastic elastomer as styrene block copolymer since it was known in the art that a thermoplastic elastomer comprising a styrene block copolymer may be employed to make molding compositions.In view of the above, there appears to be no significant difference between the References and the invention claimed by the applicant.Any properties or characteristics inherent in the prior art, would still anticipate the claimed invention.

Sep 24, 2006

23. Content of Office Action

Claims 1-7 lack an inventive step under Article 29, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law as being obvious over Reference.The Reference discloses structural body 1 including marker holder at 2, radiopaque marker 3.It would have been obvious that the marker holder includes a pair of projecting fingers (the curved semicircular finger at the left side of 2 and the curved semicircular finger at the right side of 2 as seen in figure 1).As to claim 23, the thin cover layer described in col. 4, lines 27-30 is obviously an outer layer.As to claim 29, the marker holder which is made from nitinol (col. 5, lines 25-28) would obviously have the two claimed configurations since it is made from shape memory alloy.

Sep 23, 2006

22. Office Action

With reference to the above-identified application, we have received from the Patent Office an Office Action issued on June 3rd, 2006.We enclose herewith such an Office Action and copies of References 1 and 2 cited against the claims of this application along with an English translation of relevant portions of Reference 1 as pointed out in the Office Action.Please be advised that Reference 2 corresponds to U.S. Patent 6,xxx,xxx.We would like you to obtain a copy of U.S. Patent 6,xxx,xxx through your channel.The term for response to the Office Action has been set to expire September 10th, 2006.If we do not receive your instructions on the response on or before that date, we will take steps necessary for three-month extension for response.We trust that the foregoing would be helpful for you to deal with the objection raised in the Office Action.As to the lack of inventive-step of the claims, please provide us with your comments on their patentability over the cited prior art so that we can prepare an appropriate response to the Office Action.If you feel it necessary to amend the claims in order to distinguish them over the cited prior art, please provide us with a draft of amended claims.We look forward to receiving your instructions on this matter before the due date of September 10th, 2006.

Sep 22, 2006

21. Providing Prior Art Information

We are responding to your letter of April 28th, 2006.Thanks very much for your inquiry about the prior art information.Please note that the situation here in Japan is very similar to the one in your country in relation to notifying the Patent Office of information on relevant prior art that could potentially stop a patent from being granted.Anybody can submit relevant information including prior art documents, at any time following publication of a patent application.In the relevant information, the third party comments on the relevance of the prior art to the published claims of the application.The relevant information will be notified to the application and will be considered by the Examiner during the examination process.It can certainly be useful to file the third party relevant information during the examination of a patent, if the third party can bring to the attention of Examiner very relevant prior art that is likely to result in the patent application being refused.However, there is some danger if prior art is brought to the attention of the Examiner that the applicant is given an opportunity to find an amendment to the claims of the patent application, resulting in the patent being granted with valid claims.If you need any further information, please let us know.

Sep 21, 2006

20. Response to Status Inquiry

Thank you for your facsimile transmission of 7 May, 2003 in connection with the above patent application.I have not yet received the examination report (Office Action) from the Patent Office and I have written today to the Patent Office to enquire when we may expect it to issue.I will let you know as soon as I receive a response.

Sep 20, 2006

19. Inquiry for Examination Status

We have not heard anything since we received your report dated 14 February, 2002, on the request for examination in connection with the above-identified application.We would like to know when we may expect you to hear from the EP Patent Office.We wonder if there is any procedure for preferential or accelerated examination.Please let us know about it.We look forward to receiving your advice as soon as possible.

Sep 19, 2006

18. Response to Status Inquiry

Thank you for your letter of March 14th, 2003 inquiring of us about the status of the above-identified application.We confirm that there has been no development in this case since the response to the December 25th, 2002 Office Action was filed.However, please be advised that we recently received a telephone from the Examiner in charge of this application to point out typological errors we made in Claim 1.He told us that a correction of such errors would be made in virtue of his office without issuing any further Office Action.Such being the case, the Examiner will issue a notice of allowance in connection with the application soon.As soon as we receive such a notice of allowance, we will advise, immediately.

Sep 18, 2006

17. Inquiry for Application Status

Please provide an update concerning the status of the identified patent application.Thank you for your continued assistance, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sep 17, 2006

16. Response for Search Report [EPO]

Thank you for your letter dated 21 January, 2002 concerning the search report in connection with the above-identified application.Please file a request for substantive examination for the application with all the claims originally filed with it.Please designate all the states and extension states and pay designation fees and examination fee in good time before the deadline of 9 July, 2002.We look forward to receiving your report on this matter.

Sep 16, 2006

15. Request for Examination

Thank you for your reminder which we received this morning, February 3rd, 2003.You are hereby authorized to proceed with a request for examination in the above referenced application and keep the application in force.Please also file the attached voluntary amendment.The amendment adds no new matter to the application but merely puts the claims in the form which they were issued in U.S. Patent Number 6,xxx,xxx on October 21st, 2001.We apologize for responding at this late date, however, we had not received any earlier reminder.

Sep 15, 2006

14. Reminder for Examination

Despite our reminder dated April 28th, 2006, we have, so far, received no instructions from you as to whether or not a request for examination should be filed for the above identified application.Under the circumstances, we will allow the application to lapse by failure to file the request for examination, unless instructed to the contrary by December 28th, 2006.The application will then be deemed to be withdrawn by operation of law and it will become impossible for the application to be reinstated as stated in the reminder.Please acknowledge safe receipt of this facsimile immediately.

Sep 14, 2006

13. Reminder for Examination

This is to remind you that a request for examination has not yet been filed in this case and that the period for filing such a request will soon end.Please inform us at least one month prior to the due date set forth below, whether you wish to request examination of this application.1. The due date for requesting examination is July 30th, 2003.No postponement of this date is possible.2. If a request for examination is to be filed, please indicate the claims to be submitted for examination.In addition, please also review the specification, claims, and drawings, and inform us as to whether any amendments are required.3. The total fee for requesting examination with single claim is \0,000 and the additional fee for each additional claim is \0,000 (including the attorney fee and the official fee).

Sep 13, 2006

12. Request for Examination

In response to your letter of December 3rd, 2002, regarding the above referenced application, please request examination and pay the required fee as you suggest.Please find attached a proposed set of claims for this application.These claims are based at least in part on claims which have been amended here in Japan.Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by return facsimile.As always, please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions regarding this matter.

Sep 12, 2006

11. Request for Examination

Our client has advised us hat they wish to proceed with the request for examination for the above-referenced applicationas soon as possible.Please request examination at your earliest convenience prior to the due date of May 15th, 2003.We should also appreciate written confirmation that the request has been filed.We confirm that our client wishes to proceed with the request for examination for above-identified application of all 30 claims, as soon as possible, prior to the due date of May 15th, 2003.

Sep 11, 2006

10. Informing of Filing an Application

In accordance with your instructions of April 4th, 2003, we confirm having prepared and filed the above-identified design application in our Patent Office on April 9th, 2003.Two copies of the application as filed are enclosed.Priority was claimed based on U.S. applications nos. 000000 and 000000 filed October 18th, 2002.We will forward the Official Filing Certificate to you as soon as available and will keep you advised of developments on the application.Enclosed is our debit note for attending to the preparation and filing of the application.Very truly yours.

Sep 10, 2006

09. Informing of Filing an Application

Thank you for your letter of March 28th, 2003 with instructions to file the above design application.We are writing to confirm that the application has been filed today at the Patent Office.Priority was claimed from the above-referenced application filed on October 18th, 2002 and design was designated as "a Flour Milling Machine".We enclose by fax one copy of the documents as filed for your reference.By post, we are sending two copies of this letter and two copies of the documents as required.Our debit note in this matter fill follow shortly.

Sep 9, 2006

08. Receipt of Entering National Phase

Thank you for your letter of February 24th, 2003, instructing us to proceed with the national phase of the above-mentioned International application in Japan.We will prepare the required translations of the specification and claims and other application documents in accordance with our patent law, and submit the same to the Japanese Patent Office by March 21st, 2003.We will keep you informed of all future developments in connection with the application.

Sep 8, 2006

07. Request for Entering National Phase

Please prepare and file a national phase application in your country, based on the above identified PCT application.I believe that the due date for filing this application in July 19th, 2002.The applicant's name and address is as follows:Priority information is as follows:Based on: PCT/2004/??????International Filing Date: April 28th, 2001Based on an earliest priority date of: April 28th, 2000Enclosures:Please acknowledge receipt of these by facsimile and indicate whether any additional papers are required at this time.Also please keep this case in force in the absence of our instructions to the contrary.Finally, please send all correspondence to the above-indicated address and note our reference number in all future correspondence.

Sep 7, 2006

06. Request for Entering National Phase

The above international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty was filed on September 21st, 2000 and did not claim priority to any earlier Japanese application.The due date for entering the national phase March 21st, 2003.We would like you to do whatever is necessary to proceed with the application into the national phase.For your assistance, the attached sheet will give you all the information you will need for filing this application, and also lists all the enclosures to this letter.A duplicate of this letter is enclosed which we ask you to sign and return to us by facsimile, acknowledge receipt of this letter and the materials enclosed.We trust the above will provide the necessary information required to comply with the U.S. filing of this application.If, however, you require any further information or documents, please do not hesitate to contact us.Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Sep 6, 2006

05. Request for Entering National Phase

Please proceed with the national phase of the above-referenced International application in your country.The national phase must be commenced before September 1st, 2003.Please pay any fees which may be due at the time of filing.Please see the attached Data Sheet for further relevant information.Please inform us of all necessary actions in advance of the actual work so that we can provide you with instructions.However, this application is to be kept in force unless we instruct you to the contrary.Please acknowledge receipt of these materials by fax (at +81-6-...) and confirm that the application will be timely filed.It is very important that you confirm again by return fax as soon as the actual filing is complete.

Sep 5, 2006

04. Request for Filing a Trademark

Please proceed to file AAAAAA in the name of BBBBBB (address: .....) in Class 5 claiming the following goods:"Pharmaceutical preparations and substances"Please do not hesitate to contact me, should you require further information.

Sep 4, 2006