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PTO/SB/05 (08-08) Approved for use through 06/30/2010. OMB 0651-0032 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. Attorney Docket No. First Inventor Title UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL (Only for new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1.53(b)) Express Mail Label No. APPLICATION ELEMENTS See MPEP chapter 600 concerning utility patent application contents. ADDRESS TO: Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22313-1450 ACCOMPANYING APPLICATION PARTS 1. Fee Transmittal Form (e.g., PTO/SB/17) 2. Applicant claims small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27. 3. Specification [Total Pages___________ ] Both the claims and abstract must start on a new page (For information on the preferred arrangement, see MPEP 608.01(a)) 4. Drawing(s) (35 U.S.C. 113) [Total Sheets ___________ ] 5. Oath or Declaration [Total Sheets _________ ] a. Newly executed (original or copy) b. A copy from a prior application (37 CFR 1.63(d)) (for continuation/divisional with Box 18 completed) i. DELETION OF INVENTOR(S) Signed statement attached deleting inventor(s) name in the prior application, see 37 CFR 1.63(d)(2) and 1.33(b). 6. Application Data Sheet. See 37 CFR 1.76 7. CD-ROM or CD-R in duplicate, large table or Computer Program (Appendix) Landscape Table on CD 8. Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submission (if applicable, items a. – c. are required) a. Computer Readable