Doc Code: RFN.OUTAGE Doc Description: Refund Request for Papers Filed During a Designated Outage PTO/SB/448 (08-18) CERTIFICATION AND REQUEST TO TREAT AN APPLICATION FILED DURING A DESIGNATED SIGNIFICANT UNPLANNED BUSINESS SYSTEM OUTAGE AS AN APPLICATION FILED BY THE USPTO222S ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM Application Number F iling Date First Named Inventor Attorney Docket Number Title of Invention APPLICANT HEREBY CERTIFIES THE FOLLOWING AND REQUESTS THAT THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED APPLICATION BE TREATED AS AN APPLICATION FILED BY THE USPTO222s ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM. The above-identified application was filed during a designated significant unplanned business system outage by an alternative filing method. 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