To: Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450002 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450002 Applicant hereby requests that the inventorship be corrected or changed, or that the name of the inventor or a joint inventor, or the order of the names of joint inventors, be changed, in the above-identified application. Note: 37 CFR 1.48 applies to any request to correct inventorship filed on or after September 16, 2012, regardless of the application filing date. Do not submit this form after payment of the issue fee or if the application has been patented. See 37 CFR 1.324 for correction of inventorship in a patent. Please check the applicable box(es) below. For a nonprovisional application: 1.This request is to correct or change the inventorship in a nonprovisional application (under 37 CFR 1.48(a)) and includes: An application data sheet (ADS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(c) with the corrected or updated information shown with markings (e.g., underlining for insertions, strikethrough for deletions). See the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) section 601.05(a) for information about filing an ADS in an application filed on/after September 16, 2012. For information about filing a Supplemental ADS in an application filed before September 16, 2012, see MPEP 601.05(b). The processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i). $ An inventor is being added. An inventor222s oath or declaration by any actual inventor who has not yet executed an oath or declaration is required (see 37 CFR 1.48(b)). See MPEP 602.01(a) for information about an inventor222s oath or declaration for an application filed on/after September 16, 2012 (e.g., form PTO/AIA/01). For information about an inventor222s oath or declaration for an application filed before September 16, 2012 (e.g., form PTO/SB/01), see MPEP 602.01(b). This request is being filed after the first Office action on the merits has been given or mailed (see 37 CFR 1.48(c) and 1.17(d)). Check one of the following: This request to correct or change the inventorship is due solely to the cancellation of claims in the application. OR The fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(d) is due (in addition to the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i)). $ Doc Code: R48.REQ Document Description: Request under Rule 48 correcting inventorship PTO/AIA/40 (04-1) Approved for use through 11/30/2020. OMB 0651-0031 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. REQUEST FOR CORRECTION IN A002 PATENT APPLICATION RELATING TO INVENTORSHIP OR AN INVENTOR NAME, OR ORDER OF NAMES, OTHER002 THAN IN A REISSUE APPLICATION (37002 CFR 1.48)002 Application Number Filing Date First Named Inventor Art Unit Examiner Name Practitioner Docket Number [Page 1 of 2] This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.48. 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OMB 0651-0031 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. REQUEST FOR CORRECTION IN A PATENT APPLICATION RELATING TO INVENTORSHIP OR AN002 INVENTOR NAME, OR ORDER OF NAMES, OTHER THAN IN A REISSUE APPLICATION002 (37 CFR 1.48)002 2.This request is to correct or update the name of the inventor or a joint inventor, or the order of names of joint invento rs , in a nonprovisional application (under 37 CFR 1.48(f)) and includes: An application data sheet in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(c) identifying the complete inventive entity, including the corrected or updated name of the inventor, or the new order of names shown with markings (e.g., underlining for insertions, strikethrough for deletions). See the MPEP 601.05(a) for information about filing an ADS in an application filed on/after September 16, 2012. 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