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06/15/09 9:59 PM

#175304 RE: jeffz2 #175302

Jeff: The utility patent period begins on the date of FILING of the earliest non-provisional application upon which the patent is based. In this case October 1995. You can also have a 154b extension which is common, but there are no such extentions because the application was prosecuted quickly.