[0002] The '504 application is a continuation-in-part of the following US patent applications: US patent application Ser. No. 12/603446 filed Oct. 21, ...

... continuation-in-part patent application of, and claims priority under 35 USC §120 to US nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 12/198116, filed Aug.

[0010] The present application is a continuation-in-part of US patent application Ser. No. 12/130395, filed May 30, 2008, entitled "A Deflection Rod System ...

2000-001088 and Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 11-309983. [0126] The inner periphery at the rear of the outer cylinder 12 is provided with a ...

Hei 8-232000 [0044] Patent Literature 12: Japanese Patent Laid-open No. ... [ 0045] Patent Literature 13: Japanese Translation of PCT Patent Application No.

5370813 A 12/1994 DeNicola, Jr. et al. 5397822 A 3/1995 Lee, ... US patent application Ser. No. 09/683766, Adedeji et al., filed Feb. 12, 2002.

98396/1982 (claims, examples and others) Patent document 12: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 222950/1995 (claims, examples ...

12/060829, entitled "Bi- Directional Buffer for Open-Drain or Open-Collector Bus " ... This patent application also claims priority under 35 USC 119(e) to US ...