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POWER ^{OF ATTORNEY} TO PROSECUTE APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE USPTO

I

hereby

appoint:

[X]

Practitionersassociated with theCustomer

Number

OR

I I Practltioner(s)

named

below(if

more

thantenpatentpractitionersaretobe named,thena customer

number

must beusecQ:

Name

Registration

Number

asattomey(s)or agent(s) torepresent the undersigned befbre the United States Patent

and

TrademarkOffice

(USPTO)

Inconnectionwith anyandallpatentapplicationsassigned oQbC^{to the}undersigned according1othe

USPTO

assignment raoonis or assignmentdocuments attachedtothisfbnminaccordancewith37

CFR

3.73(b).

Assignee Name and Address:

Nestec S.A.

Avenue Nestle 55 CH-1800 Vevey

Switzerland

A copy of

this

form, together with a statement under 37 CFR

3.73(b)

(Form PTO/SB/96 or equh^alent)

is

required to be

filedin

each application

in

which

this

form

^is

used. The statement under 37 CFR 3.73(b)

may be completed by one of the practitioners appointed

inthis

form

^if

the appointed practitioner

is

authorized to act on behalf of the assignee, and must

identify

the application

in

which

this

Power of Attorney

isto

be

filed.

SIGNATURE

ofAssigneeof

Record

The

individual

whose

signatureandtitle issuppliedbelowisauthorizedtoactonbehalfoftheassignee

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NEiSON Paula^

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Signature Date

1 2 JAN. •m'i

Title

Vice President

Telephone

SEND

TO:COiVIMISSIONER

FOR PATENTS.

P.O.

BOX

1450,

ALEXANDRIA. VA

22313-1450.

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QUALITE D'XNVENTEUR

(seulementauxfinsdeladesignation des Etats-Unisd'Am^rique)

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declarationdoit etrecoitfonneaulibelUstandard

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prevudiI'instruction214; voirlesnotesrelativesauxcadres

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^doitpasetre inclosedanslarequete.

Declarationrelativek la qualityd'inventeur(r^les4.17.iv) et51ifr£$.l.a)lv))

auxfinsdeladesignation desIStats-Unis

d'Amerique

:

Parlapresente,je declarequejecrois6trelepremierinventeur originaletunique(si

un

seulinventeurestmentionndci-dessous)

ou

I'undespremiers cotnventeurs(siplusieursinventeurs sontmentionndsci-dessous)deTobjet revendiqudpourlequel

un

brevetest demand^.

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presente declarationatraith,la

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La

pi^sente declarationatraitkla

demande

Internationale n*

PCT/

^(siladeclarationestremise envertudelardgle26ter).

Parlapresente,je declareque

mon

domicile,

mon

adresse postale et

ma

nationalitesonttelsqu'indiquesprfesde

mon nom.

Parlapresente,je declare avoir passeenrevueetcomprendrelecontenu dela

demande

intemationale klaquelleilestfaitreference

dudepdt,toute

demande

debrevet

ou

decertificatd'auteur d'inventiondeposeedansunpays autrequelesEtats-Unisd'Amerique,

y

^compristoute

^demande

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designant

aumoins un

paysautrequelesutats-Unisd'Amerique, dontladate de depdtestanterieurekcelledela

demande

etrangeredontla priorite estrevendiquee.

Demandesanterieures: -2002/1 367-2-•••

Parlapresente, je reconnais Tobligationquim'estfaite

de

divulguerlesrenseignementsdontj'aiconnaissancectquiscmtpertinents quant kla brevetabilitede^1*invention,telsqu'ilssont definisdansle Titre37, §^1.56,

du Code

federaldesregjementations,

y

^conipris, ence qui

conceme

les

demandes

decontinuation-in-part lesrenseignementspertinentsqui sontdevenusaccessiblesentre la datede depdt<lela

demande

anterieurectladatedu depdtinternational

de

la

demande

decontinuation-in-part.

Je declare parlapresentequetoute declaration ci-incluse^est,k

ma

connaissance, veridiqueetquetoutedeclarationformuiee kpartir de renseignements

ou

desuppositionsesttenuepourveridique; et

de

plus,

que

toutescesdeclarationsonteteformuieesensachant quetoute fausse declaration volontaireou sonequivalentestpassible,d'une

amende ou

d'uneincarceration,

ou

desdeux,envertude laSection 1001

du

Titre18

du Code

des6tats-tJnis, et

que

detellesdeclarations volontairement&ussesrisquentde compromettre^la validitedela

demande de

brevet

ou

dubrevetdeUvre apartirdecelle-ci.

Mnm HUG

Karl

Domicile:

Vinze|

-

Suisse

.

Cftf X

(villeetfitat(des Stats-Unis d'Amerique),lecas echeant,

ou

pays) Adressepostale:

ph-.du

Perjaillpn^-

CH

11134

VINZEL- ^Sulsse

Nationalite :

P.^

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Signaturede

T

inventeur^:. •••

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(sielle

ne

figurepas dansla requdte,ousilad^arationafeitI'objet decorrections

ou

d'adjonctionsenvertudelar^gle 16ter apresle depdt

de

la

demande

intemationale.

La

signature doit gtre cellede rinventeur,ilne peuts'agirdecelledumandataire)

(delasignaturequinefigurepas danslarequSte,

ou

de la declarationquiafaitI'objetdecorrectionsoud'adjonctionsen vertudelaregle26/erapresledepdtdelademandeintemationale)

Norn

:.

.PPNISART Jean-Luc

Domicile:

puny

(villeet6tat (des 6tats-Unisd'Amerique),lecas echeant,

ou

pays) Adressepostale: .9^,

du Vigny 2

_r

CH.1096 CULLY

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Nationalite:.Qh?

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T

inventeur:

(si elle

ne

figurepas danslarequete,ousiladeclarationa^faitI'objet de corrections

ou

d'adjonctions en vertudela rfegle26/er^aprfesle dep&tde^la

demande

intemationale.

La

signature doit etre cellede rinventeur,ilne peuts'agirdecelle

du

mandataire)

Date:

(delasignaturequinefigurepasdans larequ6te,

ou

dela declaration quiafeitrobjetdecorrections

ou

d'adjonctionsen vertud6laiegle26*er^rfesledep6tdelademandeinteinationale)

|y| Cette declaxation continue surlafeuille suivante,"Suite

du

cadren"Vni.iv)".

Rac'dPgT/FTO 31 JAN ₂₀₀₅

:

—

Cadre

11°

Vm.iv) DECLARATION

^:

QUAUTE D'INVENTEUR

(seidementauxfinsdela

d^gnation

des Etats-Unis d^Ain^rique)

La

declarationdoititreconformeaulibelldstandard suivanfpre^ voirlesnotesrelid\^ auxcadresrf*}^.Villi) dv)(giniralUis)et1esnotesspecifiquesauc{^tfVlll.iv). Sicecadren'estpasutilise,cettefeuiUe ne.doit

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.Declarationrelative

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laqualityd'inventeur(regies4.17.iv)et 516».l.a)iv))

aux

fins

de

lad^ignationdes]g;tats-Unisd'AmSrlqiie:

Parlapr^sente,je declarequejecrois 6trelepremierinventeuroriginaletunique(siunseulinventeurestmentionn6ci-dessous)

ou run

despremiers cofoventeurs(siplusieursinventeurs sont

mentionn^

ci-dessous) deI'objetrevendiqudpourlequel

un

brevetest demand^.

La pr^ente

declarationatraithla

demande

Internationaledontellefaitpartie(si lad^larationestd^pos^eaveclademande).

La

pr^sente declaration atraitkla

demande

interaationalen**

PCX/

(siladeclarationestremise envertudelardgle26ter).

Parlapr^sente,je d&slareque

mon

domicile,

mon

adresse postaleet

ma

nationalitysonttelsqu'indiqu^s prdsde

mon nom.

Parlapr^sente, jeddclareavoirpasseenrevueetcomprendrelecontenudela

demande

intemationalehlaquelleilestfaitreference ci-dessus,

y

^comprislesrevendicationsdeladitedemande,J'aiindique danslarequetedeladitedemande, confonnementklaregie4.1

0

du PCT,

touterevendicationdepriorited'une

demande

etrang^reetj'ai identifieci-dessous,sousI'intituie**Demandesanterieures", au

moyen du numero

de demande, du paysou

du membre

deTOrganisationmondialeduconfmierce,

du

jour,du moisetdeI'annee

du

dep6t, toute

demande

debrevetoude^certificatd'auteur d'inventiondeposeedansun paysautreque^les6tats-Unisd'Amerique,

y

^compristoute

^demande

intemationaleselonle

PCT

designantaumoins

un

paysautrequeles6tats-Unisd'Amerique, dontladate de dep6testanterieurekcelledela

demande

etrangdredontla priorite estrevendiquee.

Demandes

anterieures:

CH

-2002/1 367-2-

Parlapresente,je reconnais Tobligation quim'est£utededivulguerlesrenseignementsdontj'aiconnaissanceetqui sont pertinents quantklabrevetabilitedei'invention,telsqu'ilssontdefinisdansleTitre37, §^1.56,du

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i^eral desreglementations,

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^compris, ence qui

conceme

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demande

anterieureet ladatedu depotinternationaldela

demande

decontinuation-in-part.

Je declare parlapresentequetoutedeclaration ci-incluseest,k

ma

connaissance, veridiqueetquetoute declarationformuiee kpartir de renseignements ou desuppositionsesttenuepourveridique; etdeplus,quetoutesces declarationsonteteformuieesensachant

que

toutefaussedeclaration volontaireouson equivalentestpassibled'une

amende

oud'uneincarceration,

ou

desdeux,envertude laSection1001

du

Titre18 du Codedes 6tats-Unis,etque detellesdeclarationsvolontairement fausses risquentde compromettrela validitedela

demande

debrevetoudubrevetdeiivreapartirdecelle-ci.

Nom ^:.HU(3

^Karl ^

Domicile:

YiPzeL- Suisse

(villeetfitat(des Etats-Unisd'Amerique),lecas echeant,oupays) Adressepostale: .Qh-.^M.Pe"!?"."?"".

pH 1184 VINZEL

-

Suisse

Nationalite:

P.H

SignaturedeI'inventeur

(siellenefigurepasdanslarequite,ousiladeclarationafaitTobjet decorrectionsoud'adjonctionsenvertudelardgle26ter apresle

dep6tdela

demande

intemationale.

La

signaturedoit etre cellede rinventeur,ilne peuts'agirdecelle

du

mandataire)

Date:

(de lasignaturequinefigurepasdans la requete, ou dela declarationquiafaitI'objetdecorrections

ou

d'adjonctions

en

vertudelaregle26/erapresledepot delademandeintemationale)

^/l

)Nom

^:.

PP.'V'.^ART

iJfi5!vhr.

Domicile

:,Cu!ly;:,Sl^^ _O.-W". X

(ville etEtat (desll§tats-Unisd'Amerique),lecas echeant,oupays) Adressepostale: .ph,

du Vigpy 2

^-

CH 1096 CULLY

-

Suisse

Nationalite:

.QH

SignaturedeI'inventeur

:

,

(siellenefigurepasdanslareqju^te,ousi ladeclarationafaitI'objet decorrections

ou

d'adjonctionsen vertudelardgle26ter

apr^

le

depdtdela

demande

intemationale.

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signaturedoit 6tre cellede I'inventeur,ilnepeuts'agirdecelle

du

mandataire)

Date:..0^.,^/fcl..a!J

(dela signature quinefigurepas dans la requite,

ou

dela declaration qui afaitI'objetdecorrections

ou

d'adjonctionsen Vertudelaregle 26/erapresledep6t dela

demande

intemationale)

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du Cadre n'»Vini)^v) DECLARATION

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descadres

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ne

suffitpasa contenir tonslesremeignemenis,

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Suite de

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Declaration

:

Quality d'inventeur

Norn

:

DENISART Jean-Pbw

I _

Domicile

:

La Conversion

^-

Suisse

Adresse postale

^:

Ch. de

la

Jaque 15

^-

CH ^{1093 LA} CONVERSION

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Suisse Natlonalite :pi< PR '^J[/>«'**«^'0^

Signature de I'inventeur

:

Date: 2^.'^

Rgc'dPCT/FTO 31JAN ₂₀₀₅

Docket No. 112701-443

DECLARATION

As a below named inventor,

I

hereby declare

that:

My residence, post office address and citizenship are as stated below next

to

my name,

I

believe

I

am the original,

first

and sole inventor

(if

only one name

is listed

below) or an

original, first

and joint inventor

(if

plural names are

listed

below) of the subject matter which

is

claimed and for which a patent

is

sought on the invention

entitled:

DEVICE FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE

the specification of which: (check one)

I I

is

attached hereto.

[3^ was

filed

on 5 August 2003

,

as United States Application No. or PCT

International Application No. PCT/EP03/0Q8634

and was amended on

(if

applicable).

I

hereby

^state that I

have reviewed and understand the contents of the above-identified specification, including the claims, as amended by any amendment referred

to

above.

I

acknowledge the duty to disclose to the United States Patent Office

all

information which

is

known

^to

me to be material

to

the patentability of

this

application in accordance with Title 37,

Code of Federal Regulations,

1.56.

I

hereby claim foreign priority benefits under Title 35, United States Code Section 119 or Section 365(b) of any foreign application(s) for patent or inventor^s

certificate,

or Section 365(a) of any PCT international application which designated

atleast

one country other than the United

States, listed

below and have also identified below, by checking the box, any foreign application for patent or inventor's

certificate

or PCT international application having a

filing

date before that of the application on which priority

is

claimed.

Prior Foreign AppHcation(s)

Number Country Day/Month A^ear Priority Not

Filed Claimed

2002/1 367-2 Switzerland 6 August 2002

1

9 ^{Docket No. 112701-443}

I

hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119(e) of any United States provisional application(s)

listed

below:

Application Serial No. Filing Date

I

hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 120 of any United States appHcation(s), or Section 365(c) of any PCT international application designating the United

States, listed

below and, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of

this

application

is

not disclosed

in

the prior United States or PCT international application

in

the manner provided by the

first

paragraph of 35 U.S.C. Section 112,

I

acknowledge the duty to disclose to the United States Patent and Trademark Office

^all

information known

to

me to be material

to

patentability as defined

in

Title 37, C.F.R., Section 1.56 which became available between the

filing

date of the prior application and the national or PCT intemational

filing

date of

this

application:

Application Serial No. Filing Date Status

(patented, pending, abandoned)

I

hereby declare that

all

statements made herein of my own ^{knowledge are true} and that

^all

statements made on information and belief are beheved to be

true;

and further that these statements were made ^{with the} knowledge that willful

false

statements and the like so made ^are

punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States

Code and that such

willfiil

false statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.

Full name of sole or

first

inventor Karl Hug

Sole or

first

inventor's signature Date

Residence

CH-1184 Vinzel, Switzerland Citizenship

Switzerland

Post Office Address Ch. du Perraillon

CH-1184 Vinzel, Switzerland

2

Docket No. 112701-443

• ^•

Full name of second inventor Jean-Luc Denisart

Second inventor's signature Date

Residence

CH-1096 Cully, Switzerland Citizenship

Switzerland

Post Office Address Ch. du Vigny 2

CH-1096 Cully, Switzerland

Full name of third inventor Jean-Paul Denisart

Third inventor's signature Date

Residence

CH-1093 La Conversion, Switzerland Citizenship

Switzerland

Post Office Address

Chemin de la Jaque 15

CH-1093 La Conversion, Switzerland

3