Business document Regarding the following design patent, filed and registered by us, we have decided to conduct the annuity payment procedure only to the US Patent office ourselves: Ref: D-○○ (Copy of the certificate is attached to this email) We have notified our Japanese agent of this matter and received their acceptance. Should any other procedure to the US Patent office other than the annuity payment procedure become necessary in the future, we will entrust you as our agent for the procedure as before. In such a case, please notify us via our Japanese agent. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding of this matter. Please acknowledge by return email the receipt of this email and your acceptance of its contents.