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NOTICE of Correction and to Withdraw Errantly filed Version of Motion for reconsideration (Dkt #241) by Triantafyllos Tafas re 241 MOTION for Reconsideration re 227 Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, 226 Memorandum & Opinion, (Wilson, Joseph) Modified on 1/22/2008 to reflect the title of docket entry(klau, ).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA (Alexandria Division)
TRIANTAFYLLOS TAFAS, Plaintiff, v. JON W. DUDAS, in his official capacity as UnderSecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Defendants. CIVIL ACTION: 1:07cv846 (JCC/TRJ) and Consolidated Case (below)

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. JON W. DUDAS, in his official capacity as UnderSecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Defendants.

PLAINTIFF TRIANTAFYLLOS TAFAS' NOTICE OF CORRECTION AND TO WITHDRAW ERRANTLY FILED VERSION OF MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION [DKT # 241] The Plaintiff, Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas ("Tafas"), by and through his undersigned attorneys, KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP, hereby respectfully submits this Notice to advise the Court and counsel to disregard Tafas' Motion for Reconsideration [Dkt Entry #241] filed January 18, 2008. Due to inadvertence the incorrect version of that motion was submitted as docket entry #241. Simultaneously with this Notice, Tafas is filing the proper version of the Motion for Reconsideration for consideration by the Court.

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Dated: January 18, 2008

Respectfully submitted, ___/s/ Joanna Baden-Mayer___________ Joanna Baden-Mayer (VSB # 67920) Joseph D. Wilson (VSB # 43693) Steven J. Moore, Esq. (pro hac vice) James E. Nealon, Esq. (pro hac vice) KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Washington Harbor, Suite 400 3050 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas

Of Counsel: William R. Golden Jr., Esq. KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP 101 Park Avenue New York, New York 10178-0002 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on January 18, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send a notification of such filing (NEF) to the following: Elizabeth Marie Locke Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 15th Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Craig Crandell Reilly Richard McGettingan Reilly & West PC 1725 Duke Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314 Email: [e-mail] Daniel Sean Trainor Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 15th Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs SmithKline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, SmithKline Beecham PLC, and Glaxo Group Limited, d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline Thomas J. O'Brien Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Email: to'[e-mail] Counsel for Amicus American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Dawn-Marie Bey Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 700 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Hexas, LLC, The Roskamp Institute, Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc. James Murphy Dowd Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Randall Karl Miller Arnold & Porter LLP 1600 Tysons Blvd, Suite 900 McLean, VA 22102 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Biotechnology Industry Organization and Monsanto Company Rebecca M. Carr Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Email: [e-mail] Scott J. Pivnick Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 1650 Tysons Boulevard McLean, Virginia 22102-4856 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Robert Christian Bertin Swidler Berlin LLP 3000 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Bar Association of the District of Columbia

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Robert C. Gill Saul Ewing LLP 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20037 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici BioAdvance, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvana, and Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Matthew Schruers Computer & Communications Industry Association 900 17th Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Public Patent Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, AARP, Consumer Federation of America, Essential Action, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge, Knowledge Ecology International, Prescription Access Litigation, Public Knowledge, Public Patent Foundation, Research on Innovation, and Software Freedom Law Center

Robert E. Scully Jr. Stites & Harbison PLLC 1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 900 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Charles Gorenstein Birch, Stewart, Kolasch and Birch, LLP 8110 Gatehouse Rd., Suite 100 East Falls Church, Virginia 22042 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property Institute of the William Mitchell College of Law Lauren A. Wetzler Assistant United States Attorney Justin W. Williams U.S. Attorney's Building 2100 Jamieson Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22134 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for All Defendants Jonathan Dyste Link Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 1301 K Street, NW, 9th Floor ­ East Tower Washington, DC 20005 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus CFPH, LLC Blair Elizabeth Taylor Covington & Burling 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property Owners Association

Kenneth Carrington Bass, III Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox 1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
Mark Fox Evens Thelen, Reid & Priest, LLP 701 Eighth Street, NW, Fifth Floor Washington, DC 20001-3721 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Counsel for Amici AmberWave Systems Corporation, Fallbrook Technologies, Inc., InterDigital Communications LLC, NanoTerra Inc., and Tessera, Inc. 4

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Kevin Michael Henry Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Washington Legal Foundation John C. Maginnis, III 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus CropLife America

Craig James Franco Odin Feldman & Pittleman PC 9302 Lee Highway, Suite 1100 Fairfax, VA 22031 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Norseman Group, LLC and Polestar Capital Associates, LLC David Wayne Long Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Teles AG Informationstechnologien

Jackson David Toof Robins, Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP 1875 Eye Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Anchor Wall Systems, Inc., Donaldson Company, Inc., Ecolab, Inc., General Mills, Inc., and Valspar Corporation Timothy A. Molino Bingham McCutchen LLP 2020 K Street, NW Washington, DC 2006 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Federation Internationale Des Conseils En Proprit Industrielle

Maurice Francis Mullins Spotts Fain PC 411 E Franklin Street, Suite 600 PO Box 1555 Richmond, VA 23218 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc.

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I have also caused copies of the foregoing, with attachments, to be sent to the following non-ECF users by first-class mail (where an address has been proved to the Court) or electronic mail (where it has not been): Ron D. Katnelson Encinatas, CA [e-mail] Amicus curiae Pro Se Robert Lelkes Geigenbergerstr.3 81477 Munich Germany Amicus Curiae Pro Se Jennifer Sue Martinez Stanford Law School 599 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 Tel: [phone] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property and Administrative Law and Public Health Professors

___/s/ Joanna Baden-Mayer__________ Joanna Baden-Mayer (VSB # 67920) KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Washington Harbor, Suite 400 3050 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas

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