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`First Named Inventor
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`Satoshi YOSHIKAWA
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`Application No. 15/539,418
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`Filed June 23, 2017
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`Attorney Docket No. 2017-1004A
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`Confirmation N0. 2485
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`Group Art Unit 2485
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`Examiner Richard Bruce Carter
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`ENCODING METHOD, DECODING
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`METHOD, ENCODING APPARATUS, AND
`DECODING APPARATUS
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Dear Commissioner:
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`Pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98, Applicant requests
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`consideration of the information listed on attached Form PTO/SB/08.
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`1a.
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`[X] This Information Disclosure Statement is submitted:
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`within three months of the filing date (or of entry into the National Stage) of the above-
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`entitled application, or
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`before the mailing of a first Off1ce Action on the merits or the mailing of a first Off1ce
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`Action after the filing of an RCE.
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`1b.
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`[] This Information Disclosure Statement is submitted:
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`after the events of above paragraph 1a and prior to the mailing date of a final Off1ce
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`Action or a Notice of Allowance or an action which otherwise closes prosecution in the
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`application, and thus:
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`(1) [] the certification of paragraph 2 below is provided, or
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`(2) [] the fee of $240.00 ($120.00 for small entity) specified in 37 CFR 1.17(p) is
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`enclosed.
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`lc.
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`[] This Information Disclosure Statement is submitted:
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`after the mailing date of a final Office Action or Notice of Allowance or action which
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`otherwise closes prosecution in the application, and prior to payment of the issue fee, and
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`thus:
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`the certification of paragraph 2 below is provided, m
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`the fee of $240.00 ($120.00 for small entity) specified in 37 CFR 1.17(p) is enclosed.
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`It is hereby certified
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`a.
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`[X]
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`that each item of information contained in this Information Disclosure
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`Statement was first cited in any communication from a foreign patent office in a
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`counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to the filing of
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`the Statement (37 CFR. § l.97(e)(l)), or
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`b.
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`that no item of information contained in the Information Disclosure Statement
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`was cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart
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`foreign application and, to the knowledge of the person signing the certification
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`after making reasonable inquiry, was known to any indiVidual designated in
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`§l.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the Statement (37 CFR. §
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`1.97(e)(2)).
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`3.
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`For each non-English language reference listed on the attached Form PTO/SB/08,
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`reference is made to one or more of the following:
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`a.
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`a full or partial English language translation submitted herewith, an English
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`language abstract submitted herewith, or a notation on the attached Form
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`PTO/SB/08 indicating a corresponding reference,
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`b.
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`[l
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`an International Search Report, a Written Opinion, or a foreign patent office
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`search report or office action submitted herewith,
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`[1
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`the concise explanation contained in the specification of the present application
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`at page,
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`d.
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`[]
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`the concise explanation set forth below or on a separate sheet attached to the
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`reference.
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`4.
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`[X] A foreign patent office search report or office action citing one or more of the
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`references listed on the attached PTO/SB/08 form is enclosed.
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`5.
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`[] Submitted concurrently herewith is a Patent Term Adjustment Statement under 37
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`CFR 1.704(d) (PTO/SB/133).
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`6.
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`[] Additional Comment:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Stephen W. Kopchik/
`2020.03.13 10:34:24
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`Stephen W. Kopchik
`Registration No. 61,215
`Attorney for Applicant
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`WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P.
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`1025 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 500
`Washington, DC. 20036
`Telephone (202) 721-8200
`Facsimile (202) 721-8250
`March 13, 2020
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`The Director is hereby authorized to charge any fees which may be required, or credit any overpayment
`to Deposit Account No. 23-09 75.
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