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`15/681,355
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`08/19/2017
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`Masahiro INAGAKI
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`PANDPOZBZUS
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`MARK D. SARALINO (PAN)
`RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP
`1621 EUCLID AVENUE
`19TH FLOOR
`CLEVELAND, OH 44115
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`HERSHLEY~ MARK E
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`ART UNIT
`2164
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`10/31/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/681,355
`Examiner
`MARK E HERSHLEY
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`Applicant(s)
`INAGAKI, Masahiro
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
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`Yes
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`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 19 August 2017.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expat/7e Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s) fl is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`E] Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) fl is/are rejected.
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`[:1 Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`Application Papers
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 19 August 2017 is/are: a). accepted or b)E] objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20191028
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`Application/Control Number: 15/681 ,355
`Art Unit: 2164
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`Page 2
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`2.
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`Claims 1 — 7 are pending.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`3.
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 19 August 2017 is in
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`compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure
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`statement is being considered by the examiner. However, the following foreign patent
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`document has not been considered as no translated copy has been filed for
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`consideration:
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`JP 2000-011517A
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`4.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use,
`on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`6.
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`Claim(s) 1 — 7 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0165911 issued to Eran Gabber et al
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`(hereinafter referred to as Gabber).
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`As to claim 1, Gabber teaches discloses selecting a first file from a plurality of
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`input files and storing data of the first file into a pack file created based on a file system
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`on a recording medium (packing files likely to be used together into large clusters,
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`see Para. 0015);
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`generating a management file and storing management information of the first
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`file on the pack file into the management file (cluster meta-data is a cluster metadata
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`which contains information about each cluster on a disk, see Para. 0029); and
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`recording both the pack file containing the data of the first file and the
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`management file containing the management information of the first file into the
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`recording medium (clusters and tables are written to disk as soon as they are
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`created, see Para. 0019).
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`As to claim 2,Gabber discloses wherein when a data size of the pack file is less
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`than a first threshold (tunable threshold for when data is evicted from main
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`memory, such as when clusters are at 75% capacity, see Para. 0045 - 0047),
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`the selecting step comprises selecting a second file from the plurality of input
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`files and storing data of the second file into the pack file (collocated files are added to
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`a cluster until a cluster threshold is reached, see Para. 0022), and
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`the generating step comprises storing management information of the second file
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`into the management fi|e (files added to the cluster are linked in the cluster table,
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`see Para. 0029).
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`As to claim 3, Gabber discloses wherein when the data of the second file has
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`been completely stored into the pack file, if the data size of the pack file is not less than
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`the first threshold and is less than a second threshold greater than the first threshold,
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`then the recording step is performed (data is written to a cluster until a cluster
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`threshold is reached, see Para. 0022 and 0053).
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`As to claim 4, Gabber discloses wherein when a data size of the pack file is not
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`less than a first threshold, the selecting step stores the data of the first file alone into the
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`pack fi|e (files are packed into the cluster(s) until thresholds are met, see Para.
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`0022, 0045-0047 and 0053, files are saved as whole and not split between clusters).
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`As to claim 5, Gabber discloses wherein the selecting step comprises
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`compressing the data of the first file before or during storing the data into the pack file
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`(file names are hashed (i.e. compressed) prior to packing files into clusters, see
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`Para. 0027 and Abstract).
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`As to claim 6, Gabber discloses further comprising: storing directory structure
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`information of the plurality of input files as file system management information for the
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`pack file (linked list of files in each cluster are stored in the cluster table in
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`addition to other file/structure data, see Para. 0029).
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`As to claim 7, Gabber discloses further comprising: storing directory structure
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`information of the plurality of input files into the management file corresponding to the
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`pack file (linked list of files in each cluster are stored in the cluster table in
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`addition to other file/structure data, see Para. 0029).
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`Contact Information
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`7.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to MARK E HERSHLEY whose telephone number is
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