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`15/683,006
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`08/22/2017
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`Hiroshi YAHATA
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`P53190
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`8473
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`08/16/2018
`7590
`125331
`Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation
`of America c/o Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
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`Reston, VIRGINIA 20191
`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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`EXAMINER
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`ZHAO, DAQUAN
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
`2484
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/16/2018
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`following e—mail address(es):
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`gbp atent @ gbp atent.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Off/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/683,006
`Examiner
`DAQUAN ZHAO
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`Applicant(s)
`YAHATA et al.
`Art Unit
`2484
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`AIA Status
`Yes
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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address -
`Period for Reply
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`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`|f NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 7/27/2018.
`[: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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`2b)
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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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`5)
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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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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
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`Application Papers
`10)[:] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)[:] The drawing(s) filed on
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`is/are: a)D accepted or b)l:] objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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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).
`Certified copies:
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`a)D All
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`b)I:J Some”
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`c)C] None of the:
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.[:]
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3.[:] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) E] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date_
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`4) CI Other-
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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 20180810
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`Application/Control Number: 15/683,006
`Art Unit: 2484
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`DETAILED ACTION
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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,
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`is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1. 114
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`2.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`7/27/2018 has been entered.
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`Terminal Disclaimer
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`3.
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`The terminal disclaimer filed on 7/5/2018 disclaiming the terminal portion of any
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`patent granted on this application which would extend beyond the expiration date of
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`copending application 15/6829925 has been reviewed and is accepted. The terminal
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`disclaimer has been recorded.
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`Response to Arguments
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`4.
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-8 have been considered but are
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`moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in the
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`current rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention maynotbe obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identicallydisclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the
`claimed invention and the priorartare such that the claimed invention as awhole would have
`been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having
`ordinaryskill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentabilitys hall notbe
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`6.
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`Claims 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Yamamoto et al (US 2016/0134832) and further in view of Barde et al (US 7457532).
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`For claim 1, Yamamoto et al teach a playback device that reads out and plays
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`contents from a recording medium (e.g. figure 1), wherein, recorded in the
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`recording medium are
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`at least one video stream that is encoded video information (e.g. paragraph 17
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`“recorded coded data of a standard video”), and
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`a management information file indicating attributes relating to the entire recording
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`medium (e.g. paragraph 104, “Information representing the brightness
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`characteristic and information used when converting an HDR video to an STD video or
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`when converting an STD video to an HDR video...is recorded on the optical disc 11 in
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`BD format” so these information re relating the entire recording medium since these
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`information are recorded in the medium),
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`wherein the management information file includes attribute information indicating
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`whether adynamic range of luminance of an initial video stream, which is played
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`first out of the at least one video stream when the recording medium is inserted into
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`a playback device,
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`is a first dynamic range, or a second dynamic range that is
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`broader than the first dynamic range (e.g. A) paragraphs 101 -102, dynamic range of
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`STD video is 0-100% and dynamic range of HDR video is e.g. 0-500%, paragraph 104
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`teach “inform ation representing the brightness characteristic of the master HDR video”
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`or B) figure 52, “Refer to HDR flag and mode flag of clip information” in step S222);
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`the playback device comprising a processor (e.g. paragraph 244, “central
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`processing unit) that reads out and plays the initial video stream based on the
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`management information file (e.g. paragraph 105-108, “...when the video data obtained
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`through decoding is data of an HDR video and when the display device 3 includes an
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`HDR monitor, the reproduction device 2 outputs the data of the HDR video. On the
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`other hand STD video is output).
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`Yamamoto et al do not further disclose reads the attribute information and starts
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`to output video information of the initial video stream along with the attribute information.
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`Barde et al teach reads the attribute information and starts to output video information of
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`the initial video stream along with the attribute information (e.g. figure 5, column 9, lines
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`35-52, the playlist is displayed to the right of the video).
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`It would have been obvious to
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`one ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to
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`incorporate the teaching of Barde et al into the teaching of Yamamoto et al to display
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`the playlist together with the video to enhance the user’s experience (e.g. column 2,
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`liens 12-15, Barde et al).
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`Claim 3 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Claims 2 and 4 are rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above,
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`wherein paragraph 105 disclose The reproduction device 2 communicates with
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`the display device 3 through the HDMI cable 4 and acquires information related to
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`the display corresponds to the claimed “HDMI negotiation is performed when the
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`recording medium is inserted into the playback device”. Figure 52 disclose in step 8225
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`“Store capability of monitor in PSR” which happens during the reproduction process and
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`the disc has to be inserted in the reproduction device during the reproduction
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`processed.
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`For claims 5-8, Yamamoto et al teach the at least one video stream and the
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`management information file are stored separately (e.g. figure 5, “PLAYLIST” and
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`“STREAM’ are separated).
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`examiner should be directed to DAQUAN ZHAO whose telephone number is (571)270-
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`telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Tran Thai Q, can be reached on
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`proceeding is assigned is (571) 273-8300.
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2484
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