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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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`08/01/2019
`7590
`125331
`Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation
`of America c/o Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
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`Reston, VA 20191
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`EXAMINER
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`ZHAO, DAQUAN
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`ART UNIT
`2484
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/01/2019
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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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`0/7709 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 (FITF) 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
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`|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 5/21/2019.
`[: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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`Claim(s)
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`1—12 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
`[j Claim(s)
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`* If any claims have been determined aflowabie. you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
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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:l Some**
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`c)C] None of the:
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`1.[:] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.[:] 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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`1)
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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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`Paper No(s)/Mail Datew.
`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 20190727
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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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`2.
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claims 1-12 have been considered but are
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`moot in view of the new ground(s) of rejection, and the finality of the previous Office
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`action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
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`(b) CONCLUSION—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims
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`particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a
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`joint inventor regards as the invention.
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`The following is aquotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
`The specificationshall conclude with one or more claims particularlypointing outand distinctly
`claiming thesubjectmatterwhich the applicant regards as his invention.
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`4.
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`The term "relating" in claims 1-4 are a relative term which renders the claim
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`indefinite. The term "relating" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not
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`provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the
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`art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
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`Claims 1-4 recites “a management file including attribute relating to the entire
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`recording medium...”. The claims do not define how they are “related” to each other.
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`The specification does not provide a standard for how they are “related” to each other.
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`Claims 5-12 are also affected.
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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 thatthe 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. Patentabilityshall notbe
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`6.
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`Claims 1- 12 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 Yamashita et al (US
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`2010/0142924).
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`For claim 1, Yamamoto et al teach a piaybaeit device that reads and piaye
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`contents frem a recording medium, wherein, recorded in the reeerding medium are
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`at ieaet ene yidee stream that is enended videe intermatien(e.g. paragraph 17
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`“recorded coded data of a standard video”), and
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`a management information tiie (e.g. tignre i5) indicating attributes reiating the
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`entire reeerding medium (e.g. paragraph 41, Figure 15, “Clipinf”, paragraph 41,
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`“playlist”, figure 15 shows “ClipPinf” or “playlist” recorded in a medium, so “ClipPinf” or
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`“playlist” is related to the medium),
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`wherein the management intermatien ES used ta manage piayiaaek eentrei (e.g.
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`paragraph 41, Figure 15, “Clipinf’, paragraph 41, “playlist”), and
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`wherein the management information fiie ineiudee
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`attribute intermatien indicating whether a dynamic range ef iuminanee at is a first
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`dynamie range, er a second dynamic range that is breeder titan the iiret dynamic range
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`(e.g. para 215, “information related to HDR video processing is included in Clip
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`Information file used to reproduce the AV stream including HEVC stream”, para 222,
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`“figure 17 illustrating syntax of the Clip Information file”, the Clip Information File
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`includes “Programlnfo()” as shown in figure 17. Figure 18 shows the “Program Info()”
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`comprises “StreamCodinglnfo()” and Figure 19 shows that the “StreamCodinglnfo()”
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`includes a “HDR Flag” and paragraph 237 disclose when HDR flag is 1, HDR video is
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`recorded and when HDR flag is 0, STE video is recorded),
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`the ping/back device including a processor that reads and start to transmit the
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`videe stream based (in the management intermetien tiie (e.g. paragraphs 317-320, para
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`319: the controller 51 controls the disc derive 52 and reads out the PlayList and Clip
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`Information, which are Data Base information; Para 320:”the controller 51 referes to the
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`HDR_flag and the mode flag included in the Clip Information” also see Para. 266- 268
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`disclose: “The disc drive 52 reads out data from the optical disc 11 and outputs the read
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`out date to the controller 51 ...the disc driver 52 outputs the Data Base Information read
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`out from the optical disc 11 to the controller 51 and outputs an HEVC stream to the
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`decoding processing unit 56. Para 206 disclose The Playlist and the Clip Information
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`including the information related to the reproduction of AV stream will referred to as
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`Data Base Information).
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`Yamamoto et al do not specify an initial video stream, which is eiayed first right
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`after the resending medium is inserted into a pieyieacit device. Ya‘meshita ei at teach an
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`initiai videc stream, which is piayed first right atter the reccrding medium is inserted into
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`a piayhaek device (e.g. paragraph 186: “The playback of the AV stream starts due to a
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`user operation (e.g. playback button) or is automatically started by an event triggered...”
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`also see paragraph 185 for “playlist”).
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`It would have been obvious to one ordinary skill in
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`the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to automatically playback
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`the video stream after the disc is inserted (e.g. Yamashita et al, paragraph 186) to
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`improve convenience for user.
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`Claim 3 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Claim 2 is rejected for the same reasons as discussedin claim 1 above, wherein
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`paragraph 105 disclose The reproduction device 2 communicates with the display
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`device 3 through the HDMI cable 4 and acquires information related to the display
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`corresponds to the claimed “HDMI negotiation is performed when the recording medium
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`is inserted into the playback device”. Figure 52 disclose in step 8225 “Store capability of
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`monitor in PSR” which happens during the reproduction process and the disc has to be
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`inserted in the reproduction device during the reproduction processed.
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`Claim 4 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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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 15 shows “Playlist”,
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`“Clipinf’ and “stream” are separated).
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`Claims 9-12 are rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to DAQUAN ZHAO whose telephone number is (571)270-
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`1119 or email daquan.zhao1@uspto.gov.
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`lf attempts to reach the examiner by
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`telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Tran Thai Q, can be reached on
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`(571)272-7382. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or
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`proceeding is assigned is (571) 273-8300.
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`/DAQUAN ZHAO/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2484
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