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`16/859,646
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`04/27/2020
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`Hiroshi YAHATA
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`P60273
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`8428
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`125331
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`7590
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`03/24/2021
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`Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation
`of America c/o Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
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`EXAMINER
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`YANG, NIEN
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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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`03/24/2021
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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
`following e-mail address(es):
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`gbpatent @ gbpatent.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
`16/859,646
`YAHATAetal.
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`NIENRU YANG
`2484
`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 16 February 2021.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)¥) This action is FINAL.
`2b) (J This action is non-final.
`3)02 An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4\0) 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 Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-2 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) ___ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C} Claim(s)
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`Claim(s) 1-2 is/are rejected.
`(1 Claim(s)__is/are objectedto.
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`Application Papers
`10)( The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11){¥} The drawing(s) filed on 27 April 2020 is/are: a)(¥} accepted or b){j objected to by the Examiner.
`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).
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`1.2 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.[v} Certified copies of the priority documents have beenreceived in Application No. 15/699, 105.
`3.2.) Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 12/11/2020.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) (J Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 16/859,646
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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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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`Preliminary Remarks
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`1.
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`This is a reply to the argumentsfiled on 02/16/2021, in which, claims 1-2 remain
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`pending in the present application with claims 1 and 2 being independent claims.
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`When making claim amendments, the applicant is encouraged to consider the
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`references in their entireties, including those portions that have not been cited by the
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`examiner and their equivalents as they may mostbroadly and appropriately apply to any
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`particular anticipated claim amendments.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`2.
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on December 11, 2020 is
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`in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97 and is being considered by the
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`Examiner.
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`Response to Arguments
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`3.
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`Regarding the nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection of
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`claims 1 and 2, Applicant filed a terminal disclaimer on 02/16/2021 to overcome this
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`rejection and the terminal disclaimer has been approved on 02/16/2021. Therefore the
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`nonstatutory double patenting rejection is withdrawn.
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`4.
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claim 1 have been considered but are not
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`persuasive.
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`On pages 6-8, Applicant argues that, “KUNIEL merely discloses various systems
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`and methods for synchronizing a secondary display that is in a same visual environment
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`as a primary display. (See, e.g., KUNIKEL at Abstract). For example, in an environment
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`100 that includes a television as a primary display 102 and a laptop as a secondary
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`display 104, minimum and maximum luminance levels of the primary and second
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`displays 102 and 104 may be synchronized to prevent visual discomfort and eye-strain.
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`(See KUNIEL at Ff [0024]-[0026]). Accordingly, KUNKEL merely processes two video
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`signals such that the secondary display shows the same or similar image and/or video
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`contentas is substantially concurrently being displayed by the primary display. Such
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`feature is submitted to be clearly evident in view of the disclosure of
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`[0025] of
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`KUNKEL, ... The identified disclosure of {] [0011] of KUNIEL merely indicates that the
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`various systems and methods of KUNIEL mayinclude "a display management module
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`capable of accepting image data to be rendered upon said primary display and capable
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`of accepting image data to be rendered upon said secondarydisplay." The disclosure of
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`4] [0011] of KUNIEL is as follows,
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`... The identified disclosure of {| [0031] of KUNKEL
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`merely indicates that the processed video signals of the primary and/or secondary
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`displays mayinclude various types of video streams, such as HDR, EDR, and/or VDR
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`data/metadata streams. ... Accordingly, KUNIEL merely describes synchronizing the
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`display settings or parameters for various types of video signals across primary and
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`secondarydisplays. In other words, it is clear that the teachings of KUNKEL relate to
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`the use of plural display devices to synchronize the display settings or parameters
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`between or among the plural display devices. In this regard, the above-mentioned
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`features of independentclaim 1 are fundamentally distinct and distinguished from
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`KUNKEL, and KUNIEL would not appearto include any disclosure, teaching, or
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`rationale for modifying the device of NEWTON to arrive at the admittedly missing
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`features of a managementinformation acquirer that acquires first management
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`information (in whichfirst playback control information is stored) and second
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`management information (in which second playback control information is stored), as
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`recited by the claimed combination of independent claim 1. At most,if the skilled artisan
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`was to modify NEWTONin view of the teachings of KUNKEL, suchskilled artisan would
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`merely appear to use the LDR display mode or the HDR display mode (including the
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`HDR graphic overly data) acrossplural display devices. Such skilled artisan would not,
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`however, acquire first and second management information as recited by the claimed
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`combination of independent claim 1. KUNIKEL doesnotinclude any disclosure or
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`teaching offirst playback control information and second playbackcontrol information
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`which respectively specify that: a video stream of a high-luminance range and a subtitle
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`stream of the high-luminance range are to be played in combination; and a video stream
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`of a standard-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range
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`are to be played in combination.”
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`In response, Examiner respectfully disagrees. Examiner references Kunkel to
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`disclosefirst playback control information and second playback control information and
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`relies upon another reference Newton for the claimed features of claim 1 summarized
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`by Applicant as, “a video stream of a high-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the
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`high-luminance range are to be played in combination; and a video stream of a
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`standard-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range are to
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`be played in combination”in the recent Office Action. Kunkel discloses display
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`management system which can control the playback of video streams in different
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`dynamic ranges (see Kunkel, paragraph [0050]: “Display Management (DM) subsystem.
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`DM systems typically comprise a processor, computer readable storage and a setof
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`computer readable instructions that are suitable to affect a wide array of image
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`processing algorithms and techniques—e.g., luminance mapping, color gamut mapping,
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`dynamic range mapping’). Display management system disclosed in Kunkel does
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`provide playback control for primary display and secondary display which can be played
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`with different luminance range (see Kunkel, paragraph [0088]: “It should be noted that
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`the requested dynamic range of the actual content on the secondary displays (e.g. GUI,
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`websites, etc.) may not have to use the full dynamic range suggestby the display
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`management system”). Subtitle is one of the display characteristic (see Kunkel,
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`paragraph [0088]: “secondary display may have their own subtitles, may make or have
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`their own annotations to the image/video content, or any other scenario in which it may
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`be desirable for primary and secondary displays showing same or similar content”).
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`Therefore, Kunkel does disclosethe first playback control information and second
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`playbackcontrol information. Applicant's arguments are not persuasivein view of the
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`combination of Kunkel and Newton described in the Office Action.
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`On pages 8-9 , Applicant argues that, “in addition to the missing of the two
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`playbackcontrol information, KUNIKEL also does not even disclose or teach any video
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`player that acquires and plays a video stream of a high- luminance range and a subtitle
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`stream of the high-luminance range based on first playback control information in a
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`case of playing content as the high-luminance range, and such video player that
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`acquires and plays the video stream of a standard-luminance range and a subtitle
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`stream of the standard-luminance range based on second playbackcontrol information
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`in a case of playing the content as the standard-luminance range. Again, the disclosure
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`and teachings of KUNIKEL are fundamentally different than the present application,
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`since KUNKEL merely aims to control different displays such that a secondary display
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`concurrently shows a same or similar image and/or video content that is substantially
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`concurrently being displayed by a primary display. In conclusion, KUNKEL does not
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`disclose nor even relate to different pairs of: a video stream and a subtitle stream of a
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`high-luminance range; and a video stream and a subtitle stream of a standard-
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`luminance range. Kunkel also does not disclose the playbackof the different pairs of the
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`video streams and the subtitle streams basedon first playback control information and
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`second playbackcontrol information. As a result, KUNKEL cannot be reasonably
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`interpreted to arrive at the above-mentioned features of independent claim 1 and cure
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`the explicitly acknowledged deficiencies of NEWTON.”
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`In response, Examiner respectfully disagrees. Examiner does not reference
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`Kunkel for claimed features, “video player that acquires and plays a video stream of a
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`high-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the high-luminance range based on first
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`playbackcontrol information in a case of playing content as the high-luminance range,
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`and such video player that acquires and plays the video stream of a standard-luminance
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`range and a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range based on second playback
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`control information in a case of playing the content as the standard-luminance range’.
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`Instead, Examiner respectfully points out that Newton discloses the video player
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`acquires and plays the video stream of the high-luminance range and the subtitle
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`stream of the high-luminance range based on the first playback control information ina
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`case of playing the content as the high-luminance range (see Newton, paragraph
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`[0091]: “a BD player, receives an input stream of video information, e.g. a BD data
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`stream 192 having both LDR video data and HDR video data. The mode controller
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`provides, to the extra graphics processor, mode data 153 indicative of the display mode
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`being any one of aLDR display mode and a HDR display mode. ... The mode controller
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`also controls selection of either a LDR decoder 194 or a HDR decoder 199 for decoding
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`the respective LDR video data stream or HDR video data stream via a video stream
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`selection signal’) and (see Newton, paragraphs [0093]-[0095]): “the video signal is for
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`transferring video information to the video processing device, the video information
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`comprising low dynamic range [LDR] video data and/or high dynamic range [HDR] video
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`data, and the video signal comprising both LDR graphics data and HDR graphics data
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`comprised in the video information... the subtitle graphics data, and other graphics data
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`like interactive graphics applications, may be included in said two versions in the video
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`signal”). In addition, Newton discloses the video player that acquires and plays the
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`video stream of the standard-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the standard-
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`luminance range based on the second playback control information in a case of playing
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`the content as the standard-luminance range (see Newton, paragraph [0091]: “a BD
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`player, receives an input stream of video information, e.g. a BD data stream 192 having
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`both LDR video data and HDR video data. The mode controller provides, to the extra
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`graphics processor, mode data 153 indicative of the display mode being any one of a
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`LDR display mode and a HDR display mode. ... The mode controller also controls
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`selection of either a LDR decoder 194 or a HDR decoder 199 for decoding the
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`respective LDR video data stream or HDR video data stream via a video stream
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`selection signal’) and (see Newton, paragraphs [0093]-[0095]: “the video signal is for
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`transferring video information to the video processing device, the video information
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`comprising low dynamic range [LDR] video data and/or high dynamic range [HDR] video
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`data, and the video signal comprising both LDR graphics data and HDR graphics data
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`comprised in the video information... the subtitle graphics data, and other graphics data
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`like interactive graphics applications, may be included in said two versions in the video
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`signal’). Thus, as discussed above, the combination teachings of Kunkel and Newton
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`do indeed disclose the claimed limitations "video player that acquires and plays a video
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`stream of a high-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the high-luminance range
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`based on first playback control information in a case of playing content as the high-
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`luminance range, and such video player that acquires and plays the video stream of a
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`standard-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range based
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`on second playbackcontrol information in a case of playing the content as the standard-
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`luminance range". Therefore, Applicant's arguments are not persuasive.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`5.
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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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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousnessrejections setforth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 of thistitle, if the differences
`between the claimed invention andthe prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole
`would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not
`be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`6.
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`Claims 1 and 2 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Newton et al. (US 20140125696 A1, hereinafter referred to as “Newton”) in view of
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`Kunkel (US 20140232614 A1, hereinafter referred to as “Kunkel”).
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`Regarding claim 1, Newton discloses a playback device that plays a content, the
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`playback device comprising:
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`first playback control information, specifying that i) a video stream of a high-
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`luminance range which is a broader luminance range than a standard-luminance range
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`(see Newton, paragraph [0070]: “One graphics stream is provided for LDR and the other
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`one has at least substantially the same contents but is adapted for HDR. A HDR
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`graphics indication may be provided in an attribute of the graphics stream. A linking
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`mechanism between the LDR graphics stream and the corresponding HDR graphics
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`stream may be provided to indicate which graphics stream is the HDR graphics stream
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`corresponding to a particular LDR graphics stream, for example a pointer. The HDR
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`version indication may be included in extension data of e.g. a PlayListfile and may
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`contain a link to the corresponding LDR version. Hence the reproducing device is
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`enabled to select the respective one of both streams’) and il) a subtitle stream of the
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`high-luminance range are to be played in combination, is stored in the first management
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`information (see Newton, paragraph [0045]: “It is described to adjust the processing of
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`graphicslike subtitles or pop-up menus depending on the type of video being displayed
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`(LDR or HDR video)”),
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`second playback control information, specifying that i) a video stream of the
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`standard- luminance range (see Newton, paragraph [0072]: “the
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`HDR_Processing_definition segment contains two processing instructions: a Pop-
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`up_process_descriptor 51 and a Subtitle_process descriptor 52. The segment may also
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`contain HDR palettes 53 to be used when display mode is HDR. It is to be noted that
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`the original palettes (now called LDR palettes) are provided in other segments as
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`defined in the BD standard”) and ii) a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range
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`are to be played in combination, is stored in the second management information (see
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`Newton, paragraph [0045]: “It is described to adjust the processing of graphics like
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`subtitles or pop-up menus depending on the type of video being displayed (LDR or HDR
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`video)”),
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`the video player acquires and plays the video stream of the high-luminance
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`range and the subtitle stream of the high-luminance range basedon the first playback
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`control information in a case of playing the content as the high-luminance range (see
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`Newton, paragraph [0091]: “a BD player, receives an input stream of video information,
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`e.g. a BD data stream 192 having both LDR video data and HDR video data. The mode
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`controller provides, to the extra graphics processor, mode data 153 indicative of the
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`display mode being any one of a LDR display mode and a HDR display mode. ... The
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`mode controller also controls selection of either a LDR decoder 194 or a HDR decoder
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`199 for decoding the respective LDR video data stream or HDR video data stream via a
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`video stream selection signal”) and (see Newton, paragraphs [0093]-[0095]: “the video
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`signalis for transferring video information to the video processing device, the video
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`information comprising low dynamic range [LDR] video data and/or high dynamic range
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`[HDR] video data, and the video signal comprising both LDR graphics data and HDR
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`graphics data comprisedin the video information... the subtitle graphics data, and other
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`graphics datalike interactive graphics applications, may be included in said two
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`versions in the video signal’), and
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`the video player acquires and plays the video stream of the standard-luminance
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`range and the subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range based on the second
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`playbackcontrol information in a case of playing the content as the standard-luminance
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`range (see Newton, paragraph [0091]: “a BD player, receives an input stream of video
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`information, e.g. a BD data stream 192 having both LDR video data and HDR video
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`data. The mode controller provides, to the extra graphics processor, mode data 153
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`indicative of the display mode being any one of a LDR display mode and a HDR display
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`mode. ... The mode controller also controls selection of either a LDR decoder 194 ora
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`HDR decoder 199 for decoding the respective LDR video data stream or HDR video
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`data stream via a video stream selection signal”) and (see Newton, paragraphs [0093]-
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`[0095]: “the video signal is for transferring video information to the video processing
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`device, the video information comprising low dynamic range [LDR] video data and/or
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`high dynamic range [HDR]video data, and the video signal comprising both LDR
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`graphics data and HDR graphics data comprised in the video information... the subtitle
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`graphics data, and other graphics data like interactive graphics applications, may be
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`included in said two versions in the video signal’).
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`Regarding claim 1, Newton discloses all the claimed limitations with the
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`exception of a playback device that plays a content, the playback device comprising: a
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`management information acquirer; and a video player, wherein the management
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`information acquirer acquires first management information and second management
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`information that are playback control information of the content.
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`Kunkel from the same or similar fields of endeavor discloses a playback device
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`that plays a content, the playback device comprising:
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`a management information acquirer (see Kunkel, paragraph [0011]: “display
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`management module capable of accepting image data to be rendered upon said
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`primary display”); and
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`a video player (see Kunkel, paragraph [0031]: “the video stream may be a HDR,
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`EDR and/or VDR data/metadata stream and, as such, some portion of the video
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`processing system may affect HDR, EDR and/or VDR image/video processing’),
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`wherein the management information acquirer acquires first management
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`information and second management information that are playback control information
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`of the content (see Kunkel, paragraph [0011]: “display management module capable of
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`accepting image data to be rendered upon said primary display and capable of
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`accepting image data to be rendered upon said secondary display; and wherein further
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`said display management module is capable of dynamically calculating an adjustment of
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`rendering said image data upon one of a group, said group comprising said primary
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`display and said secondarydisplay”).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to utilize the teachings as in Kunkel with the
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`teachings as in Newton. The motivation for doing so would ensure the system to have
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`the ability to use the display management module disclosed in Kunkel to accept image
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`data to be rendered; to dynamically calculate an adjustment of rendering the image data
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`upon primary display and secondary display and to processdisplay of different dynamic
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`range of video streams thus comprising a management information acquirer and a video
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`player wherein the management information acquirer acquires first management
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`information and second management information that are playback control information
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`of the video content so that the playback device can play video streams of the standard-
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`luminance range by about the same processing as video streams of the high-luminance
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`range.
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`Claim 2 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Conclusion
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time
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`policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`A shortenedstatutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the eventafirst replyis filed within
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`Application/Control Number: 16/859,646
`Art Unit: 2484
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`/THAI Q TRAN/
`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2484
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