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`Attorney Docket No. P61565
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventors
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`: Hiroshi YAHATAetal.
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`T. C. Art Unit : 2484
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`Appl. No.
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`: 17/038,753
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`Filed
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`: September 30, 2020
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`Examiner : Daquan Zhao
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`Confirmation No.: 5195
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`For
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`: PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
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`RESPONSE UNDER37 C.F.R. § 1.111
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`Commissioner for Patents
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`Mail Stop: Amendment
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Commissioner:
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`This Response Under 37 C.F.R. § 1.111 is in reply to the Official Action, dated October
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`21, 2021, setting a three-month shortened statutory period for response extending until January
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`21, 2022. If any extension of time fee is necessary, or any other fee is required to preserve the
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`pendencyofthe present patent application, this is an express authorization to charge any such fee
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`to Deposit Account No. 19-0089.
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`Applicant respectfully requests reconsideration and withdrawalof the outstanding
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`rejection in view of the herein contained remarks, and the concurrently filed and subsequently
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`approved Electronic Terminal Disclaimer. Applicant also requests that an indication of the
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`allowability of all the claims pending in the present patent application in the next Official
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`communication.
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`Remarks begin on page 2 of this Response.
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