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`Acknowledgements
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`The undersigned would like to thank Applicant’s representative Shoko Leek (R. No.
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`43,746) for the cooperation expediting the case.
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`Upon new entry, claims (1 -12) remain pending on this application, of which claims (1,
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`5 and 9) are the three parallel running independent claims on record.
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`Claims (1 -12) were rejected under the double patent doctrine. The rejection is
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`wthdrawn in view of the timely filed Terminal Disclaimer (TD) linking the instant application
`(17743348) with the parent application (16587961; now US 11,368,703 B2).
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`The following is the Examiners statement of reasons for allowance:
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`The three (3) parallel rumning independent claims (1, 5 and 9} on record, are drawn fo a
`5.7,
`codec ecosystem, employing a particular block partitioning methodology based on transform
`coefficients and a first mode parameter (Fig. 53), and second mode parameter (Fig. 54), as
`illustrated in at least in Fig. 49, and wherein a ternary spill is allowed fo spilt the Nx2N block in
`the verlical direction, whichis a direction along the 2N pixels, inio a pluralily of sub blocks
`incivaing atleast one sub block sized N/4 x 2N, while the binary spill is not alowed fo split ihe
`Nx2h block in the vertical direction info two sub biocks that are equaily sized AV2 x 2N,
`eninhasis added.
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`The below group of Prior art (PA) presented on record (Section 6), fails to fairly disclose
`5.2.
`and/or suggest the specificities of the above construction (section 5.1), having no analogous
`in the Art at the time the invention was made/filed, and therefore to be considered a novelty.
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`For at least above arguments, Examineris believed that present claimsto limitations,
`5.3.
`in combination wth the rest of the associated features as prev. disclosed, has/have been
`constructed in such manner, placed in condition for allowance.
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`The listed associated dependent claims furtherlimit the corresponded independent
`5.4.
`claims on record, and are also allowed.
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`Prior Art citations
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`The followng List of PA, made of record and not relied upon, is considered pertinent to
`6.
`Applicant’s disclosure:
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`6.1. Patent documentation:
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`US 9,883,203 B2
`US 9,654,776 B2
`US 11,140,384 B2
`US 11,368,703 B2
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`Chien;etal.
`Chen,etal.
`Ko;et al.
`Lim; et al.
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`HO4N19/139; HO4N1 9/136; HO4N19/1 76;
`HO4N19/122; HO4N1 9/537; HO4N19/1 74;
`H04N19/159; HO4N1 9/132; HO4N19/70;
`H0O4N19/13; HO4N19/124; HO4N19/157;
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`6.2. Non-Patent Literature;
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`_ Asymmetric coding unit in QTBT; Leannec; Oct-2016;
`_ Local-constrained quactree plus binary tree blockpartition structure; Wang; 2016;
`_ Effective Quadtree Plus Binary Tree Block Partition Decision; Wang;et al; May-11-2017;
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`CONCLUSIONS
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