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`15/471,032
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`03/28/2017
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`HIROSHI YAHATA
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`P5 2449
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`1033
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`11/01/2019
`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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`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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`11/01/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/471,032
`Examiner
`NIEN RU YANG
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`Applicant(s)
`YAHATA et al.
`Art Unit
`2484
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`AIA (FITF) Status
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`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 01 October 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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`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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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`10)[:] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 28 March 2017 is/are: a). accepted or b)C] objected to by the Examiner.
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`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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`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
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR
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`1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued
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`examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the
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`finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's
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`submission filed on 10/01/2019 has been entered.
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`Status of the Claims
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`1.
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`This is a reply to the amendment filed on 10/01/2019, in which, claim 4 has been newly
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`added. Claims 1-4 are currently pending in the present application with claim 1 being
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`independent claim.
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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 examiner
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`and their equivalents as they may most broadly and appropriately apply to any particular
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`anticipated claim amendments.
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`2.
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claim 1 have been considered but are not
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`Response to Arguments
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`persuasive.
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`On pages 7-9, Applicant argues that, “Applicant respectfully submits that OGAWA does
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`not disclose the limitations “the playlist storing playback control information of a content, and
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`including a management region and an extended region,” as recited in Applicant’s independent
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`claim 1, wherein “the management region stores first playback control information” and “the
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`extended region stores second playback control information.” More specifically, Applicant
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`submits that OGAWA’s cited paragraphs [0314]-[0316] reference OGAWA’s 2D playlist file, 241
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`that includes main path, 3001 and sub-path #1, 3002, and sub-path #2, 3003. (See OGAWA’s
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`FIG. 30.) The assertion in the Final Official Action appears to interpret the main path, 3001 and
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`the two sub-paths, 3002 and 3003, for Applicant’s claimed elements. In other words, the Final
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`Official Action is applying the main path, 3001, as “the first playback control information” recited
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`in independent claim 1 and the sub-paths, 3002 or 3003, as “the second playback control
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`information” recited in Applicant’s independent claim 1. However. OGAWA discloses in the cited
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`OGAWA paragraph [0316] (provided below) that the 2D video stream of main path and other 2D
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`video stream of the sub-paths are played back simultaneously.
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`Thus, OGAWA’s
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`simultaneous play back clearly fails to disclose the related limitations in Applicant’s independent
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`claim 1 that recite: “wherein either video streams specified in the first playback control
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`information or video streams specified in the second playback control information are played.”
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`(emphasis added). In other words, OGAWA’s simultaneous play back does not disclose the
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`recited alternative playing of video streams, in either Applicant’s claimed “first playback control
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`information” or Applicant’s “second playback control information”, as recited in Applicant’s
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`independent claim 1.”
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`In response, Examiner respectfully disagrees. Applicant argues that in paragraph [0316]
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`of Ogawa, it describes that “such a playback path is a different section of the file 2D 221 than is
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`represented by the main path 3001, or is a section of stream data multiplexed in another file 2D,
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`along with the corresponding playback order. The stream data indicated by the playback path
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`represents other 2D video images to be played back simultaneously with 2D video images
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`played back from the file 2D 221 in accordance with the main path” and Claim 3 and 4 clearly
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`claims that the playback needs to be separately. Examiner does not think the recited paragraph
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`is to disclose that main path and extended path are playing back simultaneously. Clearly, at
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`least in paragraphs [0188], Ogawa describes that they can be played back separately (see
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`Ogawa, paragraph [0188]: “In other words, the playback path in 3D playback mode is separated
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`from the playback paths in 2D playback mode and in extended playback mode. Since the
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`entirety of the base-view extents BSD in the stereoscopic video specific sections matches with
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`the entirety of the base-view extents BZD in the monoscopic video specific sections bit for bit,
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`the same base-view video frames are played back in both the playback modes). Therefore,
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`Ogawa meets the claimed limitations and the rejection is maintained.
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`On page 9, Applicant argues that, “Applicant submits that OGAWA targets 2D, 3D or 2D
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`extension, but is completely silent regarding being applicable to SDR and HDR, which are
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`recited in independent claim 1.”
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`In response, Examiner respectfully disagrees. Examiner does not reference Ogawa for
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`SDR and HDR, but only reference Ogawa for “the play/ist storing playback control information of
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`a content, and including a management region and an extended region”. In addition, Newton
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`does disclose the management region and the extended region stores first and second playback
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`control information specifying that the video stream of the standard-luminance range and the
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`subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range are to be played in combination. Newton
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`discloses that it does store HDR and SDR playback control information in different regions (see
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`Newton, paragraphs [0065]—[0066]: “graphics segment consists of a segment descriptor and the
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`segment data. The segment descriptor contains the type of the segment and the length. It is
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`proposed to define a new segment type that carries information on how to process graphics
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`when the video playback mode is set to HDR”). In addition, Newton discloses that extension
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`data can be used to indicate the HDR graphics stream (see Newton, paragraph [0070]: “One
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`graphics stream is provided for LDR and the other one has at least substantially the same
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`contents but is adapted for HDR. A HDR graphics indication may be provided in an attribute of
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`the graphics stream. A linking mechanism between the LDR graphics stream and the
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`corresponding HDR graphics stream may be provided to indicate which graphics stream is the
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`HDR graphics stream corresponding to a particular LDR graphics stream, for example a pointer.
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`The HDR version indication may be included in extension data of e.g. a PlayList file and may
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`contain a link to the corresponding LDR version. Hence the reproducing device is enabled to
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`select the respective one of both streams”). Therefore, Applicant's arguments are moot in view
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`of the combination of Newton and Ogawa described in the Office Action.
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`On pages 9-10, Applicant argues that, “Applicant respectfully submits that with regard to
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`the primary reference NEWTON, the Final Official Action cites NEWTON’s paragraph [0025] as
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`disclosing the management region of independent claim 1, and NEVVTON’s paragraph cites
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`[0072] as disclosing the extended management region of independent claim 1. With regard to
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`NEWTON’s paragraph [0025], NEWTON discloses "graphics processing control data comprises
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`a subtitle descriptor defining a HDR processing instruction when overlaying subtitle graphic data
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`in the HDR display mode." Applicant respectfully submit that this recitation does not appear to
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`be particularly relevant to the recited “management region” of independent claim 1 that recites:
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`"the management region stores first playback control information specifying that the video
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`stream of the high-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the high-luminance range are to
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`be played in combination". Similarly, with regard to NEVVTON’s paragraph [0072],
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`again, Applicant respectfully submits that this recitation does not appear to be particularly
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`relevant to the recited “extended management region” of independent claim 1 that recites: "the
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`extended region stores second playback control information specifying that the video stream of
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`the standard-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range are to
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`be played in combination".
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`In response, Examiner respectfully disagrees. Newton does disclose the management
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`region and the extended region stores first and second playback control information specifying
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`that the video stream of the standard-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the standard-
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`luminance range are to be played in combination. Newton discloses that it does store HDR and
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`SDR playback control information in different regions (see Newton, paragraphs [0065]—[0066]:
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`“graphics segment consists of a segment descriptor and the segment data. The segment
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`descriptor contains the type of the segment and the length. It is proposed to define a new
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`segment type that carries information on how to process graphics when the video playback
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`mode is set to HDR”). In addition, Newton discloses that extension data can be used to indicate
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`the HDR graphics stream (see Newton, paragraph [0070]: “One graphics stream is provided for
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`LDR and the other one has at least substantially the same contents but is adapted for HDR. A
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`HDR 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 stream
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`may be provided to indicate which graphics stream is the HDR graphics stream corresponding
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`to a particular LDR graphics stream, for example a pointer. The HDR version indication may be
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`included in extension data of e.g. a PlayList file and may contain a link to the corresponding
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`LDR version. Hence the reproducing device is enabled to select the respective one of both
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`streams”). Therefore, Applicant's arguments are moot in view of the combination of Newton and
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`Ogawa described in the Office Action.
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`On pages 11-12, Applicant argues that, “Applicant respectfully submits that this
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`interpretation is incorrect because Examiner has improperly interpreted OGAWA’s main path
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`and sub path under the 2D mode, and the main path and sub path under the 3D mode.
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`Applicant submits that the relationship of 2D, 3D and 2D ext. in OGAWA does not correspond to
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`the main path and sub path relationship in Applicant’s independent claim 1.
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`In OGAQA’s 3D
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`mode playback having a main patch and a sub-path, the playback device 102 synchronizes
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`playback according to the main path 3301 with playback according to the sub-path 3302 (see
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`OGAWA’s Figure 33 and the highlighted section of OGAWA’s paragraph [0325] provided
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`above.) Applicant respectfully submit that in distinct contrast to Applicant’s claimed invention,
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`either the main path (first playback control information) or the sub path (second playback control
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`information) are played. Thus, OGAWA’s simultaneous play back clearly fails to disclose the
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`related limitations in Applicant’s independent claim 1 that recite: wherein either video streams
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`specified in the first playback control information or video streams specified in the second
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`playback control information are played (emphasis added)”.
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`In response, Examiner respectfully disagrees. First, examiner doesn’t point to FIG. 33
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`and paragraph [0325] of Ogawa for claim 1 that recite: wherein either video streams specified in
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`the first playback control information or video streams specified in the second playback control
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`information are played. Instead, examiner uses reference Newton (see Newton, paragraphs
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`[0093]—[0095]: “Having two separate streams of graphics data, respectively for the LDR display
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`mode and the HDR display mode, advantageously enables the source of the video to fully
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`control the graphics functions for both display modes separately...
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`In periods having said two
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`versions of graphics data the reproducing device will select either the LDR version or HDR
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`version depending on the display mode”). Furthermore, paragraph [0188] of Ogawa clearly
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`describes that two different playback paths can be played back separately (see Ogawa,
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`paragraph [0188]: “In other words, the playback path in 3D playback mode is separated from the
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`playback paths in 2D playback mode and in extended playback mode. Since the entirety of the
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`base-view extents BSD in the stereoscopic video specific sections matches with the entirety of
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`the base-view extents B2D in the monoscopic video specific sections bit for bit, the same base-
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`view video frames are played back in both the playback modes). Therefore, Applicant's
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`arguments are not persuasive in view of the combination of Newton and Ogawa, and the
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`rejection is maintained.
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`On page 12, Applicant argues that, “Applicant submits that OGAWA sends the difference
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`of YCbCr by sub path and makes a good 2D image by playing back the main path
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`simultaneously. Therefore, Applicant submits that OGAWA has nothing to do with Applicant’s
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`claim limitations relating to the first playback control information and second playback control
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`information recited in independent claim 1, which are applicable to HDR and SDR, respectively”.
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`In response, Examiner respectfully disagrees. Examiner pointed out paragraph [0126] of
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`Ogawa, “The pixel difference information 403 represents the difference between the pixel data
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`obtained by interpolation from aw video frame and the pixel data included in them
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`4K2K video frame. When pixel data is represented as YCer values, the pixel difference
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`information 403 includes a difference Y_d in the luminance component Y, a difference Cr_d in
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`the red-difference component Or, a difference Cb_d in the blue-difference component Cb, and a
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`difference or_d in the opacity or” in the Advisory Action just because Applicant augured that
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`Ogawa is completed silent about luminance. Furthermore, Ogawa does clearly describe that two
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`different playback paths can be played back separately (see Ogawa, paragraph [0188]: “In other
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`words, the playback path in 3D playback mode is separated from the playback paths in 2D
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`playback mode and in extended playback mode. Since the entirety of the base-view extents
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`B3D in the stereoscopic video specific sections matches with the entirety of the base-view
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`extents 82D in the monoscopic video specific sections bit for bit, the same base-view video
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`frames are played back in both the playback modes). Therefore, Ogawa meets the claimed
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`limitations and the rejection is maintained.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to NA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the
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`statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art
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`relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be 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 obviousness
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`rejections set forth 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 this title, if the differences
`between the claimed invention and the 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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`4.
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`Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Newton et
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`al. (US 20140125696 A1, hereinafter Newton) in view of Ogawa et al. (US 20130279883 A1,
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`hereinafter Ogawa).
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`Regarding claim 1, Newton discloses a non-transitory recording medium in which are
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`recorded
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`a video stream of standard-luminance range, and a video stream of high-luminance
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`range that is a broader luminance range than the standard-luminance range, which are
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`registered in a single playlist (see Newton, paragraph [0070]: “One graphics stream is provided
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`for LDR and the other one has at least substantially the same contents but is adapted for HDR.
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`A HDR 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 stream
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`may be provided to indicate which graphics stream is the HDR graphics stream corresponding
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`to a particular LDR graphics stream, for example a pointer. The HDR version indication may be
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`included in extension data of e.g. a PlayList file and may contain a link to the corresponding
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`LDR version. Hence the reproducing device is enabled to select the respective one of both
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`streams”),
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`a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range, and a subtitle stream of the high-
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`luminance range (see Newton, paragraph [0045]: “It is described to adjust the processing of
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`graphics like subtitles or pop-up menus depending on the type of video being displayed (LDR or
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`HDR video)”), and
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`wherein the management region stores first playback control information specifying that
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`the video stream of the high-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the high- luminance
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`range are to be played in combination (see Newton, paragraph [0025]: “the graphics processing
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`control data comprises a subtitle process descriptor defining a HDR processing instruction when
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`overlaying subtitle graphic data in the HDR display mode”),
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`wherein the extended region stores second playback control information specifying that
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`the video stream of the standard-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the standard-
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`luminance range are to be played in combination (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 contain
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`HDR palettes 53 to be used when display mode is HDR. It is to be noted that the original
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`palettes (now called LDR palettes) are provided in other segments as defined in the BD
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`standard”), and
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`wherein either video streams specified in the first playback control information or video
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`streams specified in the second playback control information are played (see Newton,
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`paragraphs [0093]—[0095]: “Having two separate streams of graphics data, respectively for the
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`LDR display mode and the HDR display mode, advantageously enables the source of the video
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`to fully control the graphics functions for both display modes separately...
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`In periods having said
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`two versions of graphics data the reproducing device will select either the LDR version or HDR
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`version depending on the display mode”).
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`Regarding claim 1, Newton discloses all the claimed limitations with the exception of
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`the playlist storing playback control information of a content, and including a management
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`region and an extended region.
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`Ogawa from the same or similar fields of endeavor discloses the playlist storing
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`playback control information of a content, and including a management region and an extended
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`region (see Ogawa, paragraph [0188]: “In other words, the playback path in 3D playback mode
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`is separated from the playback paths in 2D playback mode and in extended playback mode.
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`Since the entirety of the base-view extents 83D in the stereoscopic video specific sections
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`matches with the entirety of the base-view extents 82D in the monoscopic video specific
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`sections bit for bit, the same base-view video frames are played back in both the playback
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`modes).
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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 Ogawa with the
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`teachings as in Newton. The motivation for doing so would ensure the system to have the
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`ability to use the different paths of playlist file disclosed in Ogawa to define two different regions
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`of playlist file for playback control thus having the playlist file storing playback control of a
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`content in management region and extended region so that a playback device that plays a
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`recording medium can read out first or second playback control information stored in either the
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`management region or extended region according to different configurations.
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`Regarding claim 2, the combination teachings of Newton and Ogawa as discussed
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`above also disclose the non-transitory recording medium according to Claim 1, wherein part of
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`the second playback control information has a common data structure with the first playback
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`control information (see Newton, paragraph [0057]: “The video information and the graphic
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`processing control data are retrieved and coupled to a video processor 113. The video
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`processor has a signal processing structure for generating a display signal 114 by processing
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`the video data for display in a specific display mode being any one of a LDR display mode and a
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`HDR display mode, and processing graphics data for generating an overlay for overlaying the
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`video data”).
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`The motivation for combining the references has been discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Regarding claim 3, the combination teachings of Newton and Ogawa as discussed
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`above also disclose the non-transitory recording medium according to Claim 1, wherein either
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`video streams specified in the first playback control information or video streams specified in the
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`second playback control information are played back exclusively of one another (see Newton,
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`and coupled to a video processor 113. The video processor has a signal processing structure
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`for generating a display signal 114 by processing the video data for display in a specific display
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`mode being any one of a LDR display mode and a HDR display mode, and processing graphics
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`data for generating an overlay for overlaying the video data”).
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`The motivation for combining the references has been discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Regarding claim 4, the combination teachings of Newton and Ogawa as discussed
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`above also disclose the non-transitory recording medium according to Claim 1, wherein each of
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`video streams specified in the first playback control information and video streams specified in
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`the second playback control information is independently playable (see Newton, paragraph
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`[0057]: “The video information and the graphic processing control data are retrieved and
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`coupled to a video processor 113. The video processor has a signal processing structure for
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`generating a display signal 114 by processing the video data for display in a specific display
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`mode being any one of a LDR display mode and a HDR display mode, and processing graphics
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`data for generating an overlay for overlaying the video data”).
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`The motivation for combining the references has been discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Conclusion
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`Application/Control Number: 15/471,032
`Art Unit: 2484
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