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`15/539,418
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`06/23/2017
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`SatOShi YOS HIKAWA
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`2017- 1004A
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`2485
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`52349
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`759°
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`””8””
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`WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P.
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`CARTER” RICHARD BRUCE
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`ART UNIT
`2485
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`09/18/2019
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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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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`0,7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/539,418
`Examiner
`Richard Carter
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`Applicant(s)
`YOSHIKAWA et al.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2485
`Yes
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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 08/23/2019.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a). This action is FINAL.
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`2b) C] 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*
`5)
`Claim(s)
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`17—36 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) 23—28,31—32,34 and 36 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) 17—22,29—30,33 and 35 is/are rejected.
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`C] Claim(s)
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`is/are objected to.
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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 06/23/2017 is/are: a). accepted or b)C] 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). All
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`b)|:] 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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`3D 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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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) D Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date_
`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 20190903
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`Application/Control Number: 15/539,418
`Art Unit: 2485
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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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`Response to Arguments
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`2.
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`Applicant's arguments filed 08/23/2019 have been fully considered but they are not
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`persuasive.
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`The app|icant(s) assert with arguments (on page 3) which states that although teachings of Sato
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`related to the plurality of quantization matrices including the quantization matrix defined by
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`the user may, at best, correspond to ”an arbitrary quantization matrix set which is arbitrarily
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`specified," as required by independent claims 17, 29, 30, and 33. Applicant notes that Sato
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`fails to provide disclosure related to ”a plurality of default quantization matrix sets which have
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`been respectively defined in advance," as required by independent claims 17, 29, 30, and 33.
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`In other words, although Sato discloses a plurality of quantization matrices which have
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`been defined, Sato fails to disclose a plurality of guantization matrix sets including
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`the plurality of guantization matrices which have been defined, and as such, Sato
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`necessarily fails to teach ”a quantization matrix set is selected, for each of the predetermined
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`units of the video, from an arbitrary quantization matrix set which is arbitrarily specified and a
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`plurality of default quantization matrix sets which have been respectively defined in advance,
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`and the selected quantization matrix set is set as the quantization matrix set to be used to
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`perform the quantization on the target block," as required by the above—noted features of claim
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`17.
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`However, the examiner respectfully disagrees. The examiner points to Sato that
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`discloses the well—known concept pertaining to the features related to ”a plurality of default
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`quantization matrix sets which have been respectively defined in advance," (see figs. 4—5, where
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`the examiner notes that referring to figs. 4—5 shows a list index table that indicates a plurality of
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`different quantization matrix sets (e.g. ”4x4, 8x8, 16x16, 32x32") containing information to be
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`encoded that have already been user—defined.
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`Accordingly, the examiner respectfully maintains the rejections and applicability of the
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`prior art used. Rejections of claims 17—22, 29—30, 33, and 35 are sustained for the reasons set
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`forth above.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form
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`the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application
`for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as
`the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of
`the claimed invention.
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`4.
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`Claim(s) 17-22, 29-30, 33, and 35 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being
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`anticipated by SATO (”Sato") (US Pub. No.: 2014/0072037 A1) for the same reasons as stated in
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`the office action dated 04/24/2019.
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`Conclusion
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`5.
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as
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`set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS
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`from the mailing date of this action.
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`In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of
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`the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of
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`the THREE—MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire
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`on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a)
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`will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will the
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`statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final
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`action.
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`6.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Richard Carter whose telephone number is (571)270—1220. The
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2485
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2485
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