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`15/618,803
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`06/09/2017
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`Noritaka IGUCHI
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`2017-0916A
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`4299
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`52349
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`03/06/20”
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`WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P.
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`KAVLESKI‘ RYANC
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`03/06/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/618,803
`Examiner
`RYAN c KAVLESKI
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`Applicant(s)
`IGUCHI etal.
`Art Unit
`2412
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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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 6/9/2017.
`[: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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`1—14is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`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) fl is/are rejected.
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`[:1 Claim(s) _ 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 6/9/2017 is/are: a). accepted or b)D 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).
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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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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`3) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`In response to communication filed on 6/9/2017.
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`Claims 1-14 are pending.
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`Claims 1-14 are rejected.
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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 first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 6/9/2017 is in compliance with the
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`provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the
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`examiner.
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`Claim Interpretation
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(f):
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`(f) Element in Claim for a Combination. — An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as
`a means or step for performing a specified function without the recital of structure, material, or acts
`in support thereof, and such claim shall be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material,
`or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph:
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`An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means or step for performing a
`specified function without the recital of structure, material, or acts in support thereof, and such claim
`shall be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the
`specification and equivalents thereof.
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`The claims in this application are given their broadest reasonable interpretation using the plain
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`meaning of the claim language in light of the specification as it would be understood by one of ordinary
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`skill in the art. The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim element (also commonly referred to as
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`a claim limitation) is limited by the description in the specification when 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is invoked.
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`As explained in MPEP § 2181, subsection I, claim limitations that meet the following three-prong
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`test will be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph:
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`the claim limitation uses the term ”means” or ”step” or a term used as a substitute for ”means”
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`that is a generic placeholder (also called a nonce term or a non-structural term having no
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`specific structural meaning) for performing the claimed function;
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`(B)
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`the term ”means” or ”step” or the generic placeholder is modified by functional language,
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`typically, but not always linked by the transition word ”for” (e.g., ”means for”) or another linking
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`word or phrase, such as ”configured to” or ”so that”; and
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`(C)
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`the term ”means” or ”step” or the generic placeholder is not modified by sufficient structure,
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`material, or acts for performing the claimed function.
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`Use of the word ”means” (or ”step”) in a claim with functional language creates a rebuttable
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`presumption that the claim limitation is to be treated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph. The presumption that the claim limitation is interpreted under 35 U.S.C.
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`112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is rebutted when the claim limitation recites sufficient
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`structure, material, or acts to entirely perform the recited function.
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`Absence of the word ”means” (or ”step”) in a claim creates a rebuttable presumption that the
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`claim limitation is not to be treated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth
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`paragraph. The presumption that the claim limitation is not interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-
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`AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is rebutted when the claim limitation recites function without
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`reciting sufficient structure, material or acts to entirely perform the recited function.
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`This application includes one or more claim limitations that do not use the word ”means,” but
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`are nonetheless being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph,
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`because the claim limitation(s) uses a generic placeholder that is coupled with functional language
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`without reciting sufficient structure to perform the recited function and the generic placeholder is not
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`preceded by a structural modifier. Such claim limitation(s) is/are: ”a generator” in claim 13 and ”a
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`determiner” and ”playback unit” in claim 14.
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`Because this/these claim limitation(s) is/are being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA
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`35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, it/they is/are being interpreted to cover the corresponding structure
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`described in the specification as performing the claimed function, and equivalents thereof.
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`|f applicant does not intend to have this/these limitation(s) interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or
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`pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, applicant may:
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`(1) amend the claim limitation(s) to avoid it/them
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`being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph (e.g., by reciting
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`sufficient structure to perform the claimed function); or (2) present a sufficient showing that the claim
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`limitation(s) recite(s) sufficient structure to perform the claimed function so as to avoid it/them being
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`interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
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`(B) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out
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`and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the
`invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
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`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming
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`the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claim 14 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as
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`being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
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`inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
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`Claim limitation ”a playback unit” invokes 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth
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`paragraph. However, the written description fails to disclose the corresponding structure, material, or
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`acts for performing the entire claimed function and to clearly link the structure, material, or acts to the
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`function. Although Figure 56 and the Specifications provide support for the playback unit [refer
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`Specifications; page 79], there is no sufficient structure detailed that would allow for one of ordinary
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`skill in the art to understand the scope of what comprises of the playback unit. Therefore, the claim is
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`indefinite and is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph.
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`Applicant may:
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`Amend the claim so that the claim limitation will no longer be interpreted as a limitation under
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`35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph;
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`(b)
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`Amend the written description of the specification such that it expressly recites what structure,
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`material, or acts perform the entire claimed function, without introducing any new matter (35
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`U.S.C. 132(a)); or
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`(c)
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`Amend the written description of the specification such that it clearly links the structure,
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`material, or acts disclosed therein to the function recited in the claim, without introducing any
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`new matter (35 U.S.C. 132(a)).
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`If applicant is of the opinion that the written description of the specification already implicitly or
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`inherently discloses the corresponding structure, material, or acts and clearly links them to the function
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`so that one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize what structure, material, or acts perform the
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`claimed function, applicant should clarify the record by either:
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`(a)
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`Amending the written description of the specification such that it expressly recites the
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`corresponding structure, material, or acts for performing the claimed function and clearly links
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`or associates the structure, material, or acts to the claimed function, without introducing any
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`new matter (35 U.S.C. 132(a)); or
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`(b)
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`Stating on the record what the corresponding structure, material, or acts, which are implicitly or
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`inherently set forth in the written description of the specification, perform the claimed function.
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`For more information, see 37 CFR 1.75(d) and MPEP §§ 608.01(o) and 2181.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102
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`and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory
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`basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and
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`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 rejections
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`set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art
`are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a
`person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be
`negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere C0,, 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966),
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`that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are
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`summarized as follows:
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`PENN!“
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`Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or
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`This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the
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`examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised
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`of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that
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`was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner
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`to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art
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`against the later invention.
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`Claims 1-4,7-10,13 and 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kwon
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`et al. (US Pub. 2017/0171070)(K1 hereafter) in view of "MMT-Based Media Transport Scheme in
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`Digital Broadcasting Systems." (ARIB hereafter).
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`Regarding claims 1 and 13, K1 teaches a transmission apparatus [refer Fig. 18; Transmitter] comprising:
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`a generator (i.e. link layer)[refer Fig. 18; Transmitter Link Layer] which generates (i.e. structures)
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`a frame (i.e. media processing unit (MPU))[paragraph 0123] for transfer in which one or more first
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`internet protocol (IP) packets and one or more second IP packets are stored (the transmitter uses an IP
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`packet and/or MPEG packets used in digital broadcast as an input signal and performs
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`encapsulation)[paragraph 0503], the one or more first IP packets storing content (services and content
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`are delivered using MMTP, which is a MPEG media transport protocol [paragraph 0118] operating on a
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`IP multicast on a physical layer [paragraph 0121]), and each of the one or more second IP packets
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`including reference clock information which indicates a time for playing back the content (clock relation
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`information messages containing a clock related to an NTP timestamp can be delivered with MMTP
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`messages in a session [paragraph 0302], broadcast streams deliver MMTP packets [paragraph 0308]);
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`a transmitter (i.e. physical |ayer)[refer Fig. 18; Transmitter Physical Layer] which transmits the
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`generated frame through broadcasting (i.e. digital broadcast)[paragraph 0503], the generator performs
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`header compression on the one or more first IP packets (IP header compression can be performed in the
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`link |ayer)[paragraph 0507].
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`However K1 does not disclose that the generator does not perform the header compression on
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`the one or more second IP packets.
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`ARIB discloses that for an IP packet used for carrying MMTP payloads [refer page 2; ”The codes
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`of the video and audio signals of a broadcast program shall be in MFU/MPU format, stored into an MMT
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`protocol (MMTP) payload for MMTP packetization and transferred in an IP packet.”], the IP packet can
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`be compressed and transferred in an TLV packet format [refer page 3; ”An IP packet or header-
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`compressed IP packet is transferred in an TLV packet (ARIB STD-B32)”], and IP packets transferring an
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`NTP format are transferred in a TLV format, however IP header compression are not performed [refer
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`page 4; ”Moreover, when an IP packet including NTP format is transferred in a TLV format, IP header
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`compression shall not be performed.”].
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the claimed invention to modify the teachings of K1 for providing header compression on packets [refer
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`K1; paragraph 0507] and transmitting clock relation information messages containing a clock related to
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`an NTP timestamp delivered with MMTP messages in a session [refer K1; paragraph 0302] to explicitly
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`perform header compression on one set of MMTP messages while not performing header compression
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`on messages comprising NTP information as taught by ARIB. One would be motivated to do so to
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`provide the use of a known standard, such as that disclosed by ARIB, for providing broadcast
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`communications to a known system for handling such communications to yield predictable results.
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`Regarding claims 2 and 8, K1 teaches the header compression includes: (i) attaching, to a part of the one
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`or more first IP packets, a full header which includes specification information for specifying an IP data
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`flow to which the one or more first IP packets belong (IP packets have a fixed header format that has
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`information which is needed in a communication environment (i.e. specifying IP data flow))[paragraph
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`0315]; and
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`(ii) attaching, to a first IP packet other than the part of the one or more first IP packets, a
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`compressed header which does not include the specification information (for redundant information,
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`the link layer protocol provides mechanisms to reduce broadcast overhead by providing sync byte
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`removal, null packet deletion and/or common header removal)[paragraph 0315].
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`Regarding claims 3 and 9, K1 teaches the reference clock information complies with a network time
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`protocol (NTP) [paragraph 0302].
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`Regarding claims 4 and 10, K1 teaches the content is stored in an MPEG media transport (MMT) packet
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`in each of the one or more first IP packets (services and content are delivered using MMTP, which is a
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`MPEG media transport protocol [paragraph 0118] operating on a IP multicast on a physical layer
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`[paragraph 0121]).
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`Regarding claims 7 and 14, K1 teaches a reception apparatus [refer Fig. 18; Receiver] comprising: a
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`receiver [refer Fig. 18; Receiver Physical Layer] which receives, through broadcasting [paragraph 0503], a
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`frame for transfer (i.e. media processing unit (MPU))[paragraph 0123] in which one or more internet
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`protocol (IP) packets are stored [paragraph 0504], the one or more IP packets storing content (services
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`and content are delivered using MMTP, which is a MPEG media transport protocol [paragraph 0118]
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`operating on a IP multicast on a physical layer [paragraph 0121]) and including: one or more first IP
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`packets whose headers have been compressed (the receiver receives and restores data and signaling
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`received from the transmitter [paragraph 0504], IP header compression can be performed in the link
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`layer by the transmitter [paragraph 0507]); and
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`one or more second IP packets, each of the one or more second IP packets including reference
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`clock information which indicates a time for playing back the content (the receiver receives and restores
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`data and signaling received from the transmitter [paragraph 0504], clock relation information messages
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`containing a clock related to an NTP timestamp can be delivered with MMTP messages in a session
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`[paragraph 0302], broadcast streams deliver MMTP packets [paragraph 0308]);
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`a determiner (i.e. link layer)[refer Fig. 18; Receiver Link Layer] which determines whether each
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`of the one or more IP packets that are received is the first IP packet or the second IP packet [paragraph
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`0504]; and
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`a playback unit (i.e. television)[paragraph 0115] which plays back the content stored in the one
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`or more first IP packets (the receiver receives data and signaling to be processed [paragraph 0530], the
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`digital broadcasting is presented to a user [paragraph 0486]), using the reference clock information
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`stored in the each of the one or more second IP packets, based on a result of the determination
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`[paragraph 0302].
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`However K1 does not disclose receiving one or more second IP packets whose headers have not
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`been compressed and determining whether each of the one or more IP packets that are received is the
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`first IP packet or the second IP packet based on whether or not a header of the IP packet has been
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`compressed.
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`ARIB discloses that for an IP packet used for carrying MMTP payloads [refer page 2; ”The codes
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`of the video and audio signals of a broadcast program shall be in MFU/MPU format, stored into an MMT
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`protocol (MMTP) payload for MMTP packetization and transferred in an IP packet.”], the IP packet can
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`be compressed and transferred in an TLV packet format [refer page 3; ”An IP packet or header-
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`compressed IP packet is transferred in an TLV packet (ARIB STD-332)”], and IP packets transferring an
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`NTP format are transferred in a TLV format, however IP header compression are not performed [refer
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`page 4; ”Moreover, when an IP packet including NTP format is transferred in a TLV format, IP header
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`compression shall not be performed.”].
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the claimed invention to modify the teachings of K1 for providing header compression on packets [refer
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`K1; paragraph 0507] and the transmission of clock relation information messages containing a clock
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`related to an NTP timestamp delivered with MMTP messages in a session [refer K1; paragraph 0302] to
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`explicitly allow for header compression on one set of MMTP messages while not performing header
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`compression on messages comprising NTP information as taught by ARIB. By doing so, compressed data
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`would be seen as one type, while uncompressed data would be of another. One would be motivated to
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`do so to provide the use of a known standard, such as that disclosed by ARIB, for providing broadcast
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`communications to a known system for handling such communications to yield predictable results.
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`Claims 5,6,11 and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over K1 in view of
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`ARIB, as applied to claims 1 and 7, as applied above, in further view of Vare et al. (US Pub.
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`2007/0268874)(V1 hereafter).
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`Regarding claims 5 and 11, K1 teaches the frame includes one or more second transfer units (i.e. media
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`processing units (MPUs))[paragraph 0118], each of the one or more second transfer units includes one
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`or more first transfer units, and each of the one or more first transfer units includes one of: the one or
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`more first IP packets and the one or more second IP packet [paragraph 0123].
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`However K1 does not disclose that the one or more second transfer units each having a fixed
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`V1 discloses that digital video broadcast (DVB) streams deliver compressed audio and video and
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`data to a user via transport streams in which the stream is packetized with fixed length packets to carry
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`different elements of a particular program, video and audio [paragraph 0044].
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the claimed invention to modify the teachings of K1 for providing digital broadcasting to packetize the
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`transport streams into fixed length packets as taught by V1. One would be motivated to do so to
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`provide the use of a known technique within digital broadcasting to yield predictable results.
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`Regarding claims 6 and 12, K1 in view of ARIB teaches each of the one or more first transfer units is a
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`type length value (TLV) packet [refer ARIB; page 3; ”An IP packet or header-compressed IP packet is
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`transferred in an TLV packet (ARIB STD-332)”].
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`However K1 in view of ARIB do not expressly disclose each of the one or more second transfer
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`units is a slot defined under a transmission system for advanced wide band satellite digital broadcasting,
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`and the frame is a transfer slot defined under the transmission system for advanced wide band satellite
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`digital broadcasting.
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`V1 discloses that digital broadcast standards for broadband broadcast systems can utilize
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`Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial, Advanced Television Systems Committee, and other
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`standards and techniques [paragraph 0037], such that that digital video broadcast (DVB) streams deliver
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`compressed audio and video and data to a user via transport streams in which the stream is packetized
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`with fixed length packets to carry different elements of a particular program, video and audio
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`[paragraph 0044].
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the claimed invention to modify the teachings of K1 for providing digital broadcasting to packetize the
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`transport streams into fixed length packets using a digital broadcast standard known in the field as
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`Application/Control Number: 15/618,803
`Art Unit: 2412
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`taught by V1. One would be motivated to do so to provide the use of a known technique within digital
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`broadcasting to yield predictable results.
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`Conclusion
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