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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 2231371450
`www.uspto.gov
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`15/683,006
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`08/22/2017
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`Hiroshi YAHATA
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`P53190
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`8473
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`12/21/2018
`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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`ZHAO, DAQUAN
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`ART UNIT
`2484
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/21/2018
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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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`gbp atent @ gbp atent.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Off/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/683,006
`Examiner
`DAQUAN ZHAO
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`Applicant(s)
`YAHATA et al.
`Art Unit
`2484
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`AIA Status
`Yes
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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address -
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE g MONTHS FROM THE MAILING
`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing
`date of this communication.
`|f NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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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 11/15/2018.
`[: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
`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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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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`1—12 is/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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`) ) ) )
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`6 7
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`8
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
`[j Claim(s)
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`* If any claims have been determined aflowabte. you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
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`participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
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`http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init events/pph/index.jsp or send an inquiry to PPeredback@uspto.gov.
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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
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`is/are: a)D accepted or b)l:] 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)D All
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`b)I:J 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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`3.[:] 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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`1)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) E] 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 20181217
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`

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`Application/Control Number: 15/683,006
`Art Unit: 2484
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`Page 2
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013,
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`is being examined
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`under the 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 with respect to claims 1-12 have been considered but are
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`moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in the
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`current rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention maynotbe obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identicallydisclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the
`claimed invention and the priorartare such thatthe claimed invention as awhole would have
`been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having
`ordinaryskill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentabilityshall notbe
`negated bythe mannerin which the invention was made.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Newton et al (US 2014/0,125,696) and further in view of Yahata et al (US
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`2009/0228520).
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`For claim 1, Newton teaches a playback device that reads and plays contents
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`from a recording medium, wherein, recorded in the recording medium are
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`at least one video stream that is encoded video information (e.g. para 44-45,
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`video in Blu-ray Disc (BD) standard, also see abstract and para 60), and
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`wherein the management information is used to manage playback control (e.g.
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`para 81, playlist), and
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`Application/Control Number: 15/683,006
`Art Unit: 2484
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`Page 3
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`wherein the management information file includes attribute information indicating
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`whether adynamic range of luminance of an initial video stream, which is played first
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`right after the recording medium is inserted into a playback device, is a first dynamic
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`range, or a second dynamic range that is broader than the first dynamic range (e.g.
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`para 70, “...The HDR version indication may be included in extension data of e.g. a
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`PlayList file and may contain a link to the corresponding LDR VERSION...”, a BIu-ray
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`disc has to be insert into the player in order for the player to play the content stored in
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`the disc, also see para 60 and figure 1 for DVD or BD. Also see para 64),
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`the playback device including:
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`a processor that reads and start to transmit the initial video stream based on the
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`management information file (e.g. abstract, “video processor (113)”, also see para 61).
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`Newton et al do not further specify a management information file indicating
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`attributes relating the entire recording medium. Yahata et al disclose a management
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`information file indicating attributes relating the entire recording medium (e.g. abstract,
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`figure 2, “Playlist” is within the Root directory of the Blu-ray disc). It would have been
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`obvious to one ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to incorporate
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`the teaching of the Blu-ray disc of Yahata et al into the teaching of Newton et alto
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`manipulate the well know Blu-ray disc format to playback video content to improve
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`convenience for user.
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`Application/Control Number: 15/683,006
`Art Unit: 2484
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`Page 4
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`Claim 2 is rejected for the same reasons as discussedin claim 1 above, wherein
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`para 4 disclsoe HDMI as a high-speed digital
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`interface between Blu-ray disc player and
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`display device.
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`Claim 3 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Claim 4 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 2 above.
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`Claims 5-8 are rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above,
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`wherein para 11, 14, 17 of Yahata et al also disclose a playback control program to use
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`Playlist to control playback of the video and figure 2 shows that the “playlist” and the
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`“stream” are stored separately.
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`Claims 9-12 are rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above
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`and the Blu-ray disc has to be inserted for the system to playback the content of the
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`Blu-ray disc, wherein para 11, 14, 17 of Yahata et al also disclose a playback control
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`program to use Playlist to control playback of the video and figure 2 shows that the
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`“playlist” and the “stream” are stored separately.
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`Applicant’s amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEG § 706.07 (a).
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`Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136 (a).
`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing data of this action.
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`In the event a first reply is filed within
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`TWO MONTHS of the mailing data of this action and the advisory action is not mailed
`until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period. Then the
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the data the advisory action is mailed, and any
`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing data of
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
`the advisory action.
`than SIX MONTHS from the data of this final action.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to DAQUAN ZHAO whose telephone number is (571)270-
`1119 or email daquan.zhao1@uspto.gov.
`lf attempts to reach the examiner by
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`telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Tran Thai Q, can be reached on
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`Application/Control Number: 15/683,006
`Art Unit: 2484
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`Page 5
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`(571)272-7382. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or
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`proceeding is assigned is (571) 273-8300.
`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the
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`published applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR.
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`Status information for unpublished applications is available through Private PAIR only.
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`For more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should
`you have questions on access to the Private PAIR system, contact the Electronic
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`Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free).
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`If you would like assistance from a
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`USPTO Customer Service Representative or access to the automated information
`system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000.
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`/DAQUAN ZHAO/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2484
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