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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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`11/26/2019
`7590
`125331
`Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation
`of America c/o Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
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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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`11/26/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`017/09 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 (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 11/1/2019.
`CI 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) D 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
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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 Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s) fl 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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`[:1 Claim(ss)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s 112Is/are rejected
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`D Claim(ss_) is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
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`Application Papers
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`10)|:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`is/are: a)[] accepted or b)l:] objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`1C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2C] 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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`2) C] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`3) E] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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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 20191121
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`Application/Control Number: 15/683,006
`Art Unit: 2484
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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 filed 10/15/2019 have been fully considered but they are
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`not persuasive.
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`Applicant argues Yamamoto does not disclose or suggest a dynamic range of
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`luminance of an initial video stream is a first dynamic range or a second dynamic range.
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`The Examiner disagrees.
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`Yamamoto et al teach e.g. para 215, “information related to HDR video
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`processing is included in Clip Information file used to reproduce the AV stream including
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`HEVC stream”, para 222, “figure 17 illustrating syntax of the Clip Information file”, the
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`Clip Information File includes “Programlnfo()” as shown in figure 17. Figure 18 shows
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`the “Programlnfo()” comprises “Stream Codinglnfo()’ and Figure 19 shows that the
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`“StreamCodinglnfo()’
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`includes a “HDR Flag” and paragraph 237 disclose when HDR
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`is 1 HDR Hi h D namic Ran e” video is recorded and when HDR fla
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`is 0 STE
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`(Standard video) video is recorded.
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`80 the HDR flag teaches a dynamic range of a video stream is either a first
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`dynamic range or a second dynamic range because when HDR flag is 1I HDR (High
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`Dynamic Range” video is recorded and when HDR flag is 01 STE (Standard video) video
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`is recorded.
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`Applicant also argues there is technical advantage with “these three hierarchical
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`level” of disc, playlist and stream, which is support in paragraph 252 of the specification.
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`However, “these three hierarchical level” is not require by the claim.
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`Applicant also argues one ordinary skill in the art would have no motivation to
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`combine Yamamoto and Yamashita. The Examiner disagrees. Yamashita disclose
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`“automatically playback” the video stream after the disc is inserted (e.g. paragraph
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`186), which improve convenience for user since user does not have to do anything for
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`the video to be playback.
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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 s etforth in section 1 02, if the differences between the
`claimed invention and the priorartare such that the 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. Patentabilitys hall notbe
`negated by the manner in 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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`Yamamoto et al (US 2016/0134832),
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`in view of Yamashita et al (US 2010/0142924) and
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`further in view of Watanabe et al (US 2006/0045475).
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`For claim 1, Yamamoto et al teach a piayback device that reads and piays
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`contents from a recording medium, wherein, recorded in the recording medium are
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`at ieaei one video stream that is encoded video information(e.g. paragraph 17
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`“recorded coded data of a standard video”), and
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`a management information file (e.g. figure 15) including a first management file
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`and a second management file, the first management file including first attribute
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`information (e.g. paragraph 41, Figure 15, “Clipinf”, paragraphs 213, 215), the second
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`management file including second attribute information for a playback path (e.g.
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`paragraph 211-212, figure 15, “p|ay|ist”); and a third management file including third
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`attribute information for the at least one video stream (e.g. figure 15, paragraph 214,
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`“stream files”),and
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`whereii‘t the iiret attribute information indicates whether a dynamic range at
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`inminance at is a first dynamic: range, or a aeeenci dynamic range that in broader than
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`the tirst dynamic; range (e.g. para 215, “information related to HDR video processing is
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`included in Clip Information file used to reproduce the AV stream including HEVC
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`stream”, para 222, “figure 17 illustrating syntax of the Clip Information file”, the Clip
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`Information File includes “Programlnfo()” as shown in figure 17. Figure 18 shows the
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`“Programlnfo()’ comprises “StreamCodinglnfo()’ and Figure 19 shows that the
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`“StreamCodinglnfo()” includes a “HDR Flag” and paragraph 237 disclose when HDR
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`flag is 1, HDR video is recorded and when HDR flag is 0, STE video is recorded),
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`the playback device ineiuding a preeeeser that reads. and start to transmit the
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`video stream based en the management intermatinn tite (e.g. paragraphs 317-320, para
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`319: the controller 51 controls the disc derive 52 and reads out the PlayList and Clip
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`Information, which are Data Base information; Para 320:”the controller 51 refers to the
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`HDR_flag and the mode flag included in the Clip Information” also see Para. 266- 268
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`disclose: “The disc drive 52 reads out data from the optical disc 11 and outputs the read
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`out date to the controller 51 ...the disc driver 52 outputs the Data Base Information read
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`out from the optical disc 11 to the controller 51 and outputs an HEVC stream to the
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`decoding processing unit 56. Para 206 disclose The Playlist and the Clip Information
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`including the information related to the reproduction of AV stream will referred to as
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`Data Base Information).
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`Yamamoto et al do not specify an ii‘iitiai videe stream, which is piayed first right
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`after the recording medium is inserted irate a piaybaek devise; the first management file
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`including first attribute information describing representative attributes of the entire non-
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`transitory computer readable medium.
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`Yamashita et ai teach ari initiai video stream, which is piayect first right after the
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`recording medium is inserted trite a piaybaek device (e.g. paragraph 186: “The playback
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`of the AV stream starts due to a user operation (e.g. playback button) or is automatically
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`started by an event triggered...” also see paragraph 185 for “p|ay|ist”).
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`It would have
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`been obvious to one ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention to automatically playback the video stream after the disc is inserted (e.g.
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`Yamashita et al, paragraph 186) to improve convenience for user.
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`Yamamoto et al and Yamashita et al do not further disclose the first management
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`file including first attribute information describing representative attributes of the entire
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`non-transitory computer readable medium. Watanabe et al teach the first management
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`file including first attribute information describing representative attributes of the entire
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`non-transitory computer readable medium (e.g. paragraph 79, disc information files 126,
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`127 are files including metadata for the entire data recorded on the optical disc 71).
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`It
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`would have been obvious to one ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of
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`the claimed invention to incorporate the teaching of Watanabe et al into the teaching of
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`Yamamoto et al and Yamashita et al to enhance reliability (e.g. paragraph 79,
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`Watanabe et al).
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`Claim 3 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`Claim 2 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above, wherein
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`paragraph 105 disclose The reproduction device 2 communicates with the display
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`device 3 through the HDMI cable 4 and acquires information related to the display
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`corresponds to the claimed “HDMI negotiation is performed when the recording medium
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`is inserted into the playback device”. Figure 52 disclose in step 8225 “Store capability of
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`monitor in PSR” which happens during the reproduction process and the disc has to be
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`inserted in the reproduction device during the reproduction processed.
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`Claim 4 is rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`For claims 5-8, Yamamoto et al teach the at least one video stream and the
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`management information file are stored separately (e.g. figure 15 shows “Playlist”,
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`“Clipinf’ and “stream” are separated).
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`Claims 9-12 are rejected for the same reasons as discussed in claim 1 above.
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`5.
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`/DAQUAN ZHAO/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2484
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