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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventor(s) : Hiroshi YAHATA et al.
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`Group Art Unit
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`2484
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`Appl. No.
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`15/699,091
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`Examiner
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`: YANG, NIEN
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`Filed
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`: September 8, 2017
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`Confirmation. No.: 4122
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`For
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`: RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PLAYBACK DEVICE
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`COlVflVIENTS ON STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Commissioner:
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`In response to the Notice of Allowability mailed by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office on
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`February 7, 2020, and to the Statement ofReasons for Allowance attached thereto, Applicant wishes
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`to clarify the record with respect to the basis for the patentability of claims in the present application.
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`In this regard, while Applicant does not disagree with the Examiner's indication of allowability,
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`Applicant submits that each of the claims in the present application recites a combination of features,
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`and that the basis for patentability of each of these claims is based on the combination of features
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`recited therein.
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`Should there be any questions, the Examiner is inVited to contact the undersigned at the
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`below-listed telephone number.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Hiroshi YAHATA et al.
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`/James P. Bonnamy/
`Reg. No. 63,649
`James P. Bonnamy
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`Bruce H. Bernstein
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`Reg. No. 29027
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`April 27, 2020
`GREENBLIHVI & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
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