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`16/251,688
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`01/18/2019
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`Hiroshi YAHATA
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`P56813
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`1011
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`02/13/2020
`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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`02/ 1 3/2020
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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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`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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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`16/251,688
`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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`- 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 1/9/2020.
`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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`5)
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`Claim(s)
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`flis/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(ss) 1_—6 is/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
`[:1 Claim(s
`* If any claims have been determined aflowable. you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
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`Application Papers
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`10)|:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 1/18/2019 is/are: a). accepted or b)C] objected to by the Examiner.
`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
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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).
`Certified copies:
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`a)I:i All
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`b)C] 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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`2C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`SD 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) [3 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) C] 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) E] 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 20200208
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`Application/Control Number: 16/251 ,688
`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 1/9/2020 have been fully considered but they are not
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`persuasive.
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`Applicant argues, see page 4 of the remark, The “type of the second dynamic
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`range” is information that represents how the maximum luminance of HDR is indicated.
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`For example, the second dynamic range may have three type: Type 1...Type 2:
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`...and
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`type 3...
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`The claim do not require “The ‘type of the second dynamic range’ is information
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`that represents how the maximum luminance of HDR is indicated. For example, the
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`second dynamic range may have three type: Type 1...Type 2: ...and type 3...”
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`The Examiner considers “HDR” by itself represents a type of dynamic range.
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`Applicant should incorporate the discussion of Type 1, Type 2 or type 3 dynamic range
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`from the specification into the claim to overcome the rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`3.
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`The following is aquotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form 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 undersection 151 , or in an
`application for patent published ordeemed published undersection 122(b), in which the
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`patentor application, as the case maybe, names another inventorand was effectivelyfiled
`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-4 and 6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being described by
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`Yamamoto et al (US 2016/0134832).
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`For claim 1, Yamamoto et al teach a ncnwtraneitery recording medium tag. tigure
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`"it disc 1i), reproduced by a piayback device having an attribute reader { eg, Figure 2
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`Parameter Extraction that Extraction “HDR intermatir‘i”): adeccder (eg. figure 2, HEVC
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`Deceding), and an cutpuiter ieflg Figure 2, videc ia eniputted tn HDR rncniter er STD
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`meniter), in which is recerded:
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`a video stream that is encoded videe infermatien (eg. figure 2‘, “HEVC
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`enceding"); and
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`a management intermatien tiie eerreiated with the videe atrearn (cg. paragraph
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`4i, Figure 15, “Ciieint‘”,
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`wherein the management interrnatien rite inciudee first attribute infermatieri,
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`indicating whether a dynamic range of iurninance cf the videe atrearn ia a first dynamic
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`range er a eecend dynamic range that is wider than the first dynamic range (e.g. para
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`215, “information related to HDR video processing is included in Clip Information file
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`used to reproduce the AV stream including HEVC stream”, para 222, “figure 17
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`illustrating syntax of the Clip Information file”, the Clip Information File includes
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`“Programlnfo()” as shown in figure 17. Figure 18 shows the “Programlnfo()’ comprises
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`“StreamCodinglnfo()” and Figure 19 shows that the “Stream Codinglnfo()’
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`includes a
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`“HDR Flag” and paragraph 237 disclose when HDR flag is 1, HDR video is recorded
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`and when HDR flag is 0, STD video is recorded), and
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`wherein,
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`in a case where the first attribute ini‘ermatieri indicates the second
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`dynamic range, the first attribute information aisa indicates atype ef the seeand
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`dynamic range {e,g, paragraph 237 disclose when HDR flag is 1, HDR video is recorded
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`and when HDR flag is 0, STD video is recorded).
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`Fer eiaim 2, Yamamoto et al teaches wherein the first attribute information
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`indicates a first type where the luminance range of the video stream is statically
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`express, as the type of the second dynamic range (e.g. HDR flag is 0).
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`For claim 3, Yamamoto et al teaches the first attribute information indicates a
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`second type when the luminance range of the video stream is statically and dynamically
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`expressed, as the type of the second dynamic range (e.g. paragraph 237 disclose when
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`HDR flag is 1, HDR video is recorded and when HDR flag is 0, STD video is recorded}.
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`Fer eiaim 4, ‘r’amamete et ai teaeh in the seeend type, the luminance range at
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`the videe stream is staticaiiy expressed by inciiiding in the videe stream first
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`suppiementai extensien intermatien indicating the maximum itirninahce er aii pictures in
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`the videe stream (e.g. figure 7, paragraph 131, “extendedflrangeflwhitemievei”), and the
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`iurninanee range pt the videe stream is riynamieaiiy expressed by ineiuding in the viriep
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`stream seeend supptementai exteheien inierma‘iien indicating, fer each of greups made
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`up at one er a piuraiity of pictures ineiurzied in the videe stream, the iuminance range
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`being defined by the maximum turniriance ei the group (e.g. paragraphs i82v184, figure
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`7, “extendedfiwhitemieveimeedemvaiue",
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`”‘iQO‘f/ti brightness" er “aerate brightness”).
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`Fer eiaim 6, Yamamoto et ai teach the management iiie itirther ineiudes seeend
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`attribute intermatien indicating the maximum iuminanee (it the video stream tag. figure
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`75 paragraph 181, “extendeemranggwhite__ievei”).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`5.
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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 thatthe claimed
`invention is not identicallydisclosed as set forth in section 102, 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. Patentabilityshall notbe
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`6.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Yamamoto
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`et al, as applied to claims 1-4 and 6 above, and further in view of Su et al (US
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`2015/0341675).
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`For Claim 5, Yamamoto et al do not further disclose the iirst attribute information
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`indicates a third type, where itirninance is expressed by a haee videe stream, and an
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`enhanced video stream which is a videc stream to enhance itirninahee cf the base
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`videe stream, as the type ct the secend dynamic range. and wherein the recording
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`medium further has recerded therein the base videc stream. Su et al teach the iirst
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`attribute interrnaticn indicates; a third type, where itirriinance is expreeeed by a base
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`videe stream, and an enhanced videe stream which is a videe stream tc enhance
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`turnihance cf the base videc stream? as the type ci the secchd dynamic range, and
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`wherein the recerding medium itirther hats recercied therein the ease wider; etrearn (eg.
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`paragraph 22, ”we ceded baee iayeriEL) atrearn in... standard dynamic range (SDR);
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`and a ceded enhancement iayer in...enhanced dynamic range (EDRY’).
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`it weuid have
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`been obvious te ene erdinary skiii in the art beiere the eh‘ective iiiing date the te
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`incerecrate the teaching at Se et at into the teaching ct Yarnernete te irnprcved
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`techniques ter ceding ci‘ UHD EDR videc (eg. naragrach 9, Sit et at) by, eg. paragraph
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`22, coding base layer stream in standard dynamic range and coding ennaa‘tcement layer
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`in enhanced dynamic range.
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`Conclusion
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`7.
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time
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`policy as 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
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`MONTHS from the mailing date 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 date of this final action and the advisory action is not
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`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 date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
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`than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date 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-
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`1119 or email daquan.zhao1@uspto.gov.
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`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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`(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.
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`/DAQUAN ZHAO/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2484
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