IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PATENT
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`First Named Inventor:|Chong Soon LIM
`Application No.
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`16/417,514
`Filed
`: May 20, 2019
`For
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`ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND
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`DECODING METHOD
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`Examiner
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`Art Unit
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`Docket No.
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`Date
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`: Dakshesh D. Parikh
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`:
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`:
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`>
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`2488
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`735256.409C1
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`July 30, 2020
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`TRANSMITTAL LETTER OF
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissionerfor Patents:
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`In accordance with 37 CFR §§ 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98, Applicant wishes to make
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`known to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the reference(s) set forth on the enclosed
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`Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). Please acknowledge receipt by initialing and returning
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`a copy of the IDS and kindly make the cited reference(s) of record in the above-identified
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`application.
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`Because copies of cited U.S. patents and published patent applications are not
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`required, they have not been provided. Copies of cited unpublished U.S. patent applications are
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`not provided based upon the good faith belief that such applications are available in the
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`USPTO’s Image File Wrapper system. Copies of all other reference(s) are provided except as
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`noted.
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`
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`PATENT
`
`First Named Inventor:|Chong Soon LIM
`Application No.
`>
`16/417,514
`Filed
`: May 20, 2019
`For
`:
`ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND
`
`DECODING METHOD
`
`Examiner
`
`Art Unit
`
`Docket No.
`
`Date
`
`: Dakshesh D. Parikh
`
`:
`
`:
`
`>
`
`2488
`
`735256.409C1
`
`July 30, 2020
`
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`
`TRANSMITTAL LETTER OF
`
`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
`
`Commissionerfor Patents:
`
`In accordance with 37 CFR §§ 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98, Applicant wishes to make
`
`known to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the reference(s) set forth on the enclosed
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`Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). Please acknowledge receipt by initialing and returning
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`a copy of the IDS and kindly make the cited reference(s) of record in the above-identified
`
`application.
`
`Because copies of cited U.S. patents and published patent applications are not
`
`required, they have not been provided. Copies of cited unpublished U.S. patent applications are
`
`not provided based upon the good faith belief that such applications are available in the
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`USPTO’s Image File Wrapper system. Copies of all other reference(s) are provided except as
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`noted.
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`
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`Docket No. 735256.409C1
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`I. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(b) during one ofthe following time
`L]
`periods:
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`Within three months of the filing date of a national application other than a Continued
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`Prosecution Application under 37 CFR § 1.53(d); Within three months of the date of entry of the
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`national stage as set forth in 37 CFR § 1.491 in an intemational application; Before the mailing of
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`a first Office Action on the merits; Before the mailing ofa first Office Action after the filing of a
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`Request for Continued Examination under 37 CFR § 1.114; or Within three monthsofthe date of
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`publication of the international
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`registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3)
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`in an
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`international design application.
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`II. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(c) after the period specified in 37
`CFR § 1.97(b), but before the mailing date of a final Office Action under 37 CFR § 1.113, a
`Notice of Allowance under 37 CFR § 1.311, or any other action that closes prosecution in the
`application. Furthermore, this IDS is accompanied by one ofthe following:
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`L] A. Thefee set forth in 37 CFR § 1.17(p); or
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`B. The statement specified in 37 CFR § 1.97(e):
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`1. Each item of information listed on the enclosed information disclosure
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`statement and containedin the list immediately below wasfirst cited in any communication from
`a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to
`the filing of the IDS.
`e Non-Patent Literature Document(s) 1
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`2. No item of information listed on the enclosed information disclosure
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`statement and contained in the list immediately below was cited in a communication from a
`foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the person
`signing this certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information containedin the
`IDS was knownto any individual designated in 37 CFR § 1.56(c) more than three months prior
`to the filing of the IDS.
`e Non-Patent Literature Document(s) 2
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`
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`Docket No. 735256.409C1
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`L] II. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(d) after the period specified in 37
`CFR § 1.97(c) provided this IDS is filed on or before the paymentof the issue fee. Furthermore,
`this IDS is accompanied by both:
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`Thefee set forth in 37 CFR § 1.17(p); and
`e
`e The statement specified in 37 CFR § 1.97(e):
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`L]
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`1. Each item of information listed on the enclosed information disclosure
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`statement and containedin the list immediately below wasfirst cited in any communication from
`a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to
`the filing of the IDS.
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`L]
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`2. No item of information listed on the enclosed information disclosure
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`statement and contained in the list immediately below was cited in a communication from a
`foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the person
`signing this certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information containedin the
`IDS was knownto any individual designated in 37 CFR § 1.56(c) more than three months prior
`to the filing of the IDS.
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`
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`Docket No. 735256.409C1
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`PTA CERTIFICATION
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`In accordance with 37 CFR § 1.704(d), a Patent Term Adjustment Statement
`(PTO/SB/133) is included with this submission.
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`This IDS is not to be construed as a representation that a search has been made or
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`an admission that any cited reference is consideredto be prior art under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102 or
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`103, or material
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`to patentability under 37 CFR § 1.56. Notwithstanding the fact that the
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`reference(s) being cited in this IDS are being made known to the USPTO in compliance with
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`Applicant’s duty to disclose, Applicant believes that their invention is patentable.
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`The Director is authorized to charge any deficiencies or credit any overpaymentin
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`fees due by way of the enclosed papers only to Deposit Account No. 19-1090.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`SEEDIntellectual Property Law Group Lip
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`/Timothy L. Boller/
`Timothy L. Boller
`Registration No. 47,435
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`TLB:mvc
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