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`Attorney Docket No. P59537
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Patentee
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`: Panasonic Intellectual Property
`Corporation of America
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`Petitions
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`Patent No. : 10,998,000
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`Issued
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` : May 4, 2021
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`Inventor(s): Hiroshi YAHATAetal.
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`Art Unit
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`: 2484
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`Appl. No.
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`: 16/733,624
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`Examiner : Nien Yang
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`Filed
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`: January 3, 2020
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`Conf. No.: 1080
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`For
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`: RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PLAYBACK DEVICE
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`Petition under 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(c) to Accept an Unintentionally Delayed Claim under 35
`U.S.C. § 119(e) for the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Provisional Application
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`Mail Stop Petitions
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Commissioner:
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`Patentee hereby petitions under 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(c) for the acceptance of an unintentionally
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`delayed claim under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) for the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.
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`62/065,304, filed October 17, 2014.
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`In the Application Data Sheet (“ADS”) for the present application, which was submitted with
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`the filing of the application on January 3, 2020, under the section titled “Domestic Benefit/National
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`Stage Information,” it is indicated that International Pat. Appl. No. PCT/JP2015/005001 claims the
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`benefit of Provisional Appl. No. 62/065034. The inadvertent error in the provisional application
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`number wasnot noticed until a continuation application of the present family was processed for
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`filing on May 11, 2022. Moreover, a reference to the correct provisional application number(7.e.,
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`U.S. Prov. Pat. Appl. No. 62/065,304) is included in the Application Data Sheet filed in the
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`grandparent U.S. Pat. Appl. No. 15/471,032, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,902,881.
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`Patentee believes the instant Petition complies with the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §
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`1.78(a)(3) as follows:
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`(1) A Supplemental Application Data Sheet
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`is being submitted herewith to include a
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`reference to the correct provisional appheation mumber, as required by 35 U.S.C. 1196) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 1.78(a)(3).
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`(2) Thepetition fee as set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 1.17(m)is being paid herewith.
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`(3) Patentee submits the entire delay between the date the benefit claim was due under 37
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`C.F.R. § 1.78(c) and the date the benefit claim is being fled was unintentional,
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`(4) Patentee is filing a Request for Certificate of Correction and proposed Certificate of
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`Correction on the same date as this petition to delete the reference to the incorrect provisional
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`application numberin the “CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS?”section and
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`to, instead, list the correct benefit claim. The Request for Certificate of Correction and proposed
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`Certificate of Correction also request that the Related U.S. Application Data on Page 2 ofthe
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`Cover Sheet of the patent be corrected.
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`Patentee submitsthatall requirements in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.78 for accepting the
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`unintentionally delayed claim for benefit have been met with the filing of the present Petition,
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`Supplemental Application Data Sheet, Request for Certificate of Correction, and proposed
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`Certificate of Correction. Therefore, Patentee requests that this petition be granted.
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`Although payment of the petition fee is being made herewith,
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`the Commissioneris
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`authorized to charge any fee required for entry and/or consideration of this petition and/orforit
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`to be considered timely and/or complete, to Deposit Account No. 19-0089.
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`Should there be any questions or comments regarding this paper, or the present
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`application, the examiner/officer is invited to contact the undersigned.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`/James P. Bonnamy/
`Reg. No. 63,649
`James P. Bonnamy
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`Bruce H. Bernstein
`Reg. No. 29027
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`May 24, 2022
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN,P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 716-1191
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