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`Application No.
`Filed
`Confirmation No.
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`16/874,037
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`: May 14, 2020
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`5100
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`Examiner
`Art Unit
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`: Leron Beck
`: 2487
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`Docket No.
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`735256.415C1
`First Named Inventor : Ryuichi KANOH
`Title
`: ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING
`METHOD OF PARTITIONING A PICTURE USING SELECTIVE
`PARTITION MODE(As Amended)
`: May 11, 2021
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`Date
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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 known to
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`the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) the reference(s) set forth on the attached
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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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`As copies of cited U.S. patents and published patent applications are not required, they
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`have not been provided. Copies of cited unpublished U.S. patent applications are not provided
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`based upon the good faith belief that such applications are available in the USPTO’s ImageFile
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`Wrapper system. Copiesofall other reference(s) are provided except as noted.
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`The Director is authorized to charge any other fees due by wayofthis filing, or credit any
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`overpayment to Deposit Account No. 19-1090.
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`Applicant submits that the attached IDS should be considered because:
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`L]
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`I. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(b).
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`XX II. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(c).
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`This IDS is filed 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
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`other action that closes prosecution in the application. Furthermore, this IDS is accompanied by
`one of the following:
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`L] A. Thefee set forth in 37 CFR § 1.17(p); or
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`XI B. The statementspecified in 37 CFR § 1.97(e):
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`1. Each item of information contained in the IDS wasfirst cited in any
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`communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than
`three monthsprior to the filing of the IDS.
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`X 2. No item of information contained in the IDS wascited in a communication
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`from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the
`person signingthis certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained
`in 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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`L] Ill. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(d).
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`This IDS is not to be construed as a representation that a search has been made or an
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`admission that any cited reference is consideredto be prior art under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102 or 103,
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`or material to patentability under 37 CFR § 1.56. Notwithstanding the fact that the reference(s)
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`being cited in this IDS are being made knownto the USPTO in compliance with Applicant’s duty
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`to disclose, Applicant believes that their invention is patentable.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Lip
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`/Shoko Leek/
`Shoko I. Leek
`Registration No. 43,746
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`Attachment(s):
`Information Disclosure Statement
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