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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`Address; COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`16/909,356
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`06/23/2020
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`Masato OHKAWA
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`2020-1865
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`5020
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`Lind& a
`Wenderoth,
`Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
`1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
`Suite 500
`Washington, DC 20036
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`SUH,JOSEPH JINWOO
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`2485
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/29/2021
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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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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
`eoa@ wenderoth.com
`kmiller@wenderoth.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`16/909,356
`Examiner
`JOSEPH SUH
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`Applicant(s)
`OHKAWAetal.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2485
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEofthis communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLYIS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTHS FROM THE MAILING
`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available underthe provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply betimely filed after SIX (6) MONTHSfrom the mailing
`date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHSfrom the mailing date of this communication.
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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, evenif 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 12/6/21.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2a)L) This action is FINAL. 2b)¥)This action is non-final.
`3)02 An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
`on
`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4\0) 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 Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1.and 4 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C} Claim(s)
`is/are allowed.
`Claim(s)
`1and4 is/are rejected.
`S)
`) © Claim(s)____is/are objected to.
`Cj) Claim(s
`are subjectto restriction and/or election requirement
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`S)
`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
`participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
`http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp or send an inquiry to PPHfeedback@uspto.gov.
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`) )
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`Application Papers
`10) The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11)0) The drawing(s) filedon__ is/are: a)(J accepted or b)() 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
`12)1) Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
`Certified copies:
`c)Z None ofthe:
`b)() Some**
`a)C All
`1.2 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.1.) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.1.) Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* 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)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
`2)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) (J Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`(Qj Other:
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`4)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20211222
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`Application/Control Number: 16/909, 356
`Art Unit: 2485
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`Page 2
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013,
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`is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Status
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`This Office Action respondsto reply filed on 12/6/21 regarding application 16/909356
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`that wasinitially filed on 6/23/20. Claims 1 and 4 are pending.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in
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`37 CFR 1.17(e), wasfiled in this application after final rejection. Since this application is
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`eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR
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`1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been
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`withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submissionfiled on 12/6/21 has been
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`entered.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The Information Disclosure Statement received on 9/14/21 has been considered.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`Application/Control Number: 16/909, 356
`Art Unit: 2485
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`Page 3
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new groundof
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form
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`the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shallbe entitled to a patent unless -
`(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patentis sued under section 151, orin an application
`for patent published or deemed published under section 1 22(b), in which the patent or application, as
`the case maybe, namesanother inventor and waseffectively filed before the effective filing date of the
`claimed invention.
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`1.
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`Claims 1 and 4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being
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`anticipated by Lee, US 2019/0222843 A1 (hereinafter Lee).
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`As for claim 1, Lee discloses an encoder that encodes ([0051], e.g., encoding)
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`a current block ([0055], e.g., processing units) in a picture ([0055], e.g., picture), the
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`encoder comprising: circuitry ([0320], e.g., hardware and computer components);
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`and memory ([0320], e.g., computer-readable medium and RAM), wherein using the
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`memory,the circuitry: performs a first transform ([0069], e.g., transform and DCT) on a
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`residual signal ([0069], e.g., residual) of the current block usingafirst transform basis
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`to generate first transform coefficients ([0070], e.g., values transformed toa
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`frequency domain); and either (i) performs a second transform on thefirst transform
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`coefficients using a second transform basis to generate second transform coefficients
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`and quantizes the second transform coefficients, with the first transform basis being
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`Application/Control Number: 16/909, 356
`Art Unit: 2485
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`same as a predetermined transform basis (This limitation is in the form of “or,” thus
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`the other limitation is chosen, and thereforethis limitation needs not be taught by
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`a reference.); or(ii) quantizes ([0070], e.g., quantize) the first transform coefficients
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`without performing the second transform ([0069], e.g., transform, note that the data is
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`transformed only once), with the first transform basis being different from the
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`predetermined transform basis .
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`As for claim 4, the claim recites an encoding method of the encoderof claim 1,
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`and is similarly analyzed.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments, filed 12/6/21, have been considered but are moot because the
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`arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in the current rejection.
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`Citation of Pertinent Prior Art
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
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`disclosure:
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`1. Rusanovskyy et al., US 2017/0332098 Ai, discloses loop sample processing
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`for high dynamic range and wide color gamut video coding.
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`2.
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`Sezer, US 2013/0243083 Ai, discloses low-complexity two-dimensional (2d)
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`separable transform design with transpose buffer management.
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`3.
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`Sole etal., US 2012/0134426 Ai, discloses method and apparatus for reusing
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`tree structures to encode and decode binary sets.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/909, 356
`Art Unit: 2485
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to JOSEPH SUH whosetelephone numberis 571-270-
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's
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`Application/Control Number: 16/909, 356
`Art Unit: 2485
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`/JOSEPH SUH/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2485
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