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`16/911,810
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`06/25/2020
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`Masato OHKAWA
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`2020-1860A
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`1069
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`ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E
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`2487
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`03/18/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application/Control Number: 16/911,810
`Art Unit: 2487
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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, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section madein this Office action:
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`A personshall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an
`application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the
`patent or application, as the case may be, namesanother inventor and waseffectively filed
`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`Claim(s) 1
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`- 12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by
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`Huang (US 10,750,181).
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`As per claim 1, Huang discloses an encoder that transforms residuals of a
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`current block to encode an image, the encoder comprising: circuitry: and memory,
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`wherein using the memory,the circuitry: determines whether a transform-basis adaptive
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`selection mode for adaptively selecting a transform basis from among one or more
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`transform basis candidates is enabled or disabled for the current block; when the
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`transform-basis adaptive selection mode is enabled, adaptively selects a first horizontal
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`transform basis from among the one or more transform basis candidates when a
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`horizontal size of the current block is greater thanafirst horizontal threshold size;
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`selects a fixed horizontal transform basis asafirst horizontal transform basis when the
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`horizontal size of the current block is smaller than or equalto the first horizontal
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`threshold size: adaptively selectsafirst vertical transform basis from among the one or
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`more transform basis candidates whena vertical size of the current block is greater than
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`a first vertical threshold size; selects a fixed vertical transform basis asafirst vertical
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`transform basis when the vertical size of the current block is smaller than or equalto the
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`first vertical threshold size; and generates first transform coefficients by performing a
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`first horizontal transform andafirst vertical transform on the residuals of the current
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`block. using the first horizontal transform basis selected and the first vertical transform
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`basis selected, respectively (column 8 lines 61 — column9lines 15).
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`As per claim 2, Huang discloses the encoder according to claim 1, wherein at
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`least one of the fixed horizontal transform basis or the fixed vertical transform basis is a
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`type-VIl discrete sine transform basis (column 8 lines28 — 37).
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`As per claim 3, Huang discloses the encoder according to claim 1, wherein when
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`the transform-basis adaptive selection mode is disabled, the circuitry: generates first
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`transform coefficients by performing the first horizontal transform and the first vertical
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`transform on the residuals of the current block, using a basic transform basis asthe first
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`horizontal transform basis and the first vertical transform basis: generates second
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`transform coefficients by performing a second transform on the first transform
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`coefficients using a second transform basis; and quantizes the second transform
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`coefficients, and when the transform-basis adaptive selection mode is enabled, the
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`circuitry: quantizes the first transform coefficients without performing the second
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`transform on the first transform coefficients (column 8 lines 61 — column 9 lines 15 and
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`column 10 lines 10 — 46).
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`As per claim 4, Huang discloses the encoder according to claim 3, wherein the
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`basic transform basis is a type-ll discrete cosine transform basis (column 8 lines28 —
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`37).
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`As per claim 5, Huang discloses the encoder according to claim 1, wherein the
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`circuitry determines whether the transform-basis adaptive selection mode is enabled or
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`disabled, based on the first horizontal transform basis and the first vertical transform
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`basis or based on identification information of the transform-basis adaptive selection
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`mode (column8lines 61 — column 9 lines 15 and column 10 lines 10 — 46)..
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`Regarding claim 6, arguments analogous to those presented for claim 1 are
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`applicable for claim 6.
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`Regarding claim 7, arguments analogous to those presented for claim 2 are
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`applicable for claim 7.
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`Regarding claim 8, arguments analogous to those presented for claim 3 are
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`applicable for claim 8.
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`Regarding claim 9, arguments analogous to those presented for claim 4 are
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`applicable for claim 9.
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`Regarding claim 10, arguments analogous to those presented for claim 5 are
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`applicable for claim 10.
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`Regarding claim 11, arguments analogous to those presented for claim 1 are
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`applicable for claim 11.
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`Regarding claim 12, arguments analogous to those presented for claim 6 are
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`applicable for claim 12.
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`Conclusion
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