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`DECLARATION (37 CFR 1.63) FOR UTILITY OR DESIGN APPLICATION USING AN
`APPLICATION DATA SHEET(37 CFR 1.76)
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`Title of
`Invention
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`ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD
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`As the below namedinventor, | hereby declare that:
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`This declaration
`is directed to:
`[IX] United States application or PCT international application number__17/116137
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`[[] The attached application, or
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`filed on_December 9, 2020.
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`The above-identified application was made or authorized to be made by me.
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`} believe that | am the original inventor or an original joint inventor of a claimed invention in the application.
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`| hereby acknowledge that any willful false statement made in this declaration is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 100%
`by fine or imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, or both.
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`WARNING:
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`LEGAL NAME OF INVENTOR
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`Use an additional PTO/AIA/01 form for each additional inventor.
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`Petitioner/applicant is cautioned to avoid submitting personal information in documents filed in a patent application that may
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`application (unless a non-publication request in compliance with 37 CFR 1.213{a) is made in the application) or issuance of a
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`inventor:__Takahiro NISHI Date (Optional) : Feb. 18, 2021
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`Signature:
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`/Takahiro Nishi/
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`PTO/AIA/O1 (06-12)
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`DECLARATION (37 CFR 1.63) FOR UTILITY OR DESIGN APPLICATION USING AN
`APPLICATION DATA SHEET(37 CFR 1.76)
`
`Title of
`Invention
`
`ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD
`
`As the below namedinventor, | hereby declare that:
`
`Use an additional PTO/AIA/01 form for each additional inventor.
`
`Petitioner/applicant is cautioned to avoid submitting personal information in documents filed in a patent application that may
`coniribute to identity theft. Personal information such as social security numbers, bank account numbers, or credit card numbers
`(other than a check or credit card authorization form PTO-2038 submitted for payment purposes) is never required by the USPTO
`to support a petition or an application. ff this type of personal information is included in documenis submitted to the USPTO,
`petitioners/applicants should consider redacting such personal information from the documents before submitting them to the
`USPTO. Petitioner/applicant is advised that the record of a patent application is available to the public after publication of the
`application (unless a non-publication request in compliance with 37 CFR 1.213{a) is made in the application) or issuance of a
`patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be available to the public if the application is
`referenced in a published application or an issued patent (see 37 CFR 1.14). Checks and credit card authorization forms
`PTQ-2038 submitted for payment purposes are not retained in the application file and therefore are not publicly available.
`
`This declaration
`is directed to:
`[IX] United States application or PCT international application number__17/116137
`
`[[] The attached application, or
`
`filed on_December 9, 2020.
`
`The above-identified application was made or authorized