Audio Encoding/Decoding based on an Efficient Representation of Auto-Regressive Coefficients

Application No. 18/798,215

• Filed: Aug 08, 2024
• Priority: Nov 02, 2011 — provisional 61/554,647
  • May 15, 2012 — nonprovisional of PCTSE2012050520
  • Apr 29, 2014 — continuation of 9269364
  • Jan 13, 2016 — continuation of 14/994,561
  • Mar 27, 2020 — continuation of 11/011,181
  • Mar 12, 2021 — continuation of 11/594,236
  • Jan 31, 2023 — continuation of 12/087,314
• Examiner: PHAM, THIERRY L
• Art Unit: 2654
• Tech Center: 2600 — Communications
• Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• OA Round: 1 (Non-Final)

Office Action

DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
● The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
● This action is responsive to the following communication: US Patent Application filed on 8/8/2024.
● Claims 1-20 are currently pending.

Information Disclosure Statement
● The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 8/8/2024 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.

Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-20 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12087314. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.

Conclusion

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/THIERRY L PHAM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2654

Prosecution Timeline

• Aug 08, 2024: Application Filed
• Aug 28, 2026: Non-Final Rejection mailed — §101 (current)