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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Information Disclosure Statement
IDS filed 11/22/24 is acknowledged, the references therein relating to the general background of applicant’s invention.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claim 20 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention. Claim currently states “color obtained by converting the first color is the first color”, however it is unclear how a color in a first color gamut could possibly be converted into a second gamut and still be the same color defined as “the first color”. Additional explanation and/or amendment is required.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-19, 21 and 22 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Regarding claims 1, 21 and 22, the prior art does not contain a valid combination of references that disclose an information processing apparatus that obtains first color information from an image that includes a pixel representing color information of a first color defined in a first color gamut and a pixel representing color information of a second color defined in the first color gamut, sets second color information, executes color conversion for converting the first color into a third color defined in a second color gamut and converting the second color into a fourth color defined in the second color gamut; and in a case where a color difference between the third color and the fourth color is less than a predetermined threshold: in a case where the first color is not included in the particular color information, correct a conversion parameter in the color conversion processing such that a color obtained by converting the first color is a fifth color whose color difference from the fourth color is greater than the color difference between the third color and the fourth color and which is defined in the second color gamut, and in a case where the first color is included in the particular color information, correct a conversion parameter in the color conversion processing such that a color obtained by converting the second color is a sixth color whose color difference from the third color is greater than the color difference between the third color and the fourth color and which is defined in the second color gamut. Similar prior art such as U.S. patent application publication 2022/0321739 by Morikawa discloses color gamut conversions where priority colors have been identified but fails to specifically disclose a branching conversion process for similar colors when one of the similar colors is a priority color.
Claims 2-19 are allowed because they depend upon an allowed claim.
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Conclusion
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BENJAMIN O. DULANEY
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2676
/BENJAMIN O DULANEY/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2683
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