CTNF 19/087,778 CTNF 90542 Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action: A person shall be entitled to a patent unless – 07-08-aia AIA (a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. 07-15 AIA Claim s 1-6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102( a)(1 ) as being anticipated by Sasai, US 2013/0156099 A1 . Regarding claim 1, Sasai discloses: an encoding method comprising: generating coded data including one or more data units, each of the one or more data units including a data unit header (A slice is a data unit, having a slice header (Data unit header), as shown in figure 18b.) ; and generating a parameter set including a first parameter relating to quantization and a parameter set identifier (See figure 18B, and [0198], which disclose a picture header containing an initial QP value, “pic_init_qp_minus26” (first parameter), and a pic_parameter_set_id uniquely identifying the picture header for reference by data units within the picture.) ; and generating a bitstream including the coded data and the parameter set (See figure 5, showing slice portion of a bitstream, and its constituent LCUs, and figure 1, showing a picture D100 and its picture parameters.) , wherein the data unit header of the first data unit includes a second parameter relating to quantization (The slice header contains, as shown in figure 18c, a second parameter, “slice_qp_delta”, providing a delta QP value for the slice associated with the slice header.) and a parameter set id, the parameter set id being the parameter set identifier of the parameter set referenced by the first data unit (The slice header also contains a “pic_parameter_set_id”, which is a parameter set id identifying a parameter set reference by the said slice, as ) , and a quantization parameter is calculated using the first parameter of the referenced parameter set and the second parameter (A quantization value for the slice is determined by combining the qp_delta value given in the slice (second parameter) with an initial QP value defined in the picture header referenced by the slice, as disclosed in [0198]-[0199].) . Regarding claim 2, Sasai discloses: the encoding method according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is generated by encoding one or more data groups (The slice is a data group, of which there are generally multiple slices in a picture.) , each of the one or more data groups including one or more components (See figure 5, showing a slice (data group) and its multiple largest coding units (LCUs).) , and the number of the second parameters included in the data units is determined based on the number of the components (The number of delta_qp values depends on the number of LCUs for the slice, as shown in figure 5.) . Regarding claim 3, Sasai discloses: the encoding method according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is generated by encoding one or more data groups, each of the one or more data groups including one or more components (Each slice contains, in general, multiple LCUs, which are components of data groups (slices).) ; and the number of the first parameters included in the parameter set is constant (Each picture header contains exactly one pic_init_qp_minus26 parameter value, defining an initial QP value for the associated picture. See [0198].) . Encoder claim 4 is directed to an encoder comprising a memory and a processor, that, when using the memory, performs steps corresponding to the steps recited in encoding method claim 1. Therefore, encoder claim 4 corresponds to encoding method claim 1, and is rejected for the same reasons of anticipation as given above for claim 1. Decoding method claim 5 corresponds to decoding method claim 1, insomuch as they differ only in their respective recitations of an “decoding method” and an “encoding method.” Therefore, decoding method claim 5 is rejected for the same reasons of anticipation as used above for encoding method claim 1. Decoder claim 6 is directed to an encoder comprising a memory and a processor, that, when using the memory, performs steps corresponding to the steps recited in decoding method claim 5. Therefore, decoder claim 6 corresponds to decoding method claim 5, and is rejected for the same reasons of anticipation as given above for claim 5. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to KYLE M LOTFI whose telephone number is (571)272-8762. The examiner can normally be reached 9:00-5:00. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. 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