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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, filed 1/9/2026, with respect to the rejection(s) of claim(s) 1-3 and 5 under double patenting have been fully considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, new double patenting rejections are made in view of co-pending applications 19/264,330; 19/264,411; and 19/264,445.
Applicant’s arguments with respect to the 35 USC 112 rejection of claim 5 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 35 USC 112 rejection of claim 5 has been withdrawn.
Applicant’s arguments with respect to the 35 USC 103 rejection of claims 1, 3, and 5 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 35 USC 112 rejection of claims 1, 3, and 5 has been withdrawn.
Double Patenting
Claims 1, 3, and 5 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 3, and 5 of US Patent No. 12,542,883 in view of He et al. (He) (US 2019/0215532). Any differences between the instant application’s claims and US Patent No. 12,542,883 claims are not patentably distinct as shown below:
(The following limitations are claimed in instant application 19/264,401)
performing prediction for the current block included in the image to generate a prediction block ([0108], a prediction block is generated); generating a residual block for the current block ([0108], a residual block is generated); reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block and the residual block ([0108], the residual block is added to a prediction block for reconstructing a current block); obtaining the reconstructed image based on the reconstructed current block ([0108] reconstructed reference images are generated).
Claims 1, 3, and 5 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 3, and 5 of US Patent No. 12,549,699 in view of He et al. (He) (US 2019/0215532). Any differences between the instant application’s claims and US Patent No. 12,549,699 claims are not patentably distinct as shown below:
(The following limitations are claimed in US Patent No. 12,549,699)
Determining a prediction method for the current block included in the image ([0108], a determination for performing intra and/or inter prediction is performed).
Claims 1, 3 and 5 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 3, and 5 of US Patent No. 12,542,884 (reference application). Any differences between the instant application’s claims and US Patent No. 12,542,884 claims are not patentably distinct as shown by the prior art rejections below.
(The following limitations are claimed in US Patent No. 12,549,699)
Identifying at least one reference sample adjacent to the current block included in the image ([0107], [0110], neighboring samples are selected for performing intra prediction).
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/JEFFERY A WILLIAMS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2488