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`First Named Inventor:
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`David Locket, et al.
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`Applicaion Numbr:
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`Filing Date:
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`MACWEEK NEWS article entitled, “QuickTirne Ready for Prime Time", dated
`December 10, 1991 (2 pages, numbered TIVO-410797 & TIVO-410'/'98).
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`HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES Technical Report entitled “UNIX
`Disk Access Patterns“, by Chris Ruemmler and John Wilkes, HPL—92—l52,
`dated December 1992 - s. 405-420 , © Hewlett-Packard Corn an 1992.
`l-IARKER, .I.M. et al, “A Quarter Century 0fDi5k File Innovation”, IBM J.
`Res. Develop., Vol. 25, No. 5, dated September 1981 (pages 677-690), ©
`International Business Machines Co oration 1981.
`WOODHAM, D.J., “HDTV Production: Today and Tomorrow; ‘A Solid State
`“Action Replay” Recorder’, Symposium Record Broadcast Sessions, System
`Session P—2 , dated June 17, 1989 (8 pages, numbered TlVO—4l4638 thru
`TlVO—-414645).
`HOSPODOR, ANDREW DAVID, “The Effect of Prefetch in SCSI Disk Drive
`Cache Buffers", Santa Clara University, Dept. of Computer Engineering, dated
`Ma 2, 1994 (121 gs).
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`Official Action from JP for foreign patent application no. 2003-524253 dated
`October 19, 2005 (4 pgs) plus 4 pg translation — attached.
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`Current Claims in JP patent application no. 2003-524253 (3pgs) plus 4 pg.
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`Attorney Docket No. 60097-0027
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re application of:
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`David Locket, et al.
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`Serial No.: 09/935,426
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`Filed on: August 22, 2001
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`For: MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM
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`Mail Stop Amendment
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Confirmation No.: 9478
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`Examiner: Boccio,Vincent F
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`Group Art Unit No.: 2621
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Sir:
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`Enclosed is a copy of Information Disclosure Citation Form PTO/SB/08 A,B, together
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`37 C.F.R. §1.97(c). If so, then this Information Disclosure Statement includes
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`El 1.97(e)(l) The undersigned hereby states that each item of
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`counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to
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`I] 1.97(e)(2) The undersigned hereby states that no item of
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`37 C.F.R. §l.97(i). Applicants are submitting references to satisfy Applicants’
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`The Examiner is hereby notified that the present application is related to the
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`DISCLOSURE OF RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`The related application(s) may contain subject matter that is related to the subject matter
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`substantially similar to one or more claims in the present application, and those claims may have
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`been rejected in the related application(s). Therefore, the Examiner is encouraged to review the
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`file hist0ry(ies) of the related application(s) as some of the information contained therein may be
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`Office Action has been received as indicated below:
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`DISCLOSURE OF OFFICE ACTIONS
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`U.S. Application]
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`60097-0029
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`The related application(s) may contain one or more claims that may be substantially
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`similar to one or more claims in the present application, and those claims may have been rejected
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`in the related application(s). Therefore, the Examiner is encouraged to review the file history('tes)
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`of the related application(s) as some of the information contained therein may be material to the
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`Respectfixlly submitted,
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`HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG & BECKER LLP
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Attorney Docket No. 60097-0027
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`In re application of:
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`David Locket, et al.
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`Serial No.: 09/935,426
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`Confirmation No.: 9478
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`Examiner: Chevalier,
`Robert
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`Filed on: August 22, 2001
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`Group Art Unit No.: 2621
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`For: MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM
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`Mail Stop Amendment
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`EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE, “Communication pursuant to Article 96(2) EPC”,
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`Title oi Invention:
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`Multimedia signal processing system
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`David Locket
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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