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`It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:
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`Title Page, Item 56 For. Pat. Doc.:
`"EP 0827 110 9/ 1998" should read-- EP 0827 110 311998 --.
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`Column 16. Line 53
`"for a request received from the encoder when the request" should read -- for a request received
`from the decoder when the request --.
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`Column 18, Line 16
`"shared memory for a request received from the video encoder" should read -- shared memory for
`a request received from a video decoder --.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PATENT
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`Patent No.
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`Inventors
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`7,777,753 B2
`August 17, 2010
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`Jefferson Eugene Owen et al.
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`Commissioner for Patents:
`A certificate of correction is respectfully requested in the above-identified patent.
`The following errors have been made:
`Item (56) References Cited, Foreign Patent Documents, the reference, "EP
`082711 0 9/1998" is incorrect. As set forth in the Information Disclosure Statement filed with the
`United States Patent & Trademark Office on August 28,2009, the correct reference should read,
`-- EP 0827110 3/1998 --.
`In the claims, column 16, issued claim 9, line 53, "for a request received from the
`encoder when the request" is incorrect. The correct line should read, -- for a request received
`from the decoder when the request--.
`In the claims, column 18, issued claim 15, line 16, "shared memory for a request
`received from the video encoder" is incorrect. The correct line should read, -- shared memory for
`a request received from the video decoder--.
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`Item 56
`"EP 0827110 9/1 998" should read-- EP 0827110 3/1998 --.
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`Column 16, Line 53
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`Title of Invention:
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`ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ALLOWING ACCESS TO
`A SHARED MEMORY
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`Jefferson Eugene Owen
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`ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ALLOWING ACCESS TO
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`Jefferson Eugene Owen
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`NGUYEN, HAU H
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2628
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`OWEN ET AL.
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`HAU H. NGUYEN
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`2628
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