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Application No. 17/766,717

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

Non-Final OA §103
Filed
Apr 05, 2022
Priority
Oct 11, 2019 — JP 2019-187624 +2 more
Examiner
AYAD, SALMA ABDELMONEM
Art Unit
2462
Tech Center
2400 — Computer Networks
Assignee
Panasonic Holdings Corporation
OA Round
7 (Non-Final)
80%
Grant Probability
Favorable
7-8
OA Rounds
0m
Est. Remaining
82%
With Interview

Examiner Intelligence

Grants 80% — above average
80%
Career Allowance Rate
44 granted / 55 resolved
+22.0% vs TC avg
Minimal +2% lift
Without
With
+1.8%
Interview Lift
resolved cases with interview
Typical timeline
3y 0m
Avg Prosecution
18 currently pending
Career history
77
Total Applications
across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101
1.6%
-38.4% vs TC avg
§103
65.9%
+25.9% vs TC avg
§102
25.2%
-14.8% vs TC avg
§112
6.1%
-33.9% vs TC avg
Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 55 resolved cases

Office Action

§103
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 . Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114 A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 05/26/2026 has been entered. Response to Arguments Applicant’s arguments filed on 05/26/2026 have been fully considered, but they are not persuasive. Applicant’s arguments and Examiner’s response are provided below. Applicant argues that Choi, Bai, and Ying do not teach that in case of PDSCH, determining as a reference, a symbol position corresponding to a symbol identified from a plurality of symbols in a first case of dynamic scheduling/ semi-persistent scheduling and to a symbol position corresponding to a first symbol of a slot in a second case of dynamic scheduling/ semi-persistent scheduling. Examiner’s response: Applicant’s interpretation is not supported by the specification. Paragraph 212 teaches that the reference may be determined differently depending on whether the scheduling is SPS or Dynamic scheduling. The specification does not disclose determining a first reference in a first dynamic scheduling case and a second reference in a second dynamic scheduling case, nor corresponding first and second SPS cases. Accordingly, the specification supports distinguishing between different scheduling methods, not multiple cases within the same scheduling method as argued by applicant. Applicant argues that Choi, Bai, and Ying do not teach that in case of PUSCH, determining as a reference, a symbol position corresponding to the first symbol of the slot in a first case and in a second case of dynamic scheduling and/or that the control circuitry determines, as the reference, a symbol position corresponding to the first symbol of the slot in a first case and in a second case of semi- persistent scheduling. Examiner’s response: Applicant’s interpretation is not supported by the specification. Paragraphs 202-205 do not disclose multiple PUSCH cases. Instead, paragraph 204 discloses that in the case of PUSCH transmission, a time resource is determined using a first symbol of a slot as a reference. The specification does not distinguish the PUSCH reference between first and second cases; rather, the first symbol of the slot is used as the reference regardless of the first or second case. Applicant argues that the Choi, Bai, and Ying fail to teach or suggest there are two patterns of the reference in a case of PDSCH while there is one pattern of the reference in a case of PUSCH, which corresponds to "wherein in a case where a first condition is satisfied, ... wherein in a case where a second condition is satisfied, ...in the first case and in the second case of the time resource allocation". Examiner’s response: Choi, Bai and Ying disclose two patterns of the reference in case of PDSCH, See Choi, [0369], [0497], Bai, [0122], [0155], and Ying [0108-0109], and one pattern of the reference in case of PUSCH, See Choi [0495]. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made. Claims 11, 13-18 and 20-26 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over CHOI et al. (US 20220116968 A1) in view of Bai et al. (US 20200053767 A1) and further in view of Ying et al. (US 20190254053 A1). Regarding claim 11, CHOI discloses “A terminal, comprising: reception circuitry, which, in operation, receives control information in downlink” (See ¶ [0028] a terminal for transmitting or receiving a shared channel in a wireless communication system includes: a transceiver; a processor. ¶ [0080] the UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) through the PDCCH. The DCI may include control information such as resource allocation information for the UE); “and control circuitry, which, in operation, in control of processing data based on the control information, controls a reference for a position, at which the data is mapped in a time resource” (See ¶ [0029] receiving first resource information for transmission of a shared channel from a base station, wherein the first resource information includes a symbol length and a relative start symbol index in a time domain resource for transmission of the shared channel, wherein a start symbol index of the first resource is determined based on the relative start symbol index and a pre-defined reference symbol index), “based on a condition, wherein in a case where a first condition is satisfied, the control circuitry determines, as the reference, a symbol position corresponding to a symbol in a first case of a time resource allocation, and wherein the first condition is satisfied in a case where the control information indicates a reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)” (See ¶ [0497] The terminal may determine a reference symbol index of PDSCH, based on CORESET. Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. Note: The first condition is downlink (PDSCH), where the reference symbol is the symbol where the PDCCH is received, and the first case is dynamic scheduling. See [0369] the base station performs scheduling (e.g., dynamic scheduling of layer 1 (L1)) so that symbols for downlink transmission and symbols for uplink transmission do not overlap each other), “wherein in a case where a second condition is satisfied, the control circuitry determines, as the reference, a symbol position corresponding to the first symbol of the slot in the first case and in the second case of the time resource allocation, and the second condition is satisfied in a case where the control information indicates a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)” (See ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Note: For the second condition for uplink transmission (PUSCH), the reference symbol is the first symbol in a slot), “wherein the reference in the case where the first condition is satisfied is different from the reference in the case where the second condition is satisfied” (See ¶ [0497] The terminal may determine a reference symbol index of PDSCH, based on CORESET. Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot. Note: The reference symbol is the start of the slot in case of PUSCH/ second condition, and the reference symbol is the symbol where the PDCCH is received in case of PDSCH/first condition); “and wherein the control circuitry, in operation, determines resources of the PUSCH or the PDSCH based on the control information, the control information including start(ing) symbol information that indicates a number of symbols relative to the reference” (See ¶ [0080] the UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) through the PDCCH. The DCI may include control information such as resource allocation information for the UE. ¶ [0497] Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. For example, if a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH is received is an R-th symbol of a slot, and an SLIV of a TDRA field of the PDCCH indicates S and L, PDSCH may start at an R+S-th symbol of the slot and may have a length of L. ¶ [0492] PUSCH symbols indicated by the TDRA field indicating SLIV and PUSCH mapping type A always include a symbol in which a DM-RS according to PUSCH mapping type A is located. ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Note: In case of PDSCH, the reference symbol (R) is the symbol where PDCCH is received, and the control information includes a SLIV indicating S and L, which makes the PDSCH mapping start at R + Sth symbol, and in case of PUSCH, the reference symbol is the start of the slot, and the control information also includes the SLIV indicating S and L, which makes the PUSCH mapping start at the Sth symbol). CHOI discloses that in case of downlink, the symbol position depends on the position at which the control information is received, but does not explicitly disclose that the reference corresponds to a symbol identified from a plurality of symbols. However, Bai discloses “the reference is a symbol position corresponding to a symbol identified from a plurality of symbols in a first case of a time resource allocation” (See ¶ [0122] In some cases, base station 105-a may transmit DCI in multiple different symbols or slots to increase robustness for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). To determine the offset, base station 105-a may specify which PDCCH symbol is used as a reference. See Fig. 6, ¶ [0155] For example, DCI 605- a in slot 610-a and DCI 605-b in slot 610-c may both carry scheduling information for slot 610-e. To determine the offset 615 between the DCI 605 and the scheduled slot, the base station 105 may specify which PDCCH is used as a reference. Note: Similarly, the reference symbol position can be determined/specified from the plurality of symbols where DCI was received). Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the teachings of CHOI with the teachings of Bai, and the motivation to do so would have been to increase robustness for a physical downlink control channel (Bai [0122]). CHOI in view of Bai does not explicitly disclose that in a second case of PDSCH, the reference position corresponds to a first symbol in a slot. However, Ying discloses “and to a symbol position corresponding to a first symbol of the slot in a second case of the time resource allocation” (See ¶ [0108] FIG. 2 is an example illustrating downlink (DL) semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) procedures. ¶ [0109] DL assignment to DL data timing (PDCCH activation to first SPS DL data) may be referred to as K0. After RRC configuration, the gNB 160 may send the UE 102 a PDCCH scrambled by SPS RNTI at slot n−K0 to activate the DL SPS transmission. Then the gNB 160 may start SPS PDSCH transmission at slot n). Note: The reference for PDSCH is the beginning/first symbol of the slot n, in a second case of PDSCH scheduling being semi-persistent (SPS). According to applicant’s spec. [0212] the first case is dynamic scheduling and the second case is semi-persistent scheduling. Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the teachings of CHOI and Bai with the teachings of Ying, and the motivation to do so would have been to reduce signaling overhead. Regarding claim 13, CHOI in view of Bai and Ying discloses “The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the first condition is that the data is downlink data” (See CHOI ¶ [0497] The terminal may determine a reference symbol index of PDSCH, based on CORESET. Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. Note: The first condition is downlink (PDSCH), where the reference symbol is the symbol where the PDCCH is received), “and the second condition is that the data is uplink data” (See CHOI ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Note: For the second condition for uplink transmission (PUSCH), the reference symbol is the first symbol in a slot). Regarding claim 14, CHOI in view of Bai and Ying discloses “The terminal according to claim 11, wherein in a case where the control information indicates a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the reference is the symbol position corresponding to the first symbol of the slot” (See CHOI ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Note: For the second condition for uplink transmission (PUSCH), the reference symbol is the first symbol in a slot). Regarding claim 15, CHOI in view of Bai and Ying discloses “The terminal according to claim 11, wherein in a case where the control information indicates a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the reference is the symbol position corresponding to the first symbol of the slot” (See CHOI ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Note: For the second condition for uplink transmission (PUSCH), the reference symbol is the first symbol in a slot), “in a case where the control information indicates a reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH))” (See CHOI ¶ [0497] The terminal may determine a reference symbol index of PDSCH, based on CORESET. Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. Note: The first condition is downlink (PDSCH), where the reference symbol is the symbol where the PDCCH is received), “the reference is a symbol position corresponding to a symbol identified from a plurality of symbols” (See Bai [0122] In some cases, base station 105-a may transmit DCI in multiple different symbols or slots to increase robustness for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). To determine the offset, base station 105-a may specify which PDCCH symbol is used as a reference. See Fig. 6, [0155] For example, DCI 605-a in slot 610-a and DCI 605-b in slot 610-c may both carry scheduling information for slot 610-e. To determine the offset 615 between the DCI 605 and the scheduled slot, the base station 105 may specify which PDCCH is used as a reference. Note: Similarly, the reference symbol position can be determined/specified from the plurality of symbols where DCI was received). Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the teachings of CHOI with the teachings of Bai, and the motivation to do so would have been to increase robustness for a physical downlink control channel (Bai [0122]). Regarding claim 16, CHOI in view of Bai and Ying discloses “The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the identified symbol is different according to each reception of the control information” (See Bai Fig. 6, [0155] To determine the offset 615 between the DCI 605 and the scheduled slot, the base station 105 may specify which PDCCH is used as a reference. For example, DCI 605- a may specify K0=4, as slot 610-e is 4 slots later than slot 610-a. Similarly, DCI 605-b may specify K0=2 as slot 610-e is 2 slots later than slot 610-c. Note: The reference is different with each DCI). Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the teachings of CHOI with the teachings of Bai, and the motivation to do so would have been to increase robustness for a physical downlink control channel (Bai [0122]). Regarding claim 17, CHOI in view of Bai and Ying discloses “The terminal according to claim 11, wherein: the control information includes time resource assignment information, and the position at which the data is mapped is identified by using the time resource assignment information and the reference” (See CHOI ¶ [0497] Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. For example, if a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH is received is an R-th symbol of a slot, and an SLIV of a TDRA field of the PDCCH indicates S and L, PDSCH may start at an R+S-th symbol of the slot and may have a length of L. ¶ [0492] PUSCH symbols indicated by the TDRA field indicating SLIV and PUSCH mapping type A always include a symbol in which a DM-RS according to PUSCH mapping type A is located. ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Regarding claim 18, CHOI discloses “A communication method, comprising: receiving control information in downlink” (See ¶ [0080] the UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) through the PDCCH. The DCI may include control information such as resource allocation information for the UE); “and in control of processing data based on the control information, controlling a reference for a position, at which the data is mapped in a time resource” (See ¶ [0029] receiving first resource information for transmission of a shared channel from a base station, wherein the first resource information includes a symbol length and a relative start symbol index in a time domain resource for transmission of the shared channel, wherein a start symbol index of the first resource is determined based on the relative start symbol index and a pre-defined reference symbol index), “based on a condition, wherein in a case where a first condition is satisfied, the control circuitry determines, as the reference, a symbol position corresponding to a symbol in a first case of a time resource allocation, and wherein the first condition is satisfied in a case where the control information indicates a reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)” (See ¶ [0497] The terminal may determine a reference symbol index of PDSCH, based on CORESET. Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. Note: The first condition is downlink (PDSCH), where the reference symbol is the symbol where the PDCCH is received, and the first case is dynamic scheduling. See [0369] the base station perform scheduling (e.g., dynamic scheduling of layer 1 (L1)) so that symbols for downlink transmission and symbols for uplink transmission do not overlap each other), “wherein in a case where a second condition is satisfied, the control circuitry determines, as the reference, a symbol position corresponding to the first symbol of the slot in the first case and in the second case of the time resource allocation, and the second condition is satisfied in a case where the control information indicates a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)” (See ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Note: For the second condition for uplink transmission (PUSCH), the reference symbol is the first symbol in a slot), “wherein the reference in the case where the first condition is satisfied is different from the reference in the case where the second condition is satisfied” (See ¶ [0497] The terminal may determine a reference symbol index of PDSCH, based on CORESET. Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot. Note: The reference symbol is the start of the slot in case of PUSCH/ second condition, and the reference symbol is the symbol where the PDCCH is received in case of PDSCH/first condition); “and determining resources of the PUSCH or the PDSCH based on the control information, the control information including start(ing) symbol information that indicates a number of symbols relative to the reference” (See ¶ [0080] the UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) through the PDCCH. The DCI may include control information such as resource allocation information for the UE. ¶ [0497] Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. For example, if a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH is received is an R-th symbol of a slot, and an SLIV of a TDRA field of the PDCCH indicates S and L, PDSCH may start at an R+S-th symbol of the slot and may have a length of L. ¶ [0492] PUSCH symbols indicated by the TDRA field indicating SLIV and PUSCH mapping type A always include a symbol in which a DM-RS according to PUSCH mapping type A is located. ¶ [0495] If a terminal is indicated with PUSCH mapping type A by a base station, the terminal may always assume that R=0 (that is, a symbol corresponding to the reference symbol index is a first symbol of the slot). Note: In case of PDSCH, the reference symbol (R) is the symbol where PDCCH is received, and the control information includes a SLIV indicating S and L, which makes the PDSCH mapping start at R + Sth symbol, and in case of PUSCH, the reference symbol is the start of the slot, and the control information also includes the SLIV indicating S and L, which makes the PUSCH mapping start at the Sth symbol). CHOI discloses that in case of downlink, the symbol position depends on the position at which the control information is received, but does not explicitly disclose that the reference corresponds to a symbol identified from a plurality of symbols. However, Bai discloses “the reference is a symbol position corresponding to a symbol identified from a plurality of symbols in a first case of a time resource allocation” (See ¶ [0122] In some cases, base station 105-a may transmit DCI in multiple different symbols or slots to increase robustness for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). To determine the offset, base station 105-a may specify which PDCCH symbol is used as a reference. See Fig. 6, ¶ [0155] For example, DCI 605- a in slot 610-a and DCI 605-b in slot 610-c may both carry scheduling information for slot 610-e. To determine the offset 615 between the DCI 605 and the scheduled slot, the base station 105 may specify which PDCCH is used as a reference. Note: Similarly, the reference symbol position can be determined/specified from the plurality of symbols where DCI was received). Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the teachings of CHOI with the teachings of Bai, and the motivation to do so would have been to increase robustness for a physical downlink control channel (Bai [0122]). CHOI in view of Bai does not explicitly disclose that in a second case of PDSCH, the reference position corresponds to a first symbol in a slot. However, Ying discloses “and to a symbol position corresponding to a first symbol of the slot in a second case of the time resource allocation” (See ¶ [0108] FIG. 2 is an example illustrating downlink (DL) semi- persistent scheduling (SPS) procedures. ¶ [0109] DL assignment to DL data timing (PDCCH activation to first SPS DL data) may be referred to as K0. After RRC configuration, the gNB 160 may send the UE 102 a PDCCH scrambled by SPS RNTI at slot n−K0 to activate the DL SPS transmission. Then the gNB 160 may start SPS PDSCH transmission at slot n). Note: The reference for PDSCH is the beginning/first symbol of the slot n, in a second case of PDSCH scheduling being semi-persistent (SPS). According to applicant’s spec. [0212] the first case is dynamic scheduling and the second case is semi-persistent scheduling. Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the teachings of CHOI and Bai with the teachings of Ying, and the motivation to do so would have been to reduce signaling overhead. Regarding claim 20, these limitations are rejected on the same ground as claim 13. Regarding claim 21, these limitations are rejected on the same ground as claim 14. Regarding claim 22, these limitations are rejected on the same ground as claim 15. Regarding claim 23, these limitations are rejected on the same ground as claim 16. Regarding claim 24, these limitations are rejected on the same ground as claim 17. Regarding claim 25, CHOI in view of Bai and Ying discloses “The terminal according to claim 11, wherein a scheduling type is different between the first case and the second case” (See CHOI ¶ [0497] The terminal may determine a reference symbol index of PDSCH, based on CORESET. Specifically, a first symbol of CORESET in which PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH is received may be a reference symbol index of PDSCH. Note: The first condition is downlink (PDSCH), where the reference symbol is the symbol where the PDCCH is received, and the first case is dynamic scheduling. See [0369] the base station perform scheduling (e.g., dynamic scheduling of layer 1 (L1)) so that symbols for downlink transmission and symbols for uplink transmission do not overlap each other), See Ying ¶ [0109] DL assignment to DL data timing (PDCCH activation to first SPS DL data) may be referred to as K0. After RRC configuration, the gNB 160 may send the UE 102 a PDCCH scrambled by SPS RNTI at slot n−K0 to activate the DL SPS transmission. Then the gNB may start SPS PDSCH transmission at slot n. Note: The reference for PDSCH is the beginning/first symbol of the slot n, in a second case of PDSCH scheduling being semi-persistent (SPS). According to applicant’s spec. [0212] the first case is dynamic scheduling and the second case is semi- persistent scheduling). Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the teachings of CHOI and Bai with the teachings of Ying, and the motivation to do so would have been to reduce signaling overhead. Regarding claim 26, these limitations are rejected on the same ground as claim 25. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to SALMA A AYAD whose telephone number is (571)270-0285. The examiner can normally be reached Monday-Friday 8:00 to 5:30 ET. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Yemane Mesfin can be reached at 5712723927. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. /SALMA AYAD/Examiner, Art Unit 2462 /KEVIN C. HARPER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2462
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