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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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 11/11/2025 has been entered.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 11/11/2025 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
The Applicant argues that previously cited reference Gou fails to disclose the currently amended claim features and Yin fails to cure the deficiencies of Gou. The argument with regards to Gou is moot, however, Yin is found to disclose the currently amended claim features as shown in the rejections below. The Applicant did not address how Yin fails to disclose the currently amended claim features. Therefore, new grounds of rejections based on Yin are applied to the currently amended claims as shown in the rejections below.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1, 8, 13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Yin (US 2022/0377750).
Yin discloses the following features.
Regarding claim 1, a method for processing uplink transmission (see “uplink channel” recited in paragraph [0203]), comprising:
determining, by a communication device (see UE 102 in Fig. 1), that an uplink transmission of a first priority and an uplink transmission of a second priority overlap in a time domain, and the first priority being higher than the second priority (see Fig. 17 showing overlap of high-priority channel 1702 and low-priority channel 1704), wherein the uplink transmission is a PUCCH transmission (see “determine that a transmission of a first uplink channel with high-priority overlaps in time with a transmission of a second uplink channel with low-priority, where the uplink channel may be a PUCCH…” recited in paragraph [0203]);
determining, by the communication device, a time point, wherein the time point is a start time point of a start position of resource of the uplink transmission of the first priority (see Fig. 17 and paragraph [0170], which recites “In example 17a, the high-priority channel 1702 starts at the same symbol as the low-priority channel 1704. In example 17b, the high-priority channel 1702 starts earlier than the low-priority channel 1704”, during which the start of the high-priority channel is determined); and
canceling, by the communication device, the uplink transmission of the second priority after the time point (see Fig. 17b and paragraph [0170], wherein the low-priority channel 1704, which starts after the start of the high-priority channel 1702, is canceled);
wherein after canceling the uplink transmission of the second priority after the time point, the uplink transmission of the first priority does not overlap with the uplink transmission of the second priority in the time domain (see Fig. 17b, wherein the low-priority channel 1704 is canceled and therefore does not overlap with the high-priority channel 1702).
Regarding claim 8, wherein the communication device is a terminal (see UE 102 in Fig. 1).
Regarding claim 13, wherein the communication device is a base station (see “In one example, a base station (gNB), comprises: a higher layer processor configured to determine that a transmission of a first uplink channel with high-priority overlaps in time with a transmission of a second uplink channel with low-priority, where the uplink channel may be a PUCCH or a PUSCH; the higher layer processor configured to drop the second uplink channel with low-priority; and receiving circuitry configured to receive the first uplink channel with high-priority” recited in paragraph [0007]).
Regarding claim 15, a communication device (see UE 102 in Fig. 1/UE 1302 in Fig. 13), comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor (see memory 1305 and processor 1303 in Fig. 13);
wherein the processor is configured to:
determine that an uplink transmission of a first priority and an uplink transmission of a second priority overlap in a time domain, and the first priority being higher than the second priority (see Fig. 17 showing overlap of high-priority channel 1702 and low-priority channel 1704), wherein the uplink transmission is a PUCCH transmission (see “determine that a transmission of a first uplink channel with high-priority overlaps in time with a transmission of a second uplink channel with low-priority, where the uplink channel may be a PUCCH…” recited in paragraph [0203]);
determine a time point, wherein the time point is a start time point of a start position of resource of the uplink transmission of the first priority (see Fig. 17 and paragraph [0170], which recites “In example 17a, the high-priority channel 1702 starts at the same symbol as the low-priority channel 1704. In example 17b, the high-priority channel 1702 starts earlier than the low-priority channel 1704”, during which the start of the high-priority channel is determined); and
cancel the uplink transmission of the second priority after the time point (see Fig. 17b and paragraph [0170], wherein the low-priority channel 1704, which starts after the start of the high-priority channel 1702, is canceled);
wherein after canceling the uplink transmission of the second priority after the time point, the uplink transmission of the first priority does not overlap with the uplink transmission of the second priority in the time domain (see Fig. 17b, wherein the low-priority channel 1704 is canceled and therefore does not overlap with the high-priority channel 1702).
Regarding claim 16, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor (see UE 1302 in Fig. 13 including memory 1305 and processor 1303), cause the processor to:
determine that an uplink transmission of a first priority and an uplink transmission of a second priority overlap in a time domain, and the first priority being higher than the second priority (see Fig. 17 showing overlap of high-priority channel 1702 and low-priority channel 1704), wherein the uplink transmission is a PUCCH transmission (see “determine that a transmission of a first uplink channel with high-priority overlaps in time with a transmission of a second uplink channel with low-priority, where the uplink channel may be a PUCCH…” recited in paragraph [0203]);
determine a time point, wherein the time point is a start time point of a start position of resource of the uplink transmission of the first priority (see Fig. 17 and paragraph [0170], which recites “In example 17a, the high-priority channel 1702 starts at the same symbol as the low-priority channel 1704. In example 17b, the high-priority channel 1702 starts earlier than the low-priority channel 1704”, during which the start of the high-priority channel is determined); and
cancel the uplink transmission of the second priority after the time point (see Fig. 17b and paragraph [0170], wherein the low-priority channel 1704, which starts after the start of the high-priority channel 1702, is canceled);
wherein after canceling the uplink transmission of the second priority after the time point, the uplink transmission of the first priority does not overlap with the uplink transmission of the second priority in the time domain (see Fig. 17b, wherein the low-priority channel 1704 is canceled and therefore does not overlap with the high-priority channel 1702).
Regarding claim 18, wherein the communication device is a terminal (see UE 102 in Fig. 1).
Regarding claim 20, wherein the communication device is a base station (see “In one example, a base station (gNB), comprises: a higher layer processor configured to determine that a transmission of a first uplink channel with high-priority overlaps in time with a transmission of a second uplink channel with low-priority, where the uplink channel may be a PUCCH or a PUSCH; the higher layer processor configured to drop the second uplink channel with low-priority; and receiving circuitry configured to receive the first uplink channel with high-priority” recited in paragraph [0007]).
Regarding claim 22, wherein the communication device is a terminal (see UE 102 in Fig. 1).
Regarding claim 24, wherein the communication device is a base station (see “In one example, a base station (gNB), comprises: a higher layer processor configured to determine that a transmission of a first uplink channel with high-priority overlaps in time with a transmission of a second uplink channel with low-priority, where the uplink channel may be a PUCCH or a PUSCH; the higher layer processor configured to drop the second uplink channel with low-priority; and receiving circuitry configured to receive the first uplink channel with high-priority” recited in paragraph [0007]).
Conclusion
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/JUTAI KAO/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2473