DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Remarks
Applicant's election with traverse of Group I in the reply filed on 10/14/25 is acknowledged. The traversal is on the ground(s) that, “there would not be a serious burden on the examiner to examine both groups”. In response to the Applicant’s remarks, the examiner found that the applicant response is persuasive and therefore the Restriction is withdrawn.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 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) 1-3, 7, 12, 25-27, 36-37, and 60 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Guan et al. (hereinafter “guan”, WO2020029725.
As per claim 1, Guan discloses a method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network entity, a control message associated with an uplink transmission from one or more antenna panels, wherein the control message comprises a first indication associated with an uplink transmission configuration indicator and a second indication of an uplink power control parameter set identifier associated with the first indication (see fig. 8, step 606, the terminal device receives the SRI. Spatial Relation (SR) may also be referred to as uplink TCI. Each spatial relation may also include power control information, see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27); and communicating with the network entity based at least in part on the first indication associated with the uplink transmission configuration indicator and the second indication of the uplink power control parameter set identifier (see fig. 8, steps 609-611, step 609, the terminal device determines a transmission beam and a transmission power for transmitting the uplink signal according to the spatial relation. Accordingly, in step 610, the network device determines a receive beam for receiving the uplink signal according to the spatial relation. In step 611, the terminal device transmits the uplink signal through the transmission beam based on the transmission power. And according to step 611, the network device receives the uplink signal through the receiving beam, see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27).
As per claim 2, Guan discloses receiving, from the network entity, a downlink control information after receiving the control message, wherein the downlink control information indicates a value for a codepoint (see throughout the reference, TCI value).
As per claim 3, Guan discloses the first indication associated with the uplink transmission configuration indicator comprises an uplink transmission configuration indicator state identifier for the codepoint (see throughout the reference, uplink BWP ID).
As per claim 7, Guan discloses the control message comprises a third indication of the codepoint (see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27).
As per claim 12, Guan discloses the first indication associated with the uplink transmission configuration indicator comprises a codepoint identifier associated with a codepoint (see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27).
As per claim 25, as rejected above in claim 1, Guan discloses a method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network entity, a control message associated with an uplink transmission from one or more antenna panels, the control message comprising a bit, wherein a value of the bit indicates whether an uplink transmission configuration indicator is included in the control message or an uplink power control parameter set identifier is included in the control message (see fig. 3, pg. 14-39, Table 1 & Table 2); and communicating with the network entity based at least in part on the uplink transmission configuration indicator or the uplink power control parameter set identifier (see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27).
As per claim 26, Guan discloses receiving, from the network entity, a downlink control information after receiving the control message, wherein the downlink control information indicates a value for a codepoint (see throughout the reference, TCI value).
As per claim 27, Guan discloses the uplink transmission configuration indicator is associated with the codepoint (see throughout the reference, TCI value).
As per claim 36, Guan discloses a method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a control message associated with an uplink transmission from one or more antenna panels, wherein the control message comprises a first indication associated with an uplink transmission configuration indicator and a second indication of an uplink power control parameter set identifier associated with the first indication (see fig. 8, step 606, the terminal device receives the SRI. Spatial Relation (SR) may also be referred to as uplink TCI. Each spatial relation may also include power control information, see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27);; and communicating with the UE based at least in part on the first indication associated with the uplink transmission configuration indicator and the second indication of the uplink power control parameter set identifier (see fig. 8, steps 609-611, step 609, the terminal device determines a transmission beam and a transmission power for transmitting the uplink signal according to the spatial relation. Accordingly, in step 610, the network device determines a receive beam for receiving the uplink signal according to the spatial relation. In step 611, the terminal device transmits the uplink signal through the transmission beam based on the transmission power. And according to step 611, the network device receives the uplink signal through the receiving beam, see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27).
As per claim 37, Guan discloses transmitting, to the UE, a downlink control information after transmitting the control message, wherein the downlink control information indicates a value for a codepoint (see throughout the reference, TCI value).
As per claim 60, Guan discloses a method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a control message associated with an uplink transmission from one or more antenna panels, the control message comprising a bit, wherein a value of the bit indicates whether an uplink transmission configuration indicator is included in the control message or an uplink power control parameter set identifier is included in the control message (see fig. 3, pg. 14-39, Table 1 & Table 2); and communicating with the UE based at least in part on the uplink transmission configuration indicator or the uplink power control parameter set identifier (see pg. 15/ln. 30- pg. 17/ln. 16 and pg. 36/ln. 22- pg. 38/ln. 27).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-6, 8-11, 13-14, 15-22, and 28-29 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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January 29, 2026
/PABLO N TRAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2643