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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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 07/02/2026 has been entered.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1, 3-6, 8-11, and 13-20 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 11, 13-18 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Regarding claim 11, the preamble of the claim recites “a transmission or
reception configuration method, applied to a second electronic device,” yet all of the
recited method steps are directed to configuring a first electronic device, and there are
no steps recited as being performed by, or applied to, the second electronic device. The
claim fails to clearly identify which device is performing the method steps, or how the
second electronic device is involved in the method. As such, it is unclear as to who or
what is performing the recited steps. This renders the claim indefinite.
In other words, there are zero steps performed by the second electronic device. There are zero steps applied to the second electronic device. There is no indication that the second electronic device is somehow remotely configuring the first electronic device.
It is unclear what constitute the are no limitations here that would be given patentable weight, since all of the limitations pertain to the configuration of a first device, and the method applies to a second device instead.
This claim is indefinite and not properly enabled due to the gaps in limitations.
Claims 13-17 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) due to their respective dependencies on claim 11.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 3-6, 8-10 and 19 are allowed
Claims 11, 13-17, and 20 would be allowable if amended to overcome the 112(b) rejection set forth in this action..
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Kung et al. (US 20210227465 A1) discloses a method for logical channel prioritization regarding sidelink discontinuous reception.
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