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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the carrier power amplifier is a Class B power amplifier or a Class AB power amplifier and the peak power amplifier is a Class C power amplifier recited in claim 1, medium low power amplifier transistor recited in claim 1, power less than or equal to a preset threshold recited in claim 1, preset threshold is substantially equal to 100 W recited in claim 1, and reduce saturation power of each medium low power amplifier transistor recited in claim 17 must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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.
Claim(s) 1 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over [SCHMIDT (Fig. 2); 2013/0021104].
SCHMIDT discloses all the limitations in the claims as described in the previous office action dated 10/2/25 except for that the carrier power amplifier is a Class B power amplifier or a Class AB power amplifier, and the peak power amplifier is a Class C power amplifier. Furthermore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to have implemented the specific Classes of power amplifier for the carrier and peaking amplifiers, since implementing specific classes of power amplifiers are based on routine experimentations to obtain the optimum operating parameters for the carrier and peaking amplifiers in order to improve the operating performance of the bias voltages for the carrier and peaking amplifiers which is well known in the amplifier circuits.
Regarding claim 2, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claim 12, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claim 15, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claim 18, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Claim(s) 3-10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over [SCHMIDT (Fig. 2); 2013/0021104] in view of [Tamanoi et al (Fig. 9); 8,890,620].
Regarding claim 3, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claim 4, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claim 5, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claim 6, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claim 7, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claims 8, 13 and 14, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claims 9, 16 and 17, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Regarding claims 10, 19 and 20, exactly same as the previous office action dated 10/2/25.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-20 have been considered but are moot in view of the new grounds of rejection.
Conclusion
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to Henry Choe whose telephone number is (571)272-1760. The examiner can normally be reached Mon-Fri 6:00 AM- 6:00 PM EST. 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/interview practice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Andrea J Lindgren Baltzell can be reached on (571)272-5918. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
/HENRY CHOE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2843