DETAILED ACTION
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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 1/2/2026 has been entered.
SPECIFICATION
The specification is objected to because
The amendment filed 1/2/2026 is objected to under 35 U.S.C. 132 (a) because it introduces new matter into the disclosure. 35 U.S.C. 132(a) states that no amendment shall introduce new matter into the disclosure of the invention. The added material which is not supported by the original disclosure is as follows:
Amendment to [0157], [0169], [0187], and [0195] changes “virtual data streams” to “spatial ports and virtual ports” which is different from and broader than the original disclosure. The original disclosure does not define or treat these terms as equivalents. For instance, [0061] states: “The component 198 may also be configured to receive a signal from a repeater comprising data precoded based on a space-frequency precoding scheme across a plurality of spatial ports and virtual ports and to derive separate virtual data streams by applying space-frequency MMSE combining of the received signal across multiple reception ports.”
CLAIM REJECTIONS — 35 U.S.C. 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention
Claims 1-11 and 31-48 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Independent claim 1 as amended recites “wherein the space-frequency precoding scheme is based on a representation of a first channel response over the first frequency and a second channel response over the second frequency.” Independent claims 31 and 42 as amended recite similar limitations. On page 12 of the Remarks Applicant stated “Support for the amendment can be found throughout the application as-filed, such as paragraphs [0l10]-[0112] of the specification as-filed.” However, the Examiner cannot find support for these amendments in those paragraphs of the specification as-filed (or as published) nor in the remainder of the disclosure. For instance, the term “channel response” does not appear in the specification. The phrase “response” only appears three times in the Specification and only in the context of discussing something being “in response to” something else. Furthermore, the phrase “representation” appears in the specification with respect to signals and virtual ports (see [0018], [0108], [0116], and [0118]) but not a “representation of a first channel response” as claimed.
Independent claim 1 recites “the second frequency corresponds to a second frequency bandwidth between the repeater and an additional wireless device.” Independent claims 31 and 42 as amended recite similar limitations. On page 12 of the Remarks Applicant stated “Support for the amendment can be found throughout the application as-filed, such as paragraphs [0l10]-[0112] of the specification as-filed.” However, the Examiner cannot find support for these amendments in those paragraphs of the specification as-filed (or as published) nor in the remainder of the disclosure. For instance, the disclosure does not describe the “second frequency” as corresponding to a bandwidth between a repeated and “an additional wireless device.” While paragraphs [0159] and [0249] describe forwarding space-frequency precoded data to an additional wireless device, no portion of the specification disclosed “the second frequency corresponds to a second frequency bandwidth between the repeater and an additional wireless device.”
Dependent claims 2-11, 32-41, and 43-48 are rejected by virtue of their dependency.
RESPONSE TO ARGUMENTS
The Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, filed 1/2/2026, with respect to the rejections under §103 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The rejections of the claims under §103 have been withdrawn.
CONCLUSION
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Examiner, Art Unit 2476
/AYAZ R SHEIKH/ Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2476