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Application No. 18/146,594

SERVICE TYPE INDICATOR IN USER ASSISTANCE INFORMATION MESSAGING

Non-Final OA §103
Filed
Dec 27, 2022
Examiner
JAIN, RAJ K
Art Unit
2411
Tech Center
2400 — Computer Networks
Assignee
T-Mobile Usa Inc.
OA Round
3 (Non-Final)
88%
Grant Probability
Favorable
3-4
OA Rounds
3y 0m
To Grant
95%
With Interview

Examiner Intelligence

Grants 88% — above average
88%
Career Allow Rate
717 granted / 818 resolved
+29.7% vs TC avg
Moderate +8% lift
Without
With
+7.6%
Interview Lift
resolved cases with interview
Typical timeline
3y 0m
Avg Prosecution
43 currently pending
Career history
861
Total Applications
across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101
4.8%
-35.2% vs TC avg
§103
50.7%
+10.7% vs TC avg
§102
18.7%
-21.3% vs TC avg
§112
16.2%
-23.8% vs TC avg
Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 818 resolved cases

Office Action

§103
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 . DETAILED ACTION Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 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 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 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) 1,4-8,11-16,18-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Xu et al (US 20240323997 A1) hereinafter as Xu in view of JIANG et al (US 20240244457 A1) hereinafter as JIANG. Regarding claim(s) 1,8,16 Xu discloses a user equipment (UE) (See Fig(s). 1 UE as 101) comprising: a processor; and a plurality of programming instructions that, when executed by the processor (See Fig(s). 21), perform operations including: determining that a service which utilizes a telecommunication network is active on the UE (See Fig(s). 1, See ¶ 70.. The terminal 101 and the terminal 102 may be VR/AR terminals. The terminal 101 and the terminal 102 may be connected to a network via the base station 103 or another access point, and obtain a VR service/AR service from the cloud/edge cloud 104.); and wherein the service is an extended reality (XR) service having a service type indicator indicating that the service is XR service (See ¶ (3, a video transmission service, cloud gaming (cloud gaming, CG), and extended reality (extended reality, XR), and the service type indicator indicates that the service is an XR service (See ¶ 147, The network device may determine, based on the statistical parameter of the delay jitter indicated by the first indication information, the DRX parameter and/or the CG resource that are/is required for transmitting an XR service. Alternatively, the network device determines, based on the statistical parameter of the burst length indicated by the first indication information, the DRX parameter and/or the CG resource that are/is required for transmitting an XR service.); providing multiple service type indicators in a user assistance information message to a base station of the telecommunication network for multiple services that are active on the UE (See Fig(s). 1, See ¶ 66, 70, 230, services such as virtual reality (virtual reality, VR), augmented reality (augmented reality, AR), mixed reality (mixed reality, MR), and extended reality (XR). Xu fails to disclose the multiple services including at least the XR service and at least one of a voice calling service, a video calling service, a messaging service, a video streaming service, a data browsing service, a video conferencing service, and a security camera service. JIANG discloses multiple services including at least the XR service and at least one of a voice calling service, a video calling service, a messaging service, a video streaming service, a data browsing service, a video conferencing service, and a security camera service (See ¶ 205-206, the XR service source includes many different types of service flows. The different types of service flows may be a video flow, an audio flow, a data flow, and an action or control flow.). The optimum bandwidth for uplink/downlink communications ensures there is continuous communications without loss of data and/or signal. Thus, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to incorporate the teachings of JIANG within Xu, so as to have continuous communications without loss of data and/or signal between base station and devices of interest. Regarding claim(s) 4,11,18, JIANG discloses wherein the providing includes providing, in a traffic characteristics field of the UAI message, indication(s) of desired uplink or downlink bandwidth (See ¶ 86 the terminal sends UE assistance information (UAI) to the network side device. The assistance information includes a discontinuous reception (DRX) related parameter, a secondary cell group (SCG) configuration, a quantity of configured serving cells (Scells), an aggregate bandwidth). The optimum bandwidth for uplink/downlink communications ensures there is continuous communications without loss of data and/or signal. Thus, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to incorporate the teachings of JIANG within Xu, so as to have continuous communications without loss of data and/or signal. Regarding claim(s) 5,19, Xu discloses wherein the determining and the providing are in response to an activation of the service on the UE (See ¶ 93, UAI specified in an existing protocol includes a DRX parameter. An InactivityTimer field describing the DRX parameter indicates a length of an activity period in a DRX cycle.). Regarding claim(s) 6,15, Xu discloses wherein the providing is performed after transmission from the UE of a radio resource control (RRC) connection request and before receiving an RRC reconfiguration message (See ¶ 183, After receiving the DRX parameter in the RRC signaling, the terminal monitors the PDCCH based on the configured monitoring occasion, and transmits the XR service after detecting the PDCCH.. Regarding claim(s) 7,20, Xu discloses wherein the providing is performed conditionally based on a base station type of the base station (See Fig(s). 1, See ¶ 70 base station type may be an access point). Regarding claim(s) 12, JIANG discloses wherein the taking the action includes determining that insufficient resources are available to the base station and the action is one of terminating a connection with the UE or handing the UE off to another base station or wireless access point (See ¶ 54, deactivation of resource from the network is same as terminating a connection). Regarding claim(s) 13, JIANG discloses wherein the taking the action includes determining that sufficient resources are available to the base station and the action is proceeding with establishing a protocol data unit (PDU) session between the UE and a core network of the telecommunication network to use for the service (See ¶ 54, 96). Regarding claim(s) 14, Xu discloses wherein the action includes adaptation of network traffic between the UE and the base station for lower resolution service (See ¶ abstract,8, delay jitter is type of lower resolution service). Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to Raj Jain whose telephone number is (571) 272-3145. The examiner can normally be reached on M-Th ~8 ~6. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Derrick Ferris can be reached on 571-272-3123. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from Patent Center. Status information for published applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Status information for unpublished applications is available through Patent Center for authorized users only. Should you have questions about access to Patent Center, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). 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) Form at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/uspto-automated- interview-request-air-form. /RAJ JAIN/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2411
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Prosecution Timeline

Dec 27, 2022
Application Filed
Jun 11, 2025
Non-Final Rejection — §103
Sep 12, 2025
Response Filed
Oct 22, 2025
Final Rejection — §103
Jan 26, 2026
Request for Continued Examination
Jan 30, 2026
Response after Non-Final Action
Feb 17, 2026
Non-Final Rejection — §103 (current)

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3-4
Expected OA Rounds
88%
Grant Probability
95%
With Interview (+7.6%)
3y 0m
Median Time to Grant
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