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Last updated: April 19, 2026
Application No. 18/153,918

INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

Non-Final OA §102§103§112
Filed
Jan 12, 2023
Examiner
REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E
Art Unit
2472
Tech Center
2400 — Computer Networks
Assignee
Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
OA Round
1 (Non-Final)
82%
Grant Probability
Favorable
1-2
OA Rounds
3y 0m
To Grant
94%
With Interview

Examiner Intelligence

Grants 82% — above average
82%
Career Allow Rate
245 granted / 298 resolved
+24.2% vs TC avg
Moderate +12% lift
Without
With
+11.6%
Interview Lift
resolved cases with interview
Typical timeline
3y 0m
Avg Prosecution
31 currently pending
Career history
329
Total Applications
across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101
3.0%
-37.0% vs TC avg
§103
59.2%
+19.2% vs TC avg
§102
17.5%
-22.5% vs TC avg
§112
13.3%
-26.7% vs TC avg
Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 298 resolved cases

Office Action

§102 §103 §112
Detailed Action The office action is in response to the communications filed on 01/12/2023 . Notice of 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. Claims Status Claims 1-20 are pending in this application. Information Disclosure Statement The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 01/12/2023 and 06/24/2024 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner. Prior Art Made of Record The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Jana et al. ( Patent Publication No. US 2019/0245718), the prior art discloses a transmitter configured to send a plurality of orthogonally polarized signals containing transmit data using faster-than-Nyquist transmission Claim Objections Claims 4 and 18 are objected to because of the following informalities: “RRC ” or “DCI” . This abbreviation (e.g. acronym or initialism) should be expanded to indicate what it stands for. Appropriate correction is required. Allowable Subject Matter Claims 6 and 8 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. 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. Claims 4 and 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention. Regarding Claim 4, the claim recites: (first limitation) “sending a signal parameter and index value correspondence table by using the broadcast message”; and (Second limitation) “sending an index value of the signal parameter corresponding to the encoded information by using the Dedicated-RRC message or the DCI”. Based on the context of the claim is ambiguous whether the first information is sent using the broadcast message or using the Dedicated-RRC message or the DCI. As result, the claim is indefinite. Regarding Claim 14, the claim recites: (first limitation) “receiving a signal parameter and index value correspondence table by using the broadcast message”; and (Second limitation) “receiving an index value of the signal parameter corresponding to the encoded information by using the Dedicated-RRC message or the DCI”. Based on the context of the claim is ambiguous whether the first information is received using the broadcast message or using the Dedicated-RRC message or the DCI. As result, the claim is indefinite. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 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. Claims 1 -3, 5, 7, 9-10, 11-17, and 19- 20 is are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(2) as being anticipated by Hassan et al. (Publication No. US 2018/0316538 , hereinafter referred to as Hassan ). Regarding claims 1 and 20, Hassan discloses performing overlapped X-domain multiplexing (OVXDM) or faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) waveform encoding on data (Transmitter in a transmitting device when sending a Faster-than-Nyquist multi-carrier signal S(t)), wherein the transmitter is a base station; see figure 4B & ¶ 52) , and generating and sending encoded information (The transmitter sends the signal S(t); see figure 4 step 418.) , wherein the encoded information is generated and/or sent based on a signal parameter (The signal S(t) is determined based on the value of τ [parameter]; see figure 4B steps 424 & 414.) ; receiving feedback information sent by a receive end of the encoded information (The value τ is based on CQI [feedback] received from a receiver; wherein the receiver is a UE; see figure 4B steps 424.) ; and adjusting the signal parameter according to the feedback information (The transmitter determines a τ [parameter] based on the CQI from receiver; see figure 4B step 424.) . Regarding claims 2 and 12, Hassan discloses that the signal parameter comprises at least one of the following: an overlapped time domain coefficient τ; a symbol modulation order corresponding to τ; K_1 defined by OVXDM; K defined by OVXDM or K_2 defined by cascaded OVXDM; a symbol modulation order corresponding to K or K_2; an overlapped frequency domain coefficient ζ; N defined by OVXDM; a symbol modulation order corresponding to N; a bit rate at which the encoded information is sent (The value of τ is set to a value less than 1 to generate a larger number of multi-carrier signal pulses within a time period as compared to orthogonal transmission schemes, and therefore the symbol/data rate is increased; see ¶ 27.) ; and a parameter of a filter. Regarding claim 3, Hassan discloses that before the receiving feedback information sent by a receive end of the encoded information, the method further comprises: sending first information to the receive end, wherein the first information comprises the signal parameter or indication information of the signal parameter (T he transmitter send s information about the acceleration factor τ [parameter] to the receiver; see figure 4b step 418. NOTE: the transmission of the factor is performed before receiving the CQI [feedback]; see figure 4B step 414-418.). Regarding claims 5 and 13, Hassan discloses that the feedback information is second information or feedback information used for feeding back whether the encoded information is successfully parsed, where the second information is one of the following: first-type second information, wherein the first-type second information comprises at least one of the following: a bit error rate and a channel measurement parameter (The value τ is based on CQI [channel measurement parameter] received from a receiver; wherein the receiver is a UE; see figure 4B steps 424.) ; and second-type second information, wherein the second-type second information comprises: a suggested signal parameter or indication information of a suggested signal parameter. Regarding claim 7, Hassan discloses that the indication information of the suggested signal parameter is indication information used for indicating increasing or decreasing of a signal parameter; and the adjusting the signal parameter according to the feedback information comprises: increasing or decreasing a current signal parameter according to a preset stepping according to the indication information of the suggested signal parameter (The Faster-Than-Nyquist multi-carrier signaling acceleration factor τ used on one or more system channels may be adjusted based on the changing conditions (e.g. CQI) [indication information]; see ¶ 28. If channel conditions change unfavorably, the acceleration factor τ may be increased to lower the data rate so that QoS remains acceptable on the one or more channels. If channel conditions change favorably, the acceleration factor τ may be decreased to increase the data rate and/or improve QoS to take advantage of the improved channel conditions; see ¶ 28.) . Regarding claims 9 and 19, Hassan discloses that after the adjusting the signal parameter according to the feedback information, the method further comprises (The value τ is based on CQI [feedback] received from a receiver; see figure 4B steps 424.) : sending third information to the receive end, wherein the third information comprises an adjusted signal parameter or indication information of an adjusted signal parameter (The transmitter sends the τ [parameter] to the receiver; see figure 4B step 414.) . Regarding claim 10, Hassan discloses that before the receiving feedback information sent by a receive end of the encoded information, the method further comprises: sending a pilot signal, wherein the pilot signal comprises at least one of the following: a synchronization signal, a channel state information-reference signal, or a preset reference signal (The receiver CQI determiner uses the monitored output of source decoder to determine a channel quality indicator (CQI) of the received multi-carrier signal S(t) [pilot]; see figure 4A step 406 & ¶ 47. It is inherent that the multi-carrier signal S(t) includes a preset reference signal in order to enable the receiver to determine the CQI.) . Regarding claim 11, Hassan discloses that receiving encoded information sent by a transmit end, wherein the encoded information is generated by the transmit end performing OVXDM or FTN waveform encoding on data (A Receiver received a Faster-than-Nyquist multi-carrier signal S(t) from a transmitter; see figure 4A & ¶ 42.) , and the encoded information is generated and/or sent based on a signal parameter (The signal S(t) is determined based on the value of τ [parameter]; see figure 4B steps 424 & 414.) ; decoding the encoded information (The receiver receives and demodulates the signal S(t); see figure 4A step 406 & ¶ 47.) , and determining feedback information (The receiver CQI determiner uses the monitored output of source decoder to determine a channel quality indicator (CQI) of the received multi-carrier signal S(t); see figure 4A step 406 & ¶ 47.) ; and sending the feedback information to the transmit end (The receiver sends the CQI to the transmitter; see figure 4A step 406.) , wherein the feedback information is used for adjusting the signal parameter (The transmitter determines a τ [parameter] based on the CQI from receiver; see figure 4B step 424.). Regarding claim 14, Hassan discloses that before the receiving feedback information sent by a receive end of the encoded information, the method further comprises: receive a pilot signal, wherein the pilot signal comprises at least one of the following: a synchronization signal, a channel state information-reference signal, or a preset reference signal (The receiver CQI determiner uses the monitored output of source decoder to determine a channel quality indicator (CQI) of the received multi-carrier signal S(t) [pilot]; see figure 4A step 406 & ¶ 47. It is inherent that the multi-carrier signal S(t) includes a preset reference signal in order to enable the receiver to determine the CQI.) . Regarding claim 1 5 , Hassan discloses that when the second information is the second-type second information, before the sending the feedback information to the transmit end, the method further comprises: obtaining reference information, wherein the reference information comprises at least one of the following: the channel measurement parameter, the bit error rate, and a capability of the communication device; and determining the suggested signal parameter according to the reference information ( The receiver CQI determiner uses the monitored output of source decoder to determine a channel quality indicator (CQI) of the received multi-carrier signal S(t) [pilot] , wherein t he CQI may be a bit error rate, packet error rate, received power level, or any other indicator of the quality of the received multi-carrier signal S(t). ; see figure 4A step 406 & ¶ 47. ) . Regarding claim 1 6 , Hassan discloses that the indication information of the suggested signal parameter is an index value of a signal parameter or indication information used for indicating increasing or decreasing of a signal parameter (The Faster-Than-Nyquist multi-carrier signaling acceleration factor τ used on one or more system channels may be adjusted based on the changing conditions (e.g. CQI) [indication information]; see ¶ 28. If channel conditions change unfavorably, the acceleration factor τ may be increased to lower the data rate so that QoS remains acceptable on the one or more channels. If channel conditions change favorably, the acceleration factor τ may be decreased to increase the data rate and/or improve QoS to take advantage of the improved channel conditions; see ¶ 28.) . Regarding claim 17, Hassan discloses that before the decoding the encoded information, the method further comprises: receiving first information sent by the transmit end, wherein the first information comprises the signal parameter corresponding to the encoded information or indication information of the signal parameter (The transmitter sends information about the acceleration factor τ [parameter] to the receiver; see figure 4b step 418. NOTE: the transmission of the factor is performed before receiving the CQI [feedback]; see figure 4B step 414-418.). ; and decoding the encoded information according to the signal parameter corresponding to the encoded information and indicated by the first information (After the receiver receive the acceleration factor τ [parameter], the receiver receive and demodulates the signal (S(t); see figure $A steps 404-406.) . Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 The following is a quotation of AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made. The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows: 1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art. 2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue. 3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art. 4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness . Claims 4 and 18 is are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hassan et al. (Publication No. US 2018/0316538 ; hereinafter referred to as Hassan) in view of Lu o et al. ( Patent No. US 10,924,152; hereinafter referred as Luo ) . Regarding claims 4 and 18, Hassan discloses transmitter when sending a Faster-than-Nyquist Multi-carrier signal, but fails to explicitly disclose that the sending first information to the receive end comprises: sending a signal parameter and index value correspondence table by using the broadcast message; and sending an index value of the signal parameter corresponding to the encoded information by using the Dedicated-RRC message or the DCI. However, in analogous art, Luo discloses that the electronic device being implemented as user equipment (UE) may receive Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling over a control channel from the network, where the RRC includes a configuration or flag [value] for a processing mode [encoded] selection to be implemented by the electronic device; see column 7 lines 36-41. It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hassan transmission system with RRC mechanism of in order to facilitate the configuration of the modulation scheme such as FTN. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT HECTOR REYES whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)270-0239 . The examiner can normally be reached FILLIN "Work Schedule?" \* MERGEFORMAT M-F 6-5 . 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/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Kevin Bates can be reached on (571) 272-3980. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. /H.R/ Examiner, Art Unit 2472 /KEVIN T BATES/ Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2472
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Prosecution Timeline

Jan 12, 2023
Application Filed
Mar 26, 2026
Non-Final Rejection — §102, §103, §112 (current)

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