DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Applicant’s 12/30/2025 Amendments/Arguments, which directly amended claims 1, 22; and traversed the rejections of the claims of the 10/02/2025 Office Action are acknowledged.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph 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.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
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 of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-10 and 22-26 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, 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.
Regarding claim 1, and similarly claim 22, the amended limitation of “wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are associated with overlapping parts of the RS-P in time-domain” as claimed is a new 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. Reviewing of the specification and searching for the term “overlapping” yielded to three instances of such term and none described the “overlapping parts of the RS-P in time-domain” as claimed.
Further, Applicant’s 12/30/2025 Amendments/Arguments attempted to shown Fig 18-19 as support in the specification for the new subject matter. However, paragraph [0165] of the original specification described Fig 18-19 as follows:
“FIG. 18 illustrates a sub-band arrangement for a PRS resource 1800 in accordance with an aspect of the disclosure. In FIG. 18, the PRS resource 1800 includes a first sub-band 1802, a second sub-band 1804 and an intervening sub-band region 1806. The wireless node may perform the first and second measurements (e.g., RSRPs) on the sub-bands 1804-1806, while refraining from measuring the intervening sub-band region 1806. For example, the separation of the intervening sub-band region 1806 may provide a diversity of angle measurements. FIG. 19 illustrates a sub-band arrangement for a PRS resource 1900 in accordance with another aspect of the disclosure. In FIG. 19, the PRS resource 1900 includes sub-bands 1902 1904, 1906 and 1908, with intervening sub-band regions 1910-1, 1910-2 and 1910-3. The wireless node may perform measurements (e.g., RSRPs) on each of the sub-bands 1902-1908, while refraining from measuring the intervening sub-band regions 1910-1, 1910-2 and 1910-3.”
As can be seen in paragraph [0165] above for the description of Fig 18-19, none has described the new subject matter as claimed. Fig 18-19 as best, only shows a first measurement of the RS-P on a first sub-band and a second measurement of the RS-P on a second sub-band are measured at the same time in the time-domain, but not of “wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are associated with overlapping parts of the RS-P in time-domain” as claimed.
Other claims are also rejected based on their dependency of the defected parent claim(s).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-10 and 22-26 are allowed over prior art. However, 35 USC 112(a) rejection must be overcome.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to the claims 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.
Conclusion
The cited prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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JP 2012500551 discloses a broadband wireless communication system using multiple frequency bands, through a basic frequency (Primary Frequency Assignment: P-FA) and at least one sub-band (Secondary Frequency Assignment: S-FA) with a partner node. During communication, a step of deciding to stop using one of the first sub-bands of at least one sub-band, and a first message requesting the other node to stop using the first sub-band are transmitted. A step of performing communication through at least one of the remaining bands excluding the first sub-band, and a request for resuming the use of the first sub-band if the resumption of use of the first sub-band is determined. Sending two messages.
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/CHUONG P NGUYEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3646