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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 .
Specification
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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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
(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 11-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Mattam et al (US 20220132333 A1).
Regarding claim 11, Mattam discloses
A User Equipment (UE), comprising ([0054] and [ Fig. 3] UE):
a processor ([0054] and [ Fig. 3] UE includes processor); and
a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that cause the processor to ([0050]-[0051], [0054] and [ Fig. 3] UE includes memory unit which stores instructions to be executed by the processor):
initiate transmission of a first radio resource control (RRC) message for a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) ([0225]-[0227] UE performs a set of actions for transfer (initiate transmission) of the UEAssistanceInformation message (first RRC message) depending on the SCG state (for a SCG));
if signaling radio bearer 3 (SRB3) is configured and the SCG is not deactivated, submit the first RRC message via SRB3 to lower layers for transmission ([0226] UE submits UEAssistanceInformation message (first RRC message) to lower layers via the SRB3 when the SRB3 is configured and the SCG is activated); and
if the SCG is deactivated, submit the first RRC message via a Master Cell Group (MCG) embedded in a second RRC message for transmission ([0227] UE submits the UEAssistanceInformation message as a message embedded in an E-UTRA RRC message (embedded in a second RRC message) via the E-UTRA MCG (master cell group) when the SCG is deactivated), wherein
the UE is in dual connectivity (DC) state; and the first RRC message is used to indicate UE assistance information to a network ([0226] UE is in dual connectivity state, and UEAssistanceInformation message is to be sent (first RRC message used to indicate UE assistance information)).
Regarding claim 12, Mattam discloses
The UE according to claim 11 ([0054] and [ Fig. 3] UE), wherein
the first RRC message is UEAssistanceInformation message ([0226] UE submits UEAssistanceInformation message (first RRC message) to lower layers via the SRB3), and
the second RRC message is ULInformationTransferMRDC message ([0227]-[0029] and [Table 6] UE submits the UEAssistanceInformation message as a message embedded in an E-UTRA RRC message ULInformationTransferMRDC (second RRC message)).
Regarding claim 13, Mattam discloses
A control method in a User Equipment (UE), comprising ([0022] method for UE):
initiating transmission of a first radio resource control (RRC) message for a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) ([0225]-[0227] UE performs a set of actions for transfer (initiate transmission) of the UEAssistanceInformation message (first RRC message) depending on the SCG state (for a SCG));
if signaling radio bearer 3 (SRB3) is configured and the SCG is not deactivated, submitting the first RRC message via SRB3 to lower layers for transmission ([0226] UE submits UEAssistanceInformation message (first RRC message) to lower layers via the SRB3 when the SRB3 is configured and the SCG is activated); and
if the SCG is deactivated, submitting the first RRC message via a Master Cell Group (MCG) embedded in a second RRC message for transmission ([0227] UE submits the UEAssistanceInformation message as a message embedded in an E-UTRA RRC message (embedded in a second RRC message) via the E-UTRA MCG (master cell group) when the SCG is deactivated), wherein
the UE is in dual connectivity (DC) state; and the first RRC message is used to indicate UE assistance information to a network ([0226] UE is in dual connectivity state, and UEAssistanceInformation message is to be sent (first RRC message used to indicate UE assistance information)).
Conclusion
The following is prior art made of record and not relied upon that is considered to be pertinent to Applicant’s disclosure:
US 20250081278 A1 to Chang et al discloses determining how to transmit UE assistance information to the SCG based on the current state of the SCG ([Fig. 2] Chang).
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/A.J.C./Examiner, Art Unit 2478
/JOSEPH E AVELLINO/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2478
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