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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)(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 6-11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Huang (US Pub. 2022/0353873).
Regrading claims 6 and 11, Huang discloses a terminal, comprising:
a control section (par.0105 “a communications manager 1020”) that expects that a slot on which a first uplink control channel is transmitted on a first cell does not overlap with a slot on which a second uplink control channel is transmitted on a second cell in a case where dynamic switching is applied, wherein the dynamic switching switches a cell on which an uplink control channel is transmitted between the first cell and the second cell based on dynamic indication in downlink control information; and a transmission section (par.084 “the base station may configure….a first CC….. a second CC”, fig.3 elements 345, 350)
that transmits the first uplink control channel on the first cell (par.082 “PUCCH 210 may be transmitted only on PCC 235….a PUCCH 210 carrier switch may provide that one or more of first SCC 235 or second SCC 240…..PUCCH 210 may be configured by the base station 105-a…..such as PDCCH 220”, par.085 “the first cc may transmit PUCCH transmission……..time domain……. In cases where PUCCH carrier switch 340 is configured, the first cc may be a PCC that transmits first PUCCH 345, and the second CC may be a SCC that is configured to transmit control information and that transmits second PUCCH 350”).
Regrading claim 9, Huang discloses everything as claim 6 above. More specifically Huang discloses a base station (par.0137 “a communications manager 1420”, par.0161 “a transceiver 1725”, “a processor 1740”).
Regrading claim 10, Huang discloses everything as claim 6 above. More specifically Huang discloses a terminal comprising a control section (par.0105 “a transmitter 1015”, “a communications manager 1020”, par. 0129 “a processor”), a base station comprising a reception (par.0137 “the receiver 1410”).
Conclusion
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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/TU X NGUYEN/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2642
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