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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 .
Notice
Applicant must amend the language of withdraw claim according the amended limitation of the independent claim in order to avoid 112.
Claim Objections
Claim 1, 15, 21, 23, 25 and 27 objected to because of the following informalities:
As claims 1, 15 and 21, “the two SRS resource sets” must be changed to - the two same SRS resource sets -. Appropriate correction is required.
As claims 23, 25 and 27, “the two SRS resource sets” must be changed to - the two same SRS resource sets -. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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 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.
Claim(s) 1, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 and 33 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102[a2] as being anticipated by Varatharaajan [US 2022/0123799].
As claims 1, 15 and 21, Varatharaajan [US 2022/0123799] discloses an indication method, comprising: receiving indication information that indicates a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources [Fig 2, Ref SRI example 1/2 which indicates plurality of SRS resources, Fig 3, Ref 301], wherein the indication information comprises an index value, the index value belongs to a first index value set [Fig 2, Ref SRI example 1/2 has index value for a first index value set, Fig 3, Ref 301], the first index value set comprises a first index value and a second index value [Fig 2, Ref SRI example 1/2 discloses a first index value set includes first index value Fig 2, Ref 1010 and second index value, Fig 2, Ref 1031, Fig 3, Ref 301], wherein the first index value and the second index value correspond to two same SRS resource sets [Fig 2, Ref 1010 and 1031 are corresponding to two same “same read on configured with same usage as CB or NCB”, Par. 0046, number of SRS resources in each SRS resource set, Fig 3, Ref 301], and the first SRS resource set of the two SRS resource sets and the second SRS resource set of the two same SRS resource sets corresponding to the first index value and the second index value are in different orders [Fig 2, Ref SRI discloses 1010 is mapped to a first resource of two resources of the first SRS resource set 101 and 1031 is mapped to a second resource of two resources of the second SRS resource set 103, so the mapping of SRS sets is in different orders wherein the first SRS resource set is started from top and the second SRS resource set is started from bottom] and sending physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) data based on the indication information [Fig 3, Ref 302 discloses PUSCH based on SRIs].
As claims 23, 25 and 27, Varatharaajan [US 2022/0123799] discloses the first index value set further comprises a third index value, and the third index value corresponds to one of the two SRS resource sets [Fig 2, Ref SRI example 1/2 discloses 1030 wherein 103 is one of the two same SRS resource sets].
As claims 29, 31 and 33, Varatharaajan [US 2022/0123799] discloses the first index value and the second index value indicate a mapping order between the respective SRS resource set and different PUSCH time-frequency resources [Fig 2, Ref SRI sample 1/2 indicates mapping order between the SRS resource set and different PUSCH time-frequency resource, Fig 1-2].
Conclusion
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