DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see Applicant’s remarks, filed 12/26/2025, pages 7 and 9-11, with respect to amended claims 1 and 10 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The previous rejection of claims 1 and 10 and has been withdrawn.
Applicant’s arguments, see Applicant’s remarks, filed 12/26/2025, page 11, with respect to new claim 23 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. Applicant argues that Hu (US 2020/0344699 A1) fails to disclose “each uplink subband is configured with its own power control parameter”. The examiner, however, does not agree with the Applicant. Hu (figure 2, paragraphs [0236]-[0239]) does disclose each uplink subband (uplink channel (UL)/ supplementary uplink (SUL)) is configured with its own power control parameter (see the detail rejection of claim 23 below).
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) 23 and 24 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Hu et al. (US 2020/0344699 A1) (hereinafter Hu).
Regarding claim 23, Hu (figure 2) discloses an uplink power determination method, comprising: a network side device (Network device) sending configuration information (indication information) (paragraph [0189]), wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a power control parameter for an uplink subband (paragraph [0190]), and each uplink subband (uplink channel (UL)/ supplementary uplink (SUL)) is configured with its own power control parameter (paragraphs [0236]-[0239])
Regarding claim 24, Hu discloses the method according to claim 23 above. In addition, Hu discloses wherein the power control parameter comprises at least one of following: a maximum transmission power; a target receiving power of an open loop power control parameter; a path loss compensation factor; a path loss reference signal; or a power adjustment value (paragraphs [0240]).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 7-10, 16, 21 and 22 are allowed over the cited prior art with the reasons set forth I nth Applicant’s remarks filed 12/26/2025, pages 7 and 9-11.
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).
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/QUOCHIEN B VUONG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2645
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