DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
2 A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on July 23, 2026 has been entered.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
3. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1, 6, and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Regarding claims 1, 6, and 11, the phrase "such as" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitations following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. Although these claims involve the “such that” clause, the above reasoning for the rejection remains the same. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Conclusion
4. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant’s disclosure:
Iwamura et al. (U.S. Patent Application Publication # 20120157053 A1) teach “The PDCP layer function is configured to perform a radio security process in communication between the mobile station UE and the radio base station eNB.”(Paragraph [0026])
Li Zhiming (EP # 2 903 330 A1) teach “receiving, by the base station over the first radio bearer, data packets that are of a first Internet Protocol IP flow and are sent by the UE, and receiving a second part of PDCP PDUs from the access network device through the first interface, where the second part of PDCP PDUs are obtained by perform decapsulation processing, by the access network device, on a second part of encapsulated data packets sent by the UE over the second radio bearer, where the second part of encapsulated data packets are obtained by performing encapsulation on data packets of a second IP flow by the UE, and the second IP flow corresponds to the second radio bearer in the mapping relationship; performing processing, by the base station, on the data packets of the first IP flow to obtain a first part of PDCP PDUs; and performing aggregation, by the base station, on the first part of PDCP PDUs and the second part of PDCP PDUs.”(Paragraph [0009])
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/SALVADOR E RIVAS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2413
July 31, 2026
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