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 .
DETAILED ACTION
1. This communication is response to the application filed 5/31/2024 havingclaims 1-10 are pending and presented for examination.
Priority
2. Application filed on 02/02/2024 is a CON of PCT/JP2022/029552 08/01/2022
PCT/JP2022/029552 has PRO 63/228,268 08/02/2021is acknowledged.
Drawings
The drawings were received on 02/02/2024 and these drawings are accepted.
3. Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 02/02/2024 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Oath/Declaration
4. The Oath/Declaration filed on 02/02/2024 is accepted by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
1. 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 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.
2. 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 1-5, 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(2) as being anticipated by US Publication US 20240276519 A1 LEE et al. (Hereinafter “LEE ").
As per claim 1, LEE teaches a communication method used by a user equipment configured to perform reception processing of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a base station by using a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), the communication method comprising: when N (N≥2) group RNTIs (G-RNTIs) are associated with one multicast broadcast service (MBS) session, specifying M (M≤N) G-RNTIs to be used for the reception processing from among the N G-RNTIs (para [ 0284 - 0288],fig. 19, when two groups RNTIs are associated with one multicast transmission from the base that associated with two UEs , specifying one group G-RNTI for that particular UE1 or UE2 as mentioned by the base station to the UE in 1304 a or b is selected by the used for the reception processing from among the N G-RNTIs ).; and performing the reception processing by using the M G-RNTIs (para [ 0284 - 0288],fig. 19, UE is performing the reception processing by using the M G-RNTIs).20240276519
As per claim 2, LEE teaches the communication method according to claim 1, wherein the performing the reception processing comprises performing, in receiving the MBS session, the reception processing by using the M G-RNTIs without using (N−M) G-RNTIs among the N G-RNTIs for the reception processing (para [ 0284 - 0288], UE is receiving the data by using the first selected G-RNTI for the reception processing).
As per claim 3, LEE teaches the communication method according to claim 1, wherein the specifying comprises specifying, from among K (K≥2) Quality of Service (QOS) flows associated with the one MBS session, a desired QoS flow where the user equipment desires to receive, and specifying the M G-RNTIs associated with the desired QoS flow (para 0122], a base station includes a CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) and a terminal may transmit control information of the above-described CQI/).
As per claim 4, LEE teaches the communication method according to claim 3, further comprising receiving information configured to associate the one MBS session, the K QoS flows, and the N G-RNTIs from the base station (para [ 0284 - 0288],fig. 19, associate the one MBS session, the K QoS flows, and the N G-RNTIs from the base station ).
As per claim 5, LEE teaches the communication method according to claim 3, further comprising transmitting a message comprising an identifier of the MBS session and an identifier related to the desired QoS flow to the base station (para 0213] , UE selects (or determines) the best beam and reports an ID of the selected beam and related quality information ) .
As per claim 10, LEE teaches a user equipment configured to perform reception processing of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a base station by using a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), the user equipment comprising: a circuitry configured to, when N (N≥2) group RNTIs (G-RNTIs) are associated with one multicast broadcast service (MBS) session, specify M (M≤N) G-RNTIs to be used for the reception processing from among the N G-RNTIs(para [ 0284 - 0288],fig. 19, when two groups RNTIs are associated with one multicast transmission from the base that associated with two UEs , specifying one group G-RNTI for that particular UE1 or UE2 as mentioned by the base station to the UE in 1304 a or b is selected by the used for the reception processing from among the N G-RNTIs ).;, and a transceiver configured to perform the reception processing by using the M G-RNTIs(para [ 0284 - 0288],fig. 19, UE is performing the reception processing by using the M G-RNTIs)..
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
1. 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 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.
2. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
3. The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
4. This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
5. Claim(s) 6 ,8-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US PG Pub US 20230308221 A1 to KADIRI et al (hereinafter KADIRI).further view of US PG Pub US 20200260508 A1 to He et al (hereinafter He).
As per claim 6, KADIRI teaches a communication method used by a user equipment configured to perform reception processing of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a base station by using a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), the communication method comprising: performing the reception processing to receive a dedicated traffic channel (DTCH) by using a cell RNTI (C-RNTI) (para 0113], UE is performing processing to receive a multicast traffic channel (MTCH) by using a group RNTI (G-RNTI) ); performing the reception processing to receive a multicast traffic channel (MTCH) by using a group RNTI (G-RNTI) (para 0113], UE is performing processing to receive a multicast traffic channel (MTCH) by using a group RNTI (G-RNTI); and when an identical logical channel identifier (LCID) is allocated to the DTCH and the MTCH, specifying a logical channel where received data obtained in response to the reception processing belongs, (para 0140 0113], fig. 1, LDID is allocated to the DTCH and the MTCH an single LCID of the multicast RLC entity 451 may be used for multicast and may be associated with the G-RNTI for HARQ operations or the C-RNTI for HARQ operations and specifying a logical channel where received data obtained in response to the reception processing belongs, based on the RNTI used in the reception processing).
He teaches performing the reception processing to receive based on the RNTI used in the reception processing (para 0147, UE performs the reception based on the received RNTI from the base station for processing) 20200260508
Therefore it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date, to modify the combination system of KADIRI by performing the reception processing to receive based on the RNTI used in the reception processing as suggested by He, this modification would benefit KADIRI for enabling an efficient data transferring mechanism in a mobile communication system.
As per claim 8, KADIRI teaches the communication method according to claim 6, further comprising outputting, at a medium access control (MAC) layer of the user equipment, the received data to the specified logical channel (para 0101], outputting, at a medium access control (MAC) layer of the user equipment, the received data to the specified logical channel).
As per claim 9, KADIRI teaches the communication method according to claim 6, further comprising receiving, from the base station, information configured to associate a data radio bearer (DRB) and an LCID of the DTCH and information configured to associate a multicast radio bearer (MRB) and an LCID of the MTCH (para 0113], configured to associate a data radio bearer (DRB) and an LCID of the DTCH and information configured to associate a multicast radio bearer (MRB) and an LCID of the MTCH ).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 7 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
Prior arts made of record, not relied upon: US Patent Publication US 20220322293 A1; US Patent Publication US 20240314522 A1, US Patent Publication US 20230224931 A1
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/ANEZ C EBRAHIM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2467