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Last updated: April 19, 2026
Application No. 18/434,668

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

Non-Final OA §102§103
Filed
Feb 06, 2024
Examiner
MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY
Art Unit
2647
Tech Center
2600 — Communications
Assignee
Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
OA Round
1 (Non-Final)
65%
Grant Probability
Favorable
1-2
OA Rounds
3y 7m
To Grant
82%
With Interview

Examiner Intelligence

Grants 65% — above average
65%
Career Allow Rate
409 granted / 627 resolved
+3.2% vs TC avg
Strong +17% interview lift
Without
With
+16.8%
Interview Lift
resolved cases with interview
Typical timeline
3y 7m
Avg Prosecution
47 currently pending
Career history
674
Total Applications
across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101
2.1%
-37.9% vs TC avg
§103
64.9%
+24.9% vs TC avg
§102
20.2%
-19.8% vs TC avg
§112
6.1%
-33.9% vs TC avg
Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 627 resolved cases

Office Action

§102 §103
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 . 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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. Claim(s) 1-2, 4-8, 9-10, 12-15, 16-17, 19-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by (Wilhelmsson et al. (hereinafter Wilhelmsson0(US 2015/0009897). Regarding claim 1, Wilhelmsson teaches a method for wireless communication, comprising: determining, by a terminal device, a target Transport Block Size (TBS) of a transport block to be sent according to first information(items 1010(receive control data), 1020(determine the value of feedback time which is based on size of transport block; also P[0091-0093]) which is in fig. 10; P[0057], size of transport block to be transmitted), wherein the first information is associated with acquiring energy by the terminal device through power harvesting, and the energy is used by the terminal device for communication(P[0064], energy harvesting by the terminal device). Regarding claim 2, Wilhelmsson teaches the method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises at least one of: energy storage state information of the terminal device; energy storage capability information of the terminal device; power consumption information of the terminal device; information about communication duration supported by the terminal device; or strength information of a power supplying signal of the terminal device(P[0064], amount of energy harvesting can provide in a given period of tme; P[0073], capability information). Regarding claim 4, Wilhelmsson teaches the method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the terminal device, the target TBS of the transport block to be sent according to the first information comprises: determining, by the terminal device, the target TBS according to the first information and resource configuration information for an uplink transmission(P[0050], feedback time is determined depending on how much of the processing resources are available for processing of transport block reception). Regarding claim 5, Wilhelmsson teaches the method of claim 4, wherein the resource configuration information for the uplink transmission comprises at least one of: transmission resource information for the uplink transmission, a modulation mode for the uplink transmission, a data rate for the uplink transmission, or a coding mode for the uplink transmission(P[0063], time needed to decode signals). Regarding claim 6, Wilhelmsson teaches the method of claim 5, wherein the transmission resource information for the uplink transmission comprises time-domain resource information for the uplink transmission, and the method further comprises: determining target duration information for calculating the target TBS according to a transmission duration corresponding to the time-domain resource information for the uplink transmission and information about communication duration supported by the terminal device in the first information. Regarding claim 7, Wilhelmsson teaches the method of claim 1, further comprising: sending, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device(item 1030 in fig. 10; also P[0094], transmitter*base station) may send the control data to the receiver(terminal); also claim 39). Regarding claim 8, Wilhelmsson teaches the method of claim 1, further comprising: sending, by the terminal device, first indication information to the network device, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the target TBS(items 1030 and 1040 in Fig. 10; P[0094], indicated value of feedback time; P[0095], controls the size of the data block on the basis of determined value of feedback time). Claims 9-10, 12-15 are rejected for the same reason as set forth in claims 1-2, 4-6, 8 respectively, Claims 16-17, 19-20 are rejected for the same reason as set forth in claims 1-2, 4-5 respectively, Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 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. Claim(s) 3, 11, 18 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over (Wilhelmsson et al. (hereinafter Wilhelmsson0(US 2015/0009897) in view of Reynolds et al. (hereinafter Reynolds)(US 2016/0365890). Regarding claim 3, WIlhemsson teaches the method, wherein the information about communication duration supported by the terminal device communication duration currently supported by the terminal device, or a maximum communication duration supported by the terminal device(P[0032], different sizes of data blocks can be supported; vary between different terminal devices; P[0066], maximum block size for each supported value of the feedback time). Wilhemsson did not teach specifically backscatter. However, Reynolds teaches in an analogous art backscatter. (P[0032], P[0044], P[0080], backscatter device may produce backscatter signal). Therefore, it would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to use the backscatter in order to have wider applicability. Claims 11 and 18 are rejected for the same reason as set forth in claim 3. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY MANOHARAN whose telephone number is (571)272-5515. The examiner can normally be reached 6:30am-3:00pm. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Alison T Slater can be reached at 571-270-0375. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. /MUTHUSWAMY G MANOHARAN/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2647
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Prosecution Timeline

Feb 06, 2024
Application Filed
Mar 11, 2026
Non-Final Rejection — §102, §103 (current)

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Prosecution Projections

1-2
Expected OA Rounds
65%
Grant Probability
82%
With Interview (+16.8%)
3y 7m
Median Time to Grant
Low
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