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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 04/28/2026. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Response to Amendment
Applicant’s amendment filed on 07/10/2026 has been entered. Independent Claims 1, 10, and 11 have been amended. Dependent claims 2-9 and 12-17 have been amended. No claims have been cancelled. No claims are new and have been entered. Claims 1-15 are still pending in this application.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments/amendments with respect to Claim Objections have been considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the Objections are withdrawn.
Applicant's arguments filed 01/28/2026 on pages 9 to 11, with respect to the rejection of Claims 1-17 under 35 USC § 112(b), have been fully considered and are persuasive. However, considering the amended claims, a new rejection of Claims 1-15 under 35 USC § 112(b) has been seen.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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.
Claim(s) 1-15 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 pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention. The claims are not clearly written to define metes and bounds of the claimed invention.
Regarding Claim 1, Claim 10, and Claim 11
The claims recite “receiving, by a non-access point station (non-AP STA), a trigger frame from an AP;”. The claims are not clear as to the method and specific MHz band that the non-AP STA receives the trigger frame.
The claims further recite “Trigger Based Aggregated-Physical Protocol Data Unit (TB A-PPDU) triggered by the trigger frame through a 320 MHz band”. The claims are not clear as to what the trigger frame is in relation to the receiving step.
The claims further recite “wherein the second bit indicates whether the first 80 MHz channel is a lower 80 MHz channel or an upper 80 MHz channel within the secondary 160 MHz channel”. The claims are not clear as to the relationship between the first 80 MHz channel, and the primary 80 MHz channel, if they are functionally the same or functionally different channels in relation to the bits.
The claims further recite, more broadly, that the non-AP STA receives a trigger frame, and then processes the information. The claims are not clear as to the methodology of the non-AP STA, if the response is preconfigured with a broad update, a specific unmentioned configuration step, or a unique case from the specified AP.
Claims 2-9 and 12-15 are rejected based upon claim dependency to Claim 1 or Claim 11.
Conclusion
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/JUSTIN MICHAEL WHITAKER/Examiner, Art Unit 2415
/Sudesh M. Patidar/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2415
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