CTNF 18/594,545 CTNF 80488 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Priority 02-26 AIA Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55. Information Disclosure Statement The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 03/04/2024 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner. Drawings The drawings filed on 03/04/2024 are accepted by the Examiner. Specification The disclosure filed on 03/04/2024 is accepted by the Examiner. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 07-30-02 AIA 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. 07-34-01 Claims 1-20 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. Claims 1-20 are rejected as failing to define the invention in the manner required by 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph. The claim(s) are narrative in form and with indefinite language . The structure which goes to make up the device must be clearly and positively specified. The structure must be organized and correlated in such a manner as to present a complete operative device. Regarding claim 1, the recitation in line 2 of claim 1 “when a change cycle of a transmit power determination vector arrives” is indefinite because appears to be a contingent limitation rather than a positive limitation. "when" suggests a condition that might or might not occur, which can lead to ambiguity about what is actually claimed. Regarding claims 2-9, they are rejected because they depend directly or indirectly from claim 1 and claim 1 is rejected. Regarding claim 10, the recitation in line 2 of claim 10 “when an update cycle of a downlink message arrives” is indefinite because appears to be a contingent limitation rather than a positive limitation. "when" suggests a condition that might or might not occur, which can lead to ambiguity about what is actually claimed. Regarding claims 11-15 and 20, they are rejected because they depend directly or indirectly from claim 10 and claim 10 is rejected. Regarding claim 16, the recitation in line 3 of claim 16 “when a change cycle of a transmit power determination vector arrives” is indefinite because appears to be a contingent limitation rather than a positive limitation. "when" suggests a condition that might or might not occur, which can lead to ambiguity about what is actually claimed. Regarding claims 17-19, they are rejected because they depend directly or indirectly from claim 16 and claim 16 is rejected. Regarding claim 20, claim 20 recites the limitation "The dAP according to claim 11" in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Examiner’s Note: It seems that claim 20 should depend from claim 16 instead of claim 11. Conclusion 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure : Shattil (US 20150263835 A1) discloses cooperative wireless networks. Tsui (US 20230164003 A1) discloses method and system for controlling downlink transmit power. Sundaresan (US 20150023248 A1) discloses multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication with distributed antenna systems in wireless networks. Ly (US 20230397133 A1) discloses DL power allocation in inter-band CA including carriers without SSB. Yang (US 20240089874 A1) discloses low complexity precoder. Boudreau (US 12531597 B2) discloses distributed coordinated downlink precoding for multi-cell MIMO wireless network virtualization. Fehri (US 11411794 B2) discloses artificial neutral network precoding for massive MIMO systems. Frenger (US 12028131 B2) discloses apparatuses and methods for sequential transmit precoding. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to JUAN A TORRES whose telephone number is (571)272-3119. The examiner can normally be reached M-F 9-5. 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, Kenneth N Vanderpuye can be reached at (571) 272-3078. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. 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