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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim 19 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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.
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.
Claim 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Bai et al (US Publication 2024/0146487 A1).
Regarding to claim 19, Bai discloses a baseband processor 1324 (fig. 13) comprising: processing circuitry (pages 17-19 paragraph 0136) to: process 712 (fig. 7) configuration information to configure a transmission configuration indicator TCI (page 7 paragraph 0120) state associated with a candidate cell 708 (page 11 paragraph 0094); generate 723, for transmission to a serving cell 706, a measurement report based on measurements of one or more reference signals (page 12 paragraph 0095); select a reference signal from the one or more reference signals based on a predefined rule (fig. 8 page 12 paragraph 0100; mapping); determine the reference signal is associated with the TCI state (page 12 paragraph 0100); and activate 744 the TCI state for communication with the candidate cell based on said selecting the reference signal and determining the reference signal is associated with the TCI state (page 12 paragraph 0098); and interface circuitry 1322 coupled with the processing circuitry (page 17 paragraph 0136), the interface circuitry to output the measurement report (page 12 paragraph 0095).
Regarding to claim 20, Bai discloses select the reference signal associated with a highest layer 1 - reference signal receive power (L1-RSRP) value of the one or more reference signals (page 9 paragraph 0079).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-18 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The prior art of record fails to teach or make obvious for “processing second configuration information to configure the candidate cell, wherein the first configuration information is independent from the second configuration information; processing a beam-indication message received from the serving cell, wherein the beam indication message is to indicate a TCI state from the TCI state list”, when such second configuration information and beam indication message are considered within the specific combination of steps recited in the method of claims 1 and 12.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/DUC T DUONG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2467
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