DETAILED ACTION
Status of Case
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
This Office Action is in response to the claims filed on 3/14/2024.
Claims 1-20 are pending.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments filed on 6/3/2026 with respect to the pending claims have been considered but are moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in the current rejection.
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.
Claims 1-2, 4-5, 8-10, 12-13, 15-18, and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Wang (WO 2021/028553 A1) in view of Cheng (USPAN 2024/0114454) and Hammond (USPAN 2020/0036487).
Consider claims 1 and 17, Wang discloses an apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories, at least one processor of the one or more processors configured to cause the ambient IoT device to (see figures 8 and 9, wherein disclosed is devices comprising a processor coupled to a memory), and a corresponding method (see paragraph 103, wherein disclosed is said method; also, see figure 10, reproduced below for convenience) to:
receive an indication that a cyclic prefix (CP) is to be included in a waveform; and decode the waveform in accordance with the indication that the CP is to be included in the waveform (see paragraph 103: the first set of parameters may include “at least one of a cyclic prefix, CP, extension indicator indicating whether the UE is expected to perform CP extension”).
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Although Wang discloses a device (see above), Wang does not specifically disclose that the device is an ambient internet of things (IoT) device or that the waveform is a forward link waveform.
Cheng discloses a device that is an ambient internet of things (IoT) device (see paragraphs 12 and 28 and 37, 43, 45, and 51: waveform shaping scheme in an IoT network comprising IoT devices), and
that the waveform is a forward link waveform (see paragraph 9: OOK waveform, which is a forward link waveform).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Cheng. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a method relating to low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design (see paragraph 2 of Cheng).
Although Wang in view of Cheng disclose to decide the forward link waveform to cause the IoT device to perform operations (see above), Wang in view of Cheng do not disclose to skip detection of at least part of the CP.
Hammond discloses to skip detection of at least part of a cyclic prefix (CP) (see paragraph 45: in the interest of power, the cyclic prefix may be skipped).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Hammond. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a more efficient method of processing that saves power, as well as providing a method of including simultaneous use of a spectrum by multiple simultaneous users (see paragraph 3 of Hammond)
Consider claims 2, 10, and 18, Wang does not specifically disclose that the forward link waveform is an on-off keying (OOK) waveform.
Cheng discloses that the forward link waveform is an on-off keying (OOK) waveform (see paragraph 9: OOK waveform, which is a forward link waveform).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Cheng. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a method relating to low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design (see paragraph 2 of Cheng).
Consider claims 4, 12, and 20, although Wang discloses the indication that the CP is to be included in the waveform, Wang does not specifically disclose that the waveform comprises a forward link waveform that comprises at least one of a system information block (SIB) or a synchronization signal.
Cheng discloses that the waveform is a forward link waveform (see paragraph 9: OOK waveform, which is a forward link waveform) and it comprises at least one of a system information block (SIB) or a synchronization signal (see paragraph 56: the CP information may be configured to the UE through the RRC or SIB).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Cheng. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a method relating to low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design (see paragraph 2 of Cheng).
Consider claim 5, although Wang discloses receiving the waveform including the CP (see paragraph 103: when the indicator indicates that the UE is expected to perform the CP extension), Wang does not specifically disclose that the indication that the CP is to be included in the forward link waveform comprises the SIB.
Cheng discloses that the indication that the CP is to be included in the forward link waveform comprises the SIB (see paragraph 56: the CP information may be configured to the UE through the RRC or SIB).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Cheng. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a method relating to low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design (see paragraph 2 of Cheng).
Consider claims 8 and 15, Wang discloses that the indication that the CP is to be included in the forward link waveform comprises a control signal associated with the waveform (see(see paragraph 103, wherein the indicator can be taken to be a control signal associated with the waveform).
Wang does not specifically disclose that the waveform is a forward link waveform.
Cheng discloses that the waveform is a forward link waveform (see paragraph 9: OOK waveform, which is a forward link waveform).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Cheng. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a method relating to low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design (see paragraph 2 of Cheng).
Consider claim 9, Wang discloses an apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless communication device, comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories, at least one processor of the one or more processors configured to cause the wireless communication device (see figures 8 and 9, wherein disclosed is devices comprising a processor coupled to a memory) to:
transmit an indication that a cyclic prefix (CP) is to be included in a waveform associated with a device; and transmit the waveform in accordance with the indication that the CP is to be included in the waveform (see paragraph 103: the first set of parameters may include “at least one of a cyclic prefix, CP, extension indicator indicating whether the UE is expected to perform CP extension”).
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Although Wang discloses a device (see above), Wang does not specifically disclose that the device is an ambient internet of things (IoT) device or that the waveform is a forward link waveform.
Cheng discloses a device that is an ambient internet of things (IoT) device (see paragraphs 12 and 28 and 37, 43, 45, and 51: waveform shaping scheme in an IoT network comprising IoT devices), and
that the waveform is a forward link waveform (see paragraph 9: OOK waveform, which is a forward link waveform).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Cheng. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a method relating to low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design (see paragraph 2 of Cheng).
Although Wang in view of Cheng disclose to decide the forward link waveform to cause the IoT device to perform operations (see above), Wang in view of Cheng do not disclose to skip detection of at least part of the CP.
Hammond discloses to skip detection of at least part of a cyclic prefix (CP) (see paragraph 45: in the interest of power, the cyclic prefix may be skipped).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Hammond. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a more efficient method of processing that saves power, as well as providing a method of including simultaneous use of a spectrum by multiple simultaneous users (see paragraph 3 of Hammond).
Consider claim 13, although Wang discloses receiving the waveform including the CP (see paragraph 103: when the indicator indicates that the UE is expected to perform the CP extension), Wang does not specifically disclose that the indication that the CP is to be included in the forward link waveform comprises the SIB.
Cheng discloses that the indication that the CP is to be included in the forward link waveform comprises the SIB (see paragraph 56: the CP information may be configured to the UE through the RRC or SIB).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Wang and combine it with the noted teachings of Cheng. The motivation to combine these references is to provide a method relating to low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design (see paragraph 2 of Cheng).
Consider claim 16, Wang discloses that the wireless communication device is a user equipment (UE) or a network node (see figures 8 and 9, wherein disclosed is a UE and a RAN device).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, and 19 are 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
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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/JAMAL JAVAID/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2412
JAMAL JAVAID
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2412
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