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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 § 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.
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.
Regarding claims 1, 6, 11, and 16, the claims limitations, “wherein each of the plurality of SRS configurations comprises at least one respective physical cell identity (PCI) and at least one respective new radio (NR) cell global identifier (CGI)”, have render the claim 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. In accordance within the specification (see 0052, “each NG-RAN node can reply/respond to the LMF with SRS configurations including PCIs or NR cell global identifiers NCGIs”) the SRS configurations include either PCIs or NR cell global identifiers NCGIs but not both. Appropriate correction require.
Dependent claims 2-5, 7-10, 12-15, and 17-20 are reject for the same reasoning.
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)(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) 1-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS (HUAWEI: "(TP to BL CR for TS 38.455) Completion of NRPPa", 3GPP DRAFT; R3-204969, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. RAN WG3, no. E-meeting; 20200817 - 20200828 6 August 2020 (2020-08-06), XP052398038).
As per claim 1, Sophia-Antipolis disclosed a wireless communication method, comprising receiving, by a location management function (LMF) from a wireless communication node, a positioning information response that comprises a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) configurations (see annex A, section 8.2.x.2; discussion, section 9.1.1.d, section 9.2,z11); wherein each of the plurality of SRS configurations comprises at least one respective physical cell identity (PCI) and at least one respective new radio (NR) cell global identifier (CGI) (discussion, section 9.2.y, section 9.1.1.d).
As per claims 2, 7, 12, and 17, Sophia-Antipolis disclosed the wireless communication node sends to a wireless communication device, a first message indicating a plurality of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) aggregates, wherein each of the plurality of SRS aggregates is associated with a cell identifier, and receives, from the wireless communication device, an SRS according to at least one of the SRS aggregates (see annex A, section 9.1.x.1; discussion, section 9.2.y, section 9.1.1.d, section 9.2.z11).
As per claims 3, 8, 13, and 18, Sophia-Antipolis disclosed the SRS aggregates each includes an SRS configuration(see annex A, section 9.1.x.1; discussion, section 9.2.y, section 9.1.1.d, section 9.2.z11).
As per claims, 4, 9, 14, and 19, Sophia-Antipolis disclosed the first message further indicates a cell list containing the cell identifiers of the plurality of SRS aggregates (se annex A, section 8.2.x.2; discussion, section 9.2.y, section 9.1.1.d, section 9.2.z11).
As per claims 5, 10, 15, and 20, w Sophia-Antipolis disclosed a wireless communication device associates an on-demand request with a positioning reference signal (PRS) index list for a positioning method corresponding to a PRS configuration (see annex A, section 9.1.x.1; discussion, section 9.2.xx1, section 9.2.bb, section 9.2.z6, section 9.2.y).
As per claim 6, Sophia-Antipolis disclosed a wireless communication method, comprising transmitting, by a wireless communication node to a location management function (LMF), a positioning information response that comprises a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) configurations (see annex A, section 8.2.x.2; discussion, section 9.1.1.d, section 9.2,z11); wherein each of the plurality of SRS configurations comprises at least one respective physical cell identity (PCI) and at least one respective new radio (NR) cell global identifier (CGI) (discussion, section 9.2.y, section 9.1.1.d).
As per claim 11, Sophia-Antipolis disclosed a location management function (LMF), comprising at least one processor configured to receive, via a receiver from a wireless communication node, a positioning information response that comprises a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) configurations (see annex A, section 8.2.x.2; discussion, section 9.1.1.d, section 9.2,z11); wherein each of the plurality of SRS configurations comprises at least one respective physical cell identity (PCI) and at least one respective new radio (NR) cell global identifier (CGI) (discussion, section 9.2.y, section 9.1.1.d).
As per claim 16, Sophia-Antipolis disclosed a wireless communication node, comprising: at least one processor configured to transmit, via a transceiver to a location management function (LMF), a positioning information response that comprises a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) configurations (see annex A, section 8.2.x.2; discussion, section 9.1.1.d, section 9.2,z11); wherein each of the plurality of SRS configurations comprises at least one respective physical cell identity (PCI) and at least one respective new radio (NR) cell global identifier (CGI) (discussion, section 9.2.y, section 9.1.1.d).
Conclusion
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February 16, 2026
/PABLO N TRAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2643