DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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 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.
This action is responsive to the Remark filed on 6/16/26.
Claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 16 and 19 are currently amended. Claims 2-3, 6, 8-15, 17-18 are currently canceled. Claims 20-26 are newly added.
Claim(s) 1, 4, 5, 7, 16, and 19-26 is/are presented for examination.
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, 4, 5, 7, 16, and 19-26 is/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.
Claim(s) 1, 4, 5, 7, 16, and 19-26 is/are unclear to the examiner; what does it mean by stating “generating, by the PDCP layer of the PCC, a first message corresponding to the control plane data and sending the first message to a radio link control (RLC) layer of the PCC”? the claim languages are not exactly clear what is the first message corresponding to the control plane data mean? What are the first message for? To do what? What is a control plane data control? Please clarify
Claim(s) 1, 4, 5, 7, 16, and 19-26 is/are unclear to the examiner; what does it mean by stating “generating, by the RLC layer of the PCC, a second message based on the first message and sending the second message to a media access control (MAC) layer of the PCC, wherein a control plane bearer is only deployed on the PCC and the control plane data is sent by the core network only to the PDCP layer of the PCC and only sent from the PDCP layer of the PCC through the RLC layer of the PCC to the MAC layer of the PCC”? the claim languages are not exactly clear what is the second message based on the first message mean? How is the user plane data generated from the control plane data? What are the second message for? What is the user plane data do? Please clarify
Claim(s) 1, 4, 5, 7, 16, and 19-26 is/are unclear to the examiner; what does it mean by stating “generating, by the PDCP layer of the SCC, a third message corresponding to the user plane data and sending the third message to a radio link control (RLC) layer of the SCC”? the claim languages are not exactly what is clear the third message based on the user plane data mean? How is the control plane data generated from the user plane data? What are the third message for? What is the control plane data do? Please clarify
Claim(s) 1, 4, 5, 7, 16, and 19-26 is/are unclear to the examiner; what does it mean by stating “generating, by the RLC layer of the SCC, a fourth message based on the third message and sending at least part of the fourth message to the MAC layer of the SCC”? the claim languages are not exactly clear what is the fourth message based on third message mean? What are the fourth message for? What exactly is the claimed invention? To do what? Please clarify
Listing of Relevant Arts
Jung, U.S. Patent/Pub. No. US 20170142704 A1 discloses RLC layers, PDCP layers.
Dinan, U.S. Patent/Pub. No. US 20230171776 A1 discloses PDCP packet, RLC, SCC, PCC.
Contact Information
The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
THUONG NGUYEN whose telephone number is (571)272-3864. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday-Friday 9:00-6:00.
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/THUONG NGUYEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2416
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