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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 .
Response to Amendment
Applicants’ arguments/remarks filed 05/08/2026 with respect to claims 1, 15 and 29 have been considered and they are persuasive. Luo does not disclose the claimed features of “wherein the MAC-CE is configured to be multiplexed with at least one data packet in a single PSSCH transmission based on the MAC-CE and the at least one data packet being associated with a same destination identifier (ID)” as recited in claims 1, 15 and 29 when considering each claim individually as a whole.
Claims 1 – 12, 14 – 19 and 29 are pending.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
Claims 1 – 12, 14 – 19 and 29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) as failing to comply with the written description requirement. Claims 1, 15 and 29 recite the claimed feature of “wherein the MAC-CE is configured to be multiplexed with at least one data packet in a single PSSCH transmission based on the MAC-CE and the at least one data packet being associated with a same destination identifier (ID)” subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor had possession of the claimed invention.
Applicants’ specification discloses in some aspects, MAC signaling associated with the transmission may carry one or more identifiers (IDs) associated with the UE 804. The IDs may let the UE 804 understand that the transmission is intended for the UE 804. The MAC signaling may be multiplexed with multiple destination IDs, some of which is associated with the UE 804 and some of which is not associated with the UE 804 (see para. 0091). In some aspects, destination ID in the SCI-2 808 may be set to a broadcast destination ID, regardless of whether the UE 804 is the intended recipient of the transmission or not. As one example, the broadcast destination ID may be (pre)determined such that the UE 804 may be aware of the broadcast destination ID before the transmission occurred. Therefore, the UE 804 may recognize the (pre)determined broadcast destination ID and determine accordingly that inter-UE coordination message 810 included in the transmission is intended for the UE 804. In another example, the broadcast destination ID may not be known to the UE 804, and the UE 804 may decode the SCI-2 808 to determine whether inter-UE coordination message 810 included in the transmission is intended for the UE 804 (see para. 0093). The specification does not disclose the at least one data packet being associated with a same destination identifier (ID) that is multiplexed with the MAC-CE as recited in claims 1, 15 and 29.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/ANH NGOC M NGUYEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2473
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