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(s) 1 and 2 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.
First Set of Rejections
Claims 1-2 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Li et al (Pub. No: 2023/0084917 considering Provisional Application 63/244,861).
As to claim 1, Li teaches a method performed by a user equipment (UE) (Li Provisional, Fig 3 Pg 44 Quotation 9, a method at a UE A), the method comprising:
determining a resource conflict among resources reserved by respective Sidelink Control Information (SCI) formats 1-A (Li Provisional, Pg 49 Quotation 10 Pg 57 Last paragraph, detecting resource conflict for resources reserved by SCI for mats 1-A); and
transmitting a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) for an indication of the resource conflict (Li Provisional Pg 44 Fig 3 Last Paragraph – Pg 45 First paragraph, transmitting a PSFCH indicating expected conflict), wherein a priority value of the PSFCH defined as a priority value for transmitting the PSFCH is equal to the smallest value among priority values indicated by the respective SCI formats 1-A (Li Provisional, Pg 49 Quotation 10 Pg 57 Last paragraph, a priority value for transmitting the PSFCH with the smallest priority value indicated in all SCI formats 1-A).
As to claim 2, Li teaches a user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor; and a memory, having instructions stored therein (Li Provisional, Fig 3 Pg 44 Quotation 9, a UE with processor and memory), wherein the instructions, when run by the processor, cause the UE to:
determine a resource conflict among resources reserved by respective Sidelink Control Information (SCI) formats 1-A (Li Provisional, Pg 49 Quotation 10 Pg 57 Last paragraph, detecting resource conflict for resources reserved by SCI for mats 1-A); and
transmit a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) for an indication of the resource conflict (Li Provisional Pg 44 Fig 3 Last Paragraph – Pg 45 First paragraph, transmitting a PSFCH indicating expected conflict), wherein a priority value of the PSFCH defined as a priority value for transmitting the PSFCH is equal to the smallest value among priority values indicated by the respective SCI formats 1-A (Li Provisional, Pg 49 Quotation 10 Pg 57 Last paragraph, a priority value for transmitting the PSFCH with the smallest priority value indicated in all SCI formats 1-A).
Second Set of Rejections
Claims 1-2 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Yang et al (Pub No: 2022/0286243).
As to claim 1, Yang teaches a method performed by a user equipment (UE) (Yang, [0088], a UE method), the method comprising:
determining a resource conflict among resources reserved by respective Sidelink Control Information (SCI) formats 1-A (Yang, [0088], determining an overlap of resources reserved with SCI format 1-A); and
transmitting a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) for an indication of the resource conflict (Yang, [0088], transmitting PSFCH indicating the overlap and priority), wherein a priority value of the PSFCH defined as a priority value for transmitting the PSFCH is equal to the smallest value among priority values indicated by the respective SCI formats 1-A (Yang, [0088], the priority value of the PFSCH is the smallest priority value of SCI format 1-A).
As to claim 2, Li teaches a user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor; and a memory, having instructions stored therein (Yang, [0088], a UE) wherein the instructions, when run by the processor, cause the UE to:
determine a resource conflict among resources reserved by respective Sidelink Control Information (SCI) formats 1-A (Yang, [0088], determining an overlap of resources reserved with SCI format 1-A); and
transmit a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) for an indication of the resource conflict (Yang, [0088], transmitting PSFCH indicating the overlap and priority), wherein a priority value of the PSFCH defined as a priority value for transmitting the PSFCH is equal to the smallest value among priority values indicated by the respective SCI formats 1-A (Yang, [0088], the priority value of the PFSCH is the smallest priority value of SCI format 1-A).
Conclusion
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/AFSHAWN M TOWFIGHI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2469
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