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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 .
This communication is response to claims filed on 06/14/24.
Claims 1-30 are presented for examination.
Information Disclosure Statement’s
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Priority
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
7. 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.
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 of this title, 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.
The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
8. Claims 1-2, 5, 16, 20 & 29-30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hussain et al. (hereinafter referred as Hussain) International Publication No. WO 2021/154610 A1 (as disclosed in the IDS), in view of Zhou et al. (hereinafter referred as Zhou) US Patent Application Publication No. 2020/0351039 A1.
Regarding claims 1 & 29: Hussain discloses an apparatus/a method for wireless communication at a first device (See FIG. 1B & Para. 0055; WTRU), comprising:
a memory (See FIG. 1B & Para. 0055; WTRU includes a memory); and
a processor (See FIG. 1B & Para. 0055; WTRU includes a processor) coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive a message indicating a configuration for performing an energy harvesting procedure by the first device (See FIG. 27 & Para. 0190; receiving beam detection, measurement, and reporting configuration), the configuration indicating a bandwidth part for the first device to use for performing the energy harvesting procedure (See FIG. 24; EH band), based at least in part on one or more measurements associated with the first device (See Para. 0177; the WTRU determines the expected EH performance for each detected beam e.g. utilizing the received signal strength measurements as well as the determined EH signaling configuration); and
monitor, as part of the energy harvesting procedure, for one or more signals from a second device using a set of resources that correspond to the bandwidth part (See Para. 0177; measuring signal strength for energy harvesting).
Hussain does not explicitly disclose the bandwidth part is paired with a component carrier.
However, Zhou from the same field of endeavor discloses the bandwidth part is paired with a component carrier (See Para. 0170; the SRS component may select the spatial relation RS identifier for a sounding RS of a first set of BWP CC pairs, each of the first set of BWP CC pairs is associated with a same frequency band).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to include the bandwidth part is paired with a component carrier as taught by Zhou in the system of Hussain in order to increase signaling overhead in the wireless system (See Para. 0004; line 5).
Regarding claim 2: The combination of Hussain and Zhou disclose a method.
Furthermore, Hussain discloses the method, wherein the processor is further configured to: transmit, to the second device, a report indicating a second pairing of a second component carrier and a second bandwidth part that satisfies a performance criterion based at least in part on the one or more measurements associated with the first device (See Para. 0177; the WTRU utilizes the received beam detection configuration to determine detectable beam IDs where detectability might be determined based on beam-specific received reference signal strength greater than a threshold).
Regarding claim 5: The combination of Hussain and Zhou disclose a method.
Furthermore, Hussain discloses the method, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive an indication of the one or more measurements from the second device, wherein transmitting the report is based at least in part on the one or more measurements (See Para. 0198; receiving beam measurement).
Regarding claims 16 & 30: Hussain discloses apparatus for wireless communication at a first device (See FIG. 1B & Para. 0055; WTRU), comprising:
a memory (See FIG. 1B & Para. 0055; WTRU includes a memory); and a processor (See FIG. 1B & Para. 0055; WTRU includes a processor) coupled to the memory and configured to:
transmit a message indicating a configuration for performing an energy harvesting procedure by a second device (See FIG. 27 & Para. 0190; receiving beam detection, measurement, and reporting configuration), the configuration indicating a bandwidth part for the second device to use for performing the energy harvesting procedure (See FIG. 24; EH band), the pairing based at least in part on one or more measurements associated with the second device (See Para. 0177; the WTRU determines the expected EH performance for each detected beam e.g. utilizing the received signal strength measurements as well as the determined EH signaling configuration); and
transmit, as part of the energy harvesting procedure, one or more signals to the second device using a set of resources that correspond to the bandwidth part (See Para. 0177; measuring signal strength for energy harvesting).
Hussain does not explicitly disclose the bandwidth part is paired with a component carrier.
However, Zhou from the same field of endeavor discloses the bandwidth part is paired with a component carrier (See Para. 0170; the SRS component may select the spatial relation RS identifier for a sounding RS of a first set of BWP CC pairs, each of the first set of BWP CC pairs is associated with a same frequency band).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to include the bandwidth part is paired with a component carrier as taught by Zhou in the system of Hussain in order to increase signaling overhead in the wireless system (See Para. 0004; line 5).
Regarding claim 20: The combination of Hussain and Zhou disclose an apparatus.
Furthermore, Hussain discloses the apparatus, wherein the processor is further configured to: transmit an indication of the one or more measurements to the second device, wherein receiving the report is based at least in part on the one or more measurements (See Para. 0198; transmitting beam measurement).
Allowable Subject Matter
9. Claims 3-4, 6-15, 18-19 & 21-28 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
10. The prior art of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure.
A. Elshafie et al. 2022/0337084 A1 (Title: Technique for advanced wireless energy harvesting…) (See Abstract, Para. 0012 & 0037-0038).
B. Xu et al. 2022/0312315 A1 (Title: Radio frequency energy harvesting indication signal) (See abstract, Para. 0006 & 00813-0016).
C. Leabman et al. 2015/0099756 A1 (Title: System and method for wireless power transmission) (See FIG. 1, Para. 0046, 0050 & 0160).
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/MEWALE A AMBAYE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2469
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