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Application No. 18/748,551

POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT

Non-Final OA §103
Filed
Jun 20, 2024
Priority
Dec 21, 2021 — CN 202111576791.9 +1 more
Examiner
MAHMUD, RANA HASSAN
Art Unit
2643
Tech Center
2600 — Communications
Assignee
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
OA Round
1 (Non-Final)
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Favorable
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§103
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 . Preliminary to Amendment A preliminary amendment filed on 06/30/2026 is acknowledged. As a result, claims 8-15 are cancelled and claims 21-27 are added as new. Claims 1-7 and 16-27 are pending for examination. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 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, 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. Claims 1-7 and 16-27 are rejected under 35U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over PATTABIRAMAN et al. (US 20130120188 A1, hereinafter Pattabiraman) in view of Da et al. (US 11921226 B2, hereinafter Da) Regarding Claim 1, Pattabiraman teaches receiving at least one satellite signal and at least one reference signal; (Pattabiraman [0045] A method of determining position of an embodiment comprises receiving at a remote receiver at least one of positioning signals and satellite signals.) sending first information and second information, wherein the first information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one satellite signal (Pattabiraman [0082, line 8] carrier phase measurements from each of the towers for the satellites that are in common view are time tagged periodically (e.g., minimum of once every second) by the GPS receivers and sent to a server where these measurements are analyzed.) But Pattabiraman does not specifically teach the second information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one reference signal. However, in a similar endeavor, Da teaches the second information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one reference signal. (Da [Col.2, line 18] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method, includes: measuring, by a first vehicle, a positioning reference signal PRS and a carrier phase reference signal C-PRS sent by a plurality of positioning reference devices.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to receive the signals and send the measurement values to the server. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have a more accurate measurement by utilizing both satellite and reference signals. Regarding Claim 2, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 1 and Da further teaches wherein the at least one satellite signal and the at least one reference signal are used for positioning. (Da [Col. 18, line 45] the first vehicle may also measure the GNSS signal sent by the global navigation satellite system GNSS to obtain the GNSS signal measurement result; [Col. 18, line 50] the first vehicle further performs the positioning operation according to the plurality of PRS measurement results.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to use at least one satellite signal and one reference signal for location measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to develop a accurate position measurement scheme for the device. Regarding Claim 3, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 1, Pattabiraman further teaches wherein the first information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one satellite signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one satellite signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one satellite signal at two or more moments; (Pattabiraman [0082, line 8] carrier phase measurements from each of the towers for the satellites that are in common view are time tagged periodically (e.g., minimum of once every second) by the GPS receivers and sent to a server where these measurements are analyzed.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) But Pattabiraman does not specifically teach the second information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one reference signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one reference signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one reference signal at two or more moments. However, in a similar endeavor, Da teaches the second information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one reference signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one reference signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one reference signal at two or more moments. (Da [Col.2, line 18] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method, includes: measuring, by a first vehicle, a positioning reference signal PRS and a carrier phase reference signal C-PRS sent by a plurality of positioning reference devices.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to use satellite signals to derive phase measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled high-precision location measurement methodology. Regarding Claim 4, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 1 and Da further teaches sending a first measurement frequency or a second measurement frequency, wherein the first measurement frequency comprises a frequency of the at least one satellite signal, and the second measurement frequency comprises a frequency of the at least one reference signal. (Da [Col. 29, line 23] determining sending parameters of the PRS and C-PRS sent to the first vehicle according to the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle. The sending parameters include transmission frequency. [Col. 9, line 4] In this configuration, the transmitting end can send C-PRS continuously without interruption under the configured single frequency or a plurality of frequencies;) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to utilize frequency level measurement scheme. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have robust measurement scheme. Regarding Claim 5, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 1 and Da further teaches receiving first configuration information or second configuration information (Da [Col. 15, line 33] the first vehicle may obtain PRS configuration information and C-PRS configuration information of the plurality of positioning reference devices.) wherein the first configuration information comprises: a first measurement frequency (Da [Col. 15, line 36] the C-PRS configuration information include frequency configuration information and time configuration information;) a reporting period of the first information, or a reporting delay of the first information (Da [Col. 24, line 36] Step 1214: Vehicle A reports the position information of vehicle A and vehicle B calculated by the vehicle A to the location server;) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) the second configuration information comprises: a second measurement frequency, a reporting period of the second information, or a reporting delay of the second information. (Da [Col. 24, line 39] Step 1215: Vehicle B reports the position information of vehicle A and vehicle B calculated by the vehicle B to the location server.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to have measurements taken by two terminals. The motivation of doing so would have enabled a efficient and high-precision location measurement of the device. Regarding Claim 6, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 1 and Da further teaches receiving a first measurement request or a second measurement request (Da [Col. 20, line 42] The network side device requests the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle from the location server, and receives the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle returned by the location server.) wherein the first measurement request requests to measure a phase of the at least one satellite signal (Da [Col. 21, line 39] Further, the location server may also receive a request message for requesting the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle sent by the network side device, and send the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle to the network side device, so that the network side device determines the sending parameters of the PRS and C-PRS sent to the first vehicle according to the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle.) and the second configuration information comprises: a second measurement frequency, a reporting period of the second information, or a reporting delay of the second information. (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to send the request message to satellite signal phase measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to understand the satellite signal strength for a precision measurement. Regarding Claim 7, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 1 and Da further teaches sending a positioning protocol message, wherein the positioning protocol message comprises the first information and the second information (Da [Col. 9, line 32] C-PRS configuration information can be provide to a certain vehicle receiving end by directly extending the current 3GPP long term evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LTE positioning protocol, LPP) (TS 36.355)) wherein the positioning protocol message comprises a new radio positioning protocol annex (NRPPa) message or a long -term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) message. (Da [Col. 9, line 37] C-PRS configuration information is added to the message used to configure the C-PRS configuration information in the LTE positioning protocol (LPP) and positioning protocol A (LPPa)) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da for the system to be able to send position protocol message. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have efficient and precision operation. Regarding Claim 16, Pattabiraman teaches receive at least one satellite signal and at least one reference signal; (Pattabiraman [0045] A method of determining position of an embodiment comprises receiving at a remote receiver at least one of positioning signals and satellite signals.) send first information and second information, wherein the first information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one satellite signal (Pattabiraman [0082, line 8] carrier phase measurements from each of the towers for the satellites that are in common view are time tagged periodically (e.g., minimum of once every second) by the GPS receivers and sent to a server where these measurements are analyzed.) But Pattabiraman does not specifically teach one or more processors; and one or more memories storing at least one computer program having instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors the second information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one reference signal. However, in a similar endeavor, Da teaches one or more processors; and one or more memories storing at least one computer program having instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors (Da [Col. 26, line 57] As shown in FIG. 15, the user terminal includes: a transceiver 1510, a memory 1520, a processor 1500, and a computer program stored on the memory and executed by the processor 1520.) the second information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one reference signal. (Da [Col.2, line 18] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method, includes: measuring, by a first vehicle, a positioning reference signal PRS and a carrier phase reference signal C-PRS sent by a plurality of positioning reference devices.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to receive the signals and send the measurement values to the server. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have a more accurate measurement by utilizing both satellite and reference signals. Regarding Claim 17, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 16 and Da further teaches wherein the at least one satellite signal and the at least one reference signal are used for positioning. (Da [Col. 18, line 45] the first vehicle may also measure the GNSS signal sent by the global navigation satellite system GNSS to obtain the GNSS signal measurement result; [Col. 18, line 50] the first vehicle further performs the positioning operation according to the plurality of PRS measurement results.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to use at least one satellite signal and one reference signal for location measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to develop a accurate position measurement scheme for the device. Regarding Claim 18, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 16, Pattabiraman further teaches wherein the first information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one satellite signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one satellite signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one satellite signal at two or more moments; (Pattabiraman [0082, line 8] carrier phase measurements from each of the towers for the satellites that are in common view are time tagged periodically (e.g., minimum of once every second) by the GPS receivers and sent to a server where these measurements are analyzed.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) But Pattabiraman does not specifically teach the second information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one reference signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one reference signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one reference signal at two or more moments. However, in a similar endeavor, Da teaches the second information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one reference signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one reference signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one reference signal at two or more moments. (Da [Col.2, line 18] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method, includes: measuring, by a first vehicle, a positioning reference signal PRS and a carrier phase reference signal C-PRS sent by a plurality of positioning reference devices.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to use satellite signals to derive phase measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled high-precision location measurement methodology. Regarding Claim 19, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 16 and Da further teaches send a first measurement frequency or a second measurement frequency, wherein the first measurement frequency comprises a frequency of the at least one satellite signal, and the second measurement frequency comprises a frequency of the at least one reference signal. (Da [Col. 29, line 23] determining sending parameters of the PRS and C-PRS sent to the first vehicle according to the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle. The sending parameters include transmission frequency. [Col. 9, line 4] In this configuration, the transmitting end can send C-PRS continuously without interruption under the configured single frequency or a plurality of frequencies;) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to utilize frequency level measurement scheme. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have robust measurement scheme. Regarding Claim 20, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 16 and Da further teaches receive first configuration information or second configuration information (Da [Col. 15, line 33] the first vehicle may obtain PRS configuration information and C-PRS configuration information of the plurality of positioning reference devices.) wherein the first configuration information comprises: a first measurement frequency (Da [Col. 15, line 36] the C-PRS configuration information include frequency configuration information and time configuration information;) a reporting period of the first information, or a reporting delay of the first information (Da [Col. 24, line 36] Step 1214: Vehicle A reports the position information of vehicle A and vehicle B calculated by the vehicle A to the location server;) the second configuration information comprises: a second measurement frequency, a reporting period of the second information, or a reporting delay of the second information. (Da [Col. 24, line 39] Step 1215: Vehicle B reports the position information of vehicle A and vehicle B calculated by the vehicle B to the location server.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to have measurements taken by two terminals. The motivation of doing so would have enabled an efficient and high-precision location measurement of the device. Regarding Claim 21, Pattabiraman teaches receive at least one satellite signal and at least one reference signal; (Pattabiraman [0045] A method of determining position of an embodiment comprises receiving at a remote receiver at least one of positioning signals and satellite signals.) send first information and second information, wherein the first information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one satellite signal (Pattabiraman [0082, line 8] carrier phase measurements from each of the towers for the satellites that are in common view are time tagged periodically (e.g., minimum of once every second) by the GPS receivers and sent to a server where these measurements are analyzed.) But Pattabiraman does not specifically teach A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that are executable by at least one processor, wherein execution of the instructions the second information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one reference signal. However, in a similar endeavor, Da teaches A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that are executable by at least one processor, wherein execution of the instructions (Da [Col. 33, line 66] The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the steps in the positioning method on the user terminal side provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented.) the second information comprises a phase measurement value determined based on the at least one reference signal. (Da [Col.2, line 18] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method, includes: measuring, by a first vehicle, a positioning reference signal PRS and a carrier phase reference signal C-PRS sent by a plurality of positioning reference devices.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to receive the signals and send the measurement values to the server. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have a more accurate measurement by utilizing both satellite and reference signals. Regarding Claim 22, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 21 and Da further teaches wherein the at least one satellite signal and the at least one reference signal are used for positioning. (Da [Col. 18, line 45] the first vehicle may also measure the GNSS signal sent by the global navigation satellite system GNSS to obtain the GNSS signal measurement result; [Col. 18, line 50] the first vehicle further performs the positioning operation according to the plurality of PRS measurement results.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to use at least one satellite signal and one reference signal for location measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to develop a accurate position measurement scheme for the device. Regarding Claim 23, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 21, Pattabiraman further teaches wherein the first information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one satellite signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one satellite signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one satellite signal at two or more moments; (Pattabiraman [0082, line 8] carrier phase measurements from each of the towers for the satellites that are in common view are time tagged periodically (e.g., minimum of once every second) by the GPS receivers and sent to a server where these measurements are analyzed.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) But Pattabiraman does not specifically teach the second information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one reference signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one reference signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one reference signal at two or more moments. However, in a similar endeavor, Da teaches the second information comprises: a phase measurement value of each of the at least one reference signal, a difference between phase measurement values of two of the at least one reference signal, or a difference between phase measurement values of any one of the at least one reference signal at two or more moments. (Da [Col.2, line 18] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method, includes: measuring, by a first vehicle, a positioning reference signal PRS and a carrier phase reference signal C-PRS sent by a plurality of positioning reference devices.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to use satellite signals to derive phase measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled high-precision location measurement methodology. Regarding Claim 24, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 21 and Da further teaches send a first measurement frequency or a second measurement frequency, wherein the first measurement frequency comprises a frequency of the at least one satellite signal, and the second measurement frequency comprises a frequency of the at least one reference signal. (Da [Col. 29, line 23] determining sending parameters of the PRS and C-PRS sent to the first vehicle according to the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle. The sending parameters include transmission frequency. [Col. 9, line 4] In this configuration, the transmitting end can send C-PRS continuously without interruption under the configured single frequency or a plurality of frequencies;) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to utilize frequency level measurement scheme. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have robust measurement scheme. Regarding Claim 25, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 21 and Da further teaches receive first configuration information or second configuration information (Da [Col. 15, line 33] the first vehicle may obtain PRS configuration information and C-PRS configuration information of the plurality of positioning reference devices.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) wherein the first configuration information comprises: a first measurement frequency (Da [Col. 15, line 36] the C-PRS configuration information include frequency configuration information and time configuration information;) a reporting period of the first information, or a reporting delay of the first information (Da [Col. 24, line 36] Step 1214: Vehicle A reports the position information of vehicle A and vehicle B calculated by the vehicle A to the location server;) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) the second configuration information comprises: a second measurement frequency, a reporting period of the second information, or a reporting delay of the second information. (Da [Col. 24, line 39] Step 1215: Vehicle B reports the position information of vehicle A and vehicle B calculated by the vehicle B to the location server.) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to have measurements taken by two terminals. The motivation of doing so would have enabled a efficient and high-precision location measurement of the device. Regarding Claim 26, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 21 and Da further teaches receive a first measurement request or a second measurement request (Da [Col. 20, line 42] The network side device requests the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle from the location server, and receives the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle returned by the location server.) wherein the first measurement request requests to measure a phase of the at least one satellite signal (Da [Col. 21, line 39] Further, the location server may also receive a request message for requesting the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle sent by the network side device, and send the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle to the network side device, so that the network side device determines the sending parameters of the PRS and C-PRS sent to the first vehicle according to the GNSS signal quality information of the first vehicle.) and the second configuration information comprises: a second measurement frequency, a reporting period of the second information, or a reporting delay of the second information. (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da to send the request message to satellite signal phase measurement. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to understand the satellite signal strength for a precision measurement. Regarding Claim 27, Pattabiraman and Da teach all of Claim 21 and Da further teaches sending a positioning protocol message, wherein the positioning protocol message comprises the first information and the second information (Da [Col. 9, line 32] C-PRS configuration information can be provide to a certain vehicle receiving end by directly extending the current 3GPP long term evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LTE positioning protocol, LPP) (TS 36.355)) wherein the positioning protocol message comprises a new radio positioning protocol annex (NRPPa) message or a long -term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) message. (Da [Col. 9, line 37] C-PRS configuration information is added to the message used to configure the C-PRS configuration information in the LTE positioning protocol (LPP) and positioning protocol A (LPPa)) (Note: Claim language requires examiner to find one out of two limitations in the reference. Examiner has elaborated one and that is considered to be sufficient.) Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the examined application to have modified Pattabiraman and by incorporating Da for the system to be able to send position protocol message. The motivation of doing so would have enabled the system to have efficient and precision operation. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to RANA HASSAN MAHMUD whose telephone number is (571)272-8939. The examiner can normally be reached Mon-Friday. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Kathy Wang-Hurst can be reached at 5712705371. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. /RANA H MAHMUD/Examiner, Art Unit 2644 /KATHY W WANG-HURST/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2644
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