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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Response to Amendment
Examiner acknowledges Applicant's amendment filed on August 20, 2026. Claims 1, 2, 8, 15 and 18 are amended.
Claims 1-20 are currently pending consideration.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments with respect to claim 1-20 have been considered but are moot in view of the new ground(s) of rejection.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 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 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Cirik et al. (US 2021/0136802 A1) in view of Tsai et al. (US 2019/0253904 A1).
1. Regarding claim 1, Cirik teaches one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media (Paragraph [0187] computer readable medium) having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to:
detect a radio resource control (RRC) parameter to enable default transmission
control indicator (TCI) state operation (Paragraph [0328] RRC parameter determine whether to receive via single default receiving beam or multiple default receiving beams).
Cirik does not explicitly disclose determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission.
Tsai teaches determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated
with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission (Fig. 3 Paragraph [0048] determines overlap; prioritizes the reception of PDCCH over PDSCH).
It would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission as taught by Tsai in the system of Cirik for reception of simultaneously transmitted downlink channels having different spatial quasi-co-location see abstract of Tsai.
2. Regarding claim 8, Cirik teaches an apparatus (Fig. 15A) comprising:
processing circuitry to:
detect a radio resource control (RRC) parameter to enable default transmission
control indicator (TCI) state operation (Paragraph [0328] RRC parameter determine whether to receive via single default receiving beam or multiple default receiving beams) and interface circuitry to communicatively couple the processing circuitry with a
component of a device (Fig. 15A).
Cirik does not explicitly disclose determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission.
Tsai teaches determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated
with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission (Fig. 3 Paragraph [0048] determines overlap; prioritizes the reception of PDCCH over PDSCH).
It would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission as taught by Tsai in the system of Cirik for reception of simultaneously transmitted downlink channels having different spatial quasi-co-location see abstract of Tsai.
3. Regarding claim 15, Cirik teaches a method comprising:
detect a radio resource control (RRC) parameter to enable default transmission
control indicator (TCI) state operation (Paragraph [0328] RRC parameter determine whether to receive via single default receiving beam or multiple default receiving beams).
Cirik does not explicitly disclose determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission.
Tsai teaches determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated
with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission (Fig. 3 Paragraph [0048] determines overlap; prioritizes the reception of PDCCH over PDSCH).
It would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide determine a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a
physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission overlap; and
configure, based on said detection of the RRC parameter and determination that the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission overlap, a beam associated
with the PDCCH transmission to prioritize reception of the PDCCH transmission as taught by Tsai in the system of Cirik for reception of simultaneously transmitted downlink channels having different spatial quasi-co-location see abstract of Tsai.
4. Regarding claims 2, 9, and 16, Cirik in view of Tsai teaches, wherein the RRC parameter is to enable default transmission control indicator (TCI) state per control resource set (CORESET) pool index and the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to:
determine both the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH transmission are
associated with a same CORESET pool index; and
configure the beam associated with the PDCCH transmission for reception
based further on said determination that both the PDSCH transmission and the PDCCH
transmission are associated with the same CORESET pool index (Cirik, Paragraph [0207] Coreset Pool Index; PDCCH; PDSCH).
5. Regarding claims 3, 10, and 17, Cirik in view of Tsai teaches, wherein the RRC parameter is to configure a multi-downlink control information (DCI) mode (Cirik, Paragraph [0175] RRC messages; one or more DCI formats).
6. Regarding claims 4, 11, and 18, Cirik in view of Tsai teaches, wherein the RRC parameter is to enable two default transmission control indicator (TCI) states and the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to:
determine two default PDSCH beams based on a lowest TCI codepoint among
TCI codepoints that include two TCI states, wherein the two default PDSCH beams are
associated with two PDSCH transmissions, the two PDSCH transmissions to include the PDSCH transmission;
determine the two default PDSCH beams are different from the beam associated with the PDCCH transmission; and
configure the beam associated with the PDCCH transmission for reception
based further on said determination that the two PDSCH beams are different from the beam associated with the PDCCH transmission (Cirik, Paragraphs [0279] and [0280] TCI state for CORESET; lowest of at least two TCI states; TCI codepoint).
7. Regarding claims 5, 12, and 19, Cirik in view of Tsai teaches, wherein the RRC parameter is to configure a single-downlink control information (DCI) mode (Cirik, Paragraph [0175] RRC messages; one or more DCI formats).
8. Regarding claims 6 and 13, Cirik in view of Tsai teaches, wherein the processing circuitry is to configure an antenna panel with the beam (Cirik, Paragraphs [0199] and [0327] antenna panels; beam).
9. Regarding claims 7, 14, and 20, Cirik in view of Tsai teaches, wherein the PDSCH transmission is associated with a first component carrier of a band and the PDCCH transmission is associated with a second component carrier of the band (Cirik, Paragraph [0110] aggregated carriers).
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/DIANE L LO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2466
