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 .
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by Silicon Laboratories Inc. ( WI-FI Power Modes).
For independent claim 1, Silicon Laboratories Inc. ( WI-FI Power Modes) discloses a system/method comprising :
a method comprising: sending, from a station to an access point, a notification of a termination of a service period in which the station is awake ( See details of section Active Mode page 2 to page 3), the station and the access point present within a wireless local area network; receiving, in the station from the access point, an acknowledgement of the notification; and in response to the acknowledgement, terminating the service period ( See pages 1 to page 8), and at least one transceiver to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals ( See pages 4-5).
For dependent claims 2-9, Silicon Laboratories Inc. ( WI-FI Power Modes) also discloses:
wherein terminating the service period comprises causing radio circuitry of the station to enter into a low power mode ( See page 5 to page 6; further comprising causing the radio circuitry to enter into the low power mode prior to a previously scheduled end of the service period, the service period comprising a target wake time service period ( See pages 1-7); wherein terminating the service period comprises switching radio circuitry of the station to another wireless protocol for communication of a message via another wireless network( See details of page 1 to page 8); further comprising sending the notification of the termination comprising an Action frame( See details of page 5 to page 6 ); further comprising sending the Action frame comprising a target wake time management action field ( See details of pages 4-7);
further comprising sending the notification of the termination in response to identification of a condition within the station( See details of pages 4-7);
wherein the condition comprises identification of a lack of data communication with the access point for at least a threshold time duration( See details of pages 4-7); and
wherein the condition comprises an indication of a high priority message for another wireless communication protocol( See details of pages 4-7).
The factual inquiries 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.
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 10-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Silicon Laboratories Inc. in view of Nam et al. (2016/0157218).
For claims 10-20 , Silicon Laboratories Inc. discloses all the subject matter of the claimed invention with the exception of memory, processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having executable codes in a communications network. Nam et al. from the same or similar fields of endeavor teaches a provision of the memory, processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having executable codes ( See paragraphs 0014 and 0052). Thus, it would have been obvious to the person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to use memory, processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having executable codes as taught by Nam et al. in the communication network of Silicon Laboratories Inc. for the purpose of storing codes in the memory to execute the process by the processor.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Wu (2026/0067890) and Mehta et al. (2025/0300932) are all cited to show systems which are considered pertinent to the claimed invention.
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/DANG T TON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476 /D.T.T/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476
