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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
1. This communication is response to the application filed 03/06/2026 havingclaims 1-20 pending and presented for examination.
Priority
2. Application filed on 09/3/2024 is a n is a CON of 17/582,745 01/24/2022 PAT 12156064 17/582,745 is a CON of PCT/CN2019/097701 07/25/2019 are acknowledged.
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3. The drawings were received on 09/3/2024 and these drawings are accepted.
4. Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS)s submitted are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Oath/Declaration
4. The Oath/Declaration filed on 09/3/2024 is accepted by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
1. 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.
2. 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.
Claims 1-2, 5, 7-8, 11, 13-14, 17-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(2) as being anticipated by US Publication US 20200029239 A1 CHEN et al. (Hereinafter “CHEN ").
As per claim 1, CHEN teaches a method of wireless communication, comprising: transmitting, by a base station to a user equipment (UE), a UE information request message that includes a request to obtain a mobility history report (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, base station is sending a request to a UE to obtain mobility information).; and receiving, by the base station from the UE, a UE information response message that includes the mobility history report (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, base station receives the information sent by the UE the and information response message that includes the mobility history report ).
As per claim 2, CHEN teaches the method of claim 1, wherein the mobility history report includes a plurality of records, wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell ((para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, information includes plurality of information wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell ), and wherein a second record in the plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell ((para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell ).
As per claim 5, CHEN teaches the method of claim 1, wherein the UE information request message includes a request to obtain a connection establishment failure report(para 0055- 0057], UE sends measurement report because of inactivity to the current base station)., and wherein the UE information response message comprises a connection establishment failure report that includes a plurality of records(para 0055- 0057], message comprises a connection establishment failure report that includes a plurality of records)., wherein each record of the plurality of records includes any one or more of a cell identifier of a cell in which a connection establishment failed, a location information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, a moving direction information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, a moving speed information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, or a time information when the connection establishment failed (para 0055- 0057], UE sends the location of the UE which is connected the such as the last serving base station to resume connection for the UE).
As per claim 7, CHEN teaches a method of wireless communication, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from a base station, a UE information request message that includes a request to obtain a mobility history report(para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, UE is receiving a request from a base station to obtain mobility information).;; and transmitting, by the UE to the base station, a UE information response message that includes the mobility history report(para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, UE transmits the information sent to the base station the and information response message that includes the mobility history report ).
As per claim 8, CHEN teaches the method of claim 7, wherein the mobility history report includes a plurality of records (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, information includes plurality of information wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell ), wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell, and wherein a second record in the plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell ).
As per claim 11, CHEN teaches the method of claim 7, wherein the UE information request message includes a request to obtain a connection establishment failure report (para 0055- 0057], UE sends measurement report because of inactivity to the current base station), and wherein the UE information response message comprises a connection establishment failure report that includes a plurality of records (para 0055- 0057], message comprises a connection establishment failure report that includes a plurality of records), wherein each record of the plurality of records includes any one or more of a cell identifier of a cell in which a connection establishment failed, a location information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, a moving direction information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, a moving speed information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, or a time information when the connection establishment failed (para 0055- 0057], UE sends the location of the UE which is connected the such as the last serving base station to resume connection for the UE)..
As per claim 13, CHEN teaches an apparatus for wireless communication comprising one or more processors, configured to cause the apparatus to: transmit, by a base station to a user equipment (UE), a UE information request message that includes a request to obtain a mobility history report ((para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, transmit, by a base station to a user equipment (UE) and is sending a request to a UE to obtain mobility information); and receive, by the base station from the UE, a UE information response message that includes the mobility history report (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, base station receives the information sent by the UE the and information response message that includes the mobility history report)..
As per claim 14, CHEN teaches the apparatus of claim 13, wherein the mobility history report includes a plurality of records, wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, information includes plurality of information wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell ), and wherein a second record in the plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell ((para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell )..
As per claim 17, CHEN teaches an apparatus for wireless communication comprising one or more processors, configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, by a user equipment (UE) from a base station, a UE information request message that includes a request to obtain a mobility history report (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, UE is receiving a request from a base station to obtain mobility information); and transmit, by the UE to the base station, a UE information response message that includes the mobility history report (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, UE transmits the information sent to the base station the and information response message that includes the mobility history report )..
As per claim 18, CHEN teaches the apparatus of claim 17, wherein the mobility history report includes a plurality of records (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, information includes plurality of information wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell ), wherein a first record in the plurality of records includes a first identifier of a cell where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the cell, and wherein a second record in the plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell (para 0045- 0046], fig. 2, plurality of records includes a second identifier of a primary-secondary cell group cell (PSCell) where the UE stayed and a length of time that the UE stayed in the PSCell )..
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
5. Claim(s) 3-4, 6, 9-10, 12, 15-16, 19-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over CHEN further view of US PG Pub US 20210410107 A1 to Park et al (hereinafter Park).
As per claim 3, CHEN teaches the method of claim 1, Park teaches further comprising: receiving, by the base station from the UE, a status information that indicates any one or more of a state of the UE, the UE entering the state, the UE exiting the state, a severity level, or a measurement list including measurements that are not capable of being performed ((para 0293], UE transmits the status information to the base station such as measurement information); and transmitting, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE (para 0293], transmitting, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE). 20210410107
Therefore it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date, to modify the combination system of CHEN by receiving, by the base station from the UE, a status information that indicates any one or more of a state of the UE, the UE entering the state, the UE exiting the state, a severity level, or a measurement list including measurements that are not capable of being performed ; and transmitting, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE as suggested by Park, this modification would benefit CHEN for enabling an efficient data transmission mechanism in a high speed mobile communication network.
As per claim 4, CHEN teaches the method of claim 3, Park teaches wherein the state of the UE includes a special state, a normal state, an overheated state, or an energy saving state (para 0062, state of the UE includes overheated state).
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 6, CHEN teaches the method of claim 1, Park teaches wherein the UE information request message includes a request to obtain a connection establishment failure report(para 0293], fig. 21, request message includes a request to obtain a connection establishment failure report )., and wherein the UE information response message comprises a connection establishment failure report that, in response to including only one record(para 0293], fig. 21, connection establishment failure report that, in response to including only one record)., the one record includes one or more cell identifiers of one or more cells in which a connection establishment failed, one or more location information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, and one or more time information when the connection established failed (para 0293], fig. 21, cell identifiers of one or more cells in which a connection establishment failed).
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 9, CHEN teaches the method of claim 7, Park teaches further comprising: transmitting, by the UE to the base station, a status information that indicates any one or more of a state of the UE, the UE entering the state, the UE exiting the state, a severity level, or a measurement list including measurements that are not capable of being performed (para 0293], UE transmits the status information to the base station such as measurement information); and transmitting, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE (para 0293], transmitting, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE)..
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 10, CHEN teaches the method of claim 9, Park teaches wherein the state of the UE includes a special state, a normal state, an overheated state, or an energy saving state (para 0062, state of the UE includes overheated state)..
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 12, CHEN teaches the method of claim 7, wherein the UE information request message includes a request to obtain a connection establishment failure report, and wherein the UE information response message comprises a connection establishment failure report that, in response to including only one record (para 0293], fig. 21, connection establishment failure report that, in response to including only one record ), the one record includes one or more cell identifiers of one or more cells in which a connection establishment failed, one or more location information of the UE when the connection establishment failed, and one or more time information when the connection established failed (para 0293], fig. 21, l identifiers of one or more cells in which a connection establishment failed,).
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 15, CHEN teaches the apparatus of claim 13, Park teaches wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, by the base station from the UE, a status information that indicates any one or more of a state of the UE, the UE entering the state, the UE exiting the state, a severity level, or a measurement list including measurements that are not capable of being performed (para 0293], UE transmits the status information to the base station such as measurement information); and transmit, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE (para 0293], transmitting, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE)..
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 16, CHEN teaches the apparatus of claim 15, Park teaches wherein the state of the UE includes a special state, a normal state, an overheated state, or an energy saving state (para 0062, state of the UE includes overheated state)..
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 19, CHEN teaches the apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: transmit, by the UE to the base station, a status information that indicates any one or more of a state of the UE, the UE entering the state, the UE exiting the state, a severity level, or a measurement list including measurements that are not capable of being performed (para 0293], UE transmits the status information to the base station such as measurement information); and transmit, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE (para 0293], transmitting, by the base station to a core network, the status information of the UE)...
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
As per claim 20, CHEN teaches the apparatus of claim 19, wherein the state of the UE includes a special state, a normal state, an overheated state, or an energy saving state (para 0062, state of the UE includes overheated state).
Examiner supplies the same rationale as supplied in claim 3.
Conclusion
Prior arts made of record, not relied upon: US Patent Publication US 20170019945 A1; US Patent Publication US 20190182800 A1, US Patent Publication US 20180110029 A1
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/ANEZ C EBRAHIM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2467
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