DETAILED ACTION
1. It is hereby acknowledged that 18/828192 the following papers have been received and placed of record in the file: Remark date 09/09/24
Oath/Declaration
2. The applicant’s oath/declaration has been reviewed by the examiner and is found to conform to the requirements prescribed in 37 C.F.R. 1.63.
Drawings
3. The applicant’s drawings submitted are acceptable for examination purposes.
Double Patenting
4. The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement.
Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of Patent No. (US 12127214 B1). Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they both relate to a terminal device, first configuration information and/or second configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information and/or second configuration information is used for configuring a sidelink configured grant. The main difference from instant application is Patent No (US 12127214 B1) explains sending, by a network device first configuration and/or second configuration information. This is an obvious modification for the purposes of showing the configuration from the network side compared to user side.
Instant Application (18/828192) Patent (US 12127214 B1)
1. A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a terminal device, first configuration information and/or second configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information and/or second configuration information is used for configuring a sidelink configured grant, and the sidelink configured grant comprises transmission resources and transmission parameters of sidelink channels, wherein the sidelink channels comprise a sidelink feedback channel; wherein transmission resources and transmission parameters of the sidelink feedback channel comprise: time domain resource information of the sidelink feedback channel and frequency domain resource information of the sidelink feedback channel; wherein the time domain resource information of the sidelink feedback channel comprises period information of the sidelink feedback channel, wherein the period information is N, indicating that transmission resources for transmitting the sidelink feedback channel are included in one slot of every N slots.
1. A wireless communication method, comprising: sending, by a network device, first configuration information and/or second configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the first configuration information and/or second configuration information is used for configuring a sidelink configured grant, and the sidelink configured grant comprises transmission resources and/or transmission parameters of sidelink channels, wherein the sidelink channels comprise a sidelink feedback channel; wherein transmission resources and transmission parameters of the sidelink feedback channel comprise: time domain resource information of the sidelink feedback channel and frequency domain resource information of the sidelink feedback channel; wherein the time domain resource information of the sidelink feedback channel comprises period information of the sidelink feedback channel, wherein the period information is N, indicating that transmission resources for transmitting the sidelink feedback channel are included in one slot of every N slots.
The remaining current application’s claims are similar to patent application’s claims.
Claim Objections
5. Claim1-20 objected to because of the following informalities: Claims 1, 11 and 20 states period information is N, indicating that transmission resources for transmitting the sidelink feedback channel are included in one slot of every N slots. It is unclear what N is. If it’s an integer or a variable it should be stated as so. Appropriate correction is required.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims will be considered for allowance when a terminal disclaimer is filed.
Conclusion
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/GERALD A SMARTH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2478
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