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 .
This office action is in response to Amendment filed on Aug. 26, 2026.
Claims 1-15 have been amended.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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, 5-6, 9-10 and 13-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Velev et al. (2025/0203497).
Regarding claim 1, Velev discloses a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system (see abstract fig.2, element 202, paragraphs [0018], [0039], [0045] and its description), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station of a hosting network, broadcast system information for a localized service (see abstract fig.2, element 202, fig.3, elements UE, (R)AN, step 306, paragraphs [0018-0019], [0039], [0045], [0054], [0057], [0080] and its description); performing, a manual standalone non-public network (SNPN) selection based on the broadcast system information (see paragraphs [0007], [0029]) [0058], [0098]); transmitting, to the base station of the hosting network, a registration request message for the localized service from the hosting network (see abstract fig.2, element 202, fig.3, elements UE, (R)AN, step 308, paragraphs [0018-0019], [0039], [0045], [0054], [0057], [0080], [0090] and its description) and receiving, from the base station of the hosting network, a registration accept message in response to the registration request message (see abstract fig.2, element 202, fig.3, elements UE, (R)AN, step 310, paragraphs [0018-0019], [0039], [0045], [0054], [0057], [0080], [0090-0091] and its description).
Regarding claim 2, Velev further discloses wherein the broadcast system information includes a human-readable network name for a user of the UE per SNPN for the manual SNPN selection of the hosting network (see abstract, paragraphs [0007-0008], [0028-0029], [0048], [0058], [0086]).
Regarding claim 5, Velev discloses a method performed by a base station (BS) of a hosting network in a wireless communication system (see abstract, fig.2, element 102, fig,3, element (R)AN, paragraphs [0017], [0019], [0031-0032], [0054] and its description), the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), broadcast system information for a localized service, wherein the broadcast system information is associated with a manual standalone non- public network (SNPN) selection (see abstract fig.2, element 202, fig.3, elements UE, (R)AN, step 306, paragraphs [0018-0019], [0039], [0045], [0054], [0057], [0080] and its description); receiving, from the UE, a registration request message for a the localized service from the hosting network (see abstract fig.2, element 202, fig.3, elements UE, (R)AN, step 308, paragraphs [0018-0019], [0039], [0045], [0054], [0057], [0080], [0090] and its description); and transmitting, to the UE, a registration accept message in response to the registration request message (see abstract fig.2, element 202, fig.3, elements UE, (R)AN, step 310, paragraphs [0018-0019], [0039], [0045], [0054], [0057], [0080], [0090-0091] and its description).
Regarding claim 6, Velev further discloses wherein the broadcast system information includes a human-readable network name for a user of the UE per SNPN for the manual SNPN selection of the hosting network (see abstract, paragraphs [0007-0008], [0028-0029], [0048], [0058], [0086]).
Regarding claims 9-10 and 13-15 recite limitations substantially similar to claims 1-2 and 5-6. Therefore, these claims were rejected for similar reasons as stated above.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 3-4, 7-8, 11-12 and 15 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
Examiner's Note: Examiner has cited particular columns and line numbers in the references applied to the claims above for the convenience of the applicant. Although the specified citations are representative of the teachings of the art and are applied to specific limitations within the individual claim, other passages and figures may apply as well. It is respectfully requested from the applicant in preparing responses, to fully consider the references in entirety as potentially teaching all or part of the claimed invention, as well as the context of the passage as taught by the prior art or disclosed by the Examiner.
When responding to this Office Action, Applicant is advised to clearly point out the patentable novelty which he or she thinks the claims present, in view of the state of the art disclosed by the references cited or the objections made. He or she must also show how the amendments avoid such references or objections See 37 CFR 1.111(c).
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).
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
/CONGVAN TRAN/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2647
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