CTNF 18/841,891 CTNF 81109 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 07-20-aia AIA 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. 07-21-aia AIA Claim s 1-3 and 6-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Cheng (US 2016/0205579) in view of Cha (US 2021/0167920) and Wang (US 2025/0260448) . Regarding claim 1 , Cheng describes an apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory (fig. 13, UE 115 with memory 1330 and processor modules(s) 1325) configured to: transmit, to a network node, a periodic or semi-persistent (P/SP) channel state information (CSI) report (para. 5, periodic CSI reports, see also abstract) receive, from the network node, a request for an aperiodic (AP) CSI report (fig. 16 step 1605 & para. 5 & 102, additional to transmitting periodic CSI report, UE receives CSI request from the base station); and transmit, to the network node, the AP CSI report based at least in part on the request, wherein the AP CSI report indicates L1-RSRP/SINR measurements of K CMRs, wherein the K CMRs are separate from the set of CMRs associated with the P/SP CSI report, and wherein a time domain beam prediction is based at least in part on the AP CSI report. Cheng fails to further explicitly describe: the transmission of periodic/semi-persistent CSI to the network node indicates a layer 1 (L1) reference signal received power (RSRP) or signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) (L1-RSRP/SINR) measurement for each of a set of channel measurement resources (CMRs). the transmission of triggered/aperiodic CSI to the network node a AP CSI report indicating L1-RSRP/SINR measurements of K CMRs, wherein the K CMRs are separate from the set of CMRs associated with the P/SP CSI report, and wherein a time domain beam prediction is based at least in part on the AP CSI report. Cha also describes transmission of periodic/semi-persistent as well as aperiodic CSI measurements & reporting (para. 335, 377 & 384), further describing: the transmission of periodic/semi-persistent CSI to the network node indicates a layer 1 (L1) reference signal received power (RSRP) or signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) (L1-RSRP/SINR) measurement for each of a set of channel measurement resources (CMRs) (para. 508-509, transmission of RSRP or SINR based on CSI-RS configured as periodic or semi-persistent for the periodically transmitted CSI-RS resources (set of CMRs). See also para. 344); the transmission of triggered/aperiodic CSI to the network node a AP CSI report indicating L1-RSRP/SINR measurements of K CMRs, wherein the K CMRs are separate from the set of CMRs associated with the P/SP CSI report (para. 512, in aperiodic CSI measurement & reporting in response to a request for a new beam set, UE ignores the measurement of RSRP/SINR f or the [periodic/semi-persistent] CSI-resources transmitted before such request (K CMRs separated from the periodic/semi-persistent set of CMRs)). It would have been obvious to one with ordinary skill in the art before the effective date of the claimed invention to specify that the periodic/semi-persistent CSI transmission & aperiodic CSI transmissions in Cheng to be indicating separate CMRs as in Cha. The motivation for combining the teachings is that this adequately provide resources for supporting higher speed service and an increase in traffic (Cha, para. 2). Cheng and Cha combined describe beam-related CSI reporting (title), but fail to further explicitly describe: a time domain beam prediction is based at least in part on the AP CSI report. Wang also describes gNB activating periodic/semi-persistent CSI report of associated CSI-RS resources for beam reporting (para. 47), further describing: a time domain beam prediction is based at least in part on the CSI report (para. 46-47, using an AI model, gNB activates CSI report for UE to perform beam measurements based on periodic CSI-RS resources and beam report back to gNB for gNB to predict the beam in the next period (time domain), See also para. 1-2, prediction in time domain). It would be obvious to one with ordinary skill in the art before the effective date of the claimed invention to specify that the AP CSI report in Cheng and Cha be used for time domain beam prediction as in Wang. The motivation for combining the teachings is that this enables collected input data and the AI/ML network to predict the beam(s) applied for a period in the future.(Wang, para. 46). Regarding claim 2 , Cheng, Cha and Wang combined describes: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine the K CMRs based at least in part on one or more of: a standard predefinition, a network node pre-configuration (para. 512, in aperiodic CSI measurement & reporting in response to a request for a new beam set, UE ignores the measurement of RSRP/SINR f or the [periodic/semi-persistent] CSI-resources transmitted before such request (standard pre-defined/network node pre-configurated) K CMRs separated from the periodic/semi-persistent set of CMRs)). Regarding claim 3, Cheng, Cha and Wang combined describe: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine the K CMRs based at least in part on remaining strongest CMRs that are not included in the set of CMRs associated with the P/SP CSI report (Cha para. 512, in aperiodic CSI measurement & reporting in response to a request for a new beam set, UE ignores the measurement of RSRP/SINR f or the [periodic/semi-persistent] CSI-resources transmitted before such request (separate (remaining) K CMRs from the periodic/semi-persistent set of CMRs) with the best CSI-RS Resource Indicators (CRIs) (strongest)). Regarding claim 6, Cheng, Cha and Wang combined describe: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine the K CMRs based at least in part on a plurality of remaining CMRs that are not included in the set of CMRs associated with the P/SP CSI report (Cha para. 512, in aperiodic CSI measurement & reporting in response to a request for a new beam set, UE ignores the measurement of RSRP/SINR f or the [periodic/semi-persistent] CSI-resources transmitted before such request (separate (remaining) K CMRs from the periodic/semi-persistent set of CMRs)). Regarding claim 7, Cheng, Cha and Wang combined describe: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine the K CMRs based at least in part on an indication in the request for the AP CSI report that indicates CMR identifiers associated with the K CMRs (Cha para. 512, in aperiodic CSI measurement & reporting in response to a request for a new beam set, UE ignores the measurement of RSRP/SINR f or the [periodic/semi-persistent] CSI-resources transmitted before such request (separate (remaining) K CMRs from the periodic/semi-persistent set of CMRs) with the best CSI-RS Resource Indicators (CRIs) (CMI identifiers)) . Allowable Subject Matter 12-151-08 AIA 07-43 12-51-08 Claim s 4-5 and 8-10 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. Regarding claim 4 , the prior art fails to further explicitly describe: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine the K CMRs based at least in part on remaining weakest CMRs that are not included in the set of CMRs associated with the P/SP CSI report. Regarding claim 5 , the prior art fails to further explicitly describe: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine the K CMRs based at least in part on remaining CMRs, within a certain RSRP/SINR range, that are not included in the set of CMRs associated with the P/SP CSI report. For claims 4-5, the closest prior art, Cha describing reporting measurement of (K) CMRs separate from (remaining) from the CMRs transmitted before the transmitted request, with the best (strongest) CRIs (para. 512). Regarding claim 8 , the prior art fails to further explicitly describe: wherein the L1-RSRP/SINR measurements of the K CMRs are quantized L1-RSRP/SINR measurements, wherein the quantized L1-RSRP/SINR measurements are based at least in part on a differential quantization or an absolute quantization with respect to a strongest or weakest L1-RSRP/SINR measurement of a set of L1-RSRP/SINR measurements associated with the set of CMRs, and wherein a quantization is based at least in part on one or more of: a standard predefinition, a network node pre-configuration, or a dynamic indication from the network node via the request for the AP CSI report. Regarding claim 9 , the prior art fails to further explicitly describe: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive, from the network node, a CSI report configuration that indicates a CSI report setting identifier associated with the P/SP CSI report, a determination scheme associated with the K CMRs, and a quantization scheme associated with the L1-RSRP/SINR measurements of K CMRs. Regarding claim 10 , the prior art fails to further explicitly describe: wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive, from the network node, a CSI report configuration that indicates a CSI report setting identifier associated with the P/SP CSI report, wherein receiving the request for the AP CSI report comprises receiving an uplink grant downlink control information (DCI) that indicates the request for the AP CSI report, wherein the uplink grant DCI includes one or more dedicated fields to indicate a determination scheme associated with the K CMRs and a quantization scheme associated with the L1-RSRP/SINR measurements of K CMRs. For claims 8-10, the closest prior art, Cheng, Cha and Wang, in combination fulfills features in base/independent claim 1, but cannot further fulfill each of the dependent claims’ limitations as a whole in claims 8-10, hence fail to render such dependent claims’ limitations obvious. Claim 11 is a network node apparatus comprising steps mirrored that of UE apparatus claim 1 communicate with. Hence, it is rejected under the same rationale. Claim 12 comprises alternative language of combination of claims 2-7. Since claim 2 is rejected, claim 12 is also rejected under the same rationale. Claim 13-15 comprise limitations recited in claim 8, mirror of 9, and mirror of 10 respectively. Hence, they are objected to under the same rationale. 12-151-07 AIA 07-97 12-51-07 Claim s 16-30 allowed. Regarding independent claims 16 and 24 , the invention is directed towards transceiving CSI report configuration for transceiving a report comprising (1) an explicit/actual L1-RSRP or SINR measurement for K channel resources + (2) a quantized common channel resource that are NOT part of the K channel resources, and a time domain beam prediction is performed at least in part on the CSI report. No prior art found, alone or in combination with obvious, can fulfill such claim language. The closest prior art, Wu (US 2023/0328568) describing quantization scheme for CSI reports where UE generates a CSI report based on the quantized and normalized channel measurement data and transmits the CSI report to the base station (fig. 7 step 718), Ahmed Salem (US 2023/0283342) describing CSI reporting via joint CSI report quantization & encoding (title) and Jang (US 2023/0090986) describing reporting CSI where a quantization level that may be used during L1-SINR measurement and reporting when an L1-SINR is measured and reported may be a 7-bit quantization method or a 4-bit quantization method for quantizing a differential L1-SINR (title & para. 107 & 462), by itself or in combination, fail to render each of independent claims 16 and 24 as a whole obvious. Conclusion 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure : Tsatsanis (US 2025/0141510) describing reporting CSI & that CSI may include SNR or SINR measurements or indications of such, such as a quantized measure of SNR/SINR (para. 41 & 60), Zhu (US 2024/0236748) describing reporting RSRP where largest measured value of L1-RSRP is quantized to a 7-bit value in the range [−140, −44] dBm with 1 dB step size (para. 53), Matsumura (US 2024/0171243) or Lee (US 2022/0131583) each describing CSI report configuration where When a differential L1-RSRP is used, the largest measurement value of the L1-RSRP is quantized to a 7-bit value in the range of [−140, −44] dBm (with a step size of 1 dB), and a four-bit value is quantized as the differential L1-RSRP (para. 242), Onggosanusi (US 2017/0195031) describing reporting of aperiodic CSI (title), Lin (US 2022/0353872) scheduling restrictions where resource type can be one of periodic, semi-persistent, and aperiodic (para. 40), Venugopal (US 2021/0392632) describing communicating receive beam based on CSI report configuration (fig. 5), Zhou (US 2021/0320702) describing user equipment (UE) may receive a CSI report configuration that includes a report quantity parameter set to indicate use of a SINR, obtain an SINR measurement, and transmit a CSI report including the SINR measurement to the network entity (abstract), Han (US 2019/0297519) describing non-periodic CSI report requests to UE for responding with CSI report (fig. 5), Hosseini (US 20190053084) describing high-layer signaling exchanges before base station sends CSI reporting trigger for UE to respond with a CSI report (fig. 5), Lee (US 2017/0366998) and Lee (US 20180219599) each describing terminal sends its capability information to base station (BS), then BS sends aperiodic CSI report request for UE to respond with a aperiodic CSI report (fig. 6), Kim (US 2019/0165846) describing Reporting Channel State Information (title & fig. 6), and Mazzarese (US 2015/0244444) describing base station transmits a CSI-RS only when the UE needs to report the aperiodic CSI (abstract) . 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