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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 7 and 10-12 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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.
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 7 and 10-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Wang et al (US 2025/0112675). a) Regarding claims 7 and 10, Wang et al disclose a terminal (101 in Fig. 1A) comprising:
a processor that (an inherent feature in UE), when a codebook at least one of a non-coherent codebook type and a partial coherent codebook type is configured and a full power transmission mode using all antenna ports is configured, determines a fully-coherent precoder for uplink (UL) full power transmission based on a received downlink control information (DCI) (Pub [0234]); and
a transmitter that performs the uplink (UL) full power transmission based on the fully coherent precoder (Pub [0234]),
wherein the fully-coherent precoder includes an additional precoder W = 1/√8 * [11111111]T (Table 17, page 37, see “Full Coherent”), and
wherein the transmitter transmits capability information indicating support of the full power transmission mode using more than four antenna ports (Pub [0220]). b) Regarding claim 11, Wang et al disclose a base station (111 in Fig. 1A) comprising:
a transmitter that transmits, to a terminal (101), information for configuring at least one of a non-coherent codebook type and a partial-coherent codebook type for transmission using more than four antenna ports, information for configuring a full power transmission mode using all antenna ports, and a downlink control information (DCI) (Pub [0234]); and
a receiver that receives uplink (UL) full power transmission that is transmitted by the terminal based on a fully-coherent precoder determined based on the codebook DCI (Pub [0234]),
wherein the fully-coherent precoder includes an additional precoder W = 1/√8 * [11111111]T (Table 17, page 37, see “Full Coherent”), and
wherein the receiver receives capability information indicating support of the full power transmission mode using more than four antenna ports (Pub [0220]). c) Regarding claim 12, A system comprising a terminal (101 in Fig. 1A) and a base station (111 in Fig. 1A), wherein:
the terminal (101 in Fig. 1A) comprises:
a processor that (an inherent feature in UE), when a codebook at least one of a non-coherent codebook type and a partial coherent codebook type is configured and a full power transmission mode using all antenna ports is configured, determines a fully-coherent precoder for uplink (UL) full power transmission based on a received downlink control information (DCI) (Pub [0234]); and
a transmitter that performs the uplink (UL) full power transmission based on the fully coherent precoder (Pub [0234]),
wherein the fully-coherent precoder includes an additional precoder W = 1/√8 * [11111111]T (Table 17, page 37, see “Full Coherent”), and
wherein the transmitter transmits capability information indicating support of the full power transmission mode using more than four antenna ports (Pub [0220]), and
the base station (111 in Fig. 1A) comprises: a receiver that receives the UL full power transmission (inherent feature; Pub [0234]).
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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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May 20, 2026
/EVA Y PUENTE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2632
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