APPARATUS AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Application No. 18/860,187

• Filed: Oct 25, 2024
• Priority: Apr 27, 2022 — CN 202210458057.0
  • Apr 28, 2022 — CN 202210470701.6
  • Aug 23, 2022 — CN 202211015005.2
  • Sep 26, 2022 — CN 202211177260.7
  • Nov 04, 2022 — CN 202211379369.9
  • Nov 17, 2022 — CN 202211460509.5
  • Apr 24, 2023 — nonprovisional of PCTKR2023005550
• Examiner: NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN
• Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
• OA Round: 1 (Non-Final)

Office Action

tice 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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):

(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.

The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.

Claims 16-29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.
In claim 16, the term(s) “in case” is/are not clear if anything can actually be performed. However, the claims will be given a broad reasonable interpretation for the purposes of examination as best understood.
In addition, in order to overcome the 35 USC 112 rejection set forth above in claim 16, applicant is suggested to include recitation of a “wherein when that a ,,,,” into the claim
limitation
Claims 17-29 are rejected for similar reasons as stated for claim 16.

Remark:
In addition, an interview could expedite the prosecution.

Conclusion
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/SULAIMAN NOORISTANY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2415

Prosecution Timeline

• Oct 25, 2024: Application Filed
• Aug 06, 2026: Non-Final Rejection mailed — §112 (current)