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 Amendment
2. Acknowledgement is made of the amendment filed 04/10/26.
Claims 1,3-10,12-19, 21-28 and 30 of which claims 1, 10, 19 and 28 are independent, were pending in this application and have been considered below.
• Claims 1,10,19 and 28 are currently amended.
• Claims 2,11, 20 and 29 are canceled.
Response to Arguments
3. Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, filed 04/10/26, with respect to the rejection of claims 1, 5,10,14,19, 23 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over LI, Peng-xiang et al (CN 114269018 A) (see IDS) (see Machine English translations attached) in view of JIANG, Da-jie et al (CN 114449528A) (see IDS) (see Machine English translations attached) have been fully considered and are persuasive. The rejection of claims has been withdrawn because of amendments (Applicant has incorporated the limitations of allowable claims 2, 11, 20, and 29 into independent claims 1, 10, 19, and 28, respectively, and has canceled claims 2, 11, 20, and 29)
Claim Objections
4. Claims 3-9, 12-18, 21-27 and 30 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claims 3-9, 12-18, 21-27 and 30 are objected to under 37 CFR 1.75(c) and MPEP § 608.01(n) as being dependent from a claim (claim 0) that does not exist in the application. The claims are not further treated on the merits until the deficiency is corrected. Appropriate correction is required.
Allowable Subject Matter
5.Claims 1, 10, 19 and 28 are allowed.
6. The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: The prior art of record failed to teach, alone or in combination receive, from a second network node associated with a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), positioning information associated with the RIS; configure a set of beams based at least in part on the positioning information, wherein at least one beam of the set of beams is restricted in connection with the RIS as recited in claim 1.
Conclusion
7. 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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/HELENE E TAYONG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2631 June 26, 2026
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