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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 .
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.
Claim(s) 1-18 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by He et al. “He” US 2024/0187967.
Regarding claims 1, 7 and 13, He teaches a method, non-transitory medium (Paragraph 101) and a communication apparatus (Figure 3), comprising at least a processor (305 Figure 3) configured to cause the communication apparatus to:
Receive, by a base station, information indicating reduced capabilities of a terminal device in a random-access procedure (base station receives Msg3 from the UIE (step 425 of Figure 4. Msg3 can include an indication that the device is redcap type (i.e. reduced capabilities); Paragraph 97),
wherein the information indicating the reduced capabilities of the terminal device is indicated by a logical channel identifier of a Msg3 of the random-access procedure (base station receives Msg3 from the UE (step 425 of Figure 4. Msg3 can include a logical channel ID indication that the device is redcap type (i.e. reduced capabilities); Paragraph 97).
Regarding claims 2, 8 and 14, He teaches the information indicating reduced capabilities is indicated by usage of a dedicate resources for a Msg1 of the random access procedure (The redcap can be identified in the msg1 for dedicates PRACH resources; Paragraph 56).
Regarding claims 3, 9,15, He teaches the information indicating reduced capabilities is defined in a feature combination information element (the indication of the redcap device is an information element received as part of a Msg3 during RACH; Paragraph 96. Paragraphs 55 and 57 also discuss IEs with respect to Msg1).
Regarding claims 4, 10 and 16, He teaches a method, non-transitory medium (Paragraph 101) and a communication apparatus (Figure 2), comprising at least a processor (205 Figure 2) configured to cause the communication apparatus to:
Transmit, by a terminal device to a base station, information indicating reduced capabilities of a terminal device in a random-access procedure (base station receives Msg3 from the UE (step 425 of Figure 4. Msg3 can include an indication that the device is redcap type (i.e. reduced capabilities); Paragraph 97),
wherein the information indicating the reduced capabilities of the terminal device is indicated by a logical channel identifier of a Msg3 of the random-access procedure (base station receives Msg3 from the UIE (step 425 of Figure 4. Msg3 can include a logical channel ID indication that the device is redcap type (i.e. reduced capabilities); Paragraph 97).
Regarding claims 5, 11 and 17, He teaches the information indicating reduced capabilities is indicated by usage of a dedicate resources for a Msg1 of the random access procedure (The redcap can be identified in the msg1 for dedicates PRACH resources; Paragraph 56).
Regarding claims 6, 12,18, He teaches the information indicating reduced capabilities is defined in a feature combination information element (the indication of the redcap device is an information element received as part of a Msg3 during RACH; Paragraph 96. Paragraphs 55 and 57 also discuss IEs with respect to Msg1).
Conclusion
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/BRANDON M RENNER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2411
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