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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.
Claims 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-14, and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Freda et al. (US 2020/0396654 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Freda discloses a method performed by a user equipment (UE) (e.g. 204) in a wireless communication system (e.g. fig. 2), the method comprising: identifying a failure of a radio resource control (RRC) connection resume (paragraph [0003]; [0080]; [0134]; [0187]-[0189]; [0192]-[0194]; [0198]-[0201]; [0203]-[0204]; and so on, illustrate determining failure of RRC connection re-establishment or resume); generating first information (paragraph [0199]; [0213]; [0130]-[0134]; and so on, explaining generating information) including a synchronization signal block (SSB) index associated with a random access performed for the RRC connection resume (paragraph [0130]-[0134]; [0192]-[0197], the information is related to SSB associated with random access or RACH), second information associated with an uplink carrier for the random access performed for the RRC connection resume (paragraph [0003]; [0077]-[0082]; [0084]; [0117]; [0126]; [0129]-[0130]; [0134]; [0198]-[0201]; [0203]-[0204]; [0219]-[0221]; [0223]; [0251], describing information related to SUL or NUL for RACH performed for the RRC re-establishment), and third information indicating whether a contention was detected in the random access or not (paragraph [0147]-[0151]; [0191]-[0197]; and etc., illustrating the determination of contention random or free); and transmitting, to a base station, a first message for reporting the failure of the RRC connection resume, the first message including the first information, the second information, and the third information (paragraph [0003]; [0180]-[0184]; [0211]; [0251]; and so on, explaining the transmission of a report message of information regarding the failure of the RRC connection re-establishment).
Regarding claim 5, Freda discloses a method performed by a base station (e.g. 202) in a wireless communication system (e.g. fig. 2), the method comprising: receiving, from a user equipment (UE) (204), a first message for reporting a failure of a radio resource control (RRC) connection resume (paragraph [0003]-[0004]; [0211]-[0213]; [0151]; [0251]; [0130]; [0194]; [0199]; and so on); and identifying the failure of the RRC connection resume based on first information, second information, and third information included in the first message (paragraph [0003]; [0080]; [0130]-[0134]; [0187]-[0189]; [0192]-[0194]; [0198]-[0201]; [0203]-[0204]; [0211]-[0213]; [0151]; and so on), wherein the first information includes a synchronization signal block (SSB) index associated with a random access performed for the RRC connection resume (paragraph [0130]-[0134]; [0192]-[0197]), wherein the second information is associated with an uplink carrier for the random access performed for the RRC connection resume (paragraph [0003]; [0077]-[0082]; [0084]; [0117]; [0126]; [0129]-[0130]; [0134]; [0198]-[0201]; [0203]-[0204]; [0219]-[0221]; [0223]; [0251]), and wherein the third information indicates whether a contention was detected in the random access or not (paragraph [0003]; [0180]-[0184]; [0211]; [0251]; and so on).
Regarding claim 9, the claim includes features identical to the subject matter mentioned in the rejection to claim 1. The claim is a mere reformulation of claim 1 in order to define the corresponding user equipment (UE), and rejection to claim 1 is applied hereto.
Regarding claim 13, the claim includes features identical to the subject matter mentioned in the rejection to claim 5. The claim is a mere reformulation of claim 5 in order to define the corresponding base station, and rejection to claim 5 is applied hereto.
Regarding claim 2, 6, 10, and 14, Freda discloses wherein the uplink carrier includes a normal uplink (NUL) carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier (paragraph [0003]; [0077]-[0082]; [0084]; [0117]; [0126]; [0129]-[0130]; [0134]; [0198]-[0201]; [0203]-[0204]; [0219]-[0221]; [0223]; [0251]).
Regarding claim 4, 8, 12, and 16, Freda discloses wherein the first information, the second information, and the third information are included in connection establishment failure report information of the first message (paragraph [0003]-[0004]; [0211]-[0213]; [0151]; [0251]; [0130]; [0194]; [0199]; and so on).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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.
The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
Claims 3, 7, 11, and 15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Freda in view of Tang (US 2020/0067762 A1).
Regarding claim 3, 7, 11, and 15, Freda comprising receiving, from the base station, a message (paragraph [0003]-[0007]; [0033]-[0038]; and so on). Freda does not further disclose comprising receiving, from the base station, a second message for requesting a report of the failure of the RRC connection resume, wherein the first message is transmitted as a response to the second message.
Tang teaches comprising receiving, from the base station, a second message for requesting a report of the failure of the RRC connection resume, wherein the first message is transmitted as a response to the second message (paragraph [0075]-[0077]; [0082]-[0089]; [0124]-[0132]; and so on).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to use comprising receiving, from the base station, a second message for requesting a report of the failure of the RRC connection resume, wherein the first message is transmitted as a response to the second message as taught by Tang into Freda in order to improve quality of service and resource utilization.
Conclusion
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/KIBROM T HAILU/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2461
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