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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(5) because they include the following reference character(s) not mentioned in the description: “S1603” in Figure 16. Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d), or amendment to the specification to add the reference character(s) in the description in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(b) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(5) because they include the following reference character(s) not mentioned in the description: “S2002” and “S2003” in Figure 20. Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d), or amendment to the specification to add the reference character(s) in the description in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(b) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Specification
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: “H-UE1” in [0219] and [0249] should be replaced with “H_UE1”.
Appropriate correction is required.
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: “Thresh1 (UE-h)” in [0230] and [0235] should be replaced with “Thresh1 (UE_h)”.
Appropriate correction is required.
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: “Thresh2 (UE-h)” in [0231] and [0235] should be replaced with “Thresh2 (UE_h)”.
Appropriate correction is required.
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: “Hys (UE-h)” in [0232] and [0236] should be replaced with “Hys (UE_h)”.
Appropriate correction is required.
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.
Claim 19 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 19 recites the limitation "the second distance" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. The examiner notes there is a possible antecedent basis in claim 17 line 5. The examiner also notes claim 8, with similar limitation with claim 19, depends on claim 6, with similar limitation with claim 17.
Claim 19 recites the limitation "the hysteresis value" in line 5. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. The examiner notes there is a possible antecedent basis in claim 17 line 7. The examiner also notes claim 8, with similar limitation with claim 19, depends on claim 6, with similar limitation with claim 17.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-18 are allowed.
Claim 19 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The prior art in the record (in particular, US Pub. 2025/0227535 to Fujishiro et al. (hereinafter “Fujishiro”)) does not disclose, with respect to claim 1, calculating a first adjusted distance threshold by adjusting a first reference distance threshold of a serving cell, based on information on a first reference location of the serving cell, ephemeris information of a satellite, and a location of the terminal; calculating a second adjusted distance threshold by adjusting a second reference distance threshold of a neighbor cell, based on information on a second reference location of the neighbor cell, the ephemeris information, and the location of the terminal; performing a distance-based measurement reporting process by applying the first adjusted distance threshold and the second adjusted distance threshold; and selecting a cell through the distance-based measurement reporting process as claimed. Rather, Fujishiro teaches performing measurement reporting (step 13 in Figure 7) based on the movement distance exceeding threshold value (step 12 in Figure 7). The same reasoning applies to claims 16 mutatis mutandis. The prior art in the record also does not disclose, with respect to claim 10, receiving, from a satellite, information on a first reference location of a serving cell, information on a first reference altitude threshold of the serving cell, information on a second reference location of a neighbor cell, and information on a second reference altitude threshold of the neighbor cell; performing an altitude-based measurement reporting process based on the first reference altitude threshold, the second reference altitude threshold, the first altitude difference, and the second altitude difference; and selecting a cell through the altitude-based measurement reporting process as claimed. Fujishiro also teaches performing measurement reporting process based on a user equipment positioned at an altitude equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value [0111].
Conclusion
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/CLEMENCE S HAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2414
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