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 .
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
(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 1-6, 8-13 and 15-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Quan et al (US 2013/0230059, “Quan”).
Re claims 1 and 8, Quan discloses sending/receiving a plurality of first data packets from/to a first device/second device (figure 8, step 805), wherein the first device and the second device perform short-range wireless communication; and receiving/sending a second data packet from/to the first device/second device (figure 8, step 809), wherein a first field in the second data packet comprises a plurality of indications indicating whether the plurality of first data packets are successfully received (figure 8, steps 813 and 817).
Re claim 15, Quan discloses a second device generating a data frame, wherein a plurality of bits in a first field in the data frame indicate whether a plurality of first data packets from a first device are successfully received (paragraph [0098]); and sending the data frame to the first device (figure 9, step 909).
Re claims 2 and 9, Quan discloses the first field comprises at least one indication indicating that at least one first data packet of the plurality of first data packets is not successfully received and sending/receiving a plurality of third data packets to the second device, wherein a quantity of the plurality of third data packets is equal to a quantity of the plurality of first data packets, and the plurality of third data packets comprise the at least one first data packet (paragraph [0093]).
Re claims 3 and 10, Quan discloses determining the quantity of the plurality of first data packets through negotiation with the second device (paragraph [0008], block acknowledgement policy are negotiated between the transmitter and the receiver).
Re claims 4, 11 and 16, Quan discloses the first field is in a header of the second data packet, and the quantity of the plurality of first data packets is less than or equal to a quantity of bits of the first field (figure 7b; paragraph [0086]).
Re claims 5 and 12, Quan discloses a second field in the second data packet is used to carry data sent by the second device to the first device (figure 7b, element 705), or the second field in the second data packet is empty.
Re claims 6 and 13, Quan discloses implicitly receiving/sending at least one fourth data packet from the second device, wherein a first field in the at least one fourth data packet comprises the same indications as those in the first field in the second data packet ((figure 7b; paragraph [0086]).
Re claim 17, Quan discloses the data frame further comprises a second field, the second field has a preset second quantity of bits, the second field comprises a payload header field and a payload body field, and a sequence number field in the payload header field indicates a sequence number of data in the payload body field (figure 7b; paragraph [0085]).
Re claim 18, Quan discloses the data frame further comprises at least one of an access code field, a guard field, a synchronization field, and a trailer field (figure 7b; paragraph [0086]).
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 of this title, 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.
Claims 7 and 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Quan in view of Rikkinen et al (US 2015/0043456, “Rikkinen”).
Re claims 7 and 14, Quan discloses all of the limitations of the base claim, but fails to disclose continuously sending the plurality of first data packets in a frequency hopping manner. However, Rikkinen discloses transmitting data continuously in a frequency hopping way (paragraph [0045]). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Quan with Rikkinen for the benefit of improving security and reliable data communication by applying a known technique to yield predictable results.
Conclusion
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/HONG S CHO/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2467
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