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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 .
Claims 1-15 have been examined.
Claim Objections
Claims 1, 5-6, 10-11, and 15 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 1 line 1, “network, WLAN, system” should read --network (WLAN) system--
Claim 1 line 2, “unit, PPDU, wherein” should read --unit (PPDU) wherein--
Claim 1 line 3, “signal, L-SIG, field” should read --signal (L-SIG) field--
Claim 1 line 4, “signal, U-SIG, field” should read --signal (U-SIG) field--
Claim 1 line 7, “Efficiency, HE, PPDU” should read --Efficiency (HE) PPDU--
Claim 1 line 8, “physical, PHY, version” should read --physical (PHY) version--
Claim 1 line 11, “field, LTF, signal” should read --field (LTF) signal--
Claim 5 line 2, “signal, EHT-SIG, field” should read --signal (EHT-SIG) field--
Claim 6 line 1, “station, STA, in” should read --station (STA) in--
Claim 6 line 1, “network, WLAN, system” should read --network (WLAN) system--
Claim 6 line 6, “unit, PPDU, wherein” should read --unit (PPDU) wherein--
Claim 6 line 7, “signal, L-SIG, field” should read --signal (L-SIG) field--
Claim 6 line 8, “signal, U-SIG, field” should read --signal (U-SIG) field--
Claim 6 line 11, “Efficiency, HE, PPDU” should read --Efficiency (HE) PPDU--
Claim 6 line 12, “physical, PHY, version” should read --physical (PHY) version--
Claim 6 line 15, “field, LTF, signal” should read --field (LTF) signal--
Claim 10 line 2, “signal, EHT-SIG, field” should read --signal (EHT-SIG) field--
Claim 11 line 1, “network, WLAN, system” should read --network (WLAN) system--
Claim 11 line 3, “unit, PPDU, wherein” should read --unit (PPDU) wherein--
Claim 11 line 4, “signal, L-SIG, field” should read to --signal (L-SIG) field--
Claim 11 line 5, “signal, U-SIG, field” should read --signal (U-SIG) field—
Claim 11 line 8, “Efficiency, HE, PPDU” should read –Efficiency (HE) PPDU--
Claim 11 line 9, “physical, PHY, version” should read --physical (PHY) version--
Claim 11 line 12, “field, LTF, signal” should read --field (LTF) signal--
Claim 15 line 2, “signal, EHT-SIG, field” should read --signal (EHT-SIG) field--
Appropriate correction is required.
Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Claims 1-11 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 in view of Jeon et al. (US 2021/0067235).
In reference to claim 1
Claim 1 of US 12166613 teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claim.
Claim 1 of US 12166613 does not teach wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU.
Jeon et al. teaches wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU. (par. 0049-0050)
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify US 12166613 to include the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU as suggested by Jeon et because it would allow the differentiation of different PPDU types.
In reference to claim 6
Claim 6 of US 12166613 teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claim.
Claim 6 of US 12166613 does not teach wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU.
Jeon et al. teaches wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU. (par. 0049-0050)
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify US 12166613 to include the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU as suggested by Jeon et because it would the differentiation of different PPDU types.
In reference to claim 11
Claim 11 of US 12166613 teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claim.
Claim 11 of US 12166613 does not teach wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU.
Jeon et al. teaches wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU. (par. 0049-0050)
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify US 12166613 to include the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, wherein the remainder is used to differentiate the PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU as suggested by Jeon et because it would the differentiation of different PPDU types.
In reference to claims 2-5, 7-10
The combination of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claims. Claims 2-5 and 7-10 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 teach substantially all limitations of claims 2-5 and 7-10.
Claims 12 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 in view of Jeon et al. (US 2021/0067235), as applied to the parent claim, and further in view of Lin et al. (US 2018/0270086).
- In reference to claim 12
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claim.
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. does not teach the PPDU is received through 1 to 8 streams.
Lin et al. teaches a PPDU is received through 1 to 8 streams (par. 0042-0052).
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the combination of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. to include the PPDU is received through 1 to 8 streams as suggested by Lin et al. because it would allow the PPDU to be received over either 1 or up to 8 streams in order to increase throughput.
Claims 13 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 in view of Jeon et al. (US 2021/0067235), as applied to the parent claim, and further in view of Chen et al. (US 2019/0110261).
- In reference to claim 13
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claim.
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. does not teach wherein the LTF sequence is mapped from a lowest tone having a tone index ‘-2036’ to a highest tone having a tone index ‘2036’.
Chen et al. teaches a tone index of ‘-2036’ to a tone having a tone index ‘2036’. (par. 0063-0064)
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the combination of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. to include the LTF sequence is mapped from a lowest tone having a tone index ‘-2036’ to a highest tone having a tone index ‘2036’ as suggested by Chen et al. because it would provide for a channel mapping across a bandwidth.
Claims 14-15 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 in view of Jeon et al. (US 2021/0067235), as applied to the parent claim, and further in view of “Overview of PHY Features for EHT” doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1967r1 by Park et al.
- In reference to claim 14
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claim.
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. does not teach wherein the LTF sequence is a 1x LTF sequence.
Park et al. teaches a LTF sequence is a 1x LTF sequence (slide 5).
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the combination of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. to include the LTF sequence is a 1x LTF sequence as suggested by Park et al. because it would allow provide for a long training field sequence in a 1x LTF environment.
- In reference to claim 15
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. teaches a system and method that covers substantially all limitations of the parent claim.
The combination of claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. does not teach the PPDU further includes an extremely high throughput signal, EHT-SIG, field.
Park et al. teaches a PPDU further includes an extremely high throughput signal, EHT-SIG, field. (slide 5, 9).
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the combination of U.S. Patent No. 12166613 and Jeon et al. to include the PPDU further includes an extremely high throughput signal, EHT-SIG, field as suggested by Park et al. because it would provide for configuration information for decoding the PPDU.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure are:
US 2019/0289612 pertains to using a first channel having one of a 240 MHz or 320 MHz total channel bandwidth and generate a long training field (LTF) for the message. The LTF includes a sequence based on the 240 MHz or 320 MHz total channel bandwidth for the first channel. The processing system is configured to apply a phase rotation to one of the sub-LTFs of the concatenated sequence and to prepare the LTF by upclocking a sub-LTF defined for a smaller bandwidth channel.
US 2021/0258115 pertains to extreme high-throughput (EHT) preamble designs for transmissions to mixed clients in wireless communications are described. In one example, an aggregated Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU), which is transmitted over a plurality of 80-MHz bandwidths with data for a plurality of stations (STAs), is received. A preamble of a specific one of the plurality of 80-MHz bandwidths is then decoded.
US 2021/0045151 pertains to a physical layer preamble may be used to indicate puncturing of subbands or content channels that may carry further signaling in accordance with preamble signaling. The physical layer preamble signaling be parallelized for different subchannels of a wireless channel that consists of multiple subchannels and some implementations of the physical layer preambles may be used to multiplex different types of wireless local area network communications into different subsets of the plurality of subchannels of the wireless channel.
US 2019/0281459 pertains to a device that determines a null data packet (NDP) frame comprising one or more fields. The device may determine a first long training field (LTF) and a second LTF, the first LTF and the second LTF being associated with a first frequency band of the NDP frame, wherein time domain LTF symbols of first LTF and the second LTF are generated using different LTF sequences. The device may determine a third LTF and a fourth LTF, the third LTF and the fourth LTF being associated with the a second frequency band of the NDP frame, wherein time domain LTF symbols of third LTF and the fourth LTF are generated using different LTF sequences.
US 2020/0045656 pertains to orthogonal multiplexing of high efficiency (HE) and extremely high throughput (EHT) wireless traffic and an AP may support orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) of HE and EHT transmissions
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