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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 § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claims 18-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claims does/do not fall within at least one of the four categories of patent eligible subject matter because “A computer-readable medium” could contain a signal which is not statutory. Examiner recommends amending to “A non-transitory computer-readable medium”.
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: Regarding claims 1 and 13, the prior art of record, MolavianJazi (US 2024/0323857) teaches a network-control repeater, comprising a memory; and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the NCR to determine a first transmission power of a first transmission (Abstract, Sections 0005-0007, and Claims 1-2); determine a second transmission power of a second transmission associated with a backhaul link (Abstract, Sections 0005-0007, and Claims 1-2); determine whether a first combination of transmission power, comprising the first transmission power and the second transmission power, exceeds a maximum transmission power of the NCR (Abstract, Sections 0005-0007, and Claims 1-2).
MolavianJazi (US 2019/0159136) teaches the first transmission power and the second transmission power, exceeds a maximum transmission power (Section 0167).
The prior art of record fails to teach a network-control repeater, comprising a memory; and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the NCR to determine a first transmission power of a first transmission associated with a control link between the NCR and a base station; determine a second transmission power of a second transmission associated with a backhaul link between the NCR and the base station; determine whether a first combination of transmission power, comprising the first transmission power and the second transmission power, exceeds a maximum transmission power of the NCR; and when the first combination of transmission power exceeds the maximum transmission power, modify at least one of the first transmission power, the second transmission power, or both such that a second combination of transmission power is less than or equal to the maximum transmission power of the NCR, and transmit the first transmission and the second transmission according to the second combination of transmission power.
The prior art of record fails to teach the claimed subject matter as claimed and substantially connected in claims 1-12 and 13-17.
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Conclusion
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/ANDREW WENDELL/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2648 9/12/2026
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