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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 .
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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 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, 3-5, 7-9, 11-13, 15, and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Manolakos et al. (U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2024/0323908)
Referring to Claim 1, Manolakos et al. disclose a wireless communication method (pars 145-148, UE, gNB), comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network entity of a core network (pars 145-147, control message to UE), a configuration comprising an indication of a plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, time windows), a window start time (pars 145-147 and 149, start), and an identifier of a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource set (pars 145-147, PRS resource identifiers), wherein the configuration configures the wireless communication device to measure a PRS instance or a downlink (DL) PRS within the plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, PRS measurements, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 3 as applied to Claim 1 above, Manolakos et al. disclose the
wireless communication method, wherein the configuration comprises an indication of the PRS instance or the DL-PRS (pars 145-147, PRS identifiers; pars 146 and 154, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 4 as applied to Claim 1 above, Manolakos et al. disclose the
wireless communication method, wherein the configuration comprises: a transmission-reception point (TRP) identifier (par 117, TRP ID; Also, par 146, TRPs).
Referring to Claim 5, Manolakos et al. disclose a wireless communication device (pars 145-148, UE), comprising: at least one processor configured to: receive, via a receiver from a network entity of a core network (pars 145-147, control message to UE), a configuration comprising an indication of a plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, time windows), a window start time (pars 145-147 and 149, start), and an identifier of a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource set (pars 145-147, PRS resource identifiers), wherein the configuration configures the wireless communication device to measure a PRS instance or a downlink (DL) PRS within the plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, PRS measurements, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 7 as applied to Claim 5 above, Manolakos et al. disclose the
wireless communication device, wherein the configuration comprises an indication of the PRS instance or the DL-PRS (pars 145-147, PRS identifiers; pars 146 and 154, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 8 as applied to Claim 5 above, Manolakos et al. disclose the
wireless communication device, wherein the configuration further comprises: a transmission-reception point (TRP) identifier (par 117, TRP ID; Also, par 146, TRPs).
Referring to Claim 9, Manolakos et al. disclose a wireless communication
method, comprising: providing, by a network entity of a core network to a wireless communication device (pars 145-147, control message to UE), a configuration comprising an indication of a plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, time windows), a window start time (pars 145-147 and 149, start), and an identifier of a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource set (pars 145-147, PRS resource identifiers), wherein the configuration configures the wireless communication device to measure a PRS S) instance or a downlink (DL) PRS within the plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, PRS measurements, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 11 as applied to Claim 9 above, Manolakos et al. disclose the
wireless communication method, wherein the configuration comprises an indication of the PRS instance or the DL-PRS (pars 145-147, PRS identifiers; pars 146 and 154, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 12 as applied to Claim 9 above, Manolakos et al. disclose the
wireless communication method, wherein the configuration further comprises: a transmission-reception point (TRP) identifier (par 117, TRP ID; Also, par 146, TRPs).
Referring to Claim 13, Manolakos et al. disclose a network entity of a core network, comprising: at least one processor configured to: provide, to a wireless communication device (pars 145-147, control message to UE), a configuration comprising an indication of a plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, time windows), a window start time (pars 145-147 and 149, start), and an identifier of a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource set (pars 145-147, PRS resource identifiers), wherein the configuration configures the wireless communication device to measure a PRS instance or a downlink (DL) PRS within the plurality of time windows (pars 145-147, PRS measurements, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 15 as applied to Claim 13 above, Manolakos et al. disclose
the network entity, wherein the configuration comprises an indication of the PRS instance or the DL-PRS (pars 145-147, PRS identifiers; pars 146 and 154, DL-PRS).
Referring to Claim 16 as applied to Claim 13 above, Manolakos et al. disclose
the network entity, wherein the configuration further comprises: a transmission-reception point (TRP) identifier (par 117, TRP ID; Also, par 146, TRPs).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant's disclosure.
The following patents/patent application publications are cited to further show the state of the art with respect to PRS: U.S. Pat. App. Pub. No. 2023/0179295 to Duan et al.
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/Suhail Khan/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2642
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