DETAILED ACTION
This Action is in response to Applicant’s amendment filed on 8/26/2026. Claims 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-13, 15, and 16 are still pending in the present application. This Action is made FINAL.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
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).
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 8/26/2026 have been fully considered but are
not persuasive.
Applicant argues on page 8 that Manolakos et al. do not disclose measuring PRS instance or DL-ORS within more than one time window. Examiner respectfully disagrees. In pars 145-147 Manolakos et al. state “measuring…PRS resources,..DL-PRS…within one or more…Measurement Time-Windows” (at least in par 146, etc.)
Conclusion
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/Suhail Khan/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2642
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