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 .
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Drawings
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Claims 1-2 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
In claim 1, line 14, the claim recites “… based on the information notified from the repeater…” It appears that the claim refers to the limitation in lines 7-9. However, it is unclear and indefinite as to which “information” line 14 is referring to. There are multiple types of “information” recited in the claim (i.e. information on propagation delay between the base station in connection and the repeater, information on a location of the repeater, and information on processing delay in the repeater). Thus, it is suggested to amend the claim in line 14 to recite “… based on said at least one of information on propagation delay between the base station in connection and the repeater, information on a location of the repeater, and information on processing delay in the repeater notified from the repeater…”
Claim 2 is also rejected for the same reason wherein the claim recites “… based on the information notified from the repeater…” in line 13.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Kazmi et al. US 8,903,415 teach a system and a method of determining position of a user equipment.
Michalopoulos et al. US 2026/0019987 teach a system and a method of determining position of a user equipment for positioning anchor.
Zorgui et al. US 2023/0008390 teach wireless communication that allows enhanced positioning operations using a repeater.
Li et al. US 2018/0014296 teach relay wireless node to retransmit feedback messages in a fast relaying operations.
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