DETAILED ACTION
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 § 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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-3, 5-7 and 9-10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Choi (US 20170288473 A1).
For claim 1. Choi discloses A wireless communication system comprising: a first wireless communication device (figure 4, BS 410); and a second wireless communication device (figure 4, UE 420), wherein the first wireless communication device includes a transmission circuit that transmits an information signal and an energy signal, and a first processor that controls transmission of the information signal and the energy signal ([0064], [0122]-[0124]), the second wireless communication device includes a splitter that branches a received signal from the first wireless communication device and generates a first received signal and a second received signal (figures 5 and 12-14), an energy receiver that rectifies the energy signal included in the first received signal and generates a direct current ([0137]), an information receiver that decodes the information signal included in the second received signal (figures 5 and 12-13), and a second processor that generates control information that includes a request related to transmission power of the information signal and transmission power of the energy signal ([0070]-[0075]), the second wireless communication device transmits the control information to the first wireless communication device ([0070]-[0075], [0099], figure 7), and in the first wireless communication device, the first processor controls the transmission power of the information signal and the transmission power of the energy signal based on the control information ([0070]-[0075], [0110]-[0113], [0131], [0133]).
For claim 2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, Choi discloses wherein the control information includes information that indicates a ratio between the transmission power of the information signal and the transmission power of the energy signal ([0070]-[0075]).
For claim 3. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, Choi discloses wherein the control information includes information that indicates a desired value of the transmission power of the information signal and a desired value of the transmission power of the energy signal ([0070]-[0075]).
For claim 5. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, Choi discloses wherein when decoding of the information signal fails in the information receiver, the second wireless communication device transmits control information that increases the ratio of the transmission power of the information signal with respect to the transmission power of the energy signal to the first wireless communication device ([0094], [0096], [0119], [0124], [0128], [0145]).
For claim 6. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, Choi discloses wherein when decoding of the information signal fails in the information receiver, the second wireless communication device transmits control information that increases the transmission power of the information signal and the energy signal to the first wireless communication device ([0094], [0096], [0119], [0124], [0128], [0145]).
For claim 7. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, Choi discloses wherein when detecting that the second wireless communication device is in a non-communication state, the first wireless communication device stops the transmission of the information signal and transmits only the energy signal to the second wireless communication device ([0107]).
For claim 9. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, Choi discloses wherein the transmission circuit simultaneously transmits the information signal and the energy signal to the second wireless communication device by time division multiplexing (figure 1, [0008], [0011], [0047]).
For claim 10. Choi discloses A wireless communication method for transmitting power from a first wireless communication device (figure 4, BS 410) to a second wireless communication device (figure 4, UE 420) using a wireless signal, wherein the first wireless communication device includes a transmission circuit that transmits an information signal and an energy signal ([0064], [0122]-[0124]), and the second wireless communication device includes a splitter that branches a received signal from the first wireless communication device and generates a first received signal and a second received signal (figures 5 and 12-14), an energy receiver that rectifies the energy signal included in the first received signal and generates a direct current ([0137]), an information receiver that decodes the information signal included in the second received signal (figures 5 and 12-13), and the second wireless communication device transmits control information that includes a request related to transmission power of the information signal and transmission power of the energy signal to the first wireless communication device ([0070]-[0075], [0099], figure 7), and the first wireless communication device controls the transmission power of the information signal and the transmission power of the energy signal based on the control information ([0070]-[0075], [0110]-[0113], [0131], [0133]).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
7. The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
8. Claim(s) 8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Choi (US 20170288473 A1) in view of Elkotby (US 20230057994 A1).
For claim 8. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, Choi fails to disclose wherein the transmission circuit simultaneously transmits the information signal and the energy signal to the second wireless communication device by frequency division multiplexing.
This teaching is disclosed by Elkotby ([0300], Frequency domain filtering between information and energy transfer).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to incorporate the selection techniques taught by Elkotby into the art of Choi as to use frequency division as an alternative embodiment.
Allowable Subject Matter
9. Claim 4 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. The claim is allowable over the prior art of record because none of the references, either alone or in combination, discloses or renders obvious the limitation of claim 4.
Conclusion
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/Rui Meng Hu/
R.H./rh
September 12, 2026
/JINSONG HU/ Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2643
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