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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
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.
(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.
Claim(s) 1, 5-8, 12-15, and 19-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and/or 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Li et al. (hereinafter referred to as “Li”, US 2020/0229068).
As to claim 1, Li teaches a scheduling method for an ultra-wideband (UWB), comprising: generating scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information comprises a first field and a second field , the first field indicates a time unit in which a UWB device transmits a UWB signal, and the second field indicates a scheduling period in which the UWB device transmits the UWB signal (Fig. 38, S3802 and S3804, paragraph [0162], [0200], and [0255], claims 1 and 6, TxTimeSpecified field, RangingTxTime parameter); and sending the scheduling information (Fig. 38 S3806 and S3808, claims 1 and 6).
As to claims 5 and 12, Li further teaches that the time unit is a time unit for transmitting the UWB signal in a scheduling period (paragraphs [0200] and [0255]).
As to claims 6, 13, and 19, Li further teaches that the scheduling information further comprises a fifth field, the fifth field indicates an address type of the UWB device, and the address type of the UWB device comprises a short address and an extended address (paragraph [0248]).
As to claims 7, 14, and 20, Li further teaches that the time unit is a ranging scheduling time unit (RSTU, paragraph [0255], claims 1 and 6).
As to claim 8, Li teaches a communication apparatus, comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is coupled to a memory, the memory stores computer program instructions, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer program instructions (Fig. 5, memory 530, processor 520, program 540), to cause the communication apparatus to: generate scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information comprises a first field and a second field, the first field indicates a time unit in which a UWB device transmits a UWB signal, and the second field indicates a scheduling period in which the UWB device transmits the UWB signal (Fig. 38, S3802 and S3804, paragraph [0162], [0200], and [0255], claims 1 and 6, TxTimeSpecified field, RangingTxTime parameter); and send the scheduling information (Fig. 38 S3806 and S3808, claims 1 and 6).
As to claim 15, Li teaches a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing computer instructions, which when the computer instructions are executed by at least one processor in a communication apparatus (Fig. 5, memory 530, processor 520, program 540, paragraphs [0014], [0119]-[0120]) , the communication apparatus is caused to: generate scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information comprises a first field and a second field, the first field indicates a time unit in which a UWB device transmits a UWB signal, and the second field indicates a scheduling period in which the UWB device transmits the UWB signal (Fig. 38, S3802 and S3804, paragraph [0162], [0200], and [0255], claims 1 and 6, TxTimeSpecified field, RangingTxTime parameter); and send the scheduling information (Fig. 38 S3806 and S3808, claims 1 and 6).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-4, 9-11, and 16-18 are 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Takahashi et al., WO 2016186007 A1, abstract, Fig. 8
Yoon et al., US 2022/0279318, abstract, Figs. 5 and 8
Lee et al., US 2022/0210631, abstract, Figs. 4, 6, and 9-10
Jain et al., US 2022/0295483, Figs. 1-8
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/FRESHTEH N AGHDAM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2632
7/17/2026
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