Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
`Application N0.: 15/413,072
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`REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
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`After the foregoing Amendment, claims 1-2, 8-12, 14-17, and 19-20 are
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`currently pending in this application with claims 1, 11 and 16 being independent.
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`Claims 3-7, 13 and 18 were previously canceled. Claims 1, 11 and 16 are amended.
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`Claim Reiections — 35 USC § 112
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`Claims 1, 2, 8-12, 14-17, 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35
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`U.S.C. 112 (Pre-AIA), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written
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`description requirement. The applicant submits that after the forgoing amendment
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`the rejection is moot as the identified language has been removed from the
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`independent claims.
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`Withdrawal for the 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (Pre-AIA), first
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`paragraph, rejection of claims , 2, 8-12, 14-17, 19 and 20 is respectfully requested.
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`Claim Reiections - 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Claims 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15-17 and 20 are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C.
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`103(a) as being unpatentable over to Yu et al. (US 2011/0098043) (hereinafter Yu)
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`in View of Pirzada et al. (US 2006/007 3847) (hereinafter Pirzada), Hakola et al. (US
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`2013/0013926)
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`(hereinafter Hakola), and Van Phan et al. US 2015/0289125)
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`(hereinafter Van Phan ‘125).
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`Application N0.: 15/413,072
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`REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
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`After the foregoing Amendment, claims 1-2, 8-12, 14-17, and 19-20 are
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`currently pending in this application with claims 1, 11 and 16 being independent.
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`Claims 3-7, 13 and 18 were previously canceled. Claims 1, 11 and 16 are amended.
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`Claim Reiections — 35 USC § 112
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`Claims 1, 2, 8-12, 14-17, 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35
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`U.S.C. 112 (Pre-AIA), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written
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`description requirement. The applicant submits that after the forgoing amendment
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`the rejection is moot as the identified language has been removed from the
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`independent claims.
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`Withdrawal for the 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (Pre-AIA), first
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`paragraph, rejection of claims , 2, 8-12, 14-17, 19 and 20 is respectfully requested.
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`Claim Reiections - 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Claims 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15-17 and 20 are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C.
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`103(a) as being unpatentable over to Yu et al. (US 2011/0098043) (hereinafter Yu)
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`in View of Pirzada et al. (US 2006/007 3847) (hereinafter Pirzada), Hakola et al. (US
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`2013/0013926)
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`(hereinafter Hakola), and Van Phan et al. US 2015/0289125)
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`(hereinafter Van Phan ‘125).
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`Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
`Application N0.: 15/413,072
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`Claim 9 is rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Yu, Pirzada and Hakola, and Van Phan ‘125 as applied to claim 1 above, and
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`further in view of Van Phan et al. (US 2015/0065154) (hereinafter Van Phan ‘154).
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`Claims 10, 14, and 19, are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Yu, Pirzada and Hakola, and Van Phan ‘125 as applied to
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`claims 1, 11, and 16 above, and further in view of Fodor et al. (US 2014/0122607)
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`(hereinafter Fodor).
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`Applicant respectively traverses the rejection and submits that as amended
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`independent claims 1, 11, and 16 recite features not taught, suggested, or otherwise
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`yielded by the cited references. Specifically, amended claims 1, 11 and 16 each that
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`the request message includes an “application layer ID that is an identification of the
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`second WLAN ProSe Capable WTRU”. The Applicant respectfully submits that Yu
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`does not teach this or suggest this element. Yu specifically teaches the use of
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`“network-allocated” identifiers “D2D ID#B”, which is not an “application layer ID”
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`as is required by the pending claims. Further, nothing in Pirzada, or Hakola cure
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`this deficiency.
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`The office action has further identified paragraphs 16, 21, and 28 of Van
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`Phan as teaching that the request message includes an application layer ID that
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`identifies the second WLAN ProSe Capable WTRU.
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`In fact, Van Phan provides in
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`paragraph 21 that, “... [i]t may be understood that the base station 104 handles the
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`configuration of the proximity services up to radio resource control (RRC) layer, the
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`MME 132 handles the identifier allocation and other related functions, and the
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`PSRC server 134 handles higher layer (application level) configuration of the
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`proximity services, e.g.
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`initiation and termination of the proximity services.”
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`Accordingly, it appears that the identifiers are handled by the MME, while the
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`application level communication is handled by the PSRC server. Nowhere in Van
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`Phan is a request message including an application layer ID of a second WLAN
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`ProSe WTRU suggested or described.
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`Further, as amended independent claims 1, 11 and 16 each teach that the
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`configuration information includes a WLAN ProSe ID and a security key for use in
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`establishing the WLAN ProSe connection. Yu does not teach or suggest sending
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`configuration information over cellular that includes a WLAN ProSe ID and a
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`security Key.
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`The Office Action has cited Pirzada as teaching this element,
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`however, Pirzada merely provides a list of parameters for an infrastructure mode
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`and parameters for an adhoc mode, however, Pirzada is silent with respect to how
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`the parameters for adhoc mode would be signaled and certainly does not
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`contemplate sending them over cellular.
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`The Office Action has also cited Hakola as teaching that the configuration
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`message is an implicit
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`indication to establish the WLAN ProSe connection.
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`However, Hakola teaches that a communication mode change command may
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`include D2D security key information; however, Hakola’s communication mode
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`change command does not include any of the other configuration information as is
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`required by the claims, and it is not clear that a ProSe connection could be
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`established solely by the Hakola’s communication mode change command, there for
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`Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
`Application N0.: 15/413,072
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`Hakola’s communication mode change command is not the same as the presently
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`claimed configuration information.
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`Accordingly, none of the 4 references cited teach or suggest either of a request
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`message that include “an application layer ID” of a second ProSe Capable WTRU, or
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`a configuration message that includes, “a WLAN ProSe ID... a security key, a
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`frequency or channel number, a beacon interval and timing information” as is
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`required by the independent claims, and amended claims 1, 11, and 16 are not
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`obvious over the cited art of record, and the Applicant believes these claims are
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`allowable over all cited references of record.
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`Claims 2, 8-10, 12, 14-15, 17, 19, and 20 are ultimately dependent on one of
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`claims 1, 11 and 16, which the Applicant believes are patentable as set forth above.
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`As claims 2, 8-10, 12, 14-15, 17, 19, and 20 each depend from an allowable claim,
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`Applicant respectfully submits that claims 2, 8-10, 12, 14-15, 17, 19, and 20 are
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`similarly allowable.
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`Based on the arguments presented above, withdrawal of the 35 U.S.C. 103
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`rejections of the claims is respectfully requested.
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`Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
`Application N0.: 15/413,072
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`Conclusion
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`If the Examiner believes that any additional minor formal matters need to be
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`addressed in order to place this application in condition for allowance, or that a
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`telephonic interview will help to materially advance the prosecution of this
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`application, the Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned by telephone at the
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`Examiner's convenience.
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`In view of the foregoing, Applicant respectfully submits that the present
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`application,
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`including claims 1, 2, 8-12, 14-17, 19 and 20,
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`is in condition for
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`allowance and a notice to that effect is respectfully requested.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
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`By /Wesley T. McMichael/
`Wesley T. McMichael
`Registration No. 56,982
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`Volpe and Koenig, PC.
`30 South 17th Street, 18th Fl.
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`Philadelphia, PA 19103-4009
`Telephone: (215) 568-6400
`Facsimile:
`(215) 568-6499
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`WTM/srp
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