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`17/922,408
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`10/31/2022
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`Basuki PRIYANTO
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`171922 ,408
`Examiner
`CongVan Tran
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`Applicant(s)
`PRIYANTOetal.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2647
`Yes
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2a)() This action is FINAL. 2b)¥)This action is non-final.
`3) An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4)(2) Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-18 and 21 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) 19-20 and 22-32 is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C] Claim(s)
`is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1-18 and 21 is/are rejected.
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`Claim(s) 2-17 is/are objected to.
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`Application Papers
`10)C) The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11) The drawing(s) filed on Oct. 31, 2022 is/are: a)(¥j accepted or b)(j objected to by the Examiner.
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)(¥) Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
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`(LJ Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 17/922,408
`Art Unit: 2647
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`underthe first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`4.
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`This office action is in response to Pre-Amendmentfiled on Oct. 31, 2022.
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`Claims 3-7, 9, 11-13, 15 and 17 have been amended.
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`Claims 19-20 and 22-32 have been canceled.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section madein this Office action:
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`A personshall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(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 effectivefiling date of the claimed
`invention.
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`6.
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`Claims 1, 18 and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated
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`by Gangkhedkaretal. (2019/0239181).
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`Regarding claim 1, Gangkhedkardiscloses a method for operating a network
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`node in a wireless communication network (see abstract, fig.2, element 201, fig.7,
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`element NN, paragraphs [0029], [0093-0095] and its description), the method
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`comprising: determining whether a positioning process for positioning ofafirst
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`communication device operated in the wireless communication networkfulfils at least
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`one predefined criterion (see abstract, fig.2, element 204, fig.7, element Target UE,
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`paragraphs [0029], [0093-0096] and its description); and upon determining that the
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`positioning processfulfils the at least one predefined criterion: triggering at least one
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`second communication device operated in the wireless communication network and
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`located within radio range of the first communication device to transmit a positioning
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`reference signal associated with the positioning process, to thereby increase a
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`positioning accuracyof the positioning of the first communication device provided by the
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`positioning process (see abstract, fig.2, element 208, fig.7, element UE candidate,
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`paragraphs [0029], [0045], [0058-0059], [0069], [0074-0077], [0093-0099] andits
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`description).
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`Regarding claim 18, Gangkhedkardiscloses a method for operatingafirst
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`communication device in a wireless communication network(see abstract,fig.2,
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`element 204, fig.7, element target UE, paragraphs [0029], [0043-0044], [0093-0095] and
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`its description), the method comprising: monitoring for downlink positioning reference
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`signals from the wireless communication network, the downlink positioning reference
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`signals being associated with a positioning processfor positioning of the first
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`communication device (see abstract, fig.2, element 204, fig.7, element target UE,
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`paragraphs [0004], [0029], [0043-0044], [0093-0095], [0151] and its description), while
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`participating in the positioning process: monitoring for a trigger from the wireless
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`communication network to monitor for a positioning reference signal associated with the
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`positioning process and transmitted by a second communication device (see abstract,
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`fig.2, element 208, fig.7, element UE candidate, paragraphs [0029], [0045], [0058-0059],
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`[0080-0081], [0093-0099] and its description), and upon detecting the trigger, monitoring
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`for the positioning reference signal (see abstract, fig.2, element 208, fig.7, element UE
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`candidate, paragraphs [0029], [0045], [0058-0061], [0080-0081], [0093-0099] andits
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`description).
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`Regarding claim 21, Gangkhedkardiscloses a method for a second
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`communication device operated in a wireless communication network (see abstract,
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`fig.2, element 208, fig.7, element anchor UEs candidates, paragraphs [0029], [0043-
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`0046], [0093-0095] andits description), the method comprising: participating in a
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`discovery process with a first communication device (see abstract, fig.2, elements 204
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`208, fig.7, element anchor UEs candidates, paragraphs [0029], [0059], [0077-0078] and
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`its description), in response to a completed discovery provided by the discovery
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`process: receiving an indication of a radio resource dedicated to a positioning reference
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`signal associated with a positioning process for positioning of the first communication
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`device (see abstract, fig.2, elements 204 208, fig.7, elements Target UE anchor UEs
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`candidates, paragraphs [0029], [0058-0059], [0075-0078], [0089] and its description),
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`transmitting the positioning reference signal in the radio resource(see abstract, fig.2,
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`elements 204 208, fig.7, elements Target UE anchor UEs candidates, paragraphs
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`[0029], [0058-0059], [0061], [0075-0080], [0089-0090], [0118] and its description).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`7.
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`Claims 2-17 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected baseclaim, but
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`would be allowableif rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the
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`base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Examiner's Note: Examiner has cited particular columns and line numbersin the
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`references applied to the claims above for the convenienceof the applicant. Although
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`the specified citations are representative of the teachings of the art and are applied to
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`specific limitations within the individual claim, other passages and figures may apply as
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`well. It is respectfully requested from the applicant in preparing responses, to fully
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`considerthe referencesin entirety as potentially teaching all or part of the claimed
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`invention, as well as the context of the passage as taught by the prior art or disclosed
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`by the Examiner.
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`Conclusion
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