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`15/216,641
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`07/21/2016
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`Daichi Imamura
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`733456.414C2
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e
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`BOKHARI' SYED M
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`ART UNIT
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`2473
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`04/04/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/216,641
`Examiner
`SYED M BOKHARI
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`Applicant(s)
`Imamura et al.
`Art Unit
`2473
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`AIA (FITF) Status
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`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 30 October 2018.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`E] Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) 1,3—11 and 13—20 is/are rejected.
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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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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`2.
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`In view of the “APPEAL BRIEF” filed on10/30/2018, PROSECUTION IS HEREBY
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`REOPENED. New grounds of rejection are set forth below.
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`To avoid abandonment of the application, appellant must exercise one of the
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`following two options:
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`(1) file a reply under 37 CFR 1.111 (if this Office action is non-final) or a reply
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`under 37 CFR 1.113 (if this Office action is final); or,
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`(2) initiate a new appeal by filing a notice of appeal under 37 CFR 41.31 followed
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`by an appeal brief under 37 CFR 41.37. The previously paid notice of appeal fee and
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`appeal brief fee can be applied to the new appeal.
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`If, however, the appeal fees set forth
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`in 37 CFR 41.20 have been increased since they were previously paid, then appellant
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`must pay the difference between the increased fees and the amount previously paid.
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`A Supervisory Patent Examiner (SPE) has approved of reopening prosecution by
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`signing below:
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`Double Parenting
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`1.
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`The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created
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`doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the
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`unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent
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`and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory
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`obviousness-type double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims
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`are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct
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`from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated
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`by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140
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`F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29
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`USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir.
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`1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422
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`F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ
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`644 (CCPA 1969).
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`A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321 (c) or 1.321 (d)
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`may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory
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`double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to
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`be commonly owned with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of
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`activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement.
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`Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a
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`terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with
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`37 CFR 3.73(b).
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`2.
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`Claims 1, 8-11 and 18-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory
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`obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 3, 8, 10 and 12
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`of issued application lmamura et al., U.S. Patent No. 9,432,972 B2 (lmamura’972
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`hereinafter). Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably
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`distinct from each other because the subject matter claimed in the instant application is
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`covered by the issued patent lmamura’972.
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`Regarding claims
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`the difference between the conflicting claims of the instant
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`application and issued patent, lmamura’972, are set forth in the discussion below.
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`Claim 1. mobile station comprising: a
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`Claim 1. A radio transmission
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`receiver, which, in operation, receives
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`apparatus comprising: an uplink
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`an index indicating a transmission
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`scheduler which,
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`format; circuitry, which, in operation,
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`in operation, determines an uplink
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`executes coding processing of data
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`transmission format and selects an index
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`and control information, the coding
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`corresponding to the determined uplink
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`processing including a code rate
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`transmission format, the uplink
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`adjustment for the data, wherein the
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`transmission format including a transport
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`code rate adjustment for the data is
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`block size (TB size) for user data; a
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`performed by changing a number of bits
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`transmitter which, in operation, transmits
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`of the data depending on whether or
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`the index to a mobile station; and a
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`not the control information is to be
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`receiver which, in operation, receives the
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`transmitted together with the data; and user data and control information,
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`a transmitter, which, in operation,
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`which are coded using the uplink
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`transmits the data and the control
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`transmission format and which are
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`information, of which the coding
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`transmitted together from the mobile
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`processing is executed.
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`station, the control information being one
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`acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a
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`channel quality indicator (CQI), wherein a
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`code rate of the user data for the TB
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`size of the uplink transmission format
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`indicated by the index is adjusted
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`depending on whether the user data is
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`transmitted from the mobile station
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`together with the CQI, with the
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`ACK/NACK, or with both of the CQI and
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`ACK/NACK as the control information.
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`Claim 8. wherein the transmission
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`Claim 3. wherein transmission
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`format includes a transport block size
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`parameters of TB size and a
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`for the data and a modulation scheme.
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`modulation scheme are included in the
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`Claim 18. wherein the transmission
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`uplink transmission format.
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`with the user data.
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`format includes a transport block size
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`for the data and a modulation scheme.
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`Claim 9. wherein the transport block
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`Claim 8. wherein the TB size for the
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`size for the data is not varied
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`user data is not varied depending on
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`depending on the control information
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`what control information is transmitted
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`to be transmitted together with the
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`data.
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`Claim 19. wherein the transport block
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`depending on the control information
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`to be transmitted together with the
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`data.
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`Claim 10. wherein the coding
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`Claim 10. wherein a rate matching is
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`processing includes a rate matching
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`performed for the user data by
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`for the data.
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`adjusting the code rate.
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`Claim 20. wherein the coding
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`processing includes a rate matching
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`for the data.
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`Claim 11. A communication method
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`Claim 12. A radio transmission method
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`comprising: receiving, by a mobile
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`comprising: determining an uplink
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`station, an index indicating a
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`transmission format and selecting an
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`transmission format; executing, by the
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`index corresponding to the determined
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`mobile station, coding processing of
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`uplink transmission format, the uplink
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`data and control information, the
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`transmission format including a
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`coding processing including a code rate
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`transport block size (TB size) for user
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`adjustment for the data, wherein the
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`data;
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`transmitting the index to a
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`code rate adjustment for the data
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`mobile station; and receiving the user
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`includes changing a number of bits of the
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`data and control information, which
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`data depending on whether or not the
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`are
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`control information is to be
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`coded using the uplink transmission
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`transmitted together with the data; and
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`format and which are transmitted
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`transmitting, by the mobile station, the
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`data and the control information, of
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`from the mobile station, the control
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`which the coding processing is
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`information being one or both of an
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`executed.
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`acknowledgement/negative-
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`information.
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`acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a
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`channel quality
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`indicator (CQI), wherein a code rate of
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`the user data for the TB size of the
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`uplink transmission format indicated
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`by the index is adjusted depending on
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`whether the user data is transmitted
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`from the mobile station together with
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`the
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`CQI, with the ACK/NACK, or with both of
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`the CQI and ACK/NACK as the control
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`lmamura’972 discloses a radio transmitting apparatus and radio transmission
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`method for performing uplink band allocation through scheduling.
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`Regarding claim 1, lmamura’972 discloses a mobile station comprising: a
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`receiver, which, in operation, receives an index indicating a transmission format;
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`circuitry, which, in operation, executes coding processing of data and control
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`information, the coding processing including a code rate adjustment for the data,
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`wherein the code rate adjustment for the data is performed by changing a number of
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`bits of the data depending on whether or not the control information is to be transmitted
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`together with the data; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the data and the
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`control information, of which the coding processing is executed. (see lmamura’972,
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`claim 1).
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`Regarding claim 8, lmamura’972 discloses wherein the transmission format
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`includes a transport block size for the data and a modulation scheme (see
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`lmamura’972, claim 3).
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`Regarding claim 9, lmamura’972 discloses wherein the transport block size for
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`the data is not varied depending on the control information to be transmitted together
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`with the data (see lmamura’972, claim 8).
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`Regarding claim 10, lmamura’972 discloses wherein the coding processing
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`includes a rate matching for the data (see lmamura’972, claim 10).
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`Regarding claim 11, lmamura’972 discloses communication method comprising:
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`receiving, by a mobile station, an index indicating a transmission format; executing, by
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`the mobile station, coding processing of data and control information, the coding
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`processing including a code rate adjustment for the data, wherein the code rate
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`adjustment for the data includes changing a number of bits of the data depending on
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`whether or not the control information is to be transmitted together with the data; and
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`transmitting, by the mobile station, the data and the control information, of which the
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`coding processing is executed (see lmamura’972, claim 12).
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`Regarding claim 18, lmamura’972 discloses wherein the transmission format
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`includes a transport block size for the data and a modulation scheme (see
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`lmamura’972, claim 3).
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`Regarding claim 19, lmamura’972 discloses wherein the transport block size for
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`the data is not varied depending on the control information to be transmitted together
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`with the data (see lmamura’972, claim 8).
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`Regarding claim 20, lmamura’972 discloses wherein the coding processing
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`includes a rate matching for the data (see lmamura’972, claim 10).
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`It would have thus been obvious to a person of the ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time of the invention to incorporate the concept of scanning entropy-decoded signals of
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`a first column with priority so that all of the entropy-decoded signals of the first column
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`are scanned prior to scanning entropy-decoded signals of any other column in response
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`to the intra prediction mode being a horizontal mode, as disclosed by Seo’892, in the
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`method and apparatus for providing scanning entropy-decoded signals of a first column
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`with priority so that all of the entropy-decoded signals of the first column are scanned
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`prior to scanning entropy-decoded signals of any other column in response to the intra
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`prediction mode being a horizontal mode. The motivation of using these functions is that
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`it is more cost effective and dynamic.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained through the invention is not identically
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`disclosed or described as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the
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`differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the
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`prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
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`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary
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`skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not
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`be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`2.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`3.
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`This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the
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`claims under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a), the examiner presumes that the subject matter
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`of the various claims was commonly owned at the time any inventions covered therein
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`were made absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation
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`under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and invention dates of each claim that was
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`not commonly owned at the time a later invention was made in order for the examiner to
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`consider the applicability of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c) and potential pre-AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`102(e), (f) or (g) prior art under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a).
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`4.
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`Claim 1 and 11 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Lane et al. (US 2006/0285481 A1) in view of Maltsev et al. (US
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`2005/0152465 A1 ).
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`Lane et al. disclose methods and apparatus for implementing an OFDM system
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`which uses OFDM tones for communicating uplink signals to base stations with the
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`following features: regarding claim 1, a mobile station comprising: a receiver, which, in
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`operation, receives an index indicating a transmission format; circuitry, which, in
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`operation, executes coding processing of data and control information, the coding
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`processing including a code rate adjustment for the data, wherein the code rate
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`adjustment for the data is performed by changing a number of bits of the data
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`depending on whether or not the control information is to be transmitted together with
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`the data; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the data and the control
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`information, of which the coding processing is executed (Fig. 3, a drawing of an
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`exemplary wireless terminal implemented in accordance in the present invention and
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`using methods of the present invention, see teachings in [0046, 0048, 0050-0053 &
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`0056-0057] summarized as “a mobile station comprising: a receiver, which, in operation,
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`receives an index indicating a transmission format; circuitry, which, in operation,
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`executes coding processing of data and control information (Le. a mobile station 400
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`comprising a receiver 402, which, in operation, receives an encoded downlink signals
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`including coding structure information from a base station, circuitry comprising of a
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`decoder 414, processor 408, memory 408, routines module 420 and data information
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`module 422, executes coding processing of data and control information with the help of
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`their sub-module), the coding processing including a code rate adjustment for the data,
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`wherein the code rate adjustment for the data is performed by changing a number of
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`bits of the data depending on Whether or not the control information is to be transmitted
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`together with the data (i.e. for the coding processing, UL traffic channel
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`modulation/coding selection module 468 selects and implements the uplink coding rate
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`and modulation method to be used for an uplink traffic channel segment , for example,
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`in the UL multi-tone mode, the wireless terminal 400 may support a plurality of user data
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`rates implemented using different coding rates or in other words selection of different
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`coding rates for supporting different data rates is the same as of changing of a number
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`of bits of the data and depending on when control data/user data multiplexing module
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`450 multiplexes user data information bits with control data bits in a single tone module
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`432 or not)”).
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`Lane et al. is short of expressly teaching “a mobile station comprising: a receiver,
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`which, in operation, receives an index indicating a transmission format”.
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`Maltsev et al. disclose a method and system for selecting data rate to provide
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`uniform bit loading of subcarrier with the following features: regarding claim 1, a mobile
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`station comprising: a receiver, which, in operation, receives an index indicating a
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`transmission format (Fig. 2, an index of the data rate in accordance with some
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`embodiments of the present invention, see teachings in [0109-0111, 0023-0024 & 0026-
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`0027] summarized as “a mobile station comprising: a receiver, which, in operation,
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`receives an index indicating a transmission format (i.e. mobile station 100 receives an
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`index 200 indicating transmission format comprising of column 208 for index of data
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`rate, column 202 of table 200 lists examples of possible data rates (in bits per second),
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`column 204 lists modulation types and column 206 lists code rates and for any
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`particular row, the data rate of column 202 may correspond with the associated
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`modulation and code rate of columns 204 and 206 respectively, wherein, as illustrated
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`in fig. 1, the index is received with the receiver circuitry 104, CSI processing circuitry
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`108 may calculate the subcarrier SNRs and data rate selection circuitry 110 may
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`estimate throughputs, select, from the index sent by the base station, various data rates
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`comprising various modulations and code rates and the bit distributions may be based
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`on a bit loading in accordance with an adaptive bit loading technique)”).
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`It would have been obvious to one of the ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify the system of Lane et al. by using the features as taught by Maltsev
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`et al. in order to provide a more effective and efficient system that is capable of
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`providing adaptive coding as per received index. The motivation of using these
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`functions is that it is more cost effective and dynamic.
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`Regarding claim 11:
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`Lane et al. disclose methods and apparatus for implementing an OFDM system
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`which uses OFDM tones for communicating uplink signals to base stations with the
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`following features: regarding claim 11, a communication method comprising: receiving,
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`by a mobile station, an index indicating a transmission format; executing, by the mobile
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`station, coding processing of data and control information, the coding processing
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`including a code rate adjustment for the data, wherein the code rate adjustment for the
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`data includes changing a number of bits of the data depending on whether or not the
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`control information is to be transmitted together with the data; and transmitting, by the
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`mobile station, the data and the control information, of which the coding processing is
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`executed (Fig. 3, a drawing of an exemplary wireless terminal implemented in
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`accordance in the present invention and using methods of the present invention, see
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`teachings in [0046, 0048, 0050-0053 & 0056-0057] summarized as “a communication
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`method comprising: receiving, by a mobile station, an index indicating a transmission
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`format; executing, by the mobile station, coding processing of data and control
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`information (Le. a mobile station 400 comprising a receiver 402, which, in operation,
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`receives an encoded downlink signals including coding structure information from a
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`base station, circuitry comprising of a decoder 414, processor 408, memory 408,
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`routines module 420 and data information module 422, executes coding processing of
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`data and control information with the help of their sub-module), the coding processing
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`including a code rate adjustment for the data, wherein the code rate adjustment for the
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`data includes changing a number of bits of the data depending on whether or not the
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`control information is to be transmitted together with the data; and transmitting, by the
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`mobile station, the data and the control information, of which the coding processing is
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`executed (i.e. for the coding processing, UL traffic channel modulation/coding selection
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`module 468 selects and implements the uplink coding rate and modulation method to be
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`used for an uplink traffic channel segment , for example, in the UL multi-tone mode, the
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`wireless terminal 400 may support a plurality of user data rates implemented using
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`different coding rates or in other words selection of different coding rates for supporting
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`different data rates is the same as of changing of a number of bits of the data and
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`depending on when control data/user data multiplexing module 450 multiplexes user
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`data information bits with control data bits in a single tone module 432 or not)”).
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`Lane et al. is short of expressly teaching “a mobile station comprising: receiving,
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`by a mobile station, an index indicating a transmission format”.
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`Maltsev et al. disclose a method and system for selecting data rate to provide
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`uniform bit loading of subcarrier with the following features: regarding claim 11, a mobile
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`station comprising: receiving, by a mobile station, an index indicating a transmission
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`format (Fig. 2, an index of the data rate in accordance with some embodiments of the
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`present invention, see teachings in [0109-0111, 0023-0024 & 0026-0027] summarized
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`as “a mobile station comprising: receiving, by a mobile station, an index indicating a
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`transmission format (i.e. mobile station 100 receives an index 200 indicating
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`transmission format comprising of column 208 for index of data rate, column 202 of
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`table 200 lists examples of possible data rates (in bits per second), column 204 lists
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`modulation types and column 206 lists code rates and for any particular row, the data
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`rate of column 202 may correspond with the associated modulation and code rate of
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`columns 204 and 206 respectively, wherein, as illustrated in fig. 1, the index is received
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`with the receiver circuitry 104, CSI processing circuitry 108 may calculate the subcarrier
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`SNRS and data rate selection circuitry 110 may estimate throughputs, select, from the
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`index sent by the base station, various data rates comprising various modulations and
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`code rates and the bit distributions may be based on a bit loading in accordance with an
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`adaptive bit loading technique)”).
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`It would have been obvious to one of the ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify the system of Lane et al. by using the features as taught by Maltsev
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`et al. in order to provide a more effective and efficient system that is capable of
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`providing adaptive coding as per received index. The motivation of using these
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`functions is that it is more cost effective and dynamic.
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`5.
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`Claims 4-5, 8, 14-15 and 18 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as
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`being unpatentable over Lane et al. (US 2006/0285481 A1) in view of Maltsev et al. (US
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`2005/0152465 A1) as applied to claims 1 and 11 above, and further in view Dotting et
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`al. (US 2006/0133402 A1 ).
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`Lane et al. and Maltsev et al. disclose the claimed limitations as described in
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`paragraph 8 above. Lane et al. and Maltsev et al. do not expressly disclose the
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`following features: regarding claim 4, wherein the control information is one or both of
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`an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a channel quality
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`indicator (CQI) to be transmitted together with the data; regarding claim 5, wherein the
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`code rate adjustment for the data is performed by changing the number of bits of the
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`data depending on whether the data is transmitted together with at least one of the CQI
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`and the ACK/NACK or without either of the CQI and the ACK/NACK; regarding claim 8,
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`wherein the transmission format includes a transport block size for the data and a
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`modulation scheme; regarding claim 14, wherein the control information is one or both
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`of an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a channel quality
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`indicator (CQI) to be transmitted together with the data; regarding claim 15, wherein the
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`code rate adjustment for the data includes changing the number of bits of the data
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`depending on whether the data is transmitted together with at least one of the CQI and
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`the ACK/NACK or without either of the CQI and the ACK/NACK; regarding claim 18,
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`wherein the transmission format includes a transport block size for the data and a
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`modulation scheme.
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`Dotting et al. disclose a method for transmitting data via a radio data channel, in
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`which data transmission parameters are adjusted as a function of the quality of the
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`radio data channel with the following features: regarding claim 4, wherein the control
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`information is one or both of an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement
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`(ACK/NACK) and a channel quality indicator (CQI) to be transmitted together with the
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`data (Fig. 3, illustrates an extract from a CQI mapping table, see teachings in [0022,
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`0049 & 0066-0067] summarized as “ACK/NACK is a control information and CQI is data
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`are transmitted together”); regarding claim 5, wherein the code rate adjustment for the
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`data is performed by changing the number of bits of the data depending on whether the
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`data is transmitted together with at least one of the CQI and the ACK/NACK or without
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`either of the CQI and the ACK/NACK (Fig. 3, illustrates an extract from a CQI mapping
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`table, see teachings in [0049 & 0066-0067] summarized as “modulation and coding
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`system is used based on a channel quality message CQI, as the code rate can be
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`calculated from the number of codes and the size of the transport block in bits which is
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`change with the changing of the TB size as shown in the table of the fig”); regarding
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`claim 8, wherein the transmission format includes a transport block size for the data and
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`a modulation scheme (Fig. 3, illustrates an extract from a CQI mapping table, see
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`teachings in [0042 & 0110-0113] “as illustrated in the fig. the transport format (TF)
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`includes transport block size for the data and a modulation scheme”); ”); regarding claim
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`14, wherein the control information is one or both of an acknowledgement/negative-
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`acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a channel quality indicator (CQI) to be transmitted
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`together with the data (Fig. 3, illustrates an extract from a CQI mapping table, see
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`teachings in [0022, 0049 & 0066-0067] summarized as “ACK/NACK is a control
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`information and CQI is data are transmitted together”); regarding Claim 15, wherein the
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`code rate adjustment for the data includes changing the number of bits of the data
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`depending on whether the data is transmitted together with at least one of the CQI and
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`the ACK/NACK or without either of the CQI and the ACK/NACK (Fig. 3, illustrates an
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`extract from a CQI mapping table, see teachings in [0049 & 0066-0067] summarized as
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`“modulation and coding system is used based on a channel quality message CQI, as
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`the code rate can be calculated from the number of codes and the size of the transport
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`block in bits which is change with the changing of the TB size as shown in the table of
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`the fig”); regarding claim 18, wherein the transmission format includes a transport block
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`size for the data and a modulation scheme (Fig. 3, illustrates an extract from a CQI
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`mapping table, see teachings in [0042 & 0110-0113] “as illustrated in the fig. the
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`transport format (TF) includes transport block size for the data and a modulation
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`scheme).
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`It would have been obvious to one of the ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify the system of