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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PATENT
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`First Named Inventor :
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`Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart
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`736456.469USPC
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`Date
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`TRANSMITTAL LETTER OF
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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`Commissionerfor Patents:
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`In accordance with 37 CFR §§ 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98, Applicant wishes to make
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`known to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the reference(s) set forth on the enclosed
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`Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). Please acknowledgereceipt by initialing and returning
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`a copy of the IDS and kindly make the cited reference(s) of record in the above-identified
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`application.
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`Because copies of cited U.S. patents and published patent applications are not
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`required, they have not been provided. Copies of cited unpublished U.S. patent applications are
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`not provided based upon the good faith belief that such applications are available in the
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`USPTO’s Image File Wrapper system. Copies of all other reference(s) are provided except as
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`noted.
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`I. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(b) during one of the following time
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`Within three months of the filing date of a national application other than a Continued
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`Prosecution Application under 37 CFR § 1.53(d); Within three months of the date of entry of the
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`national stage as set forth in 37 CFR § 1.491 in an international application; Before the mailing of
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`a first Office Action on the merits; Before the mailing of a first Office Action after the filing of a
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`Request for Continued Examination under 37 CFR § 1.114; or Within three monthsofthe date of
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`publication of the international
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`registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3)
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`in an
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`international design application.
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`IL. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(c) after the period specified in 37
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`CFR § 1.97(b), but before the mailing date of a final Office Action under 37 CFR § 1.113, a
`Notice of Allowance under 37 CFR § 1.311, or any other action that closes prosecution in the
`application. Furthermore, this IDS is accompaniedby one of the following:
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`L] A. Thefee set forth in 37 CFR § 1.17(p); or
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`L] B. The statement specified in 37 CFR § 1.97(e):
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`1. Each item of information contained in the IDS wasfirst cited in any
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`communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than
`three monthsprior to the filing of the IDS.
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`L] 2. No item of information contained in the IDS wascited in a communication
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`from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the
`person signing this certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information
`contained in the IDS was knownto any individual designated in 37 CFR § 1.56(c) more than
`three monthsprior to the filing of the IDS.
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`L] II. This IDS is being submitted pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.97(d) after the period specified in 37
`CFR § 1.97(c) provided this IDS is filed on or before the paymentof the issue fee. Furthermore,
`this IDS is accompanied by both:
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`Thefee set forth in 37 CFR § 1.17(p); and
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`e The statement specified in 37 CFR § 1.97(e):
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`1. Each item of information contained in the IDS wasfirst cited in any
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`communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application not more than
`three monthsprior to the filing of the IDS.
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`L] 2. No item of information contained in the IDS wascited in a communication
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`from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the
`person signing this certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information
`contained in the IDS was knownto any individual designated in 37 CFR § 1.56(c) more than
`three monthsprior to the filing of the IDS.
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`PTA CERTIFICATION
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`In accordance with 37 CFR § 1.704(d), a Patent Term Adjustment Statement
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`(PTO/SB/133) is included with this submission.
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`This IDS is not to be construed as a representation that a search has been made or
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`an admission that any cited reference is consideredto be prior art under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102 or
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`103, or material
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`to patentability under 37 CFR § 1.56. Notwithstanding the fact that the
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`reference(s) being cited in this IDS are being made known to the USPTO in compliance with
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`Applicant’s duty to disclose, Applicant believes that their invention is patentable.
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`The Director is authorized to charge any other fees due by way ofthis filing, or
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`credit any overpayment to Deposit Account No. 19-1090.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`SEEDIntellectual Property Law Group Lip
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`/Shoko Leek/
`Shoko I. Leek
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`Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart
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`NON-PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS(/ncluding Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, Etc.)
`3GPP TS 36.211 V13.0.0, “3% Generation Partnership Project: Technical Specification Group
`Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical channels
`and modulation (Release 13),” December 2015, 141
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`/OCA/
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`1
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`7.3.4.2, 3GPP TSG RAN WGI Meeting #84, St. Julian’s, Malta, February
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`15-19, 2016, 4
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`yeas[>|| CATT, “TDD Delay Analysis and Challenge in the TTI shortening,” R1-160352, Agenda Item:
`roar[>|| Extended European Search Report, dated October 22, 2019, for European ApplicationNo.
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`/CB/
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`16895975.7 — 1219, 9 pages.
`Japanese Office Action, dated September 24, 2019, for Japanese Application No. 2018-550590, 12
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`es. (with English translation)
`Nokia Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, “Considerations on shorter TTI
`for TDD duplex mode,” R1-160780, Agenda item: 7.3.4.4, 3GPP TSG-RAN WGI Meeting #84,
`St. Julian’s, Malta, February
`15-19, 2016, 5
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`Samsung, “Discussion on other potential issues for TDD UL/DLreconfigurations,” R1-133098,
`Agendaitem: 7.2.3.4, 3GPP TSG RAN WGI Meeting #74, Barcelona, Spain, August 19-23, 2013,
`ZTE, Qualcomm, NEC, “Clarification on additional SC-FDMA symbols in UpPTSfor SRS,” R1-
`161339, 3GPP TSG-RAN WGI Meeting #84, St. Julian’s, Malta, February
`15-18, 2016, 7
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`EXAMINER /Curtis A Alia/
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`DATE CONSIDERED 11/06/2020
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`* EXAMINER: _
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`Initial if reference considered, whetheror notcitation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Drawline throughcitationif notin
`conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.
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