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`2463
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`10/06/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20210929
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`Application No.
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`17/044,525
`HUANG etal.
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`MOHAMMAD S ANWAR
`2463
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`Application/Control Number: 17/044,525
`Art Unit: 2463
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Objections
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`Claims 1 and 10 are objected to because of the following informalities:
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`In claim 1
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`line 3, WUR should bein parenthesis, i.e. Wake Up Radio (WUR).
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`In claim 1 lines 5-6, IDs should be in parenthesis, i.e. Group Identifiers (IDs).
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`In claim 1
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`line 6, AP should be in parenthesis, i.e. Access Point (AP).
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`In claim 10 line 2 recites “indicted” which may be typographical error and should
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`be corrected to say “indicated or included”).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`2.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
`(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly
`pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor
`regards as the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AlA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or moreclaims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`3.
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`Claims 1-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AlA),
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`second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly
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`claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject
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`to pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
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`In claim 1
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`line 5 recites “the information” which lacks antecedent basis.
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`In claim 1
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`line 6 recites “the station” which lacks antecedent basis.
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`In claim 2 line 5 recites “the station” which lacks antecedent basis. Similar issues
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`exist in claim 4 lines 2-3, claim 5 lines 3 and 6, claim 8 line 2, claim 9 line 6, claim 12
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`line 2, and claim 14 line 3.
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`In claim 2 line 6 recites “the smallest group ID” which lacks antecedentbasis.
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`Similar issue exists in claim 3 lines 1-2.
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`In claim 2 line 3 recites “the number of group IDs” which lacks antecedent basis
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`In claim 9 line 9 recites “the largest group ID” which lacks antecedent basis.
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`Similar issues exist in claim 13 lines 1-2 and claim 14 lines 2-3.
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`Claims 3, 6, 7, 10, 12 are rejected because they are dependent on claims 1, 5
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`and 9.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`4.
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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)(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, namesanother inventor and waseffectively filed
`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`1.
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`Claim 1
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`is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Liu etal.
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`(US 2018/0184379 A1, hereinafter “Liu’).
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`Regarding claim 1, Liu discloses a transmission apparatus comprising: a signal
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`generator which, in operation, generates a transmission signal that comprises a data
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`field containing a WUR (Wake Up Radio) Mode Setup frame (see para. 0031, 0039-
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`0040, wake up signal transmission to wake up several devices; see Figure 10, para.
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`0063, wakeup packet generation); wherein a field of a WUR Mode element included in
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`the WUR ModeSetup frame contains the information on group IDs (Identifiers)
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`assigned by an AP (AccessPoint) to the station comprising the transmission apparatus
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`(see para. 0040, 0063, group IDS); and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the
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`generated transmission signal (see Figure 1, AP transmitting wakeup packetto several
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`stations; see Figure 8 step 804, para. 0054, transmission of wakeup packet).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousnessrejections setforth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the
`claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have
`been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having
`ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`6.
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`The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness
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`under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized asfollows:
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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 presentin the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`7.
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`This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the
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`claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was
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`commonly ownedasof the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any
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`evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to
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`point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly
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`ownedas ofthe effectivefiling date of the later invention in order for the examiner to
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`consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2)
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`prior art against the later invention.
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`8.
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`Claims 2-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Liu in
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`view of Po-Kai Huang, Intel, 802.11ba Draft Specification, Proposed Text for WUR MAC
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`Revision, dated July 8, 2018, hereinafter “D1”).
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`Regarding claim 2, Liu discloses all the subject matter but fails to mention
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`wherein the field comprises a subfield containing a group ID bitmap whosesize is equal
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`to the number of group IDs that can be provided by the AP and when bit Y of the group
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`ID bitmap is set to 1
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`(Y = 0,1,...L-1 and L is the size of the group ID bitmap), the group
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`ID assigned by the AP to the station is equal to the smallest group ID that can be
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`provided by the AP plus Y. However, D1 from a similar field of endeavor discloses
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`wherein the field comprises a subfield containing a group ID bitmap whosesize is equal
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`to the number of group IDs that can be provided by the AP and when bit Y of the group
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`ID bitmap is set to 1
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`(Y = 0,1,...L-1 and L is the size of the group ID bitmap) (see page
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`5, Figure 9-589c-group ID List subfield format, see also the following paragraphs where
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`group ID bitmap can be set to be 1, which is the smallest bit size of 16 bit), the group ID
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`assigned bythe AP to the station is equal to the smallest group ID that can be provided
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`by the AP plus Y (see page 6, paragraphs 1 and 2, assignment of Group ID by setting
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`the bit 1 for the smallest plus Y=0). Thus, it would have been obvious to one ordinary
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`skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention was made to
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`include D1 subfield scheme in the Liu wakeup packet. The method can be implement in
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`a packet generation by the access point. The motivation of doing this is to wakeup
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`stations in an efficient manner.
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`Regarding claim 3, Liu discloses all the subject matter but fails to mention
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`wherein the smallest group ID that can be provided bythe AP is indicated in another
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`subfield contained in the field. However, D1 from a similar field of endeavor discloses
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`wherein the smallest group ID that can be provided bythe AP is indicated in another
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`subfield contained in the field (see Figure 9-589c, page 5, Group ID List subfield format,
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`smallest size is indicate in the Group ID bitmap Size subfield). Thus, it would have been
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`obvious to one ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention was made to include D1 subfield scheme in the Liu wakeup packet. The
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`method can be implementin a packet generation by the access point. The motivation of
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`doing this is to wakeup stations in an efficient manner.
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`Regarding claim 4, Liu discloses all the subject matter but fails to mention
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`wherein the smallest group ID that can be provided by the AP is indicated in a WUR
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`Operation element most recently received by the station. However, D1 from a similar
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`field of endeavor discloses wherein the smallest group ID that can be provided by the
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`AP is indicated in a WUR Operation element most recently received by the station (see
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`Figure 9-589a-Mode element format, WUR parameters is part WUR operation element
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`which includes subfield with the smallest group ID as shown in Figure 9-589c- Group ID
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`list subfield format which can be set to 1 for the smallest bitmap of 16 bit). Thus, it would
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`have been obvious to one ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefiling date of the
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`claimed invention was made to include D1 subfield scheme in the Liu wakeup packet.
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`The method can be implement in a packet generation by the access point. The
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`motivation of doing this is to wakeup stations in an efficient manner.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claim 5 and its dependentclaim 6-8, claim 9 and its dependentclaim 10-14 have
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`no prior arts rejection except 112b and minor informalities.
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`Conclusion
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`1.
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`The prior art made of record and notrelied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`Kim et al. (US 2010/0150043 A1), paragraph 0056 and 0061.
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`Li et al. (US 2018/0359704 A1), paragraphs 0074-0075 and 0079.
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`Mitchell (US 2013/0214900 A1), paragraphs 0021, 0027, and 0052-0053.
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`MOHAMMAD 8S. ANWAR
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`/MOHAMMAD S$ ANWAR/
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