`Reply to Office Action Dated March 25, 2022
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`REMARKS
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`After entry of the foregoing amendment, claims 1-10 will be pending in the present
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`application. Claims 1-10 are amended. Applicant submits that no new matter has been
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`introduced in the present application by the foregoing amendment.
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`Allowable Subject Matter:
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`Claims 2, 5, 7 and 8 are allowable. Applicant thanks the Examinerfor indicating the
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`allowable subject matter but believes broader subject matter is available.
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`Claim Rejections — 35 U.S.C.
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`$103:
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`Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being unpatentable over
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2019/0191443 to Sanoetal. (hereinafter “Sano”) and
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`Mitsubishi Electric, “Discussions on UL multiplexing,” R1-1804947, Agenda Item: 7.2.4 Study
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`of handling UL multiplexing of transmissions with different reliability requirements, 3GPP TSG
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`RAN WGI Meeting #92b, Chennai, China, April 16-20, 2018 (hereinafter “R1-1804947”).
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`Claim 1, as amended,recites:
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`A terminal, comprising:
`circuitry, which, in operation, determines a transmission operation ofafirst
`uplink transmission corresponding to a first service, and a second uplink
`transmission corresponding to a second service, based on the first uplink
`transmission and a setting of a reference signal included in the second uplink
`transmission, and
`a transmitter, which in operation, transmits an uplink signal including at
`least a signal of the first uplink transmission based on the determined transmission
`operation.
`(Emphasis added)
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`Applicant submits that Sano and R1-1804947 do not disclose or suggest at least the
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`above-italicized subject matter of amended claim 1.
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`The Examinerasserts (page 3 of the Office Action) that Sano discloses the above-
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`italicized subject matter of claim 1 with the exception of determining the transmission operation
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`based on “a setting of a reference signal included in the second uplink transmission,” which the
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`Examinercites R1-1804947 as disclosing.
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`Application No. 17/052,408
`Reply to Office Action Dated March 25, 2022
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`R1-1804947 discloses that a “pre-emption indicator (PI) in [a] PDCCHcan be usedto
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`notify eMBB UEs[of] possible locations for URLLC transmission.” R1-1804947 discloses that
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`“the eMBB UE can blank resources indicated by the PI where URLLCtransmission make [sp?
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`may| take place.” R1-1804947 discloses that “the resources to be blanked can be indicated
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`dynamically using PI or semi-statically via RRC” (Section 3.1 and Figures 1-3).
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`However, the pre-emption indicator of R1-1804947is not a setting of a reference signal
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`included in the second uplink transmission. The pre-emption indicator is transmitted to an
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`eMBBUE in the downlink by a downlink channel (the physical downlink control channel
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`(PDCCH)). The pre-emption indicator of R1-1804947 is not included in an uplink transmission.
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`Rather, the pre-emption indicator of R1-1804947is received by the UE in the downlinkeither
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`dynamically (by the PDCCH)or by semi-static downlink RRC signaling. R1-1804947 does not
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`disclose that the pre-emption indicator is included in an uplink transmission by the eMBB UE or
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`another UE.
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`Thus, R1-1804947 does not cure the deficiencies of Sano.
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`Claim 1 is patentable in view of Sano and R1-1804947. Withdrawal of the pending 35
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`U.S.C. §103 rejection of claim 1 is respectfully requested.
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`Furthermore, claims 3, 4, 6 and 9 are dependent on claim 1 andare, therefore, patentable
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`in view of Sano and R1-1804947 for at least the same reasonsrecited above and byvirtue of the
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`additional claim features set forth therein. Accordingly, withdrawal of the 35 U.S.C. §103
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`rejections of claims 3, 4, 6 and 9 is respectfully requested.
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`Although not identical in scope or language, the allowability of claim 10 will be apparent
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`in view of the reasons recited above. Accordingly, withdrawal of the 35 U.S.C. §103 rejections
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`of claim 10 is respectfully requested.
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`Application No. 17/052,408
`Reply to Office Action Dated March 25, 2022
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`Respectfully, Applicant submits that the pending claims are allowable. Favorable
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`consideration and a Notice of Allowanceare earnestly solicited.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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