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`17/633,928
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`Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
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`GELIN, JEAN ALLAND
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`ART UNIT
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`2643
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`Application/Control Number: 17/633,928
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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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`This is in response to the Applicant's amendments and argumentsfiled on June
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`24, 2024, in which claims 1-7, 10-13 have been amended, and claims 14-15 have been
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`added. Claims 1-15 are currently pending.
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`obviousness rejections set forth 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 effectivefiling 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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`4.
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`Claims 1-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Urabayashi et al. (US 2019/0274187) in view of Xion et al. (US 2020/0236670).
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`Regarding claim 1, Urabayashi teachesa terminal(fig. 2, [0030]), comprising:
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`control circuitry, which, in operation, applies a pattern of a coefficient to first information
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`arranged in a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) each having an index, the pattern being
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`associated with second information (i.e., the controller is configured to transmit the
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`physical uplink control channel by an interlace mapping using a plurality of resource
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`blocks (as an interlace allocation) distributed on a frequency axis while overlapping on a
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`time axis [0006]-[0007]. Asillustrated in FIG. 6, each UE 100 performs a PUSCH
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`transmission by using a predetermined numberof resource blocks arranged (resource
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`pattern) with a predetermined frequency interval. For example, each UE 100 performs a
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`PUSCH transmission by using 10 RBs arranged with a frequencyinterval of 10 RBs...
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`The interlace mapping has a plurality of patterns as arrangementpatterns of a plurality
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`of RB distributed on the frequency axis while overlapping on the time axis. Such a
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`pattern is referred to as “interlace”, below.If a frequency interval of 10 RBsis provided,
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`an interlace #0 is comprised of RB#0, RB#10, RB#20, ... . An interlace #1 is comprised
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`of RB#1, RB#11, RB#21,.... An #2 is comprised of RB#2, RB#12, RB#22,...
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`[0053]-
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`[0054], [0057], [0068], [0090], and claims 6-7); and transmission circuitry, which, in
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`operation, transmits the first information to which the pattern is applied (i.e., The
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`controller is configured to transmit the physical uplink control channel by an interlace
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`mapping using a plurality of resource blocks distributed on a frequency axis while
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`overlapping on a time axis [0007)).
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`Urabayashi teachesa plurality of RBs increasing by ten each time ([0053]-
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`[0054]), but he does not specifically teach coefficient pattern. However, the preceding
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`limitation is known in the art of communications. Xion teaches a UE comprising
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`processing circuitry which is to apply a cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequenceto
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`generate a cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence wherein the PUCCH configuration
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`information further includes cyclic shift hopping pattern, and the processing circuitry is
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`further to: apply the cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequence based on the cyclic
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`shift hopping pattern to generate the cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence ([0255]-
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`[0257]). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the
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`time of the invention, to have implemented the technique of Xion within the system of
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`Urabayashi in order to apply different cyclic shifts for transmission of short and long
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`PUCCHs in a same resource.
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`Regarding claim 2, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`In combination with Xion who discloses coefficient pattern (as cyclic shift), Urabayashi
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`further teaches the pattern includes an element corresponding in numberto the plurality
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`of frequency resources(i.e., the interlace mapping has a plurality of patterns as
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`arrangementpatterns of a plurality of RB [0044], [0053]-[0054}).
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`Regarding claim 3, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`Except the elementis any of a cyclic shift amount, a phase rotation amount, and a
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`sequence numberof a code sequence.
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`However, the precedinglimitation is knownin the art of communications. Xion
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`teaches a UE comprising processing circuitry which is to apply a cyclic shift to the
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`PUCCH base sequenceto generate a cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence wherein the
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`PUCCH configuration information further includes cyclic shift hopping pattern, and the
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`processing circuitry is further to: apply the cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequence
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`based on the cyclic shift hopping pattern to generate the cyclically shifted PUCCH
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`sequence ([0255]-[0257]). Therefore, it would have been obvious to oneof ordinary skill
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`in the art, at the time of the invention, to have implemented the technique of Xion within
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`the system of Urabayashi in orderto apply different cyclic shifts for transmission of short
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`and long PUCCHs in a same resource
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`Regarding claim 4, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`In combination with Xion who discloses coefficient pattern (as cyclic shift), Urabayashi
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`further teaches a plurality of the elements included in the pattern are valuesdifferent
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`from each other(i.e., the interlace used for transmitting the PUCCH hasa plurality of
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`groupswith different RBs usedfor transmitting the PUCCH. For example, the plurality of
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`groups are defined as group #1 {RB#9, 29, 49, 69, 89}, group #2 {RB#19, 39, 59, 79,
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`99}, and so on [0080)).
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`Regarding claim 5, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`In combination with Xion who discloses coefficient pattern (as cyclic shift), Urabayashi
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`further teachesat least one of the plurality of coefficients is a value different between a
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`plurality of candidates for the pattern (i.e., the interlace used for transmitting the PUCCH
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`has a plurality of groups with different RBs used for transmitting the PUCCH. For
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`example,the plurality of groups are defined as group #1 {RB#9, 29, 49, 69, 89}, group
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`#2 {RB#19, 39, 59, 79, 99}, and so on [0080)).
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`Regarding claim 6, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`In combination with Xion who discloses coefficient pattern (as cyclic shift), Urabayashi
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`further teachesplurality of coefficients are determined based on a law common between
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`a plurality of candidates for the coefficient pattern ([0054])
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`Regarding claim 7, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`In combination with Xion who discloses coefficient pattern (as cyclic shift), Urabayashi
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`further teaches the control circuitry applies a plurality of the patterns respectively to
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`different pieces of the first information arranged respectively in a plurality of groupsinto
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`whichthe plurality of frequency resourcesare divided, the plurality of patterns being
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`associated respectively with different pieces of the second information (i.e., the
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`controller is configured to transmit the physical uplink control channel by an interlace
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`mapping using a plurality of resource blocksdistributed on a frequency axis while
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`overlapping on a time axis [0006]-[0007]. Asillustrated in FIG. 6, each UE 100 performs
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`a PUSCH transmission by using a predetermined numberof resource blocks arranged
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`with a predetermined frequency interval. For example, each UE 100 performs a PUSCH
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`transmission by using 10 RBs arranged with a frequency interval of 10 RBs... The
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`interlace mapping has a plurality of patterns as arrangement patterns of a plurality of RB
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`distributed on the frequency axis while overlapping on the time axis. Such a pattern is
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`referred to as “interlace”, below. If a frequency interval of 10 RBsis provided, an
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`interlace #0 is comprised of RB#0, RB#10, RB#20, ... . An interlace #1 is comprised of
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`RB#1, RB#11, RB#21,.... An #2 is comprised of RB#2, RB#12, RB#22,...
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`[0053]-
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`[0054], [0057], [0068], [0090)).
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`Regarding claim 8, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`Urabayashi further teaches a formatof the first infornation is PUCCH format 0 or
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`PUCCH format 1 ([0062]).
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`Regarding claim 9, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`Urabayashi further teaches the second information is a scheduling request ([0048]).
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`Regarding claim 10, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`Urabayashi further teaches the plurality of RBs are resourcesincluded in an interlace
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`(i.e., read on: the interlace mapping is a resource mapping scheme employing a
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`plurality of resource blocks distributed on a frequency axis while overlapping on a time
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`axis [0052]-[0054)).
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`Regarding claim 11, Urabayashi teaches a basestation (fig. 3), comprising:
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`reception circuitry, which, in operation, receivesfirst information arranged in a plurality
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`of resource blocks, wherein a pattern including a plurality of factors is applied to the first
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`information, and the plurality of factors respectively correspond to the plurality of RBs
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`(i.e., The controller is configured to transmit the physical uplink control channel by an
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`interlace mapping using a plurality of resource blocksdistributed on a frequency axis
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`while overlapping on a time axis [0007]); control circuitry, which, in operation, detects
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`second information associated with a pattern of a coefficient applied to the first
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`information (i.e., the controller is configured to transmit the physical uplink control
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`channel by an interlace mapping using a plurality of resource blocks distributed on a
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`frequency axis while overlapping on a time axis [0006]-[0007]. Asillustrated in FIG. 6,
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`each UE 100 performs a PUSCH transmission by using a predetermined numberof
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`resource blocks arranged with a predetermined frequencyinterval. For example, each
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`UE 100 performs a PUSCH transmission by using 10 RBs arranged with a frequency
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`interval of 10 RBs... The interlace mapping hasaplurality of patterns as arrangement
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`patterns of a plurality of RB distributed on the frequency axis while overlapping on the
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`time axis. Such a pattern is referred to as “interlace”, below.If a frequencyinterval of 10
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`RBsis provided, an interlace #0 is comprised of RB#0, RB#10, RB#20, .... An
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`interlace #1 is comprised of RB#1, RB#11, RB#21,.... An #2 is comprised of RB#2,
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`RB#12, RB#22, ... [0053]-[0054], [0057], [0068], [0090], and claims 6-7).
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`Urabayashi teachesa plurality of RBs increasing by ten each time ([0053]-
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`[0054]), but he does not specifically teach coefficient pattern. However, the preceding
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`limitation is known in the art of communications. Xion teaches a UE comprising
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`processing circuitry which is to apply a cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequenceto
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`generate a cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence wherein the PUCCH configuration
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`information further includes cyclic shift hopping pattern, and the processing circuitry is
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`further to: apply the cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequence based on the cyclic
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`shift hopping pattern to generate the cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence ([0255]-
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`[0257]). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the
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`time of the invention, to have implemented the technique of Xion within the system of
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`Urabayashi in order to apply different cyclic shifts for transmission of short and long
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`PUCCHs in a same resource.
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`Regarding claim 12, Urabayashi teaches a transmission method, comprising
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`steps performed by a terminal of: applying a pattern of a coefficientto first information
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`arranged in a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) each having an index, the pattern being
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`associated with second information (i.e., the controller is configured to transmit the
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`physical uplink control channel by an interlace mapping using a plurality of resource
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`blocks (as an interlace allocation) distributed on a frequency axis while overlapping on a
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`time axis [0006]-[0007]. Asillustrated in FIG. 6, each UE 100 performs a PUSCH
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`transmission by using a predetermined numberof resource blocks arranged (resource
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`pattern) with a predetermined frequency interval. For example, each UE 100 performs a
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`PUSCH transmission by using 10 RBs arranged with a frequencyinterval of 10 RBs...
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`The interlace mapping has a plurality of patterns as arrangementpatterns of a plurality
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`of RB distributed on the frequency axis while overlapping on the time axis. Such a
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`pattern is referred to as “interlace”, below.If a frequency interval of 10 RBsis provided,
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`an interlace #0 is comprised of RB#0, RB#10, RB#20, ... . An interlace #1 is comprised
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`of RB#1, RB#11, RB#21,.... An #2 is comprised of RB#2, RB#12, RB#22,...
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`[0053]-
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`[0054], [0057], [0068], [0090], and claims 6-7); and transmitting the first information to
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`whichthe pattern is applied (i.e., The controller is configured to transmit the physical
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`uplink control channel by an interlace mapping using a plurality of resource blocks
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`distributed on a frequency axis while overlapping on a time axis [0007)).
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`Urabayashi teachesa plurality of RBs increasing by ten each time ([0053]-
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`[0054]), but he does not specifically teach coefficient pattern. However, the preceding
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`limitation is known in the art of communications. Xion teaches a UE comprising
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`processing circuitry which is to apply a cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequenceto
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`generate a cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence wherein the PUCCH configuration
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`information further includes cyclic shift hopping pattern, and the processing circuitry is
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`further to: apply the cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequence based on the cyclic
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`shift hopping pattern to generate the cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence ([0255]-
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`[0257]). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the
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`time of the invention, to have implemented the technique of Xion within the system of
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`Urabayashi in order to apply different cyclic shifts for transmission of short and long
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`PUCCHs in a same resource.
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`Regarding claim 13, Urabayashi teaches a reception method(fig. 2, [0030]),
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`detecting second information associated with a pattem of a coefficient applied to the first
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`information (i.e., the controller is configured to transmit the physical uplink control
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`channel by an interlace mapping using a plurality of resource blocks distributed on a
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`frequency axis while overlapping on a time axis [0006]-[0007]. Asillustrated in FIG. 6,
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`each UE 100 performs a PUSCH transmission by using a predetermined numberof
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`resource blocks arranged with a predetermined frequencyinterval. For example, each
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`UE 100 performs a PUSCH transmission by using 10 RBs arranged with a frequency
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`interval of 10 RBs... The interlace mapping hasaplurality of patterns as arrangement
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`patterns of a plurality of RB distributed on the frequency axis while overlapping on the
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`time axis. Such a pattern is referred to as “interlace”, below.If a frequencyinterval of 10
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`RBsis provided, an interlace #0 is comprised of RB#0, RB#10, RB#20, .... An
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`interlace #1 is comprised of RB#1, RB#11, RB#21, .... An #2 is comprised of RB#2,
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`RB#12, RB#22,...
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`[0053]-[0054], [0057], [0068], [0090], and claims 6-7); and receiving
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`first information arranged in a plurality of frequency resources(i.e., The controller is
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`configured to transmit the physical uplink control channel by an interlace mapping using
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`a plurality of resource blocks distributed on a frequency axis while overlapping on a time
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`axis [0007]).
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`Regarding claim 11, Urabayashi teaches a reception method, comprising steps
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`performed by a basestation of receiving first information arrangedin a plurality of
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`resource blocks, wherein a pattern including a plurality of factors is applied to the first
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`information, and the plurality of factors respectively correspond to the plurality of RBs
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`(i.e., The controller is configured to transmit the physical uplink control channel by an
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`interlace mapping using a plurality of resource blocksdistributed on a frequency axis
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`while overlapping on a time axis [0007]); detecting second information associated with
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`a pattern of a coefficient applied to the first information (i.e., the controller is configured
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`to transmit the physical uplink control channel by an interlace mapping using a plurality
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`of resource blocks distributed on a frequency axis while overlapping on a time axis
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`[0006]-[0007]. Asillustrated in FIG. 6, each UE 100 performs a PUSCH transmission by
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`using a predetermined numberof resource blocks arranged with a predetermined
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`frequencyinterval. For example, each UE 100 performs a PUSCH transmission by
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`using 10 RBs arranged with a frequencyinterval of 10 RBs... The interlace mapping
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`has a plurality of patterns as arrangementpatterns of a plurality of RB distributed on the
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`frequency axis while overlapping on the time axis. Such a pattern is referred to as
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`“interlace”, below.If a frequency interval of 10 RBsis provided, an interlace #0 is
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`comprised of RB#0, RB#10, RB#20, ... . An interlace #1 is comprised of RB#1, RB#11,
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`RB#21,....An #2 is comprised of RB#2, RB#12, RB#22, ... [0053]-[0054], [0057],
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`[0068], [0090], and claims 6-7).
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`Urabayashi teachesa plurality of RBs increasing by ten each time ([0053]-
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`[0054]), but he does not specifically teach coefficient pattern. However, the preceding
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`limitation is known in the art of communications. Xion teaches a UE comprising
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`processing circuitry which is to apply a cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequenceto
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`generate a cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence wherein the PUCCH configuration
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`information further includes cyclic shift hopping pattern, and the processing circuitry is
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`further to: apply the cyclic shift to the PUCCH base sequence basedon the cyclic
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`shift hopping pattern to generate the cyclically shifted PUCCH sequence ([0255]-
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`[0257]). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the
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`time of the invention, to have implemented the technique of Xion within the system of
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`Urabayashi in order to apply different cyclic shifts for transmission of short and long
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`PUCCHs in a same resource.
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`Regarding claim 14, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`The combination of Urabayashi and Xion reads on “the control circuit selects the
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`coefficient pattern from a plurality of candidates for the coefficient pattern based on the
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`second information” wherein Urabayashi teaches The UE 100B configured to transmit
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`the PUCCH to the eNB 200 (see FIG. 7) performs the PUCCH transmission by using
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`one interlace selected from among theplurality of interlaces ([0078]), and wherein Xion
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`teaches associated with short and long PUCCH communication, sequence hopping can
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`be employedin order to randomizethe inter-cell interference..., in some aspects, a
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`same cell-specific (sequence) hopping pattern can be applied for sequence hopping
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`(e.g., for selecting a base sequence) for the transmission of short and long PUCCHs,
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`wherethe cell specific hopping may vary on a symbol and/or slot basis in orderto
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`randomize the inter-cell interference..., In aspects when Zadoff-Chu or computer-
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`generated sequences are used for the base sequenceof short and long PUCCHs,
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`cyclic shift hopping (e.g., using a cyclic shift hopping sequence) can be employed
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`([0166]-[0167]). Accordingly, one of ordinaryskill in the art, could have easily conceived
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`the invention in claim 14 from a combination of Urabayashi and Xion.
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`Regarding claim 15, Urabayashi in view of Xion teachesall the limitations above.
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`The combination of Urabayashi and Xion reads on “a step performed bythe terminalof:
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`selecting the coefficient pattern from a plurality of candidates for the coefficient pattern
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`based on the secondinformation” wherein Urabayashi teaches The UE 100B configured
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`to transmit the PUCCH to the eNB 200 (see FIG. 7) performs the PUCCH transmission
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`by using one interlace selected from among the plurality of interlaces ([0078]), and
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`wherein Xion teaches associated with short and long PUCCH communication,
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`sequence hopping can be employedin order to randomizetheinter-cell interference...
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`in some aspects, a same cell-specific (sequence) hopping pattern can be applied for
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`sequence hopping (e.g., for selecting a base sequence) for the transmission of short
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`and long PUCCHs, wherethecell specific hopping may vary on a symbol and/or slot
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`basis in order to randomizethe inter-cell interference..., In aspects when Zadoff-Chu or
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`computer-generated sequencesare used for the base sequenceof short and long
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`PUCCHs, cyclic shift hopping (e.g., using a cyclic shift hopping sequence) can be
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`employed ([0166]-[0167]). Accordingly, one of ordinary skill in the art, could have easily
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`conceivedthe invention in claim 14 from a combination of Urabayashi and Xion.
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`Response to Arguments
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`5.
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-15 have been considered but are
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`moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the
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`prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the
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`argument.
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`Conclusion
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTHshortenedstatutory period, then the
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`the advisory action.
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