Application No. 15/810,589
`Reply to Office Action dated May 7, 2020
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1, 10, 12-13, and 16-19 will be pending upon entry of this amendment.
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`Claims 1, 10, and 12-13 have been amended. Claims 2-9, 11, and 14-15 are canceled. Claims 16-
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`19 are new. Support for the amendments may be found, for example, in 111l[0084]—[0088] and
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`Figure 18 of the application as filed. No new matter has been added to the application.
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`A Request for Continued Examination is being submitted herewith.
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`In the Office Action, claims 1, 10, and 12-13 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103
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`as being unpatentable over 3GPP TSG RAN WGl #81 (Rl-153 567) in View of 3GPP TSG RAN
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`WGl #81 (RI-152954). In response, Applicant has amended claims 1, 10, and 12-13 to more
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`particularly recite the subject matter that applicant considers as their invention and to more
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`clearly distinguish the claims from Rl-153 567 and Rl-152954.
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`Amended claim 1 recites a base station comprising:
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`control circuitry which, in operation, allocates a physical downlink shared
`channel (PDSCH) on a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) determined based on a
`frequency position of a narrowband and a frequency position of resource block groups
`gRBGs 1, wherein a boundary of the frequency position of the narrowband is different
`from a boundary of the frequency position of the RBGs, and
`a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the PD SCH.
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`Rl-153 567 fails to teach control circuitry which, in operation, allocates a physical
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`downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on a plurality of resource blocks (RB s) determined based on
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`a frequency position of a narrowband and a frequency position of resource block groups (RBGs),
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`wherein a boundary of the frequency position of the narrowband is different from a boundary of
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`the frequency position of the RBGs. Rl-153 567 describes that a narrowband for MTC UEs is
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`defined as a set of contiguous PRBs. See page 2. The narrowband may include 5 or 6 PRBs. See
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`pages 3-4. The portions of Rl-153 567 cited by the Examiner are silent to a PDSCH being
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`allocated on a plurality of RBs determined based on a frequency position of a narrowband and a
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`frequency position of RBGs, wherein a boundary of the frequency position of the narrowband is
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`different from a boundary of the frequency position of the RBGs.
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`Rl-152954 fails to cure the deficiencies ole-153567. Rl-152954 describes
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`different RBGs. See Figures 1a and 1b, and Figures 2a to 2c. The portions of Rl-152954 cited by
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`Application No. 15/810,589
`Reply to Office Action dated May 7, 2020
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`the Examiner are silent to a PDSCH being allocated on a plurality of RBs determined based on a
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`frequency position of a narrowband and a frequency position of RBGs, wherein a boundary of
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`the frequency position of the narrowband is different from a boundary of the frequency position
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`of the RBGs.
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`Applicant submits claim 1 is allowable over Rl-153 567 and Rl-152954.
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`Although the language of claims 10 and 12-13 are not identical to the language of
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`claim 1, the allowability of claims 10 and 12-13 will become apparent in light of the discussion
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`above with respect to claim 1.
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`Applicant submits claims 10 and 12-13 are allowable over Rl-153 567 and R1-
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`152954.
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`Applicant has added new claims 16-19. Claims 16-19 depend from claim 1.
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`Applicant submits claims 16-19 are allowable for the features recited therein as well as for the
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`reasons discussed above with respect to claim 1.
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`Closing
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`All of the claims remaining in the application are now clearly allowable.
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`Favorable consideration and a Notice of Allowance are earnestly solicited.
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`Application No. 15/810,589
`Reply to Office Action dated May 7, 2020
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`In the event the Examiner disagrees or finds minor inforrnalities that can be
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`resolved by telephone conference, the Examiner is urged to contact Applicant’s undersigned
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`representative by telephone at (206) 622-4900 in order to expeditiously resolve prosecution of
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`this application. Consequently, early and favorable action allowing these claims and passing this
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`case to issuance is respectfully solicited.
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`The Director is authorized to charge any additional fees due by way of this
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`Amendment, or credit any overpayment, to our Deposit Account No. 19-1090.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`SEED Intellectual Property Law Group LLP
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`/Blake K. Kumabe/
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`Blake K. Kumabe
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