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`16/125,007
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`09/07/2018
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`YAO HUANG GAIUS WEE
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`731456.475C1
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`9828
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e (PIPCA)
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`Seattle, WA 98104
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`NGUYEN” BRIAN D
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`ART UNIT
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`2472
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`10/18/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`16/125,007
`Examiner
`BRIAN D NGUYEN
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`Applicant(s)
`WEE et al.
`Art Unit
`2472
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 9/7/18.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 16/125,007
`Art Unit: 2472
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice ofPre-AIA 0r AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 US C § 102
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`2.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 USC. 102 that form the
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`basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall 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, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the
`claimed invention.
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`3.
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`Claims 1—4 are rejected under 35 USC. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Son et al
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`(2016/0255660).
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`Regarding claims 1 and 4, Son discloses a method and a wireless communication
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`apparatus comprising: a frame configuration circuit that generates a transmission frame including
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`directional multi—gigabit (DMG) beacons (see directional multi—gigabit (DMG) Areas in figure 5
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`and paragraphs 0068)), wherein sector identifier fields in sector sweep fields included in the
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`respective DMG beacons indicate one or more transmit sectors used for directional transmissions
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`of the respective DMG beacons (see a sector ID in paragraphs 0013, 0047), and a field different
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`from the sector identifier field included in each of the DMG beacons indicates whether or not
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`there is quasi—omni transmission (see figure 12 and The sector ID indicates a predetermined
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`identifier of a beam sector that transmits the corresponding sector sweep signal. The DMG
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`antenna ID indicates a predetermined identifier of an antenna that transmits the corresponding
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`sector sweep signal, and may be an identifier indicative of a quasi—omni section of the
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`corresponding sector sweep signal in paragraphs 0132); and a transmission wireless circuit (see
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`the mobile communication module 130 transmits and receives a wireless signal in paragraphs
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`0044) that performs, by using the transmit sector indicated by the sector identifier field,
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`directional transmission on a first DMG beacon that is included in the DMG beacons and in
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`which the field different from the sector identifier field indicates non—quasi—omni transmission
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`(see the STA—1 can sequentially transmit a beamforming signal to multiple sectors set in an
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`omnidirectional or specific directional range in paragraphs 0060 and 0132) and that performs
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`quasi—omni transmission on a second DMG beacon that is included in the DMG beacons and in
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`which the field different from the sector identifier field indicates quasi—omni transmission, in a
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`beacon transmission interval (see paragraphs 0060 and 0068).
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`Regarding claim 2, Son discloses a reception wireless circuit that receives, in a data
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`transfer interval (DTI), a probe response transmitted via quasi—omni transmission and a sequence
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`signal used for mutual antenna training from a communication partner to which the DMG
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`beacons were transmitted; and a control circuit that selects, from the one or more transmit
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`sectors, a transmit sector corresponding to a receive sector of the communication partner, the
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`receive sector being indicated by the sequence signal (see figure 7 and paragraphs 0067 and
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`0125).
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`Regarding claim 3, Son discloses wherein the frame configuration circuit generates an
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`acknowledge (ACK) signal corresponding to the probe response; and the transmission wireless
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`circuit performs directional transmission on the ACK signal by using the selected transmit sector
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`(see the probe response and feedback information in paragraphs 0063, 0069, and 0125).
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`Conclusion
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`/BRIAN D NGUYEN/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2472
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