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`16/620,722
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`12/09/2019
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`TAKASHI IWAI
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`731456.550USPC
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`7561
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic (PIPCA)
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`Seattle, WA 98104
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`CHERY, DADY
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2461
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`05/11/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`16/620,722
`Examiner
`DADY CHERY
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`Applicant(s)
`IWAl etal.
`Art Unit
`2461
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on 09 December 2019.
`C) A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2a)L) This action is FINAL. 2b)¥)This action is non-final.
`3)02 An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4\0) Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-12 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) ___ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C] Claim(s)__ is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1-2,4-6 and 8-12 is/are rejected.
`Claim(s) 3and7is/are objectedto.
`C] Claim(s
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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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`Application/Control Number: 16/620,722
`Art Unit: 2461
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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 Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`1.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103)is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`2.
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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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`3.
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`Claim(s) 1-2, 4-6,8-12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being
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`anticipated by Lee et al. (US Patent 10,129,064, hereinafter Lee).
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`Regarding claims 1, 14, Lee discloses radio transmission device (Figs. 1, and
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`2) COMPprising:
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`a signal generalion circult which, in operalion, generates an OOK (on-off keying)
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`modulation signal by mapping a CAZAC (constant amplitude zero auto- correlation)
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`sequence to N subcarriers (N being an integer that is greater than or equal to 2)
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`arranged al a determined interval among M subcarriers (M being an integer thal is
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`grealer than or equal to 3) thal are adjacent in a frequency domain, carrying out inverse
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`fast Fourier transform (IFFT) oracessing on the mapped CAZAC sequence, and
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`carrying out Manchester coding on a time Gomain signal generated by the IFFT
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`processing (Col, 19, ines 5- Col. 20, lines 16, which recites generating OOK
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`modulation signal by mapping 2adofli-Chu as disclosed by the instant
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`application); and
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`a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the OOK modulation signalGol. 19, lines 5-
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`Col 20, ines 16, which recites transmitting the OOK modulation signal.
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`Lee discloses the claimed invention exceptfor i being an integer thal is greater
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`than or equal ic 2 and M being an integer that is greater than or equal to 3.
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`It would
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`have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was
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`made to consider N being an integer that is greater than or equal to 2 and M being an
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`integer that is greater than or equal io, since it has been held that where the general
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`conditions of a claim are disclosed in the prior art, discovering the optimum or workable
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`ranges involvesonly routine skill in the art.
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`/n re Aller, 105 USPQ 233.
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`Regarding claim 2, Lee discloses the radio transmission device accarding to
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`claim 1, wherein the determined interval is a two-subcarrier interval, and the signal
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`generation circull, in operation, generates the OOK moculation signal by masking out
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`either one of a first half segrnent ancl a second half segrnent af the time domain signal,
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`in the Manchester coding{Ceal. 19, ines 5- Col. 20, lines 16).
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`Regarding claim 4, Lee discloses the radio transmission device accarding to
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`claim 1, wherein the CAZAC sequence is one of a plurality of 2C (fadofi-Chu)}
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`sequences having & sequence length Nzc, and the signal generation circuit, in
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`operation, generates the QOK modulalion signal using a ZO sequence having a
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`sequence nurnber of 1 or Nzc - 1 frorm among the plurality of ZC sequences.
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`Regarding claim 5, Lee discloses the radio transmission device according to
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`claim 1, wherein the signal generation circuit, in addition, carries out a phase rotation
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`wilh respect io the mapped CAZAC sequence in such a way thal a power peak in a ume
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`waveform within an ON segment within the OOK modulation signal is arranged in a
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`central portion within the ON segment(Cal. 18, lines 5- Cal. 20, ines 16}.
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`Regarding claim 6, Lee discloses the radia transrrssion device according to
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`claim 1, wherein the signal generation circuit, in addition, carries out a cycle shift with
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`respect to the time wavetorm in such a way that @ power peak in a time waveform wilhin
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`an ON segment within the OOK modulation signal is arranged in a central portion within
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`the ON segomentiGel. 19, Hines 5- Cal, 2, lines 16}.
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`Regarding claim &, Lee discloses the radio transmission device accarding to
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`claim 1, wherein the signal generation circuit, in operation, generates the OOK
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`modulation signal using one CAZAC sequence from among a plurality of CAZAC
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`sequences (Col. 19, Hnes 5- Cal. 20, lines 16}.
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`Regarding claim 9, Lee discloses ihe radio lransmissian device according to
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`claim 8, wherein the plurality of CAZAC sequences are a plurality of ZC (fadol-Chu)
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`sequences in which a sequence number or a cyclic shift amount is different, and the
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`pluralily of 20 sequences are respectively associated with different qroups(Cal, 19,
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`lines &- Cal. 20, lines 16}.
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`Hegarding claim 10, Lee discloses the radio transmission device according tc
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`claim 8, wherein the plurality of CAZAC sequences are a plurality of 2C (Zadoff-Chu)
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`sequences in which a sequence number or a cyclic shit arnount is different, and the
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`plurality af ZC sequences are respectively associated with different radio reception
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`devices(Cal. 19, lines 5- Col. 20, lines 16).
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`Regarding claim t7, Lee discloses the radio transmission device accarding to
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`claim 8, wherein the plurally of CAZAC sequences are a plurality of ZC (Zadoff-Chu}
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`sequences in which a sequence numberor a cyclic shift arnaumnt is different, each of the
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`plurality of ZC sequences is uniquely associated with parameter information, and the
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`signal generation circuil, in operation, generates the OOK modulation signal using the
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`2C sequence assaciaied with the parameter information noliied to a radio reception
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`device, fram among the plurality of ZC sequences(Caol. 19, ines 5- Col. 20, ines 16).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`4.
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`Claims 3, 7 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but
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`would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the
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`base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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`5.
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