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`LILEI WANG
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`HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M
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`ART UNIT
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`WANG etal.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/651 ,275
`Art Unit: 2466
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`This office action is a response to an application filed on 03/26/2020, in which
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`claims 1-20 are pending and ready for examination.
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`Priority
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`Applicant’s claim for the benefit of a prior-filed application under 35 U.S.C. 119(e)
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`or under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) is acknowledged.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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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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`Claims 11, 14-16 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C 102 (a) (2) as been
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`anticipated by OUCHI etal. (hereinafter, “OUCHI”; 20190229964).
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`Inresponseto claims 11 and 20,
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`- OUCHI teaches a basestation operative for scheduling sidelink transmission for
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`a user equipment (UE), comprising: a control information generator (multi-
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`purpose processor, paragraph 416), operative to generate (configured using,
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`paragraph 77); first control information (DC/ or DCI format, paragraph 77); and
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`atransmitter operative to transmit (a transmitter transmitting a TA command,
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`paragraph 389); the first control information to the user equipment (monitoring
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`DCI format by a terminal in paragraph 85 is interpreted as transmitting y the base
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`station); to indicate whether to use a shortened time interval (include the
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`information/parameters for configuring the sTTI, paragraph 85); for a signaling
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`interaction of the base station and the user equipment (supporting the
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`transmission and/or reception, paragraph 85); for sidelink transmission (physical
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`channel, paragraph 85),
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`- wherein a length of the shortened time interval is less than a length of a standard
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`time interval (77! may include sTTI, paragraph 177).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claim 14,
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`- OUCHI teaches wherein the first control information (DC/, paragraph 76);
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`comprises one or more of downlink control information (DCI) (DCI, paragraph
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`76); and radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and wherein the determination
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`circuitry (processor, paragraph 416); determines (may monitor, paragraph 85);
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`whether the shortened time interval is used for the signaling interaction (the
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`information and/or parameters for configuring the sTTI, paragraph 85); according
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`to one or moreof radio resource control (RRC) signaling and the downlink control
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`information (using DCI format (and/or SCI) which mayinclude the
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`information/parameters for configuring the sTTl in paragraph 85 teachesthis
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`limitation).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claim 15,
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`- OUCHI teaches wherein when the receiver receives (receives, paragraph 435);
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`the first control information (DCI, paragraph 76); within a control resourcethat is
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`specially specified (within a particular bandwidth in a system bandwidth,
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`paragraph 76 ); for the shortenedtime interval (s77/, paragraph 76), the
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`determination circuitry determines (may monitor, paragraph 85); that the
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`shortenedtime interval is used for the signaling interaction (supporting the
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`transmission and/or reception of the physical channel using the sTTI, paragraph
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`85).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claim 16,
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`- OUCHI teaches wherein the first control information comprises downlink control
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`information (DCI) (DCI, paragraph 76), and wherein when the receiver receives
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`(receives, paragraph 435); the downlink control information (DCI, paragraph 76);
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`within a control resource that is shared (within a particular bandwidth in a system
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`bandwidth, paragraph 76); by the shortened time interval (s7T/l, paragraph 76);
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`and the standard time interval (77! may include sTTI, paragraph 177),
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`the determination circuitry (orocessor, paragraph 416); determines (may monitor,
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`paragraph 85); whether the shortenedtime interval is used for the signaling
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`interaction (the information and/or parameters for configuring the sTTI, paragraph
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`85); according to one or more of a search space in the user equipment (search
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`space, paragraph 98); and a size (prescribed information bit, paragraph 83); of
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`the downlink control information (DCI) (DC/ format, paragraph 83).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousnessrejections setforth 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 effective filing 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 mace.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/651 ,275
`Art Unit: 2466
`Claims 1, 4-6 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable
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`over OUCHI etal. (hereinafter, “OUCHI”; 20190229964)in view of KWAKetal.
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`(hereinafter, “KWAK”; 20190312669).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claims 1 and 10,
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`- OUCHI teaches a user equipment (UE) operative for sidelink transmission based
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`on basestation scheduling, comprising: a receiver (a receiver, paragraph 435),
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`operative to receive (receives, paragraph 435); first control information (DCI,
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`paragraph 76); from a basestation (base station apparatus, paragraph 71);
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`determination circuitry (orocessor, paragraph 416), operative to determine (may
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`monitor, paragraph 85); whether a shortenedtime interval (s77/, paragraph 85);
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`is used for a signaling interaction of the user equipment (supporting the
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`transmission and/or reception of the physical channel using the sTTI, paragraph
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`85) and the base station (base station, paragraph 85); for sidelink transmission
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`(physical channel, paragraph 85); according to the receivedfirst control
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`information (DCI format, paragraph 85); and
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`- wherein a length of the shortened time interval is less than a length of a standard
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`time interval (77! may include sTTIl, paragraph 177).
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`OUCHI doesnot teach explicitly about a transmitter, operative to transmit second
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`control information to the base station during the signaling interaction using the
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`shortenedtime interval after the determination circuitry determines that the shortened
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`time interval is used for the signaling interaction for sidelink transmission.
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`KWAK teachesa transmitter (fig. 31, element 3123, communication module
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`3123, paragraph 548), operative to transmit (transmitted in one sTTI, paragraph
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`486); second control information (CS/, paragraph 486); to the base station (base
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`station, paragraph 486); during the signaling interaction using the shortened time
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`interval (the base station may allocate the sTTI of proper length, paragraph 486)
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`after the determination circuitry (fig. 31, element 3121, processor, paragraph 548
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`); determines (notifying the UE of such a configuration (by the base station) in
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`paragraph 486is interpreted as receiving or determining by the UE) that the
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`shortenedtime interval (s7T/l, paragraph 486); is used for the signaling
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`interaction for sidelink transmission (sidelink communication is interpreted as
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`performing uplink sidelink communication via sTTI, paragraph 435),
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI to use a
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`transmitter, operative to transmit second control information to the base station during
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`the signaling interaction using the shortened time interval after the determination
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`circuitry determines that the shortened time interval is used for the signaling interaction
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`for sidelink transmission as taught by KWAK because it would allow a method for a user
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`equipmentto transmit (feedback or report) channel state information (CSI) (e.g., CQI) to
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`a base station in a wireless communication system supporting a short transmission time
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`interval (short TTI, sTTI).
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`In responseto claim 4,
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`OUCHI teaches wherein the first control information (DC/, paragraph 76);
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`comprises one or more of downlink control information (DCI) (DCI, paragraph
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`76); and radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and wherein the determination
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`circuitry (processor, paragraph 416); determines (may monitor, paragraph 85);
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`whether the shortened time interval is used for the signaling interaction (the
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`information and/or parameters for configuring the sTTI, paragraph 85); according
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`to one or moreof radio resource control (RRC) signaling and the downlink control
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`information (using DCI format (and/or SCI) which mayinclude the
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`information/parameters for configuring the sTTl in paragraph 85 teachesthis
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`limitation).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claim 5,
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`- OUCHI teaches wherein when the receiver receives (receives, paragraph 435);
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`the first control information (DCI, paragraph 76); within a control resourcethatis
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`specially specified (within a particular bandwidth in a system bandwidth,
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`paragraph 76 ); for the shortenedtime interval (s77/, paragraph 76), the
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`determination circuitry determines (may monitor, paragraph 85); that the
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`shortenedtime interval is used for the signaling interaction (supporting the
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`transmission and/or reception of the physical channel using the sTTI, paragraph
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`85).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claims6,
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`- OUCHI teaches wherein the first control information comprises downlink control
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`information (DCI) (DCI, paragraph 76), and wherein when the receiver receives
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`(receives, paragraph 435); the downlink control information (DCI, paragraph 76);
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`within a control resource that is shared (within a particular bandwidth in a system
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`bandwidth, paragraph 76); by the shortened time interval (s7T/l, paragraph 76);
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`and the standard time interval (77! may include sTTI, paragraph 177),
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`the determination circuitry (orocessor, paragraph 416); determines (may monitor,
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`paragraph 85); whether the shortenedtime interval is used for the signaling
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`interaction (the information and/or parameters for configuring the sTTI, paragraph
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`85); according to one or more of a search spacein the user equipment (search
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`space, paragraph 98); and a size (prescribed information bit, paragraph 83); of
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`the downlink control information (DCI) (DC/ format, paragraph 83).
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`Claim 2 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI etal.
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`(hereinafter, “OUCHI”; 20190229964) in view of KWAKetal. (hereinafter, “KVWWAK”:
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`20190312669) and in further view of YOU et al. (hereinafter, “YOU”; 20180234998).
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`In responseto claim 2,
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`OUCHI and KWAKdonot teach explicitly about the apparatus of claim 2.
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`YOU teaches wherein the shortenedtime interval is a shortened transmission
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`time interval (STTI) (s7T/, paragraph 261), the standard time interval is a
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`transmission time interval (TTI) (legacy TTI, paragraph 261), andsTTlisa
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`fraction of TTI in terms of OFDM symbol (s7TT/ mayinclude a part of OFDM
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`symbols of legacy TTI, paragraph 261).
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI and KWAK
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`to use a shortenedtime interval is a shortened transmission time interval (STTI), the
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`standard time interval is a transmission time interval (TTI), and sTTl is a fraction of
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`TTI in terms of OFDM symbol as taught by YOU becauseit would allow using sTTI
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`for DCI in order to overcome delay or latency has emerged as an important issue.
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`The performances of more and more applications depend on a delay/latency in a 5G
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`communication system.
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`Claim 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI et
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`al. (hereinafter, “OUCHI’; 20190229964) KWAKetal. (hereinafter, “KVWWAK”:
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`20190312669) andin further view of MOON etal. (hereinafter, “MOON”; 20190116592).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claim 3,
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`OUCHI and KWAKnotteach explicitly about claim 3.
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`- MOON teaches wherein the shortened time interval (sTTI, paragraph 62); is mini-
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`slot (sub-slot, paragraph 62); or non-slot unit in the New Radio system (NA (new
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`radio), paragraph 52), the standard time interval is slot (77T/s, paragraph 61); in
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`the New Radio system (NA (new radio), paragraph 52), and wherein mini-slot
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`(sub-slot, paragraph 62); or non-slot is a fraction of slot terms of OFDM symbol
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`(slot and sub-slot are composed of 16 OFDM symbols and 1 OFDM symbol,
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`paragraph 62).
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI and KWAKto
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`use a mini-slot as an STTI unit in, and a standard time interval as a slot ina NR system
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`wherein the mini-slot is a fraction of the slot in terms of OFDM symbol as taught by
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`MOON becauseit would allow supporting transmissions of TTI units having different
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`lengths within one carrier in order to efficiently support traffic having various
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`requirements.
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`Claim 8 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI et
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`al. (hereinafter, “OUCHI’; 20190229964) KWAKetal. (hereinafter, “KVWWAK’;
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`20190312669) and in further view of in view of LEE etal. (hereinafter, “LEE”;
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`20190090276).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claim 8,
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`- OUCHI teaches further comprising: selection circuitry (processor, paragraph
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`416), operative to select (may monitor, paragraph 85) the shortened time interval
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`(sTTI, paragraph 85); or the standard time interval for the signaling interaction of
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`the user equipment and the base station (supporting the transmission and/or
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`reception of the physical channelusing the sTTI, paragraph 85); for sidelink
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`transmission (sPDSCH, sPDCCH, sPUSCH, sPUCCH, paragraph 76),
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`OUCHI and KWAKdonot teach explicitly about wherein the transmitter transmits a
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`report indicating the selected time interval for the signaling interaction via one or more
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`of scheduling request and buffer-status report.
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`LEE teaches wherein the transmitter transmits (fig. 9, element 23,
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`transmitter/receiver, paragraph 146); a report indicating (piggyback is performed
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`on all or part of DCI, paragraph 133); the selected time interval for the signaling
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`interaction (SPUSCHis scheduled in the corresponding sTTI, paragraph 133);
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`via one or more of scheduling request (scheduled in a corresponding sTTI,
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`paragraph 133); and buffer-status report.
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI and KWAKfor
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`a transmitter to transmit a report indicating the selected time interval for the signaling
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`interaction via one or more of scheduling request and buffer-status report as taught by
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`LEE becauseit would allow transmitting an uplink signal in an unlicensed band for a
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`terminal configured to support multiple transmission time interval (TTI) lengths in a
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`wireless communication system.
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`Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI etal.
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`(hereinafter, “OUCHI’; 20190229964) in view of KWAKetal. (hereinafter, “KVWWAK’;
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`20190312669) in view of MOON etal. (hereinafter, “MOON”: 20190116592) and in
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`further view of Takeda etal. (hereinafter, “Takeda”; 20200022098).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claims9,
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`OUCHI, KWAK and MOON don't teach explicitly about claim 9.
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`- Takeda teaches wherein after the user equipment determines (shorten
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`processing time is configures, paragraph 35); that the mini-slot (mini-s/ots,
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`paragraph 39); or the non-slot unit is used for the signaling interaction (contro!
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`transmission/reception, paragraph 39); in the New Radio system (NR (New RAT
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`(new radio access technology)), paragraph 144), the user equipment performs
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`sidelink transmission (GPUSCH, paragraph 41); using the mini-slot or the non-
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`slot unit (where sTTI are configured will use channels, paragraph 41).
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person ofordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI, KWAK and
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`MOON to use a sTTI of a new radio system via sidelink channel for signaling
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`interaction after the mini-slot or sTTI| is determined by an UE as taught by Takeda
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`because it would provide a user terminal and a radio communication method, whereby
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`the transmission of UL signals in response to DL transmission can be controlled
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`properly in future radio communication systems.
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`Claim 12 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI et
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`al. (hereinafter, “OUCHI”; 20190229964) andin further view of YOU etal. (hereinafter,
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`“YOU”; 20180234998).
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`e
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`Inresponseto claim 12,
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`OUCHI doesnot teach explicitly about the apparatus of claim 2.
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`-
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`YOU teaches wherein the shortenedtime interval is a shortened transmission
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`time interval (STTI) (s7T/, paragraph 261), the standard time interval is a
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`transmission time interval (TTI) (legacy TTI, paragraph 261), andsTTlisa
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`fraction of TTI in terms of OFDM symbol (s7TT/ mayinclude a part of OFDM
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`symbols of legacy TTI, paragraph 261).
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI to use a
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`shortenedtime interval is a shortened transmission time interval (STT1), the standard
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`time interval is a transmission time interval (TTI), and sTTI is a fraction of TTI in
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`terms of OFDM symbol as taught by YOU becauseit would allow using sTTI for DCI
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`in order to overcome delay or latency has emerged as an important issue. The
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`performances of more and more applications depend on a delay/latency in a 5G
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`communication system.
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`Claim 13 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI
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`et al. (hereinafter, “OUCHI”; 20190229964) and in further view of MOON etal.
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`(hereinafter, “MOON”; 20190116592).
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`Inresponseto claim 13,
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`- OUCHI teaches wherein the user equipment transmits second control information
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`(transmit UCI, paragraph 121); during the signaling interaction to the base station
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`(transmit UCI in paragraph 121 is interpreted as transmitting to a base station);
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`using mini-slot (s77/, paragraph 85); or non-slot unit after determining
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`(monitor...... which DCI format, paragraph 85); that the mini-slot or non-slot unit is
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`used for the signaling interaction (configuring the sTTI, paragraph 85).
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`OUCHI doesnot teach explicitly about wherein the shortened time interval is mini-
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`slot or non-slot unit in the New Radio system, the standardtime intervalis slot in the
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`New Radio system, and wherein the mini-slot or non-slot unit is a fraction of slot in
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`terms of OFDM symbol.
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`- MOON teaches wherein the shortenedtime interval is mini-slot or non-slot unit in
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`the New Radio system, the standard time interval is slot in the New Radio
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`system, and wherein the mini-slot or non-slot unit is a fraction of slot in terms of
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`OFDM symbol (these limitations are identical to claim 3, therefore, they are
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`rejected the same way as claim 3), and
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI to use a mini-
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`slot as an STTI unit in, and a standard time interval as a slot in a NR system wherein
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`the mini-slot is a fraction of the slot in terms of OFDM symbol as taught by MOON
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`becauseit would allow supporting transmissions of TTI units having different lengths
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`within one carrier in order to efficiently support traffic having various requirements.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/651 ,275
`Art Unit: 2466
`Claim 18 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI et
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`al. (hereinafter, “OUCHI’; 20190229964) in view of LEE et al. (hereinafter, “LEE”:
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`20190090276) and in further view of KIM etal. (hereinafter, “KIM”; 20190223204).
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`Inresponseto claim 18,
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`OUCHI doesnot teach explicitly about the apparatus of claim 18.
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`LEE teaches further comprising: a receiver (transmitter/receiver, 13, paragraph
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`46), operative to receive a report from the user equipment (piggyback is
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`performed onall or part of DCIis interpreted as receiving by a basestation,
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`paragraph 133); via one or more of scheduling request (scheduledis a
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`corresponding sTTl, paragraph 133); and buffer-status report,
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`- wherein the report is indicative (UCI, paragraph 133); of a time interval (sTT/,
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`paragraph 133); selected by the user equipment for the signaling interaction
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`(SPUSCHis scheduled in a corresponding sTTI, paragraph 133); and
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI for a receiver
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`operative to receive a report from the user equipment via one or more of scheduling
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`request as taught by LEE becauseit would allow transmitting an uplink signal in an
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`unlicensed band for a terminal configured to support multiple transmission time interval
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`(TTI) lengths in a wireless communication system.
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`OUCHI and Lee don’t teach explicitly about decision circuitry, operative to decide
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`whether to use the time interval selected by the user equipment for the signaling
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`interaction with the user equipment.
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`Art Unit: 2466
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`Kim teaches decision circuitry (orocessor 11, paragraph 324), operative to decide
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`(schedules, paragraph 205); whether to use the time interval (schedules
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`(SPDSCH/sPUSCH)in a unit of sTTI, paragraph 205); selected by the user
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`equipment(on the basis of CSI, paragraph 205); for the signaling interaction with
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`the user equipment (data channel is scheduled, paragraph 204).
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI and LEE to
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`decide whether to use the time interval selected by the user equipment for the signaling
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`interaction with the user equipment as taught by KIM because it would allow overall
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`throughput of a 5G wireless communication system is improved by transmitting HARQ
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`ACK/NACK using sTTI.
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`Claim 19 is rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 (a) as being unpatentable over OUCHI
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`et al. (hereinafter, “OUCHI”; 20190229964) in view of MOON etal. (hereinafter,
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`“MOON”; 20190116592) and in further view of Takedaetal. (hereinafter, “Takeda”;
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`20200022098).
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`Inresponseto claims 9 and 19,
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`OUCHI and MOON don't teach explicitly about claim 9.
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`- Takeda teaches wherein after the user equipment determines (shorten
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`processing time is configures, paragraph 35); that the mini-slot (mini-s/ots,
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`paragraph 39); or the non-slot unit is used for the signaling interaction (contro!
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`transmission/reception, paragraph 39); in the New Radio system (NR (New RAT
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`(new radio access technology)), paragraph 144), the user equipment performs
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`Art Unit: 2466
`sidelink transmission (GSPUSCH, paragraph 41); using the mini-slot or the non-
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`slot unit (where sTTI are configured will use channels, paragraph 41).
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`It would have been obvious within the scope of a person ofordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify OUCHI and MOON to
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`use a STTI of a new radio system via sidelink channel for signaling interaction after the
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`mini-slot or sSTTI is determined by an UE as taught by Takeda becauseit would provide
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`a user terminal and a radio communication method, whereby the transmission of UL
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`signals in response to DL transmission can be controlled properly in future radio
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`communication systems.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 7 and 17 are objected to as being dependent upona rejected base claim,
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`but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of
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`the base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and notrelied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`20190141679...................paragraphs 29, 30, 35 and 84.
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`20190098611...................paragraph 276.
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`20210136823...................paragraph 11.
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`20190165894...................paragraphs 108, 219, 385-386, 389, 447 and 550.
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`20190349046.................paragraph 220.
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`20190223097.................. paragraphs 27 and 73.
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`Art Unit: 2466
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`/DIANE L LO/
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