Application No. 16/757,217
`Reply to Office Action Dated July 8, 2021
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`REMARKS
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`After entry of the foregoing amendment, claims 14—29 will be pending in the present
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`application. Claims 14, 17, 20, 25, 26 and 28 are amended. Claim 29 is added. Applicant
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`submits that no new matter has been introducedin the present application by the foregoing
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`amendment. Support for the foregoing amendment may, for example, be foundin at least
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`paragraph [0044] and Figures 6A and 6B andtheir accompanying description ofthe filed
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`application.
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`Claim Rejections — 35 U.S.C.
`$102 and 35 U.S.C.
`$103:
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`Claims 14 and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(a)(2) as being anticipated by U.S.
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`Patent Application Publication No. 2020/0059861 to Huangetal. (hereinafter “Huang”). Claims
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`14, 17-25 and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being unpatentable over Huang and U.S.
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`Patent Application Publication No. 2019/0230581 to Hwangetal. (hereinafter “Hwang”).
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`Claims 15 and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being unpatentable over Hwang, Huang
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`and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2017/0280498 to Minet al. (hereinafter “Min’).
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`Claims 26 and 27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being unpatentable over Hwang, Huang
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`and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2019/0320388 to Li et al (hereinafter “L1”).
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`Claim 14, as amended,recites:
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`A communication apparatus, comprising:
`a receiver which, in operation, receives a Wake-up Radio (WUR) Beacon
`transmission; and
`circuitry which, in operation:
`determines wake-up operating parameters includinga starting
`point of a duty cycle schedule of the receiver, wherein the duty cycle schedule
`specifies a period of one WUR duty cycle including one on duration and one off
`duration; and
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`enters WUR mode by communicating with a second
`communication apparatus, wherein each timing of the startingpoint of the duty
`cycle schedule of the receiver is aligned with a target WUR Beacon transmission
`time (TWBTT) of the WUR Beacon transmission in the WUR mode or aligned with
`the TWBTTwith an addedtime offset.
`(Emphasis added)
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`Application No. 16/757,217
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`Huang discloses “target wake-up radio beacon transmission times (TWBTTs) for LP-
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`WUR beacon transmissions” ([0006] and Figure 3 reproduced below).
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`Huang doesnot disclose or suggest a duty cycle schedule or a starting point of duty cycle
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`schedule. Huang doesnotdisclose or suggest that each timing ofthe starting point of the duty
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`cycle schedule is aligned with the TWBTTor aligned with the TWBTT with an added time
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`offset.
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`Hwang doesnot cure the deficiencies of Huang.
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`Hwangdiscloses that “beacon frames 1001, 1002, 1003, and 1004 may be beacon frames
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`defined in the IEEE 802.1 1a/b/g/n/ac/ax/ad/ay standard, and include at least one of information
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`elements (e.g., operation parameters for the WUR mode)listed in Table 5 below” (4[0110] and
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`Table 5 reproduced below). Hwangdiscloses that “the beacon frames 1101, 1102, 1103,
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`and 1104 may be transmitted according to the beacon interval, and the WUR frames 1111, 1112,
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`and 1113 may be transmitted according to a WUR interval,” where “the WUR interval may be
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`set longer than the beacon interval” ([0123]). Hwang discloses that “the WUR
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`frames 1111, 1112, and 1113 may be WUR beacon frames and maybe transmitted in a broadcast
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`manner” (¥[0124}]).
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`TABLE3
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`Indicates information on an ON/OFF ratio in the duty-
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`Indicates a time required for the operation state of the
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`retransmission of the WUR frame)
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`Hwangdoesnotdisclose or suggest that each timing ofthe starting point of the duty
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`cycle schedule is aligned with the TWBTTor aligned with the TWBTT with an added time
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`offset. Per Hwang, the WUR intervalis set longer than the beacon interval. Dueto the fact that
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`the WUR interval is set longer than the beacon interval, the starting point of the duty cycle
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`schedule is not is aligned with the TWBTTor with the TWBTT with an added timeoffset (see
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`also Figure 11 illustrating the absence of time alignment between a beacon frame and a WUR
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`frame).
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`Further, Figures 9-11, 13 and 14 of Hwangillustrate timing diagrams of beaconintervals
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`and operation states of PCR and WUR. However, Figures 9-11, 13 and 14 do not disclose that
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`the duty cycle schedule specifies a period of one WUR duty cycle including one on duration and
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`one off duration.
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`Thus, Huang and Hwang donotdisclose the subject matter of claim 14. Further, Min and
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`Li do not cure the deficiencies of Huang and Hwang.
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`Withdrawalof the pending 35 U.S.C. §102 and §103 rejections of claim 14 is respectfully
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`requested.
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`Furthermore, claims 15—27 are dependent on claim 14 andare, therefore, patentable in
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`view of Huang, Hwang, Min and Liforat least the same reasonsrecited above andbyvirtue of
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`the additional claim features set forth therein. Accordingly, withdrawal of the 35 U.S.C. §103
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`rejections of claims 15—27 is respectfully requested.
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`Although not identical in scope or language, the allowability of claim 28 will be apparent
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`in view of the reasons recited above. Accordingly, withdrawal of the 35 U.S.C. §102 and §103
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`rejections of claim 28 is respectfully requested.
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`New claim 29 depends on claim 14. New claim 29 is patentable in view of Huang,
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`Hwang, Min andLiforat least the same reasons recited above and byvirtue of the additional
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`claim features set forth therein.
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`Respectfully, Applicant submits that the pending claims are allowable. Favorable
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`consideration and a Notice of Allowanceare earnestly solicited.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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