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`16/088,004
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`09/24/2018
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`Prateek BASU MALLICK
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`736456.467USPC
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e (PIPCA)
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`SAMS' MATTHEW C
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`ART UNIT
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`2646
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`08/06/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application/Control Number: 16/088,004
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under
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`the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Response to Amendment
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`3.
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`This office action is in response to the amendment filed on 7/1/2019.
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`Claims 1 and 5-13 have been amended. Claims 20-29 have been newly added.
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`Claims 2-4 and 14-19 are cancelled.
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`Response to Arguments
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`5.
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`Applicant's arguments filed 7/1/2019 have been fully considered but they are not
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`persuasive.
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`6.
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`In response to the Applicant’s argument that “Soret is silent as to use of explicit
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`parameters to signal the section/subsection configuration to a terminal” (Pages 11-12),
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`the Examiner respectfully disagrees.
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`Soret inherently provides the explicit parameters signals for the section/subsection
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`configuration to a terminal through the transmission of a map as seen in Figs. 2-3B.
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`Specifically, Soret provides the grid (see Fig. 3A) over a 2 lane road, which includes a
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`length and width (before resources must be reused, i.e. Fig. 3A [0-7], see also [0046]),
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`with the length divided into 4 sections (0-3 & 4-7 [0048]) and the width divided into 2
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`sections (4/0, 5/1, 6/2 & 7/3 [0048-0049]). See Soret Fig. 3A and Pages 4-5 [0046-0052].
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 1 12
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`7.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
`(b) CONCLUSION—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly
`pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor
`regards as the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`8.
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`Claims 8 and 9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA),
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`second paragraph, as being incomplete for omitting essential elements, such omission
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`amounting to a gap between the elements. See MPEP § 2172.01. The omitted elements
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`are: “sensing capability” as described in the specification (Page 35 lines 11-15). Without
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`any description of the “sensing capability”, the processor has no way to determine radio
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`resources may be used by another mobile terminal. Claim 9 is rejected for being
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`dependent upon claim 8 and failing to add the essential element.
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`9.
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`Claims 24 and 25 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA),
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`second paragraph, as being incomplete for omitting essential steps, such omission
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`amounting to a gap between the steps. See MPEP § 2172.01. The omitted steps are: a
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`“sensing capability” as described in the specification (Page 35 lines 11-15). Without any
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`description of the “sensing capability”, the processor has no way to determine radio
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`resources may be used by another mobile terminal. Claim 25 is rejected for being
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`dependent upon claim 24 and failing to add the essential steps of collecting the sensing
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`10.
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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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`11.
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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 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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`12.
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`Claims 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 21, 22, 26, 27 and 29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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`102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Soret et al. (U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
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`2017/0041916), henceforth referred to as Soret.
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`Regarding claim 1, Soret teaches a vehicular mobile terminal
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`(Fig. 7 [10E]),
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`comprising: (see [0015] “a method for operating a mobile radio device, comprising:
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`sending a transmission from the mobile radio device on a wireless shared radio access
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`channel using the selected radio access resource”)
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`a receiver (Fig. 7 [10D]), which, in operation, receives parameter information as
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`part of system information (Page 4 [0040-0041] “the association of radio access
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`resources to the different
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`location areas of
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`the access region,
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`for example by
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`broadcasting it in System Information if the association is specific to individual cells”), the
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`system information being broadcast by a radio base station in a cell in which the vehicular
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`mobile terminal is located (Page 4 [0040] “the association of radio access resources to
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`the different location areas of the access region, for example by broadcasting it in System
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`Information if the association is specific to individual cells” and Page 5 [0058]), wherein
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`the parameter information indicates whether to use radio resources which correspond to
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`a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal; (Page 5 [0059] “These are non-
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`limiting embodiments in which the teachings herein are deployed specifically to
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`advantage vehicle communications and so the specific location areas to which are
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`associated access resources are sections of the busiest roads in the cell. Other portions
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`of the cell, including some less-travelled roads, may use conventional random access
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`procedures side by side with these”) and
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`a processor (Fig. 7 [1 0C]) which is coupled to the receiver (Fig. 7 [1 0D]) and which,
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`in operation, determines based on the parameter information whether to use radio
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`resources which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal
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`based on the parameter information (Page 4 [0040] and Page 5 [0059] “These are non-
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`limiting embodiments in which the teachings herein are deployed specifically to
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`advantage vehicle communications and so the specific location areas to which are
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`associated access resources are sections of the busiest roads in the cell. Other portions
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`of the cell, including some less-travelled roads, may use conventional random access
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`procedures side by side with these”),
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`wherein, responsive to the parameter information indicating to use radio resources
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`which correspond to a geographical
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`location of
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`the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`the
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`processor determines the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal (Page 4
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`[0038] “The location/position information can be obtained by the mobile radio device
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`(either completely itself or with an assistance information received from the network)” and
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`Page 4 [0046 through Page 5 [0052]),
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`identifies a location subsection in which the vehicular mobile terminal
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`is
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`geographically located based on the parameter information (Page 6 [0062]), wherein the
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`parameter information includes a first parameter indicative of a length of the location
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`subsection (Figs. 2 & 3A i.e.
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`inherent to the information provided in the map, see
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`additionally Page 6 [0062]) and a second parameter indicative of a width of the location
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`subsection (Figs. 2 & 3A i.e.
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`inherent to the information provided in the map, see
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`additionally Page 6 [0062]), a third parameter indicative of a number of
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`location
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`subsections along the width into which a location section is divided (Figs. 2 & 3A i.e.
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`inherent to the information provided in the map, see additionally Page 6 [0062]), and a
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`fourth parameter indicative of a number of location subsections along with length into
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`which a location section is divided, (Pages 4-5 [0046-0052], Page 6 [0062], Pages 7-8
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`[0076], Figs. 2 and 3A and see additionally, response to arguments above)
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`determines radio resources which correspond to the identified location subsection
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`in which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located, (Figs. 2-3A, Fig. 6 [602]
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`and Page 6 [0061-0062] “The mobile radio device would then use its location/position
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`information to determine a sector/location area and use the algorithm or map to find the
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`radio access resource associated with that sector/location area of the overall access
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`region.”) and
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`performs communication in a vehicular communication system using the
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`determined radio resources.
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`(Page 6 [0063] and Fig. 6 [604])
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`Regarding claim 5, Soret teaches wherein the determination of the radio resources
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`which correspond to the identified location subsection includes determining radio
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`resources in a radio resource pool which is associated with the identified location
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`subsection.
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`(Fig. 6 [602 & 604] and Fig. 3A)
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`Regarding claim 6, Soret teaches the vehicular mobile terminal is configured with
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`a plurality of
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`radio resource pools, each of which is associated with a different
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`geographical location in which the vehicular mobile terminal can be located, wherein the
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`configuration of the radio resource pools is transmitted to the vehicular mobile terminal
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`as part of the system information or within a message dedicated to the vehicular mobile
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`terminal (Page 3 [0032] “By assigning to a radio device a specific access resource from
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`the available set of orthogonal access resources by taking into account the radio device's
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`position/location information”, Page 4 [0040-0041] and Page 5 [0052]),
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`wherein the plurality of radio resource pools are configured in the vehicular mobile
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`terminal either based on explicit
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`information on the radio resource pools and the
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`respective radio resources in each radio resource pool or based on rules defining how
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`radio resources are divided into the radio resource pools (Page 4 [0037] “The access by
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`these multiple devices is such that in certain example embodiments below the association
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`of the radio access resources with different discrete location areas of a given access
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`region is distributed among the mobile radio devices in the given access region who each
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`store it in their own local memories; in this way the mobile radio devices can select the
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`access resource corresponding to their own position” and Pages 4-5 [0046-0052]).
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`Regarding claim 10, Soret teaches the vehicular mobile terminal according to claim
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`1, wherein the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal is based on a grid
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`overlaying a road on which the vehicular mobile terminal is located, wherein a portion of
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`the road on which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located is divided into
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`a plurality of location sections, wherein each of the plurality of location sections covers all
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`lanes of the road, (Figs. 2, 3A)
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`wherein all of the plurality of sections are subdivided into the same plurality of non-
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`overlapping location subsections, wherein each of the plurality of subsections covers at
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`least one of the lanes of the road, (Figs. 2, 3A) and
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`wherein each of the plurality of subsections is associated with a radio resource
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`pool (Fig. 2, 3A, and Page 6 [0064] “there are N=8 total access resources available for
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`geographic location areas defined by the illustrated two-lane road. Each number 0
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`through 8 may be considered an index to one of those unique access resources, and the
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`associated geographic location area is the lane of the road between the two dotted lines
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`where the index lies.”).
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`Regarding claim 11,Soret teaches the vehicular mobile terminal according to claim
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`10, wherein the radio resources associated with the plurality of location subsections are
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`orthogonal to each other (Pages 2-3 [0030]) so as to mitigate interference therebetween.
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`(Fig. 2 and Page 6 [0063] “The access resource selection algorithm, when designed with
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`the access resource reuse considerations and the closeness of the location areas
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`mentioned above, would ensure that the mobile radio devices in vehicles closest to one
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`but in different location areas another will always be using different access resources. 80
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`for example if a vehicle 1 within geographic region 202 of FIG. 2 were attempting to
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`access the radio access channel at the same instant as a vehicle 2 within geographic
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`region 204 of FIG. 2, they would both be using AR1 but since the geographic location
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`areas are beyond their V2X radio transmission range their transmissions may not collide
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`in fact.”).
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`Regarding claim 13, Soret teaches the vehicular mobile terminal according to claim
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`1, wherein the processor, in operation, determines whether the vehicular mobile terminal
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`is in coverage or out of coverage of the radio base station, and in case of out-of-coverage,
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`the processor determines that the radio resources are not to be selected based on the
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`geographic location of the vehicular mobile terminal. (Pages 5-6 [0060] “the UE seeking
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`to access the radio access channel would first check its position/location to determine
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`which access protocol/procedure to utilize.
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`If the check shows the UE is on the road (or
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`is within some otherwise defined first-designated portion of the cell) it would select the
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`random access procedure which uses the UE's position/location as an input as described
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`herein to select an access resource, and if the check shows the UE is not on the road (or
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`is within some different second-designated portion of the cell) it would select a different
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`random access procedure that selects the access resource independently of the UE's
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`location within the cell” and Page 8 [0080] “In such a hybrid deployment the mobile radio
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`device's implementation of the flow diagram of FIG. 6 may be conditional on the mobile
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`radio device checking that its location/position information is within any of the discrete
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`location areas within the access region/cell.”)
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`Regarding claims 20, 21, 22, 26, 27 and 29, the limitations of claims 20, 21, 22,
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`26, 27 and 29 are rejected as being the same reasons set forth above in claims 1, 5, 6,
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`10,11 and13.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`13.
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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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`obviousness rejections set forth 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 made.
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`14.
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`Claims 7, 12, 23 and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over Soret in view of Zheng (US-2013/0288645).
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`Regarding claim 7, Soret teaches the limitations of claim 1 above, but differs from
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`the claimed invention by not explicitly reciting wherein the determination of the radio
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`resources includes requesting radio resources from the radio base station that controls
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`the cell in which the vehicular mobile terminal is located, transmitting information on the
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`determined geographical
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`location of the vehicular mobile terminal
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`to the radio base
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`station, wherein the information on the determined geographical location is geographical
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`coordinates or an identifier of a location section of a road in which the vehicular mobile
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`terminal is geographically located, and receiving from the radio base station an indication
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`of radio resources to be used for communication.
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`In an analogous art, Zheng teaches a resource management method and
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`apparatus for device to device communications (Abstract) that includes requesting radio
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`resources from the radio base station that controls the cell in which the vehicular mobile
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`terminal is located, (Fig. 5A [8501])
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`transmitting information on the determined geographical location of the vehicular
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`mobile terminal to the radio base station, wherein the information on the determined
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`geographical location is geographical coordinates or an identifier of a location section of
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`a road in which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located (Page 4 [0055] &
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`Page 7 [0087]), and
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`receiving from the radio base station an indication of radio resources to be used
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`for communication.
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`(Fig. 11 [82002] and Page 8 [0096])
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`Before the effective filing date of the invention, it would have been obvious to one
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`of ordinary skill
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`in the art to be motivated to implement the invention of Soret after
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`modifying it to incorporate the ability to receive radio resources from the radio base station
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`of Zheng since having the radio base station provide resources for communication
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`eliminates the need to store resource selection algorithms at each mobile device and
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`significantly reduces the chance the same resource will be distributed twice in the same
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`area.
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`Regarding claim 23, the limitations of claim 23 are rejected as being the same
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`reasons set forth above in claim 7.
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`Regarding claim 12, Soret in view of Zheng teaches wherein the determination of
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`the geographic location of the vehicular mobile terminal includes determining an identifier
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`of the location section and/or an identifier of the location subsection in which the vehicular
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`mobile terminal is geographically located (Soret Fig. 3A [nAR]), and
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`the vehicular mobile terminal comprises a transmitter (Soret Fig. 7 [10D] and
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`Zheng Fig. 1C [113]), which, in operation, transmits the determined geographic location
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`of the vehicular mobile terminal to the radio base station by transmitting the identifier of
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`the location section and/or the identifier of the location subsection.
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`(substituting the
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`transmission of the location/relative location in Zheng Fig. 5A [8502] with the nAR value
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`within Soret Fig. 3A for the proper radio resources to be returned to the mobile terminal
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`in Zheng Fig.11 [S2002], Page 4 [0055], Page 7 [0087] and Page 8 [0096] which would
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`be a predictable result of using the stored radio resources for the particular location being
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`sent to the mobile terminal for communications, with the same reasoning, not having to
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`store all the different resources at each mobile terminal but rather provide them from a
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`central location)
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`Regarding claim 28, the limitations of claim 28 are rejected as being the same
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`reasons set forth above in claim 12.
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`15.
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`Claims 8, 9, 24 and 25 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over Soret in view of Nikopour et al. (US-2016/0295589 hereinafter, Nikopour).
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`Regarding claim 8, Soret teaches the limitations of claim 1 above, but differs from
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`the claimed invention by not explicitly reciting wherein the processor,
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`in operation,
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`determines whether potential radio resources are or will be used by another mobile
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`terminal, and responsive to determining the potential radio resources are or will be used
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`by another mobile terminal, determines not to use the potential radio resources and
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`determines to use different radio resources.
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`In an analogous art, Nikopour teaches a method and system for distributed
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`resource management in vehicular networks (Abstract) that includes determining whether
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`potential radio resources are or will be used by another mobile terminal, and responsive
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`to determining the potential radio resources are or will be used by another mobile terminal,
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`determines not to use the potential radio resources and determines to use different radio
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`resources. (Page 2 [0037] “CSMA/CA” and Page 11 [0134 & 0137])
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`Before the effective filing date of the invention, it would have been obvious to one
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`of ordinary skill
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`in the art to be motivated to implement the invention of Soret after
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`modifying it to incorporate the ability to avoid using a communication resource that is
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`being used by another device of Nikopour since avoiding transmission collisions reduces
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`transmission latency within the wireless network.
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`(Nikopour Page 2 [0037])
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`Regarding claim 9, Soret in view of Nikopour teaches wherein the determination
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`of the radio resources which correspond to the geographical location of the vehicular
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`mobile terminal includes determining radio resources in a radio resource pool which is
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`associated with the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal (Soret Page 6
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`[0060] through Page 7 [0061]), and
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`responsive to determining that potential radio resources in the radio resource pool
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`are or will be used by another mobile terminal the processor determines radio resources
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`from another radio resource pool which is associated with another geographical location
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`different from the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal, wherein the
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`another geographical location is adjacent to the geographical location of the vehicular
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`mobile terminal.
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`(Nikopour Fig. 9 [910] see additionally, Fig. 9 and related discussion)
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`Regarding claims 24 and 25, the limitations of claim 24 and 25 are rejected as
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`being the same reasons set forth above in claims 8 and 9.
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`Conclusion
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`16.
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a).
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`Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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