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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AlA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`Priority
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`Acknowledgment is madeof applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C.
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`119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed in parent Application No. 13651014,
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`filed on 10/12/2012.
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`Double Patenting
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`3.
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`The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created
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`doctrine groundedin public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to
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`prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extensionof the “right to exclude”
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`granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A
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`nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting
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`claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not
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`patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application
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`claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference
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`claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998);
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`In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi,
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`759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937,
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`214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA
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`1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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`A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or
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`1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on
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`nonstatutory double patenting provided the reference application or patent either
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`is shown to be commonly ownedwith the examined application, or claims an
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`invention made asa result of activities undertaken within the scopeofa joint
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`research agreement. See MPEP § 717.02 for applications subject to examination
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA as explained in MPEP § 2159.
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`See MPEP §§ 706.02(I)(1) - 706.02(I)(3) for applications not subject to
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`4.
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`Claims 1-16 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being
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`unpatentable over claims 1-16 of U.S. Patent No. 10,826,637. Although the claims at
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`issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because
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`Re claim 1 of the instant application, claim 1 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 2 of the instant application, claim 2 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 3 of the instant application, claim 3 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 4 of the instant application, claim 4 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 5 of the instant application, claim 5 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 6 of the instant application, claim 6 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 7 of the instant application, claim 7 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 8 of the instant application, claim 8 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 9 of the instant application, claim 9 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 10 of the instant application, claim 10 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 11 of the instant application, claim 11 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 12 of the instant application, claim 12 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 13 of the instant application, claim 13 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 14 of the instant application, claim 14 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 15 of the instant application, claim 15 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 16 of the instant application, claim 16 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,826,637 recites every limitations.
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`5.
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`Claims 1, 5-9, and 13-16 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double
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`patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-5, 13-17 of U.S. Patent No. 9,843,407.
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`Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each
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`other because
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`Re claims 1 and 9 of the instant application, claims 1 and 13 of U.S.
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`Patent No. 9843407 recite everylimitations
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`Re claim 5 of the instant application, claim 2 of U.S. Patent No. 9843407
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 6 of the instant application, claim 3 of U.S. Patent No. 9843407
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 7 of the instant application, claim 4 of U.S. Patent No. 9843407
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 8 of the instant application, claim 5 of U.S. Patent No. 9843407
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 13 of the instant application, claim 14 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9843407 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 14 of the instant application, claim 15 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9843407 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 15 of the instant application, claim 16 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9843407 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 16 of the instant application, claim 17 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9843407 recites every limitations.
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`6.
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`Claims 1, 3-9, 11-16 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting
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`as being unpatentable over claims 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 18-20 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319.
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`Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each
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`other because
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`Re claims 1 and 9 of the instant application, claims 1 and 18 of U.S.
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`Patent No. 9479319 recite everylimitations.
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`Re claim 3 of the instant application, claims 11, 12 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9479319 recite every limitations.
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`Re claim 4 of the instant application, claim 12 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 5 of the instant application, claim 2 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 6 of the instant application, claim 3 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 7 of the instant application, claim 4 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 8 of the instant application, claim 5 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 11 of the instant application, claims 19, 20 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9479319 recite every limitations.
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`Re claim 12 of the instant application, claim 20 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9479319 recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 13 of the instant application, claim 8 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 14 of the instant application, claim 9 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 15 of the instant application, claim 4 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Re claim 16 of the instant application, claim 5 of U.S. Patent No. 9479319
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`recites every limitations.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`7.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all obviousnessrejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described
`as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented
`andthe prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obviousat the
`time the invention was madeto a person having ordinaryskill in the art to which said subject
`matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was
`made.
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`8.
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`Claims 1, 2, 7-10, 15, 16 are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Kim et al (US 20100142475 A1, hereinafter referred to as Kim) in
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`view of Tiirola et al (US 20080298433 A1, hereinafter referred to asTiirola).
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`Re claim 1, Kim teaches a device (UE) (Fig. 11, Par 0111-0119),
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`comprising:
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`(i) circuitry, which, in operation, multiplies an acknowledgement/negative
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`acknowledgement (ACK/NACK)signal (modulation symbol d(0)) with a sequence
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`defined by a cyclic shift value (cyclically shifted sequence r(n,a)) having a cyclic
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`shift index (cyclic shift index “a”), which is within a first subset including N number
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`of one or more cyclically continuous indexes(first eight CS indices (1 to 8) are
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`allocated for ACK/NACKasdisclosed in table 7-8), the first subset(first eight CS
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`indices 1-8 as disclosed in table 7-8) being mutually exclusive with a second
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`subset (CS indices 10-12, Table 7-8)4n-eacheHwe-censecutiveslots, the
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`second subsetincluding one or more indexes used for a channel quality indicator
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`(CQI) signal (CS indices 10-12 for CQI as disclosed in table 7, CS indices 10, 11
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`for CQI as disclosed in table 8) where the first subset and the second subsetare
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`in a set of indexes (CS indices disclosed in table 7-8), (Fig. 7-8, Fig. 11-14, Par
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`0051-0056, Par 0059-0062, Par 0086, Par 0090, Par 0096-0102, Par 0115-0121;
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`Provisional application #60972255, table 4-5 --- CS indices 1-8 configured for
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`ACK/NACK are mutually exclusive with CS indices 10-12 because each CS
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`index indicates different cyclic shift. Kim does not disclose that the mutually
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`exclusive CS indices 1-12 are applied in two consecutive slots),
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`(ii) a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the multiplied ACK/NACK signal
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`(UE transmits the ACK/NACK signal) (Par 0032-0034, Par 0051-0052, Par 0096-
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`0102, Par 0114-0119).
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`Kim discloses that a first subset includes CS indices 1-8 and second
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`subset includes CS indices 10-12 (Table 7-8) where in CS indices 1-8 and CS
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`indices 10-12 are mutually exclusive because each CS indexindicates different
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`cyclic shift. Kim does not explicitly disclose that
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`(iii) the first subset being mutually exclusive with a second subsetin each of two
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`consecutive slots, and
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`(iv) the same N number being applicable in each of the two consecutive slots.
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`Re components(iii) and (iv), Tiirola teaches that
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`(iii) the first subset (CS indices 0-7 (Kim’s CS indices 1-8)) being mutually
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`exclusive with a second subset (CS indices 9-11 (Kim’s CS indices 10-12)) in
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`eachof two consecutive slots (CS indices 0-11 (Kim’s CS indices 1-12) are
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`applied in two consecutive slots as shownin Fig. 4-5, Fig. 9. CS indices 0-7/1-8
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`and CSindices 9-11/10-12 are mutually exclusive because each CS index
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`indicates different cyclic shift. Therefore, CS indices 0-7 (first subset) and 9-11
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`(second subset) are mutually exclusive and when CSindices 0-11/1-12 (includes
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`both the first and second subset) are applied in two consecutive slots, CS indices
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`0-7 (first subset) and 9-11 (second subset) are also mutually exclusive in each
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`slot because each CSindex indicates different cyclic shift) (Fig. 5, Fig. 9, Par
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`0080-0083, Par 0088-0089, Par 0091-0095, Par 0099, Par 0107),
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`(iv) the same N number (CS indices 0-7 (Kim’s CS indices 1-8)) being applicable
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`in each of the two consecutive slots (CS indices 0-11 are applied in two
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`consecutive slots and CS indices 0-11 include CS indices 0-7) (Fig. 5, Fig. 9, Par
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`0080-0083, Par 0088-0089, Par 0091-0095, Par 0099, Par 0107).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify Kim by including the features that(iii) the first subset being
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`mutually exclusive with a second subset in each of two consecutive slots, and (iv)
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`the same N number being applicable in each of the two consecutive slots, as
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`taught by Tiirola for the purpose of maximizing the orthogonality of the ZC
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`sequences used by various UEs, as taught by Tiirola (Par 0047).
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`Claim 9 recites a method performing the functions recited in claim 1 and
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`thereby, is rejected for the reasons discussed above with respectto claim 1.
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`Re claims 2, 10, Kim teaches that the transmitter, in operation, transmits
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`the multiplied ACK/NACK signal using a physical resource supporting a mix of
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`the multiplied ACK/NACK signal and the CQI signal (mixed RB as shownin Fig.
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`7) that is transmitted from another terminal (Fig. 7-9, Par 0051-0056, Par 0059-
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`0062, Par 0084-0086, Par 0096-0108).
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`Re claims 7, 15, Kim teaches that the set of indexes consists of twelve
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`integers (1-12, table 7-8) (Fig. 9, Par 0060-0062, Par 0096-0102).
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`Re claims 8, 16, Kim teachesthat N (CS indices 1-8) is less than twelve
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`(Fig. 9, Par 0060-0062, Par 0096-0102).
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`9.
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`Claims 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14 are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Kim and Tiirola as applied to claims 1 and 9 above andfurther in
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`view of Shen et al (US 20080316957 A1, hereinafter referred to as Shen).
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`Re claims 3, 11, Kim does not explicitly disclose that the cyclic shift index
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`is calculated based on a first value and a second value, the first value being
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`calculated based on a symbol number andacell identity, the second value being
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`calculated based on a slot number and a resource index of a physical uplink
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`control channel (PUCCH) allocated to the device, the second value being one of
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`the N number of one or more values, and the same N number being applicable in
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`eachof the two consecutive slots.
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`Shen teachesthat the cyclic shift index is calculated based on a first value
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`and a second value, the first value being calculated based on a symbol number
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`and a cell identity, the second value being calculated based on a slot number
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`and a resource index of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocated to
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`the device, the second value being one of N number of one or more values,
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`(Cyclic shift is selected for ACK/NACK basedon cell identity, ACK/NACK
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`resource index, OFDM symbol number, slot number) (Fig. 6, Table 2-8, Par
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`0023, Par 0031-0033, Par 0046-0050, Par 0060-0065).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify Kim by including the feature that the cyclic shift index is
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`calculated based on a first value and a second value, the first value being
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`calculated based on a symbol number and a cell identity, the second value being
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`calculated based on a slot number and a resource index of a physical uplink
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`control channel (PUCCH) allocated to the device, the second value being one of
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`N number of one or more values, as taught by Shen for the purpose of reducing
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`signaling overhead in a wireless communication system, as taught by Shen (Par
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`0002, Par 0017).
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`Tiirola teaches that the same N number (CSindices 0-7 (Kim’s CS indices
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`1-8)) being applicable in each of the two consecutive slots (CS indices 0-11 are
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`applied in two consecutive slots and CSindices 0-11 include CS indices 0-7)
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`(Fig. 5, Fig. 9, Par 0080-0083, Par 0088-0089, Par 0091-0095, Par 0099, Par
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`0107).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify Kim by including the feature that the same N number being
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`applicable in each of the two consecutive slots, as taught by Tiirola for the
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`purpose of maximizing the orthogonality of the ZC sequences used by various
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`UEs, as taught by Tiirola (Par 0047).
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`Re claims 5, 13, Kim teaches that cyclic shift value between consecutive
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`slots varies (CS value in the first slot is different than the CS value in the second
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`slot, Fig. 9) (Par 0059-0062).
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`Kim does not explicitly disclose a difference in the cyclic shift value
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`between consecutive slots varies among resource indexes of a physical uplink
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`Shen teachesthat a difference in the cyclic shift value between
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`consecutive slots varies among resource indexes of a physical uplink control
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`channel (PUCCH) (CS selected based on the slot number and ACK/NACK
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`resource index) (Fig. 6, Table 2-8, Par 0023, Par 0031-0033, Par 0046-0050, Par
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`0060-0065).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify Kim by including the feature that a difference in the cyclic
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`shift value between consecutive slots varies among resource indexes of a
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`physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), as taught by Shen for the purposeof
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`reducing signaling overhead in a wireless communication system, as taught by
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`Shen (Par 0002, Par 0017).
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`Re claims 6, 14, Kim teaches that the cyclic shift value is
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`changed between symbols, wherein a difference in the cyclic shift value between
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`the symbols is common in a cell (a base station), and the cyclic shift value is
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`changed between consecutive slots (Fig. 9, Par 0051-0057, Par 0059-0062, Par
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`0090, Par 0096-0108, Par 0120-0121).
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`Kim does not explicitly disclose that a difference in the cyclic shift value
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`between consecutive slots varies among resource indexes of a physical uplink
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`control channel (PUCCH).
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`Shen teachesthat a difference in the cyclic shift value between
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`consecutive slots varies among resource indexes of a physical uplink control
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`channel (PUCCH) (CS selected based on the slot number and ACK/NACK
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`resource index) (Fig. 6, Table 2-8, Par 0023, Par 0031-0033, Par 0046-0050, Par
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`0060-0065).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`invention to modify Kim by including the feature that a difference in the cyclic
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`shift value between consecutive slots varies among resource indexes of a
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`physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), as taught by Shen for the purposeof
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`reducing signaling overhead in a wireless communication system, as taught by
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`Shen (Par 0002, Par 0017).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 4, 12 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base
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`claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the
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`limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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