`Reply to Office Action Dated July 9, 2021
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`REMARKS
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`With this Amendment, claims 1, 3, 4, 7-9, 11, 12, and 15-22 are pending, of which claims
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`1 and 9 are independent in form. Claims 2, 5, 6, 10, 13, and 14 have been canceled. Claims1, 3,
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`4,7, 8,9, 11, 12, 15, and 16 have been amended; claims 17-22 have been added. Support for the
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`amendments may be found throughoutthe originally-filed application, for example, in
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`paragraphs [0041 ]-[0044], [0051], and [0070]-[0072] thereof. The amendments do not add new
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`matter to the present application. In view of the foregoing amendments and the following
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`remarks, reconsideration and allowance of the present application are respectfully requested.
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`Double Patenting
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`Claims 1-14 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being
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`unpatentable over claims 1-13 of US Patent No. 10,305,662. Independentclaims 1 and 9, as
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`amendedherein, recite that usage of resource elements for the reference signal in a specific
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`channelis indicated by a System Information Block (SIB), which Applicant respectfully submits
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`is not obvious in view of claims 1-13 of US Patent No. 10,305,662. In view of the amendments
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`to independent claims | and 9 herein, reconsideration and withdrawal of the double-patenting
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`rejection is respectfully requested.
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`Conclusion
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`Forat least these reasons, Applicant respectfully requests allowance of the pending
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`claims. In the event the Examinerfinds minor informalities that can be resolved by telephone
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`conference or if the Examiner believes a telephone conference would facilitate prosecution of
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`this application, the Examineris urged to contact Applicant’s undersigned representative by
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`telephone at (206) 622-4900 in order to expeditiously resolve prosecution of this application.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Lip
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`/John Wakeley/
`John Wakeley
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