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`17/034,955
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`09/28/2020
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`Akihiko Nishio
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`733456.440C15
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`7073
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR
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`ART UNIT
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`2476
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/15/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`171034,955
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`Nishio etal.
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`MOUNIR MOUTAOUAKIL
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`2476
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`No
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`2._) Anelection was madebythe applicant in responseto a restriction requirementset forth during the interview on
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporatedinto this action.
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`2.¥)Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. 12/671198 .
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`1.4) This communication is responsive to application filed on 09-28-2020.
`(J A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476
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`Attachment(s)
`5. C) Examiner's Amendment/Comment
`1.) Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2.) Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08), 6.l¥jExaminer's Statement of Reasonsfor Allowance
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`3. Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirementfor Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`4.{_] Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date.
`/MOUNIR MOUTAOUAKIL/
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`7. CJ Other
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20211102
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`Application/Control Number: 17/034,955
`Art Unit: 2476
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`The Corrected Notice of Allowanceis issued to correct the number of claims
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`allowedin the detailed action. The number of claims allowed is 22 Claims
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`3.
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`Claims 1-22 are allowed.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: the prior art of
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`record, individually or in combination, fails to teach an integrated circuit comprising a
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`resource allocation allocating Distributed Virtual Resource Blocks (OVREs), where a
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`pair of OVABs assigned with a single resource block number are mapped io Physical
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`Hesource Blocks (PHGs) with a variable gap in the frequency domain, the variable gap
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`is an integer multiole of a Resource Block Group (RBG) size defined as a number af
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`one or more consecutive resource blocks forming one REG in a given sysiern
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`bandwidth, in cormboination with other limiations.
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`Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
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`Conclusion
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`/MOUNIR MOUTAQUAKIL/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476
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