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`13/234,904
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`Timothy J. Speight
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`EXAMINER
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`SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
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`ART UNIT
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`MAIL DATE
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`02/13/2012
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`Please find below and/0r attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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` 13/234,904 SPEIGHT, TIMOTHY J.
`Examiner
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`CHARLES SHEDRICK
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)|:I Responsive to communication(s) filed on
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`2a)|:l This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IXI This action is non-final.
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`3)|:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)|:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)IZ CIaim(s)1is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)|:| CIaim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`7)|Xl Claim(s) 1is/are rejected.
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`8)|:| CIaim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`9)|:I CIaim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)|:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)IZI The drawing(s) filed on 17Januarz 2012 is/are: a)EI accepted or b)|:| objected to by the Examiner.
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`12)|:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`13)|X| Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)|Z AII
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`b)|:l Some * c)I:I None of:
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`1.IXI Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.|:l Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3.I:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`1) IZI Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) I] Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) IZI Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
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`Application/Control Number: 13/234,904
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`Art Unit: 2617
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Double Patenting
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`A rejection based on double patenting of the "same invention" type finds its
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`support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that "whoever invents or discovers
`any new and useful process may obtain a patent therefor ..." (Emphasis added). Thus,
`the term "same invention," in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject
`matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. C0., 151 US. 186 (1894); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467,
`114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957); and In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA
`1970).
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`A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by
`canceling or amending the conflicting claims so they are no longer coextensive in scope.
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`The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based
`upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
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`Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of
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`claim 1 of prior US. Patent No. 8,031,654. This is a double patenting rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections 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 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill 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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`2.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere C0., 383 US. l, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) are summarized as follows:
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`Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
`Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
`Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
`Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating
`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`3.
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`Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kakani US
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`Patent Pub. No.:2005/0054347 A1 in view of Speight et al. WO 2005/002148 A1
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`Consider Claim 1, Kakani teaches an apparatus for use in allocating resource in a
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`wireless communication system employing transfer communication protocol (TCP) based
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`data transfer between a network and a wireless subscriber communication unit (e.g., see
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`at least figure 1, based on a TCP application as noted in at least paragraph 0015),
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`the apparatus comprising: a scheduler located in the network(i.e., to schedule radio
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`resources as noted in at least paragraph 0020), wherein the scheduler handles a TCP
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`data segment for downlink (DL) transmission(i.e., the scheduler of network in figure 1
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`as noted in at least figure 1 downlink transmission further described in at least
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`paragraph 0024); a transmitter arranged to transmit the TCP data segment to the user
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`equipment (e.g., message transmission described in at least paragraph 0024);wherein
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`the message indicates an allocation of DL resources plus sufficient uplink resources to
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`transfer a stand—alone acknowledgement ACK data segment (e.g., allocation noted in at
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`least paragraphs 0033, 0040 and 0049).
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`However, Kakani does not specifically teach buffering the TCP data segment for
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`downlink transmission.
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`In analogous art, Speight teaches buffering the TCP data segment for downlink
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`transmission(e.g., note that assuming the highest rate services are provided in the
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`downlink, this means that larger buffering is likely to be required in the network
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`node, i.e., the RNC - in the case of 3GPPP systems page 2 lines 24-27).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at
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`the time the invention was made to modify Kakani for the purpose since buffering is
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`needed to achieve the highest download rate in the network of achieving a high download
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`rate as taught by Speight.
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`Conclusion
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`/Charles Shedrick/
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