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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRIVIATION NO.
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`12/538.514
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`08/10/2009
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`Sung Jun PARK
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`0465—2287PUS1
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`75 19
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`06/11/2010
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`BIRCH smwm KOLASCH&BIRCH
`PO BOX 747
`FAILS CHURCH, VA 22040-0747
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`PEZZLO, JOHN
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`2465
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`06/l 1/2010
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`12/538,514
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`Examine,
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`App|icant(s)
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`PARK ET AL.
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`M Unit
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`1)I:I Responsive to communication(s) filed on
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`2a)I:I This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IXI This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under EX parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11,453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)IZ C|aim(s)1-:15 is/are pending in the application.
`4a) Of the above c|aim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)I:I Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`6)IXI Claim(s) 1 5 7 and 12-15 is/are rejected.
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`7)IZ Claim(s) 2-4 6 and 8-11 is/are objected to.
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`8)I:I Claim(s)j are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)|ZI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Attachment(s)
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`4) El Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper NOIS)/M3“ Data j
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`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`3) IZI Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper N0(s)/Mail Date 3/31/10 11/27/09 10/02/09.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL—326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20100604
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`Application/Control Number: 12/5385 14
`Art Unit: 2465
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the
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`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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`(e) the invention Was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section l22(b), by another filed
`in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent granted on an application for
`patent by another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent, except that a11
`international application filed under the treaty defined in section 35l(a) shall have the effects for purposes of this
`subsection of an application filed in the United States only if the international application designated the United
`States and was published under Article 21(2) of such treaty in the English language.
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`Claims 1, 5, 7, and 12-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. l02(e) as being anticipated by Ou
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`et al. (US 2010/0034162 A1) hereinafter Ou.
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`Regarding claim 1 — Ou discloses receiving an uplink grant (UL Grant) signal from a
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`base station on a specific message, determining whether there is data stored in a message 3
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`(Msg3) buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific message, determining Whether
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`the specific message is a random access response message, and transmitting the data stored in the
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`Msg3 buffer to the base station using the UL Grant signal received on the specific message, if
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`there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific
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`message and the specific message is the random access response message, refer to paragraphs
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`[0007], [ooos], [0o15, [0016], [0038], [0o39]. Ou discloses receiving an uplink grant on a
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`specific message and transmitting a message 3 stored in a buffer in response to a random access
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`I'CS]’)OI1S6 message.
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`2.
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`Regarding claims 5 and 13 — Ou discloses the data stored in the Msg3 buffer is a Medium
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`Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including a user equipment identifier, refer to
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`paragraph [0008].
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`3.
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`Regarding claims 14 and 15 — Ou discloses the UL Grant signal received on the specific
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`message is either a UL Grant signal received on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)
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`or a UL Grant signal received on the random access response message, refer to [0007], [0008],
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`[00l5, [00l6], [0038], [0039].
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`4.
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`Regarding claim 7 — Ou discloses a reception module adapted to receive an uplink grant
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`(UL Grant) signal from a base station on a specific message, a transmission module adapted to
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`transmit data to the base station using the UL Grant signal received on the specific message, a
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`message 3 (Msg3) buffer adapted to store UL data to be transmitted in a random access
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`procedure, and a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) entity adapted to determine
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`whether there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when the reception module receives the UL Grant
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`signal and the specific message is a random access response message, acquiring the data stored
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`in the Msg3 buffer if there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when the reception module receives
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`the UL Grant signal and the specific message is the random access response message, and
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`controlling the transmission module to transmit the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to the base
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`station using the UL Grant signal received by the reception module on the specific message, refer
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`to [o0o7], [ooos], [o015, [00l6], [0038], [0o39].
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`5.
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`Regarding claim 12 — Ou discloses the UL Grant signal received by the reception module
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`on the specific message is a UL Grant signal received on a random access response message
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`received on Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), and wherein the HARQ entity
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`controls the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to be transmitted using the UL Grant signal received
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`on the random access response message if there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when the
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`reception module receives the UL Grant signal on the random access response message, refer to
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`[0007], [0008], [00l5, [00l6], [0038], [0039].
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 2-4, 6, and 8-11 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim,
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`but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the
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`base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
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`disclosure.
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`Maheshwari et al. (US 2010/0037113 A1) discloses utilizing HARQ for uplink grants
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`received in wireless communications.
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`Application/Control Number: 12/538,514
`Art Unit: 2465
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`John Pezzlo
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`4 June 2010
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`/John Pezz10/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2465
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