Docket No.: 0465-2287PUS1
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`(Patent)
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Patent Application of:
`Sung Jun PARK et al.
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`Application No.:
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`12/538,514
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`Confirmation No.: 7519
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`Filed:
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`August 10, 2009
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`Art Unit:
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`2465
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`For:
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`DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND
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`Examiner:
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`J. PEZZLO
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`USER EQUIPMENT FOR THE SAME
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`AMENDMENT UNDER 37 C.F.R.
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`In reply to the Office Action dated June 1 1, 2010, the following amendments and remarks
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`Amendments to the Claims begin on page 2.
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`Remarks begin on page 8.
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`(Currently Amended) A method of transmitting data by a user equipment through an
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`uplink, the method comprising:
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`receiving an uplink grant (UL Grant) signal fiom a base station on a specific message;
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`determining whether there is data stored in aomessage 3 (Msg3) buffer when receiving the
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`UL Grant signal on the specific message;0
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`determining whether the specific message is a random access response message; [[and]]
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`transmitting the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to the base station using the UL Grant
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`signal received on the specific message, if there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when receiving
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`the UL Grant signal on the specific message and the specific message is the random access
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`response message; and
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`transmitting new data to the base station in correspondence with the UL Grant signal
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`received on the specific message, if there is no data stored in the Msg3 buffer when receiving the
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`UL Grant signal on the specific message or the specific message is not the random access
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`ICSQOHSC message.
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`(Cancelled)
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`(Currently Amended) The method according to elaim—L1claim 1, wherein the
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`transmitting the new data to the base station includes:
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`acquiring a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) from a multiplexing
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`and assembly entity; and
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`transmitting the MAC PDU to the base station.
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`4.
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`(Currently Amended) The method according to ela:im—2claim 1, wherein the UL
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`Grant signal received on the specific message is a UL Grant signal received on a Physical
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`Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and
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`wherein the user equipment transmits new data in correspondence with the UL Grant
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`signal received on the PDCCH.
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`5.
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`(Original) The method according to claim 1, wherein the data stored in the Msg3
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`buffer is a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including a user equipment
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`identifier.
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`6.
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`(Original) The method according to claim 5, wherein the data stored in the Msg3
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`buffer further includes information about a buffer status report (BSR) if the user equipment starts
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`a random access procedure for the BSR.
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`7.
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`(Currently Amended) A user equipment; comprising:
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`a reception module adapted to receive an uplink grant (UL Grant) signal from a base
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`station on a specific message;
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`a transmission module adapted to transmit data to the base station using the UL Grant
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`signal received on the specific message;
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`a message 3 (Msg3) buffer adapted to store UL data to be transmitted in a random access
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`procedure; [[and]]
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`a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) entity adapted to determine whether there
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`is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when the reception module receives the UL Grant signal and
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`the specific message is a random access response message, acquiring the data stored in the Msg3
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`buffer if there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when the reception module receives the UL
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`Grant signal and the specific message is the random access response message, and controlling
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`the transmission module to transmit the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to the base station using
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`the UL Grant signal received by the reception module on the specific message; and
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`a multiplexing and assembly entity used for transmission of new data,
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`wherein the HARQ entity acguires the new data to be transmitted from the multiplexing
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`and assembly entity if there is no data stored in the Msg3 buffer when the reception module
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`receives the UL Grant signal on the specific message or the received message is not the random
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`access response message, and controls the transmission module to transmit the new data acguired
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`from the multiplexingand assembly entity using the UL Grant signal received by the reception
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`module on the specific message.
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`(Cancelled)
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`9.
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`(Currently Amended) The user equipment according to eleci-1aa—8_c:_la1i_rr1_], further
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`comprising:
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`one or more HARQ processes; and
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`HARQ buffers respectively corresponding to the one or more HARQ processes,
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`wherein the HARQ entity transfers the data acquired from the multiplexing and assembly
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`entity or the Msg3 buffer to a specific HARQ process of the one or more HARQ processes and
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`controls the specific HARQ process to transmit the data acquired from the multiplexing and
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`assembly entity or the Msg3 buffer through the transmission module.
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`10.
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`(Original) The user equipment according to claim 9, wherein, when the specific
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`HARQ process transmits the data stored in the Msg3 buffer through the transmission module, the
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`data stored in the Msg3 buffer is controlled to be copied into a specific HARQ buffer
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`corresponding to the specific HARQ process, and the data copied into the specific HARQ buffer
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`is controlled to be transmitted through the transmission module.
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`11.
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`(Currently Amended) The user equipment according to elaim—8firn__7_, wherein
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`the UL Grant signal received by the reception module on the specific message is a UL Grant
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`signal received on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and
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`wherein the HARQ entity controls new data to be transmitted in correspondence with the
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`received UL Grant signal received on the PDCCH.
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`12.
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`(Original) The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the UL Grant signal
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`received by the reception module on the specific message is a UL Grant signal received on a
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`random access response message received on Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), and
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`wherein the HARQ entity controls the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to be transmitted
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`using the UL Grant signal received on the random access response message if there is data stored
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`in the Msg3 buffer when the reception module receives the UL Grant signal on the random
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`access I'BSpOI1S8 message.
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`13.
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`(Original) The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the data stored in the
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`Msg3 buffer is a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including a user
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`equipment identifier.
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`14. (Previously Presented) The method of claim 1, wherein the UL Grant signal received
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`on the specific message is either a UL Grant signal received on a Physical Downlink Control
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`Channel (PDCCH) or a UL Grant signal received on the random access response message.
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`15. (Previously Presented) The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the UL Grant signal
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`received on the specific message is either a UL Grant signal received on a Physical Downlink
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`Control Channel (PDCCH) or a UL Grant signal received on the random access response
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`message.
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`Application No.: 12/538,514
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`REMARKS
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`Favorable reconsideration of this application, as presently amended and in light of the
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`following discussion, is respectfully requested.
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`Claims 1, 3-7 and 9-15 are pending, with claims 1, 3-4, 7, 9 and 11 amended, and claims
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`2 and 8 cancelled without prejudice or disclaimer by the present amendment. Claims 1 and 7 are
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`independent.
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`In the Official Action, claims 1, 5, 7 and 12-15 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § l02(e) as
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`being anticipated by Ou (U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2010/0034162). Claims 2-4, 6 and 8-11 were
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`indicated as containing allowable subject matter.
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`Applicant acknowledges with appreciation the indication of allowable subject matter.
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`Claims 1 and 7 are amended to recite the subject matter of allowable claims 2 and 8. The
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`remaining claims are amended to maintain antecedent support. No new matter is added.
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`Accordingly, the application is in condition for allowance.
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`Conclusion
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`Should there be any outstanding matters that need to be resolved in the present
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`application, the Examiner is respectfully requested to contact Michael E. Monaco, Reg. No.
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`Dated: September 3, 2010
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR THE SAME
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`Sung Jun PARK
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`Invention: DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR THE SAME
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