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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`13/590,423
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`08/21/2012
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`Aleksandar Modrag Tasic
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`121973
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`23696
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`11/14/2013
`QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
`5775 MOREHOUSEDR.
`SAN DIEGO, CA 92121
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`EXAMINER
`TRAN, KHANH C
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2631
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/14/2013
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`ELECTRONICELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`Application No.
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`13/590,423
`TASIC ET AL.
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`Office Action Summary
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`1) Responsive to communication(s)filed on 8/21/2012.
`L] A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filedon___
`2a)L] This action is FINAL.
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`3)L] An election was made bythe applicant in responseto a restriction requirementset forth during the interview on
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`4)L] Sincethis application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordancewith the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
`5) Claim(s) 1-20 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`6)L] Claim(s)___is/are allowed.
`7) Claim(s) 1,7,17 and 19 is/are rejected.
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`8)X] Claim(s) 2-6,8-16,18 and 20 is/are objected to.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Application/Control Number: 13/590,423
`Art Unit: 2631
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1. The present application is being examined underthe pre-AlA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all obviousnessrejections 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 thistitle, 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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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences betweenthe prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence presentin the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`2. Claims 1, 7, 17 and 19 are rejected underpre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Eisenhut et al. U.S. Patent 7,751,513 B2.
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`Application/Control Number: 13/590,423
`Art Unit: 2631
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`Regarding claim 1, Eisenhutet al. discloses an apparatus (see FIG. 1)
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`comprising:
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`a first amplifier stage configured to receive and amplify an input radio frequency
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`(RF) signal and providea first output RF signal to a first load circuit whenthe first
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`amplifier stage is enabled (signal path 6 including an amplifier and an analog/digital
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`conversion; column 5 lines 27-35. Eisenhutet al. further discloses the two signal paths
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`6 and 7 can beindividually activated or disconnected by a corresponding activation
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`signal at their associated inputs 62 and 72. The signal paths 6 and 7 can thus both be
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`active, both be disconnected, or one of them be active and the other be disconnected;
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`column 5 lines 20-23);
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`and a second amplifier stage configured to receive and amplify the input RF
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`signal and provide a second output RF signal to a second load circuit when the second
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`amplifier stage is enabled (signal path 7 including an amplifier and an analog/digital
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`conversion; column 5 lines 27-35. Eisenhutet al. further discloses the two signal paths
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`6 and 7 can beindividually activated or disconnected by a corresponding activation
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`signal at their associated inputs 62 and 72. The signal paths 6 and 7 can thus both be
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`active, both be disconnected, or one of them be active and the other be disconnected;
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`column 5 lines 20-23).
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`Eisenhutetal. differs from the application claim in that Eisenhut et al. does not
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`discloses the input RF signal comprising transmissions sent on multiple carriers at
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`different frequencies to a wireless device as setforth in the application claim.
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`Application/Control Number: 13/590,423
`Art Unit: 2631
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`Because the application claim recites the signal input being an input RF signal,
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`therefore, it would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the
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`invention was made that one recognizes Eisenhut et al. would apply to the input RF
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`signal as claimed.
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`Regarding claim 7, Eisenhutet al. further discloses a feedbackcircuit coupled
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`between an output and an inputof at least oneof the first and second amplifier stages
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`(FIG. 1 discloses a feedbackcircuit).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`3. Claims 2-6, 8-16, 18 and 20 are objected to as being dependent upon a
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`rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all
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`of the limitations of the base claim and anyintervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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`4. The prior art madeof record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`Thomsen etal. U.S. Patent 6,249,687 B1.
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`Yates U.S. Patent 7,039,377 B1.
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`Application/Control Number: 13/590,423
`Art Unit: 2631
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`Chen U.S. Patent 8,514,015 B1.
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`Oskowskyet al. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 2002/0008575 A1.
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