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Patent granted in India to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC

December 14, 2021

Patent number 382579 has been granted to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC which is titled CONNECTION DEVICE AUTHENTICATION”. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a method and apparatus provided for a secure interconnect between data modules, including a security apparatus within a secured data connection device installed with a security chip. The connection device may be authenticated prior to enabling a stacking feature. Authentication of a connection device may be used to ensure the quality and performance of the connection device and the data modules.

Patent granted in India to TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

December 13, 2021

Patent number 381290 has been granted to TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED which is titled SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUALITY MONITORING. The primary independent claim of this patent states a method for monitoring quality of software tools, the method being executed by a processor, the method comprises receiving, by an issue tracking module, an input indicative of an issue with at least one software tool, wherein the issue is indicative of a problem faced by a user while utilizing a functionality provided by the at least one software tool and ascertaining, by an analysis module, whether the issue is a data related issue, wherein the ascertaining comprises analyzing the issue based on pre-configured rules retrieved from application support rules, and wherein the data related issue comprises one or more of invalid data, incorrect format of data, junk values in data, incorrect file attributes, incorrect permissions to access a file, and data duplication. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers systems and methods for quality monitoring of software tools and data repositories. The method comprises receiving an input indicative of an issue with at least one software tool, ascertaining whether the issue is a data related issue, determining if the issue is a change request, on ascertaining the issue to be a data related issue and resolving the issue based in part on the analyzing.

PATENT GRANTED IN INDIA TO TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

Patent number 381370 has been granted toTELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) which is titled METHODS NETWORK NODES AND USER EQUIPMENTS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK FOR COMMUNICATING AN EPDCCH. The primary independent claim of this patent states a method performed by a network node of a wireless communication network, for communicating an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel, ePDCCH, to a user equipment, UE. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per see. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a method performed by a network node of a wireless communication network, for communicating an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel, ePDCCH, to a user equipment, UE.

Patent granted in India to DAICEL CORPORATION

October 25, 2021

Patent number 378841 has been granted to DAICEL CORPORATION which is titled NUTRIENT COMPOSITION HAVING LIPID METABOLISM IMPROVING ACTION. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that the claims of the present invention relate to the nutrient composition comprising a cellulose acetate having a compositional distribution index (CDI) which is defined by a mathematical formula which is an essential technical feature of the claimed nutrient composition and not a mathematical formula per se as defined under section 3k of the Patents Act. This patent falls under the category of Food. Overall, this patent covers a nutritional composition comprising a cellulose acetate having a total degree of acetyl substitution of 0.4 to 1.1.

Patent granted in India to NCAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Patent number 378766 has been granted to NCAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED which is titled A SYSTEM FOR MIXING OR COMPOSITING IN REAL TIME COMPUTER GENERATED 3D OBJECTS AND A VIDEO FEED FROM A FILM CAMERA. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. In the light of such observation, the features of the claimed invention provide a technical solution to a said technical problem. According to the claimed technical solution, a markerless system for mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from the video camera, to generate real-time augmented reality video for TV broadcast, cinema or video games is disclosed. Moreover, the claimed technical solution results in the technical advancement that more accurate mixing-in or compositing of the computer generated objects with the video feed from the video camera is achieved. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a method of mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from a film camera in which the body of the film camera can be moved in 3D and sensors in or attached to the camera provide real-time positioning data defining the 3D position and 3D orientation of the camera, or enabling the 3D position to be calculated.

Patent granted in India to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

October 11, 2021

Patent number 378216 has been granted to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA. which is titled WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD. The primary independent claim of this patent states a method for controlling emission, used in a radiation terminal that includes acquiring at a processor of the radiation terminal, a user type of a current user then controlling, to reduce a default emission power. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. In the light of such observation, the applicant submits that method claims are directed towards a technical subject matter of wireless communication methods in which, in a downlink individual control channel in a multiuser-MIMO mode, the overhead of notifications of other-user modulation information can be reduced. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a wireless communication device for performing communication with a plurality of communication counterpart devices by multiuser-MIMO transmission. The wireless communication device includes an assignment information generation section which is configured for a first communication counterpart device to generate resource assignment information including a pilot stream index, a number of streams (Mt) in the multiuserMIMO transmission and an indication of a combination of modulation schemes of second communication counterpart devices that differs from the first communication counterpart device, and a transmission section which is configured to transmit the generated resource assignment information to the first communication counterpart device, characterized in that the assignment information generation section is configured to allocate the pilot stream indexes in ascending or descending order of a modulation multi-level number of the modulation schemes of the second communication counterpart devices.

Patent granted in India to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Patent number 378663 has been granted to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED which is titled A METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION. The primary independent claim of this patent states a method of wireless communication that includes receiving control region information comprising an indication of a bandwidth and associated frequency-time numerology of a common control region, and an indication of a user equipment, UE, specific subband of the common control region. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication. A base station may transmit control information using a narrowband common control region that occupies a portion of a system bandwidth. In some cases, data may be multiplexed during the same time period in tones that are not used by the common control region. The base station may transmit control region configuration information to one or more user equipment (UE) devices such as the bandwidth, central frequency, and multiplexing status of the common control region.

Patent granted in India to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

September 19, 2021

Patent number 376579 has been granted to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) which is titled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING DISSEMINATION OF TOPOLOGY AND REACHABILITY INFORMATION IN AN OSPF AREA. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. In light of such observation, the claimed invention is directed towards technical problem, which is regarded as the way to hub and spoke topologies, the remote sites or spokes get much more topology information then they need, this leads to flooding of topology and reachability information that further results in a significant amount of churn. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a network element that acts as a hub in a hub and spoke topology is configured to limit the amount of topology and reachability information that is advertised to a set of one or more remote network elements that act as one or more spokes in the hub and spoke topology in a same routing area.

Patent granted in India to XIAOMI INC.

Patent number 376431 has been granted to XIAOMI INC. which is titled TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD DEVICE AND SYSTEM. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. In the light of such observation, the technical problem of reducing radiation by not adapting the default emission mechanism of optimal signal for the user types that need to reduce radiation. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a method, an apparatus and a system for controlling emission, which belongs to the field of network terminals.

Patent granted in India to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

September 4, 2021

patent number 375522 has been granted to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)which is titled ACENTRALIZED KEY MANAGEMENT IN EMBMS. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. In light of such observation, the technical problem was formulated as how to distribute the MTKs and MSKs in large-scale MBMS deployments (i.e. split eMBMS) while keeping the key distribution traffic as low as possible. This patent falls under the category of Computer Science. Overall, this patent covers a split architecture eMBMS with distributed BMSCs providing the same eMBMS service allows for a centralized key service where each BMSC is able to derive a set of MTKs from the MSK using the MTK-IDs as the differentiating input. This avoids the need to send MTKs to the BMSCs.

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Patent granted in India to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC

Patent granted in India to TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

PATENT GRANTED IN INDIA TO TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

Patent granted in India to DAICEL CORPORATION

Patent granted in India to NCAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Patent granted in India to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Patent granted in India to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Patent granted in India to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

Patent granted in India to XIAOMI INC.

Patent granted in India to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

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