DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 19-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Parham (US 2018/0162843 A1).
Regarding Claims 19-20, Parham teaches a material represented by Par-pg161 (page 161):
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Par-pg161 reads on applicants’ Formula 2 wherein Ar1 = phenyl; Ar2-Ar4 ; Ar5 and Ar6 form a phenyl ring; L2 = fluorene; n2 = 1, L3 = phenyl (per claim 19).
Par-pg161 reads on applicants’ Formula 3 wherein Ar1 = phenyl; Ar2-Ar4 and Ar7 ; Ar5 and Ar6 form a phenyl ring; L2 = fluorene; n2 = 1, L3 = phenyl (per claim 20).
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter as applicant clams the device of claim1; the apparatus of claim 13.
A search of the prior art did not show the claimed invention. The closest prior art as exemplified by Xiqing teaches a device containing applicants’ Formula 1 but not Formula 2.
Claims 1-18 allowed.
Response to Amendment
The applicant’s arguments with respect to the pending claims 19 and 20 have been considered but are moot in view of the new grounds of rejection necessitated by the applicant’s amendment.
Conclusion
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/GREGORY D CLARK/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1786