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 .
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 06/17/26 has been entered.
Response to Amendment
The rejection of Claims 6, 7, 10-12, and 16-19 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Senoo et al. (US 2003/0157364 A1) as set forth in the Final Rejection filed 03/02/26 is overcome by the Applicant’s amendments.
The rejection of Claims 14 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Senoo et al. (US 2003/0157364 A1) in view of Park (US 2005/0140275 A1) as set forth in the Final Rejection filed 03/02/26 is overcome by the Applicant’s amendments.
The rejection of Claim 13 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Senoo et al. (US 2003/0157364 A1) in view of Park et al. (US 2004/0046499 A1) as set forth in the Final Rejection filed 03/02/26 is overcome by the Applicant’s amendments.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 16 and 17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
The claims recite a “green organic electronic element” which renders the exact scope of the claims due to the modifier “green” applied to the organic electronic element of Claim 10. The Office has interpreted the modifier to refer to a green light-emitting organic electronic element (or the like) for the purpose of this Examination.
Correction is required.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 6, 7, 9-15, 18, and 19 are allowed.
The closest prior art is provided by Senoo et al. (US 2003/0157364 A1), which discloses compounds of the following form:
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(page 19). However, it is the position of the Office that neither Senoo et al. singly nor in further combination with any other prior art discloses any of the specific compounds as recited in the claim, particularly in regards to the nature of the substituent groups attached to the core dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene ring.
Conclusion
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/JAY YANG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1786
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