Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
DETAILED ACTION
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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 6/10/2026 has been entered.
Status of Claims
Claims 1,11,13,18,38,47,56,61,66,78-80,83,87, and 91-93 are pending.
Claims 47,56, 66,80,83,87, and 92 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b), as being drawn to a nonelected invention, there being no allowable generic or linking claim.
An action on the merits of claims 1,11,13,18,38,61,78-79,91 and 93 is contained herein.
Previous Objections/Rejections
Any rejections or objections stated of record in the office action mailed on 3/26/2026 that are not explicitly addressed herein below, are hereby withdrawn in light of applicant's arguments and/or amendments filed 6/10/2026.
New Objections and Rejections
Claim Objections
Applicant is advised that should claim 38 be found allowable, claim 78 will be objected to under 37 CFR 1.75 as being a substantial duplicate thereof. When two claims in an application are duplicates or else are so close in content that they both cover the same thing, despite a slight difference in wording, it is proper after allowing one claim to object to the other as being a substantial duplicate of the allowed claim. See MPEP § 608.01(m). In the instant case, the claims appear identical in scope.
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 person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(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 1,11,13,18,38, 61, 78, 91, and 93 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated over
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in STNext.
STNext teaches the following compound information:
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wherein n = 0, 1, or 2, Y = alkoxy, X1 = 2 carbon alkyl group, and R2 = C3alkylOH. Thus the claims are anticipated.
Conclusion
Claims 1,11,13,18,38, 61, 78, 91, and 93 are rejected. Claim 79 is allowable.
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/BRIAN E MCDOWELL/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1624
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