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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112(b)
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 7-10 recites the limitation "the organic layer" in each of the claims. The instant claim 6 from which each of these claims depend recites one or more organic layers. It is unclear which of the layers must be the claimed layer. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
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 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee et al (KR 20170086277) (Lee).
In reference to claims 1-5, Lee teaches the compound H-79 as shown below that reads on the instant claims (Lee p 30).
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For Claim 1: Reads on a compound of formula A wherein n is 1, X is O, R1 to R8 are each hydrogen, R10 and R11 are each CH3, L is phenylene, Ar1 is phenyl, and Ar2 is phenanthrene wherein Ar1 and L are bonded to form a ring.
For Claim 2: Reads on methyl.
For Claim 3: Reads on X is Oxygen.
For Claim 4: Reads on L is phenylene.
For Claim 5: Reads on n is 1.
In reference to claims 1-2 and 4-11, Lee teaches a device comprising a compound H-75 as shown below that reads on the instant claims (Lee Table 1).
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While Lee may not name a layer as claimed in claims 7-10, the layer comprising the compound meets all of the positional and compositional requirements of the claimed layer. The mere recitation of a different name for a structure does not differentiate it from the prior art.
For Claim 1: Reads on a compound of formula A wherein n is 1, X is S, R1 to R8 are each hydrogen or aryl, R10 and R11 are each CH3, L is phenylene, Ar1 is phenyl, and Ar2 is phenyl wherein Ar1 and L are bonded to form a ring.
For Claim 2: Reads on methyl.
For Claim 4: Reads on L is phenylene.
For Claim 5: Reads on n is 1.
For Claim 6-11: Reads on a device with the claimed features.
Conclusion
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/Sean M DeGuire/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1786