DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Amendment to the claims was submitted on 03/13/2026.
Applicant notes that no objections have been received regarding drawings, and requests confirmation that the drawings are acceptable in the applicant’s remarks filed 03/13/2026, see page 3. However, no drawings seem to be included in the application.
Claim Status
Claims 1, 5-14, and 16-20 are under consideration
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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.
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim 1, 5-14, and 16-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee (KR20140015677A, published 2014) (references made to the provided translation).
Regarding claims 1, 5-14, and 16-20,
Lee teaches a colored photosensitive resin composition and color filter [title], reading on instant claim 18.
Lee teaches the resin composition comprises of an alkali soluble resin, a photopolymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a colorant (coloring material), and a solvent [0017].
Lee teaches that the resin comprises the following repeating unit [0017 of the translation, 0018 of the original], reading on instant claim 5,
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Where R1 is the following structure (a substituent) [0020 of the original], reading on the instant repeating unit (A), where the vinyl group may be considered a crosslinkable group, reading on instant claim 8.
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Further, as the vinyl group may be considered a crosslinkable group, each polymer chain containing the above repeating unit would be expected to at least partially crosslink with one or more other polymer chains containing the above repeating unit (graft polymer), reading on instant claims 9-10.
Lee teaches the solvent is preferably an organic solvent [0126], reading on instant claim 1.
Lee teaches the acid value of the alkali-soluble resin is preferably 30 to 150 mgKOH/g [0079], reading on instant claim 6.
Lee teaches the alkali-soluble resin preferably has a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 100,000, more preferably 5,000 to 50,000 [0103]. Lee further teaches an example with a weight average molecular weight of about 13750 [0151], reading on instant claim 7.
Lee teaches the colorant may be phthalocyanine pigments (a near-infrared absorbing coloring material as per the instant specification at [0170]) [0025] or black, red, yellow, blue, or violet pigments [0028-0035], reading on instant claims 11-14.
Lee teaches their photopolymerization initiator may be an oxime compound [0110, 0115], reading on instant claim 16.
Lee teaches using their resin compositions to form a film [0189], reading on instant claim 17.
Lee teaches their color filter may be used in a charge coupled device (CCD, solid-state imaging element) and can be used to actually obtain a color image (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a field emission display (FEL), and a light emitting display (LED) (image display devices) [0002], reading on instant claims 19-20.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments filed 03/13/2026 with respect to the previous 102 and 103 rejections to claims 1-20 have been fully considered and are persuasive in view of the new claim amendments. Therefore, the rejections have been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection is made in view of Lee.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/A.N.L./Examiner, Art Unit 1737
/MARK F. HUFF/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1737
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