DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
1. The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Response to Amendment
2. The amendments to the claims filed on January 13, 2026 have been fully considered. The amendments are sufficient to overcome the outstanding ground of rejection over RN2341169-68-2.
3. New grounds of rejection are set forth in this office action
Claim Objections
4. Claims 4-9 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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.
5. Claim(s) 2 and 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 2286277-82-3 (
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). The reference has a date of March 14, 2019 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=R2=R3=R5=R6=R8=R9=H; X=O; R4=phenyl; R7=chloro.
6. Claim(s) 2 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 1655511-65-1 (
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). The reference has a date of March 15, 2015 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=OH; R2=R3=R5=R6=R8=R9=H; X=CH2; R4=phenyl; R7=NO2.
7. Claim(s) 2 and 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 1647534-10-8 (
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). The reference has a date of February 15, 2015 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=R2=R3=R5=R7=R8=H; R6=R9=Br; X=O; R4=phenyl.
8. Claim(s) 2 and 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 868145-09-9 (
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). The reference has a date of November 16, 2005 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=R2=R3=R5=R6=R8=H; R7=R9=Me; X=O; R4=phenyl.
9. Claim(s) 2 and 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 867135-36-2 (
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). The reference has a date of November 9, 2005 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=R2=R3=R5=R6=R8=R9=H; R7= Me; X=O; R4=phenyl.
10. Claim(s) 2 and 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 857947-07-0 (
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). The reference has a date of August 3, 2005 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=R2=R3=R5=R6=R8=R9=H; R7= amino; X=O; R4=phenyl.
11. Claim(s) 2 and 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 835890-87-4 (
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). The reference has a date of February 23, 2005 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=R2=R3=R5=R6=R8=R9=H; R7= Br; X=O; R4=phenyl.
12. Claim(s) 2 and 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 17811-72-2 (
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). The reference has a date of November 16, 1984 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: R1=R2=R3=R5=R6=R7=R8=R9=H; X=O; R4=phenyl.
13. Claim(s) 10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by RN 713500-93-7 (
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). The reference has a date of July 21, 2004 which antedates the present claims having a filing date of March 17, 2021 and priority claim to provisional application dated March 17, 2020. The compound corresponds to the present claims in the following manner: it corresponds to compound 9q.
Conclusion
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/SUN JAE YOO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1621