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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 05/20/26 has been entered.
Response to Amendment
The rejection of Claims 1-20 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 as set forth in the Final Rejection filed 02/20/26 is overcome by the Applicant’s amendments.
Claim Objections
Claim 8 is objected to because of the following informalities: the claim, which is dependent on Claim 5, recites “the electron-blocking layer” which must be replaced by “the electron blocking layer” (without hyphen) for consistency. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 9 is objected to because of the following informalities: the claim, which is dependent on Claim 5, recites “the hole-blocking layer” which must be replaced by “the hole blocking layer” (without hyphen) for consistency. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 17 is objected to because of the following informalities: the claim, which is dependent on Claim 5, recites “the electron-blocking layer” and “the hole-blocking layer” which must be replaced by “the electron blocking layer” and “the hole blocking layer” (without hyphen), respectively, for consistency. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 18 is objected to because of the following informalities: the claim recites “the hole-blocking layer” which must be replaced by “the hole blocking layer” (without hyphen) for consistency. Appropriate correction is required.
Allowable Subject Matter
9. Claims 1-7, 10-16, 19, and 20 are allowed. Furthermore, Claims 8, 9, 17, and 18 are currently objected to due to minor informalities but would be allowable if amended to overcome the objections as set forth above.
The closest prior art is provided by Han et al. (US 2015/0303378 A1), which discloses an organic electroluminescent (EL) device comprising a pair of electrodes, interposed therein an active (light-emitting layer) comprising compounds of the following form:
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(page 5). However, it is the position of the Office that neither Han et al. singly nor in further combination with any other prior art discloses the organic EL device as recited in Claim 1, particularly in regards to the nature of the third compound.
Response to Arguments
10. Applicant’s arguments on pages 10 and 11 with respect to the deficiencies of the previous rejection have been fully considered and are persuasive in view of the new amendments. Hence, the rejection has been withdrawn.
Conclusion
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/JAY YANG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1786
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