DETAILED CORRESPONDENCE
1. The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
2. 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
3. In response to the amendment received on 11/12/2025:
Claims 1-4 and 7-24 are pending in the current application. Claims 1-4, 7-, 9-19 and 23-24 have been amended, Claims 5-6 are cancelled, and Claims 7-24 stand withdrawn.
The cores of the previous prior art-based rejections have been overcome in light of the amendment. All changes made to the rejection are necessitated by the amendment.
Claim Interpretation
4. All “wherein” clauses are given patentable weight unless otherwise noted. Please see MPEP 2111.04 regarding optional claim language.
5. The pending claims recite “a crosslinker” and “for electrolytes”. The Office notes that neither term gives patentable weight to the claims. They are only seen as intended uses for which the cited materials are capable. Please see MPEP 2111.02 for more on the effect of the preamble.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
6. Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Gao CN108558598.
Regarding Claims 1-4, Gao discloses in paras 0014-0017 the following crosslinker formula where in formula (1), R is polyethoxy with a degree of polymerization of 2 (in accordance with the scope described by the instant application in para 0037 of the submitted disclosure) and M is a monovalent imidazolium ion (meeting Claim 2) and X is a monovalent halogen-containing anion, Br- (meeting Claims 3 and 4):
1H-Imidazolium, 1,1'-[1,2-ethanediylbis(oxy-2,1-ethanediyl)]bis[3-ethenyl-, bromide
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Response to Arguments
7. Applicant's arguments with respect to the claims are based on the claims as amended. The amended claims have been addressed in the new rejection above.
Conclusion
8. 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).
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/LISA S PARK/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1729