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 .
The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
Claims 25-44 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Tosaki et al. (US 4,547,625) in view of Li (US 2018/0127305).
Tosaki discloses a glass composition comprising
58 SiO2;
25 B2O3; and
5 Al2O3, and further comprising:
At least one selected from the group consisting of MgO and CaO; and
At least one selected from the group consisting of Li2O3, Na2O3, and K2O,
Wherein (MgO + CaO) = 2,
(Li2O + Na2O + K2O) = 2, and
MgO/(MgO + CaO) = 1. (see Sample 2)
Unlike the instantly claimed invention, Tosaki does not teach that F2 is from 0 - 0.5 mass percent of the composition.
In a glass composition comprising SiO2, B2O3, and Al2O3, Li teaches that the amount of F2 may be 0-1.5 wt percent, which overlaps the range instantly claimed. See [0027].
It would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time of the claimed invention to modify Tosaki to use the amount of F2 instantly claimed because in a similar composition, Li teaches that F2 should be within a range which overlaps the instantly claimed range. This modification of Tosaki by Li would be with the expectation of similar results.
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