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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 .
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.
(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(s) 1-22 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Duck et al. (WO 2020/135953) (hereafter “Duck”).
Regarding claims 1-22, Duck teaches an electroluminescent device comprising an anode, a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, and a cathode (pages 23-27). Duck teaches that the light emitting layer can comprise a host material and a dopant (pages 26 and 27). Duck teaches that the dopant can be
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Xia (US 2019/0067577) teaches boron/nitrogen compounds used in electroluminescent device, where the compounds are used as light emitting materials.
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/ANDREW K BOHATY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1759
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