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 § 103 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. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made. Claim (s) 16-33 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hong et al ( CN108342192 ) in view of Yao ( CN110894203 ). Hong discloses compounds comprising boron heterocycles linked to a pyrene moiety in the 2,7-positions ( see abstract - Hong ). The difference to the present application lies in the substitution pattern i.e. "2,7" in Hong vs at least one boron heterocycle in the 1-position. An improved technical effect is not discernible with regard to difference to the closest prior art. The problem to be solved is considered to be the provision of alternative boron-substituted pyrenes; the use of such a molecule as a luminescent emitter; a composition comprising such a molecule; an optoelectronic device comprising such a molecule and a method for producing such an optoelectronic device. Starting from Hong, the solution of the present application would be obvious to the skilled person. Varying the positions around the pyrene is routine experimental procedure for the skilled person. This is also taught in Yao , which discloses a boron heterocycle in the 1-position ( see abstract - Yao ). Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b): (b ) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph: The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the appl icant regards as his invention. Claims 16-33 are rejected 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. 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