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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.
Claim(s) 1, 3, 8-9, 12-13 and 16 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Yu et al (CN102299118).
Yu sets forth a method for packaging optoelectronic devices, wherein method comprises a thin-film packaging layer that is composed of an inorganic thin-film packaging material layer and an ultraviolet-sensitive material layer, which are alternately overlapped in layers from 1 to 20. Said ultraviolet-sensitive material comprises a 94-99.5 % of polythiol-polyene system; 0.2 to 1 % of a monofunctional or polyfunctional acrylic acid ester monomers; 0.1 to 5 % of a photoinitiator; 0.2 to 4 % of a photosensitizers and 0.2 to 4 % of additional additives, wherein the additives include antistatic agents, flame retardants, and coupling agents—see [0008]- [0013] and [0026]. Yu sets forth said coupling agents comprise compounds, such as methylvinyldichlorosilane, methylhydrodichlorosilane, dimethyldichlorosilane, dimethylmonochlorosilane, vinyltrichlorosilane, γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, polydimethylsiloxane, polyhydromethylsiloxane, polymethylmethoxysilane, γ-propylmethacrylatetrimethoxysilane, γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, γ-glycidyl etherpropyltrimethoxysilane, aminopropylsilsesquioxane, γ-methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, long-chain alkyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, γ-chloropropyltriethoxysilane, bis-(γ-triethoxysilylpropyl), and anilinemethyltriethoxysilane. Silane, N-β(aminoethyl)-γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, N-(β-aminoethyl)-γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, N-β(aminoethyl)-γ-aminopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, γ-(2,3-epoxypropoxy) propyltrimethoxysilane, γ-(methacryloyloxy) propyltrimethylsilane, γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane—see [0075].
Yu sets forth said monofunctional or polyfunctional acrylic acid ester monomers include styrene, N-vinylpyrrolidone, isooctyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate and isobornyl acrylate, phosphate methacrylate and isobornyl methacrylate. Said polyfunctional monomers include triethylene glycol diacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, ethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol (200) diacrylate, neopentyl glycol diacrylate, and propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA), 1,4-butanediol diacrylate (BDDA), propylene glycol diacrylate (DPGDA), glycerol diacrylate (TPGDA), and trifunctional trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA), trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTMA), trimethylolpropane triacrylate, propoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate, pentaerythritol tripropylene ester, propoxylated pentaerythritol propylene ester, N,N-dihydroxyethyl-3-aminopropionate methyl ester, and dimethylolpropane triacrylate. Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, long-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon glycidyl ether acrylate, resorcinol diglycidyl ether, dipentaerythritol pentaacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, phthalic acid diethanol diacrylate (PDDA)—see [0053] to [0056].
Regarding claim 1: Yu sets forth by example a UV curable sealant composition comprising 55 parts of a UV curable organosiloxane obtained from the reaction product of a TDI trimer; dihydropolydiphenylsiloxane; hydroxyethyl acrylate; and 1,2-epoxy-4-hydroxylmethylcyclohexane; 10 parts of EHPE 3150 (multi-functional cycloaliphatic epoxy compound); 15 parts of Celloxide 2021P (3,4-Epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3′,4’epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate); 16 parts of MEDOL-10 (2-methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-yl)methyl acrylate); 2.2 parts of Irgacure 184 (a photoinitiator); 0.3 parts of Uyracure-160 (diphenyl[(phenylthio)phenyl]sulfonium hexafluorophosphate); and 1.5 parts by weight of methacryloxypropyl methoxydiethoxysilane—see example 1 in [0095]. It is deemed the 2-methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-yl) methyl acrylate (Medol-10) corresponds to applicants claimed photocurable monomer in claim 1 and the methacryloxypropylmethoxydiethoxysilane corresponds to the claimed monofunctional silane-containing monomer when R1 is a C1 (methyl) alkyl; X1 and X2 are C2 alkoxy (ethoxy) groups; n is 0; R2 is a C3 alkylene group; and R3 is a C1 (methyl) alkyl group.
Regarding claims 3-4 and 13: Methacryloxypropylmethoxydiethoxysilane compound has a molecular weight of 260.40 g/mol and is represented by the formula:
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, which corresponds to the third formula in claims 4 and 13.
Regarding claims 8 and 16: Yu sets forth in the overall teachings photoinitiators, such as cleavage-type photoinitiators which include benzoin ethers (benzoin ethers), benzoin ketones, and acetophenones—see [0063]. Therefore, benzoin and acetophenone are anticipated. Additionally, photoinitiators such as acylphosphine oxides which include 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (TPO) and (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phenylphosphine oxide [BAPO phenyl bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide], phenyl bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide (819), tetramethylpiperidinone oxide (TMPO), and triethyl phosphate (TEPO) can also be used. Therefore, phosphorous photoinitiators are anticipated—see [0063].
Regarding claim 9: Yu sets forth in the overall teachings said optoelectronic devices are fabricated on clean, rigid substrates using high-vacuum evaporation, spin coating, self-assembly, inkjet printing, or screen printing and the UV curable material is cured by exposure to ultraviolet radiation—see [0020].
Regarding claim 12: Methacryloxypropylmethoxydiethoxysilane compound has a molecular weight of 260.40 g/mol.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2, 5-7, 10-11, and 14-15 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The closest prior art Yu (cited above) fails to expressly teach and/or render obvious the tri-functional silicon-containing monomer represented by the formula found in claims 1-2, 11 and 13. Yu does not set forth the weight percentages as found in claims 5-7 and 14-15. Additionally, Yu does not expressly set forth the properties or structures set forth in claim 10.
Conclusion
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