DETAILED ACTION
This Office Action is in response to the Applicant’s Amendment filed 01/28/26.
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
The rejection of Claims 6-8 under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee et al. (KR 10-2021-0095363) as set forth in the Non-Final Rejection filed 11/12/25 is overcome by the cancellation of the claims.
The rejection of Claims 1-5 and 9-20 under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee et al. (KR 10-2021-0095363) as set forth in the Non-Final Rejection filed 11/12/25 is overcome by the Applicant’s amendments.
The rejection of Claims 19 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Lee et al. (KR 10-2021-0095363) in view of Nakamura (US 2006/0113905 A1) as set forth in the Non-Final Rejection filed 11/12/25 is overcome by the Applicant’s amendments.
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 applicant regards as his invention.
Claim 12 is 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.
The claim, which is dependent on Claim 1, recites the scope of R11 and R21
which are nowhere found in Formulae 1, 2-5, and 3. The Office has interpreted those variables to instead refer to R12 and R22 for the purpose of this Examination.
Correction is required.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-5, 9-11, and 13-20 are allowed.
The closest prior art is provided by Lee et al. (KR 10-2021-0095363), which discloses compounds for an organic electroluminescent (EL) device (light-emitting device) of any one of the following forms:
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([0035]) where Z = B, P, P=O, or P=S ([0019] of the Machine English translation). An embodiment is disclosed:
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(page 32). However, it is the position of the Office that neither Lee et al. singly nor in further combination with any other prior art discloses any of the compounds as recited in the claim, particularly in regards to the nature of the substituent groups attached to the core heterocyclic group (comprising Y1).
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/JAY YANG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1786
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