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 Objections
Claims 1 and 15 are objected to because of the following informalities: the superfluous recitation of “[Formula 1]”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 2 is objected to because of the following informalities: the superfluous recitation of “[Formula 2]”. Appropriate correction is required.
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.
Claims 1-20 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.
Claim 1 and 15 are rejected as being vague and indefinite when they each recite “at least one of X4, X5, and X6 is N and the remaining ones are CH” (emphasis added); the scope of the protection sought is not clear, particularly as there are two of each of the substituents X4, X5, and X6 in formula 1:
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. Claims 1 and 15 each fail to particularly point out and distinctly claim the compound of formula 1 contained in the respectively claimed light emitting device and light emitting display, i.e., whether both occurrences of at least one of X4, X5, and X6 is N and the remaining ones are CH.
Prior Art
The following prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure of a compound of Formula 1 as represented by
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: U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2023/0217821, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2023/0255078, and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2023/0217815, which is the pre-grant publication corresponding to the present application.
Allowable Subject Matter
The light emitting device and light emitting display of the respective present independent claims 1 and 15 are distinguished from those of the prior art of record, in that they are each characterized by comprising a combination of (a) layer comprising a compound represented by Formula 1
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, (b) a blue light emitting layer containing a boron-based compound emitting light having a wavelength of 430 nm to 480 nm, and (c) a layer comprising a compound comprising a spirofluorene group, and at least one hydrogen atom on at least one side of the spirofluorene group is substituted by deuterium.
Claims 1 and 15 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
Claims 2-14 and 16-20 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.
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GERALDINA VISCONTI
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 1737
/GERALDINA VISCONTI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1737