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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 .
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 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) 1-11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kim et al. (US 2021/0380534 A1).
Regarding claims 1-11, Kim et al. ( see abstract, claims, and figures) teach an organic optoelectronic device ( claim 15) , comprising: an anode and a cathode facing each other, a light emitting layer ( claim 16) between the anode and cathode, a hole transport layer [0177-0179] between the anode and the light emitting layer, and a hole transport auxiliary layer [0177-0179] between the light emitting layer and the hole transport layer, wherein the light emitting layer includes a first compound represented by formula [1-25]:
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on page 14 meeting the limitation of formula 1, wherein L1 is unsubstituted C6 to C20 arylene group Ar1 is unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group, and L2 is unsubstituted C6 to C20 arylene group as instantly claimed; a compound of in Group 2 such as formula [2-1]:
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meeting the limitation of formula [2] and formula [2-8] as instantly claimed and compound 2-33:
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meeting the limitation of [Formula 3], [ Formula 3C] wherein La3 and La4 are independently single bond and Ra3 and Ra4 are each independently a hydrogen as instantly claimed; and a hole transport auxiliary layer includes a third compound represented by
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on page 58 meeting the limitation of formula [D-4] and Formula 5 , Formula 5-2 wherein X1 is C as instantly claimed. Also, Kim et al. teach a display device comprising the organic optoelectronic device as claimed (claim 19).
Prior Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See Kim et al. (US 2021/0376245 A1; see abstract, claims. Figures and examples) teach a display device comprising the optoelectronic device comprising an anode and a cathode facing each other; a light emitting layer including a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 or a combination of Chemical Formula 3 and Chemical Formula 4, and a hole transport auxiliary layer includes a third compound represented by Chemical Formula 5 as instantly claimed.
Also, see Huh et al. (WO 2021177769 A2; see abstract, claims. Figures and examples) teach a display device comprising the optoelectronic device comprising an anode and a cathode facing each other; a light emitting layer including a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 or a combination of Chemical Formula 3 and Chemical Formula 4, and a hole transport auxiliary layer includes a third compound represented by Chemical Formula 5 as instantly claimed.
Conclusion
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/CHANCEITY N ROBINSON/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1737
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