DETAILED ACTION
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 Status
Claims 1-2, 4-7, 9-11, 14-17, 21-22, and 26-30 are under consideration
Claims 3, 8, 12-13, 18-20, and 23-25 are canceled
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after allowance or after an Office action under Ex Parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213 (Comm'r Pat. 1935). Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, prosecution in this application has been reopened pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 05/06/2026 has been entered.
Upon further search and consideration, the following objections are made to the specification and claims 15, 28, and 29, and the following 112(b) rejections are made to claims 5-6.
Specification
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities:
Regarding “--H--" at [0049, 0077] of the specification, the examiner believes this may be a typographical error, as hydrogen would be unlikely to function as a divalent group. Examiner believes “--H--" should be “--H".
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Objections
Claims 15 and 28-29 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Regarding “--H--" at claims 15 and 28-29, the examiner believes this may be a typographical error, as hydrogen would be unlikely to function as a divalent group. Examiner believes “--H--" should be “--H".
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 5-6 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 5 recites the limitation "the first and second polymer main chains". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-2, 4, 7, 9-11, 14, 16-17, 21-22, 26-27, and 30 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Claims 1-2, 4, 7, 9-11, 14, 16-17, 21-22, 26-27, and 30 are allowed for the reasons indicated in the office action filed 05/04/2026.
Conclusion
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/A.N.L./Examiner, Art Unit 1737
/KEITH WALKER/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1735
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