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 .
Detailed Action
The Amendments and Remarks filed 6/17/26 in response to the Office Action of 3/19/26 are acknowledged and have been entered.
Claims 32-40 have been added by Applicant.
Claims 1-10, 15, 16, 18, 20, and 32-40 are pending.
Claims 1-10, 15, 16, and 20 have been amended by Applicant.
Claims 1-10, 15, 16, 18, 20, and 32-40 are currently under examination.
The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
The following Office Action contains NEW GROUNDS of rejections Necessitated by Amendments.
Rejections Withdrawn
All previous rejections are withdrawn.
New Rejections Necessitated by Amendments
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Claims 5-10 and 34-39 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.
Claims 5-10 and 35-39 are rejected because claims 5-7 and 9 each recite “the heavy chain constant region of IgG”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the heavy chain constant region of IgG” in the claims.
Claim 34 recites “The bispecific antibody according to claim 5, wherein the linker has….” Claim 5 recites bispecific antibodies with two linkers. It is unclear which linker of a bispecific antibody of claim 5 is “the” linker. There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the linker” in claim 34.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-4, 15, 16, 18, 20, 32, 33, and 40 are allowed.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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