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 Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 1-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Oh Jin (KR 10-2017-0037276) in view of Han Jin (KR 10-2020-0110226).
Regarding claim 1, Oh Jin discloses an organic optoelectronic device including an anode and a cathode facing each other, and at least one organic layer positioned between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer includes a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2-III () (see claim 6) and a third compound represented by Chemical Formula 6-I () (see claim 11), and a light-emitting layer of the organic layer may include a second compound and a third compound (see claim 16). In addition, the compound represented by Chemical Formula 2-III includes compound [D -2] () (see paragraph [0575]), which corresponds to the first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 (A = substituted carbazolyl) of claim 1, and the third compound represented by Chemical Formula 6-I includes compound [G -1] () (see paragraph [0714]), which includes a benzene ring fused with two neighboring pentagonal rings of claim 1; L ′ 1, L ′ 2 = single bond; Ar ′ 1 = unsubstituted C9 heteroaryl containing heteroatom N; Ar ′ 2 = unsubstituted C6 aryl; R ′ 1, R ′ 2, R ′ 3 = hydrogen and a, c = 4, b = 2).
However, Oh Jin does not disclose that a substituent represented by a circle is substituted in the compound. However, Oh Jin discloses that in the compound represented by Chemical Formula 2-III, R37 May be a substituted or unsubstituted C3-5 heterocyclic group (including a pyridinyl group, a pyrimidinyl, or a triazinyl group) (claim 6; Referring to paragraphs [0069]-[0071]). Han Jin, which pertains to an organic light-emitting device, discloses a compound represented by chemical formula 1 (wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl), which is the same as chemical formula 1 in claim 1, in a light-emitting layer between a positive electrode and a negative electrode (see claim 1), and thus the different feature could be readily derived by a person skilled in the art from a combination of Oh Jin and Han Jin.
Claims 2 and 5-7 could be easily derived from the feature disclosed in D2 wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 or Chemical Formula 3, wherein R13 May be hydrogen, deuterium, or the like; R2 is an unsubstituted C6-60 aryl and the like; and
R3 is a substituted C6-60 aryl or a substituted C6-60 heteroaryl containing one or more heteroatoms selected from N, O, and S (see claim 2).
Regarding claims 3-4, Han Jin indicates that in chemical formula 1, L is a single bond or phenylene, and Ar1 and Ar2 May be independently phenyl, biphenylyl, and the like (see claims 4 and 5).
Regarding claim 8, Han Jin discloses a compound (see claim 9), which is the same as the first compound of claim 8.
Regarding claims 9-13, Oh Jin discloses compound [G -1] (see paragraph [0714]). Compound [G -1] is the same as in Chemical Formula 2-3 of claim 9 and Chemical Formula 2 of claims 10 and 12, L ′ 1, L ′ 2 = single bond; Ar ′ 1 = unsubstituted C9 heteroaryl including heteroatom N; Ar ′ 2 = unsubstituted C6 aryl; R ′ 1, R ′ 2, R ′ 3 = hydrogen and a, c = 4, and b = 2.
The 72nd compound of claim 11 and claim 13 could be easily derived by a person skilled in the art through a simple design change of a heteroaryl group such as a quinoline group, which is a substituent in compound [G -1].
Conclusion
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JAMES D. SELLS
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 1745
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