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 § 102
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.
Claims 1-11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by WO-2020096010 to Shimizu et al. (Cited on IDS and ISR).
As to claims 1 and 11, Shimizu discloses a curable composition comprising (A) a rotaxane monomer having a composite molecular structure consisting of a cyclic molecule and an axial molecule wherein the cyclic molecule has both a polymerizable functional group and an ionic functional group and (B) a polymerizable monomer having a polymerizable functional group that can polymerized with the polymerizable functional group of the (A) rotaxane monomer (0017).
As to claims 2 and 4-5, Shimizu discloses (A) comprises side chain (0196) hydroxy, thiol, epoxy, radically polymerizable, and amino functional groups and ions selected from carboxyl, sulfonate, phosphate, phosphanate, and quaternary ammonium cations (0018) and (B) comprises isocyanate functional groups (0104) derived from the reaction of an isocyanate compound and an bifunctional active hydrogen containing compound (0113).
As to claim 3, Shimizu discloses a proportion of ionic functional groups of (A) is 2 to 25 mol% (0092-0093).
As to claim 7, Shimizu discloses wherein the urethane prepolymer has an isocyanate equivalent of 300 to 5,000 (0131).
As to claim 8, Shimizu discloses wherein the composition further comprises hollow particles having an outer shell made of a urethane resin and a hollow portion surrounded by the outer shell (0180).
As to claims 9-10, Shimizu discloses a polishing pad comprising a cured article obtained by curing the curable composition (0184-1085).
Conclusion
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/MICHAEL L LEONARD/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1763