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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).
Specification
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The abstract should be in narrative form and generally limited to a single paragraph on a separate sheet within the range of 50 to 150 words in length. The abstract should describe the disclosure sufficiently to assist readers in deciding whether there is a need for consulting the full patent text for details.
The language should be clear and concise and should not repeat information given in the title. It should avoid using phrases which can be implied, such as, “The disclosure concerns,” “The disclosure defined by this invention,” “The disclosure describes,” etc. In addition, the form and legal phraseology often used in patent claims, such as “means” and “said,” should be avoided.
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because the language “ The present disclosure related to” should be deleted. The abstract should avoid using phrases which can be implied, such as, “The disclosure concerns,” “The disclosure defined by this invention,” “The disclosure describes,” etc. The numbers “233441/411598” and “119798217.5” should be deleted as well. A corrected abstract of the disclosure is required and must be presented on a separate sheet, apart from any other text. See MPEP § 608.01(b).
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 –
Claim(s) 13-15 and 18-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Shibata et al. (JP 2011-123341 A).
Regarding claims 13-15 and 18-19 , Shibata et al. ( see abstract, claims, and examples) teach an amine compound represented by CTM-1:
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on page 10 meeting the limitation of formula 1 as instantly claimed wherein Ar is an unsubstituted cyclohexene or CTM -25:
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on page 16 meeting the limitation of formula 1 as instantly claimed wherein Ar is a cyclohexane substituted with at least a first substitutent, wherein the first substituted is a alkyl group having 1 carbon atom (methyl group) and formula 1-1 as instantly claimed and formula 1-7 as instantly claimed.
Claim(s) 1-7, 10, 11, 13-15, 18-19, 21 and 23 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated Kondakova et al. (US 7,597,967 B2).
Regarding claims 1-7, 10 and 11 , Kondakova Shibata et al. ( see abstract, claims, examples and figures) a light emitting element (OLED device; claims and figures) , comprising a first electrode ( anode; 103) ; a second electrode on the first electrode; and at least one functional layer between the first electrode and the second electrode ( cathode; 113) , and comprising an amine compound as 1,1-bis(d-(N,N-di-p-tolylamino)phenyl)-4-methylcyclohexane ( see col. 7, lines 3-4) meeting the limitation of formula 1 and formula 1-1 wherein A is substituted or unsubstituted methyl group as instantly claimed and formula 1-7 as instantly claims. The functional layer ( see figures and col. 50, lines 29-40) comprises an emission layer 109, a hole transport region 107 between the first electrode 103 and the emission layer and an electron transport region 111 between the emission layer 109 and the second electrode 113, and hole transport region 107 comprises the amine compound ( see col. 8, lines 41-45).
Regarding claims 13-15 and 18-19 , Kondakova et al. ( see abstract, claims, and examples) teach an amine compound as 1,1-bis(d-(N,N-di-p-tolylamino)phenyl)-4-methylcyclohexane ( see col. 7, lines 3-4) meeting the limitation of formula 1 and formula 1-1 wherein A is substituted or unsubstituted methyl group as instantly claimed and formula 1-7 as instantly claims.
Regarding claims 21 and 23 , Kondakova et al. ( see abstract, claims, examples and figures0 teach a display device comprising a base substrate 101 ( col. 25, lines 7-58); a circuit layer disposed on the base substrate; and a display element disposed on the circuit layer and including a light emitting element; wherein the light emitting element comprising a first electrode ( anode; 103) ; a second electrode on the first electrode; and at least one functional layer between the first electrode and the second electrode ( cathode; 113) , and comprising an amine compound as 1,1-bis(d-(N,N-di-p-tolylamino)phenyl)-4-methylcyclohexane ( see col. 7, lines 3-4) meeting the limitation of formula 1 wherein A is substituted or unsubstituted methyl group as instantly claimed . The display element layer includes any one selected from a color filter layer, a charge generating layer, and a polarization layer ( page 40,line 63-page 41, line 12 and lines 53-53).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 20 and 22 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Prior Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
See Jo et al. (US 2021/0175436 A1; see abstract, claims, examples and figures) teach an OLED include a first and second electrode and an organic layer including an amine compound.
Conclusion
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/CHANCEITY N ROBINSON/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1737
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