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.
Claim(s) 1-10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by Sakaino et al (US 20200088920 A1).
Sakaino discloses a color conversion sheet which includes a layers (A) and (B) that convert an incident excitation light into a light emission having a longer wavelength than the incident light [abstract]. The color conversion sheet includes two supports and layers (A) and (B) therebetween [Fig. 4, Example 1]. The color conversion layers include the organic light emitting material and photocurable resist material [abstract, 0176, Examples], and wherein the organic light emitting material has the same formula as the claimed General Formula (I), and exemplified compounds G-1 and R-1 that read on the claimed organic light-emitting material:
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G-1 is the same compound as organic light emitting material b in Applicant's specification, which Applicant states has a peak wavelength of 500 nm or more and less than 580nm [Applicant's specification 0248, 0250 p85-86]
R-1 is the same compound as organic light emitting material b in Applicant's specification, which Applicant states has a peak wavelength of 500 nm or more and less than 580nm [Applicant's specification 0255 p86; see also Sakaino Fig. 9, 10].
Sakaino discloses the color conversion sheet used in a display such as a liquid crystal display, for example, the light source unit being a backlight unit [0262].
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MICHAEL M. DOLLINGER
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 1766
/MICHAEL M DOLLINGER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1766
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