Magnetic Separation Filters And Microfluidic Devices Using Magnetic Separation Filters

Application No. 18/365,318

• Filed: Aug 04, 2023
• Priority: Oct 27, 2015 — provisional 62/246,894
  • Oct 04, 2016 — nonprovisional of PCTUS2016055308
  • Apr 13, 2018 — continuation of 11/786,914
• Examiner: GERIDO, DWAN A
• Art Unit: 1797
• Tech Center: 1700 — Chemical & Materials Engineering
• Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
• OA Round: 1 (Non-Final)

Office Action

DETAILED ACTION
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 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Earhart et al., (US 2011/0059468).
For claim 1, Earhart et al., teach a magnetic separation device comprising an unsupported layer of magnetically soft material having a plurality of pores (paragraph 0020, 0033). The Examiner notes that the claimed passivation layer is an optional limitation that is not required as an element of the separation device.
Conclusion
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/DWAN A GERIDO/Examiner, Art Unit 1797 /LYLE ALEXANDER/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1797

Prosecution Timeline

• Aug 04, 2023: Application Filed
• Feb 11, 2026: Non-Final Rejection mailed — §102
• May 18, 2026: Response Filed