CTFR 18/411,216 CTFR 79242 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Response to Amendment 1. Applicant’s amendments and accompanying remarks filed 12/22/25 have been fully considered and entered. Claims 1 and 5-7 have been amended. Claim 4 has been canceled. Claims 10-11 have been added. With regard to the 112 2 nd paragraph indefiniteness type rejections of claims 2-3 set forth in the Action dated 10/1/25, Applicant’s remarks dated 12/22/25 are found persuasive. As such, this rejection is withdrawn. The cancellation of claim 4 render the 112 2 nd paragraph indefinite rejection set forth in the Action dated 10/1/25 moot. With regard to the anticipation and obviousness type rejections made over the cited prior art of Magill et al., US 7,160,612, Applicant’s amendments are found sufficient to overcome the rejections of claim 1-9 as set forth in the Action dated 10/1/25. Specifically, the prior art of Magill et al., US 7,160,612 does not teach the newly added claim limitations set forth in present claim 1. As such, these rejections are hereby withdrawn. With regard to the anticipation rejections made over the cited prior art of Sheedy et al., US 2021/0039999 A1, said rejection is maintained for reasons set forth below. Specification-Missing Parts 2. See MPEP 601.05(a) - Application Data Sheet (ADS) – Applicants fail to make a proper claim to priority from prior application 16/536725, now U.S 12030820 B2. (note: It is suggested that Applicants updated the continuing data in the specification to reflect that 16/536725 is now U.S 12030820 B2). Applicants are required to file a corrected Application Data Sheet (ADS) to make a valid claim to priority. The ADS filed 1/12/24 list the present application as a non-provisional rather than a divisional and does not make a claim to priority to the prior parent application 16/536725. Since the claim for priority is not properly set forth (e.g., valid) the Examiner maintains the rejections made over Sheedy et al., US 2021/0039999 A1. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 3. 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 – 07-08-aia AIA (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. 07-15-aia AIA 4. Claim(s) 1-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Sheedy et al., US 2021/0039999 A1 . With regard to claim 1, the published patent application issued to Sheedy et al., teach a high temperature fiber comprising a first region and a second region wherein the first region differs from the second region by average grain size, microstructure or a combination thereof (paragraph 0012). Said fiber maintains its shape and integrity at temperatures greater than 800°C (paragraph 0021). Exemplary matrices include polymer, metal, glass, ceramic and glass/ceramic and combinations thereof. Exemplary ceramic, glass and glass/ceramic matrices (paragraph 0022). The first region consists of a single phase and the second region comprises two phases (paragraph 0015) and can differ in microstructure (paragraph 0012). With regard to claim 2, the first region surrounds the second region and the average grain size of the first region is less than the average grain size of the second region (paragraph 0013). With regard to claim 3, the high temperature fiber further includes a third region having an average grain size that is the same as the first region or the second region (paragraph 0014). With regard to claim 4, the first region consists of a single phase and the second region comprises two phases (paragraph 0015). With regard to claims 5 and 6, the first region may surround the second region or the second region may surround the first region (paragraph 0015). With regard to claim 7, the high temperature fiber includes a central region having a radius and a surrounding region having a thickness greater than the radius, wherein the central region has a chemical composition that is different from the surrounding region (paragraph 0016). With regard to claims 8 and 9, the surrounding region may include sub-regions. The sub-regions may have a thickness greater than or equal to 30 nanometers (nm) (paragraph 0017). With regard to claims 10-11, Exemplary matrices include polymer, metal, glass, ceramic and glass/ceramic and combinations thereof. Exemplary ceramic, glass and glass/ceramic matrices may include: SiC, SiOC, SiCNO, SiON, SiBCN, SiAlCN, SiC/AlN, Si.sub.3N.sub.4, refractory carbides such as boron carbide, hafnium carbide, titanium carbide, and zirconium carbide, borides such as zirconium boride, hafnium boride, tantalum boride, nitrides such as aluminum nitride, zirconium nitride, hafnium nitride and titanium nitride, carbon, aluminum oxide, mullite, AlN, ZrN, HfN, zirconium oxide, borosilicate glasses, aluminosilicate glasses, high silica glasses, oxynitride and oxycarbide glasses, phosphate glasses, and combinations thereof (paragraph 0022). Conclusion 07-39 AIA 5. THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a). A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to LYNDA SALVATORE whose telephone number is (571)272-1482. The examiner can normally be reached M-F . 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