DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
1. 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
2. The amendments to the claims filed on August 21, 2025 have been fully considered. The amendments are not sufficient to overcome the outstanding rejection which is maintained. Below are responses to Applicant’s remarks.
The claims were previously rejected under 35 USC 112 first paragraph for failing to comply with the written description requirement. Previously, the claims had been amended to recite the embodiment of Rc is C1-4 alkyl optionally substituted with COOH or OCH2COOH. The embodiments were not described in the original disclosure as set forth in the office action dated May 6, 2025. Applicants have now amended the claims to recite RC is H, C1-4 alkyl, -(CH2)3-COOH, -(CH2)4-COOH or (CH2)2-O-CH2-COOH. The original disclosure does not include alkyl substituted with COOH. The ring structures of
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for ring 2 are not embodiments that sufficiently describe a genus that contains various five membered heteroaryl rings (vs.
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as exemplified above) as well as various structures that bridge the heteroaryl ring to variable Rc. For this reason, the claims are still deemed to lack sufficient support in the original disclosure and as such remain rejected under 35 USC 112. Claims 2-7 and 17 remain rejected. This ground of rejection is hereby made FINAL.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/SUN JAE YOO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1621
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