CTNF 18/467,450 CTNF 69777 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. Election/Restrictions Applicant’s election without traverse of claims 1-12, 14-17, 19 and 20 in the reply filed on February 24, 2026 is acknowledged with appreciation. Claims 13 and 18 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention. Specification 06-11 AIA The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-06 AIA 15-10-15 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. 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 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 Claim s 1-12, 14-17, 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102( a)(1 ) as being anticipated by NAGATA (WO-2020235383) . Claim 1: Nagata teaches a protective film (i.e. hard coat) (translation copy, paragraph bridging pages 31-32) comprising a polymerizable compound having a hydrogen bond value of 4 or more (translation copy, page 5, second paragraph) and three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule (translation copy, page 6) with a crosslinkable base value of 5 to 6 (page 9, first four paragraphs) and thus satisfies the claim condition (A). Claims 2 and 3: The protective layer is expected to exhibit an elastic modulus of the claimed range, i.e. 6 GPa or more, and a breaking elongation of the protective layer is 10% or 23% or more because it composed of the same materials (see claim 1 above and compare the materials used to make the protective film in the Examples to the Examples in the instant specification) and having the same thickness (see claim 4 below) Claims 4-6: The thickness of the base film is 100 µm or less (translation copy, page 24, 4 th paragraph). Claims 7-11: Nagata teaches the coating layer containing a polymerized substance and the hydrogen bonding group in the polymerized substance is at least one from a hydroxy group, a urethane group, an amide group, a urea group (translation copy, page 8, 8 th paragraph). Claim 12: The thickness of the protective layer (coating film) is 1 to 25 m m (translation copy, page 25, 5 th paragraph) and thus the thickness range of 1 to 10 m m is anticipated. Claim 14: A scratch-resistant layer is provided on the protective film (hard coat film) (page 25, 7 th - 8 th paragraphs). Claim 15: The scratch resistant layer comprises a polymerized substance of a polymerizable compound which has one or more hydrogen bonding group and three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule of the polymerizable compound (page 25, last four paragraphs and page 26, first two paragraphs), in which a hydrogen-bonding value is 4 or more and 3 or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule with a crosslinkable base value of 5 to 6 (translation copy, page 32) and thus satisfies the claim condition (A). Claim 16: Nagata teaches a foldable device comprising a a cover window containing glass and a protective layer as discussed in claim 1 above (translation copy, paragraph bridging pages 31-32). Claim 17: The thickness of the cover window is 100 µm or less (translation copy, page 24, 4th paragraph).. Claim 19: The scratch resistant is over the protective film (translation copy, page 31, 4 th paragraph) and thus is provided at a surface opposite to a side at which the cover window is provided. Claim 20: . The scratch resistant layer comprises a polymerized substance of a polymerizable compound which has one or more hydrogen bonding group and three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule of the polymerizable compound (page 25, last four paragraphs and page 26, first two paragraphs), in which a hydrogen-bonding value is 4 or more and 3 or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule with a crosslinkable base value of 5 to 6 (translation copy, pages 31-32) and thus satisfies the claim condition (A). Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to HOA (Holly) LE whose telephone number is (571)272-1511. The examiner can normally be reached Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. 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