DETAILED ACTION
Claims 1-18 are pending in the instant application.
Applicant's election without traverse of group (I), claims 1-2, 5-10, 12, 15, 18, where in A is
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in the reply filed on 03/16/2026 is acknowledged.
The requirement is still deemed proper and is therefore made FINAL.
Claims 1-2, 5-10, 12, 15, 18 in part wherein A is
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are examined. Claims 3-4, 11, 13-14, 16-17 and the remaining subject matter of claims 1-2, 5-10, 12, 15, 18 are withdrawn per 37 CFR 1.142(b).
2. 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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-2, 5-10, 12, 15, 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kalinski et al., Synthesis (2008), (24), 4007-4011. Kalinski et al. discloses the instant process on page 4008, scheme 1 as follow:
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, which is in 60O using THF as a solvent, and the bromic acid is selected from 4-chlorophenyl, which anticipates the instant process. Therefore, the instant claims are anticipated by Kalinski et al.
Claims 1-2, 5-10, 12, 15, 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Gharib et al., Journal of Chemical Engineering and chemistry Research (2014), 1(1), 1-5. Gharib et al. discloses the instant process from the STN search as follow:
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, which anticipates the instant process. Therefore, the instant claims are anticipated by Gharib et al.
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/NILOOFAR RAHMANI/
04/03/2026