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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Response to Election/Restrictions
1. Claims 1-9 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention(s), there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 09/01/2026.
2. Claim 10 is withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention(s), there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 09/01/2026.
Status of Application
3. This application was filed on 11/27/2023.
Claims 1-10 were originally presented in this application for examination.
Claims 1-10 are currently pending in this application for examination.
Information Disclosure Statement
4. The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/27/2023, 03/05/2024, 07/30/2024, and 03/30/2026 have been made of record. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements have been considered by the examiner.
An initialed copy of the IDS accompanies this office action.
Specification
5. The examiner has not checked the specification to the extent necessary to determine the presence of all possible minor errors (grammatical, typographical, and idiomatic). Cooperation of the applicant(s) is requested in correcting any errors of which applicant(s) may become aware of in the specification, in the claims and in any further amendment(s) that applicant(s) may file.
Applicant(s) is also requested to complete the status of the copending applications referred to in the specification by their Attorney Docket Number or Application Serial Number, if any.
The status of the parent application(s) and/or any other application(s) cross-referenced to this application, if any, should be updated in a timely manner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102(a)(1)
6. 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) 1-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by WO 2013/025999 A1.
The claimed invention relates to a carbon dioxide adsorbent, which is capable of adsorbing and desorbing carbon dioxide, and comprises one or more cyclic disulfide structures (as recited in instant claim 1).
WO 2013/025999 A1 discloses disulfide as a precursor for capture (adsorb) and release (desorb) of carbon dioxide (see Abstract).
Regarding claims 1, 2, & 5, the reference teaches the claimed carbon dioxide adsorbent comprises cyclic disulfide (see Abstract; p. 25, claim 4). The reference further discloses Fig. 8 shows a cyclic voltammogram illustrating the change in electrochemistry for bis(4-aminophenyl)disulfide without CO2 and with CO2 (see [0057]).
Regarding claims 3 & 9, the disclosed adsorbent is able to perform oxidation-reduction reaction by electrochemical (see p. 20, [0053]-[0054]). The disulfide disclosed would also exhibit an oxidation-reduction potential higher than that of oxygen as well because it is the same adsorbent.
Regarding claim 4, the disulfide precursor has a structure where each R is independently a functional group, such as an alkyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, or heteroaryl functional group, attached to one sulfur of a disulfide (see p. 8, [0029]).
Regarding claims 6-8, it is considered the disclosed disulfide has a porous metal-organic framework, a covalent-organic framework, and a polymer including a molecule containing the cyclic disulfide structure as a unit structure in view of the same disulfide disclosed and claimed.
Claims 1-9 are unpatentable as being anticipated by WO 2013/025999 A1.
Citations
7. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. All references are cited for related art. See PTO-892 Form prepared.
WO 2013/025999 A1 (relates to a disulfide as a precursor for capture (adsorb) and release (desorb) of carbon dioxide).
Conclusion
8. Claims 1-10 are pending. Claims 1-9 are rejected. Claim 10 is withdrawn. No claims are allowed.
Contacts
9. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to Primary Examiner CAM N. NGUYEN whose telephone number is (571)272-1357. The examiner can normally be reached on M-F (8:30 am – 5:00 pm) at alternative worksite or at cam.nguyen@uspto.gov.
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/Cam N. Nguyen/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1736
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September 22, 2026
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