DETAILED ACTION
Claims 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 24-26, 29-33, 35 and 38 are currently pending. Claims 3, 7, 11, 13, 26, 31, and 33 are rejected. Claim 32 is objected. Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 17, 19, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30, 35 and 38 are allowed.
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 .
Claim Objections
Claim 32 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 3, 7, 11, 13, 31, and 33 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Regarding claims 3, 7, 11, 13, 31 and 33 instances of phrases with “e.g.” within parenthesis renders the claims indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation(s) following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Claim 26 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention. Specifically, claim 26 further defines formula III of instant claim 1:
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, however, variable R2 and R3 are not defined in either instant claim 1 or claim 26 which renders claim 26 indefinite as it is unclear what R2 and R3 are.
Conclusion
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/REBECCA L ANDERSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1626 ____________________ 15 June 2026
Rebecca Anderson
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 1626, Group 1620
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