18569157Notice 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
Priority and Status of Claims
1. This application is a 371 of PCT/KR2022/009038 06/24/2022, which claims benefit of the foreign application KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KR10-2021-0082699 06/24/2021.
2. amendment of claims 11 and 14, cancelation of claim 10, and addition of claims 15-16 in the amendment filed on 5/11/2026 is acknowledged. Claims 1-9 and 11-16 are pending in the application. No matter has been found. Since the newly added claims 15-16 are commensurate within the scope of invention, claims 1-9 and 11-16 are prosecuted in the case.
Responses to Amendments/Arguments
3. The rejection of claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. 112 (a) has been overcome in the amendment filed on 5/11/2026. Since claim 10 has been canceled, therefore the rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. 112 (a) has been obviated herein.
4. Since Xi et al. ‘239 does not disclose the instant compounds of formula (1), therefore it is distinct from the instant invention. The rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) has been withdrawn herein.
5. Since Xi et al. ‘239 does not disclose the instant compounds of formula (1), therefore it is distinct from the instant invention. The rejection of claims 1-9 and 11-14 under 35 U.S.C. 103 (a) has been withdrawn herein. Since claim 10 has been canceled, therefore the rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. 103 (a) has been obviated herein.
6. Since a terminal disclaimer against Ham et al. ‘515 has not been filed to the Office, therefore the provisional rejection of claim 1 under obviousness-type double patenting over Ham et al. ‘515 is maintained. Applicants are requested to file a terminal disclaimer to the Office to overcome the rejection.
Claim Objections
7. Claim 7, line 18 on page 6, is objected to as having a typographic error. Elimination of the space between the term “acrylic” and “acrylamido” would obviate the objection.
8. Claims 2-9 and 15-16 are objected to as being dependent on rejected claim 1.
9. 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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Conclusion
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/REI TSANG SHIAO/
Rei-tsang Shiao, Ph.D.Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1691
June 15, 2026
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