DETAILED ACTION
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Claim Objections Withdrawn
The objection to claim 9, outlined in the previous Office Action, has been overcome by inventor’s amendment. The amendment corrects the claim text as appropriate.
112(b) Rejections Withdrawn
The rejections of claims 1-13 under 35 USC 112(b) or 35 USC 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, outlined in the previous Office Action, have been overcome by inventor’s amendment. With respect to claims 1-3, 7-10 and 13, the amendment clarifies the claims as appropriate. With respect to the remaining claims (indefinite from indefinite), the rejection is moot.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112(b), NEW
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.
Claim 7 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.
It is unclear why the same structure appears twice in the table of diagramed compounds where it is labeled in one instance as Qa-9 and in the other instance as Qa-12. Are these actually different structures? (The specification on page 14 also depicts this same structure twice, and again in one instance labeled as Qa-9 and in the other instance as Qa-12.)
Clarification is in order.
112(d) Rejections Withdrawn
The rejection of claim 6 under 35 USC 112(d) or 35 USC 112 (pre-AIA ), fourth paragraph, outlined in the previous Office Action, has been overcome by inventor’s amendment. The amendment narrows the scope of the claim so that it is now in proper dependent form.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-6 and 8-19 are allowed for reasons of record (10/31/2025).
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/BRIAN J DAVIS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1614 2/25/2026