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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 .
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The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: “Rudelsden-Popper” should be “Ruddelsden-Popper” in several paragraphs of originally filed specification. The specification should be revised carefully. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Objections
Claims 1-2, 6, and 8-10 are objected to because of the following informalities: “Rudelsden-Popper” should be “Ruddelsden-Popper” in several lines. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 8 is exfoliated objected to because of the following informalities: in line 4, “Rudelsden-Popper perovskite single crystal layer 3” is not clear.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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.
Claims 1, 3-4, 8 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Rand et al. (US 20220306936).
As to claim 1, Rand discloses a method of manufacturing perovskite light emitting device (Fig. 1, [0057]: organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals is a light emitting diode (LED)), comprising
preparing a first electrode (Fig. 1, [0057]: first electrode) including a first functional layer ([0058]: hole transport layer (HTL));
transferring a bulk single crystal layer of Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite (RPP) onto the first functional layer ([0058]: hole transport layer (HTL), [0066] – [0069]);
exfoliating the transferred Rudelsden-Popper perovskite bulk single crystal layer to provide an exfoliated Rudelsden-Popper perovskite single crystal layer ([0066] – [0069], [0078]: Ruddlesden-Popper phases); and
sequentially depositing a second functional layer ([0058]: electron transport layer (ETL)) and a second electrode (Fig. 1, [0057]: second electrode) on the exfoliated Rudelsden-Popper perovskite single crystal layer ([0068], [0078]: Ruddlesden-Popper phases),
wherein one of the first functional layer or the second functional layer is an electron transport layer ([0058]: electron transport layer (ETL)) and the other is a hole transport layer ([0058]: hole transport layer (HTL)).
As to claim 3, Rand teaches the method of claim 1, wherein the first functional layer is a hole transport layer, and the hole transport layer is hydrophilic conductive polymer thin film ([0058]: hole transport layer (HTL)).
As to claim 4, Rand teaches the method of claim 3, wherein the hole transport layer comprises PEDOT:PSS, 3-hydroxytyramine hydrochloride (DA·HCl), poly[bis(4-butypheny)-bis(phenyl)benzidine (poly-TPD), or poly(9-vinylcarbazole) (PVK), or a combination thereof, as a hydrophilic conductive polymer; NiOx, MoO3, or Cu2O or a combination thereof as an inorganic material; or a combination thereof ([0058]: hole transport layer (HTL) comprises bis(4-butylphenyl)- bis(phenyl)-benzidine] (poly-TPD), poly(9-vinylcatbazole) (PVK), PEDOT:PSS; Note: since there is “or”, the Examiner can pick one element from the list to reject entire limitation).
As to claim 8, Rand discloses a perovskite light emitting device (Fig. 1, [0057]: organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals is a light emitting diode (LED)), comprising
a first electrode (Fig. 1, [0057]: first electrode);
a first functional layer ([0058]: hole transport layer (HTL)) disposed on the first electrode (Fig. 1, [0057]: first electrode);
an exfoliated Rudelsden-Popper perovskite single crystal layer 3 disposed on the first functional layer ([0068] – [0069], [0078]: Ruddlesden-Popper phases);
a second functional layer ([0058]: electron transport layer (ETL)) disposed on the exfoliated Rudelsden-Popper perovskite single crystal layer ([0068] – [0069], [0078]: Ruddlesden-Popper phases); and
a second electrode (Fig. 1, [0057]: second electrode) on the second functional layer ([0058]: electron transport layer (ETL)),
wherein one of the first functional layer or the second functional layer is an electron transport layer ([0058]: electron transport layer (ETL)) and the other is a hole transport layer ([0058]: hole transport layer (HTL)).
As to claim 10, Rand teaches the perovskite light emitting device of claim 8, wherein the exfoliated Rudelsden-Popper perovskite single crystal layer has a thickness of 20 nm to 30 nm ([0054]: organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal layer can generally have thickness of 20-100 nm).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2, 5-7 and 9 are 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.
Conclusion
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/AFROZA CHOWDHURY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2628
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