DETAILED ACTION
Claims 1, 3, 5-8, 10-19, 25-27 are pending in the instant application.
Applicant's election with traverse of group (I) in the reply filed on 06/03/2026 is acknowledged. The applicant’s traverse is on two grounds as followed:
1. Applicant submits that claims 1, 3, 5-8, 10-19, 25-27 directed to a product, a process specially for the manufacture of the said product and a use of said product and should be considered to have unity of invention. The invention listed as Groups I-VIII relate to a single general inventive concept, they have the same or corresponding special technique features.
Applicant’s argument is not persuasive for the following reasons:
1. The search is extremely burden because groups I-VIII are in different compounds and different process to make the compounds. The search for each group is extremely burdensome.
2. This case is a 371, therefore, its lack of unity is under US rules of 35 USC 121 and 372 due to this, instant application contains the following inventions or groups of inventions. The instant application is 371 and 35 USC 121. due to the reference, it is been shown to form a single general inventive concept under PCT Rule 13.1.
The requirement is still deemed proper and is therefore made FINAL.
Claims 1, 3, 5 are examined. Claims 6-8, 10-19, 25-27 are withdrawn per 37 CFR 1.142(b).
2. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1, 3, 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Kim et al., KR 2021120285. Kim et al. discloses the instant claimed compound, which from the STN search is
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, which anticipates the instant compounds. Therefore, the instant claims are anticipated by Kim et al.
Claims 1, 3, 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Kim et al., WO 2021194244. Kim et al. discloses the instant claimed compound, which from the STN search is
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, which anticipates the instant compounds. Therefore, the instant claims are anticipated by Kim et al.
4. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to Niloofar Rahmani whose telephone number is
571-272-4329. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
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/NILOOFAR RAHMANI/
06/10/2026
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