DETAILED ACTION
Claims 24-51 are pending in the instant application.
Applicant’s election of group (I) in the reply filed on 06/29/2026 is acknowledged. Because applicant did not distinctly and specifically point out the supposed errors in the restriction requirement, the election has been treated as an election without traverse (MPEP § 818.01(a)).
The requirement is still deemed proper and is therefore made FINAL.
Claims 24-31 are examined. Claims 32-51 are withdrawn per 37 CFR 1.142(b). 3. 2.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 24-31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Plewe et al., WO 2020/200291. Plewe et al. discloses the instant claimed compound, which from the STN search is
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, which anticipates the instant claim deucravacitinib and used to treat hair loss disorder such as alopecia areata on pages 34, 88. Therefore, the instant claims are anticipated by Plewe et al.
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/NILOOFAR RAHMANI/
07/16/2026
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