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 .
Non-Final Rejection
The Status of Claims:
Claims 1, 16-18 and 21 are pending.
Claims 1, 16-18 and 21 are rejected.
DETAILED ACTION
1. Claims 1, 16-18 and 21 are under consideration in this Office Action.
Priority
2. It is noted that this application is a 371 of PCT/CN2023/070285 01/04/2023 which has a foreign priority document, CHINA CN202210053373.X 01/18/2022.
Drawings
3. None.
IDS
4. The IDS filed on 5/22/24 and 6/25/26 are reviewed by the examiner.
Election/Restriction
Applicant’s election without traverse of Group I (claims 1, 16-18 and 21 ) on 7/23/26 is acknowledged. Claims 19-20 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to nonelected group II, which was cancelled currently, there being no allowable generic or linking claim.
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Claim Objections
Claims 16-18 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claims 16-18, there is no period at the end of the claims. This is improper. The examiner recommends to put the period ”.” at the end of each ofthe claims.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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.
Claims 1, 16-18 and 21 are 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 pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
In claim 1, the phrases “selected from a group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, …,
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” are recited. These expressions are improper because the Markush expression would require a close ended “and “at the end of each of the limitations. Appropriate correction is required.
In claims 16-18, the limitation “ the specific compound represented by formula I is” is recited. This expression can be incomplete and vague because the following list of the compounds are inside the table form, which has no expression of the term”:and “ before the last compound and no period at the end of the claims. The examiner recommends to add the phrase “selected from “ after the limitation “ the specific compound represented by formula I is”.
The Close Prior Art
The close priorart to the current invention is Marton et al (US 2017/0095479 A1) , which
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can be used as a WEE1 inhibitor to treat cancer. However, this compound is different from the claimed compound with respect to the substituents surrounding the core structure. Therefore, it would have been unobvious over the claimed invention.
Conclusion
Claims 1, 16-18 and 21 are rejected.
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/TAYLOR V OH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1625 8/14/2026
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