CTNF 18/719,693 CTNF 76173 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Specification The first line of the specification should be updated to recite that the instant application claims priority to Provisional Serial No. 63/293,880, filed on December 27, 2021. Claim Objections 07-29-01 AIA Claim s 1-17 are objected to because of the following informalities: In instant claims 1 and 13, the term “or” should be inserted after the limitation “Structure 3” for consistency purposes. Claims 2-12 and 14-17 are included in this objection for being dependent upon claims 1 and 13 . Appropriate correction is required. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-06 AIA 15-10-15 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. 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 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 – 07-08-aia AIA (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. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 07-20-aia AIA The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made. 07-27-aia AIA Claim s 1-17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102( (a)(1) ) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. 103 as obvious over Costello et al, WO 2020/229953 . Costello et al, WO 2020/229953, discloses a composition that includes a compound of formula (I) : Rf-S-Rh, wherein Rf is a partially fluorinated or perfluorinated group having 2-6 carbon atoms and Rh is a non-fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1-3 carbon atoms (see abstract and page 1, lines 11-18). It is further taught by Costello et al that a suitable compound of formula (I) is the hydrofluorothioether (CF 3 ) 2 CF-S-CH 3 (see page 5, line 21), that the hydrofluorothioether is present in the composition in an amount of 25-99% by weight (see page 7, lines 17-21), that the composition contains a co-solvent, such as isopropanol and butyl alcohol (see page 8, lines 8-14), and that the composition is used in a process to clean a substrate, wherein the composition is sprayed, brushed or immersed onto the surface of the substrate followed by removing the composition from the substrate (see page 10, lines 14-23). Specifically, note Examples 1-2 and Tables 1-3. Therefore, instant claims 1-17 are anticipated by Costello et al, WO 2020/229953. In the alternative that the above disclosure is insufficient to anticipate the above listed claims, it would have nonetheless been obvious to the skilled artisan to produce the claimed composition, as the reference teaches each of the claimed ingredients within the claimed proportions for the same utility. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to BRIAN P MRUK whose telephone number is (571)272-1321. The examiner can normally be reached on 7:00am-5:30pm Monday-Thursday. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Angela Brown-Pettigrew, can be reached on 571-272-2817. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for published applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR. Status information for unpublished applications is available through Private PAIR only. For more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should you have questions on access to the Private PAIR system, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative or access to the automated information system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. /BRIAN P MRUK/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1761 Brian P Mruk March 16, 2026 Application/Control Number: 18/719,693 Page 2 Art Unit: 1761 Application/Control Number: 18/719,693 Page 4 Art Unit: 1761 Application/Control Number: 18/719,693 Page 5 Art Unit: 1761
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