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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Claims 1-20 are currently pending in the instant application. Applicants have amended claims 1-3 and added new claims 10-20 in an amendment filed on July 31, 2026. Claims 12-19 are rejected and claims 1-11 and 20 are considered allowable in this Office Action.
I. Response to Arguments/Remarks
Applicants’ amendment, filed on July 31, 2026, has overcome the rejection of claim 3 under 35 USC 112(b) as being indefinite for not including the structures for the compound numbers that were present throughout the claim; the objection of claims 1 and 2 for minor informalities. The above rejection and objections have been withdrawn.
II. Rejection(s)
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112:
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 12-19 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 applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention. Specifically, claims 12-19 contain the limitation “the resulting compound” which depend on previous claims (i.e., 3) but none of the previous claims contain the limitation “a resulting compound”. It is unclear what “resulting compound” Applicants are referring back to in each of the rejected claims. Therefore, the claims lack antecedent basis and are considered indefinite since it is unclear what Applicants are attempting to claim as their invention with the limitation “the resulting compound”. To overcome the rejection, Applicants are suggested to amend the limitation “the resulting compound” by making clear what compounds is being referred to in each of the rejected claims which should have a clear reference in the previous claims that these claims are dependent on.
III. Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
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/SHAWQUIA JACKSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1626
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