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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Claims 1-2, 5-8, and 15-16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Applicant amended claim 1 to recite “the primer layer is a cured product of a primer coating composition which is a mixture of a DGEBA (bisphenol A diglycidyl ether) coating composition consisting of DGEBA and 4,4’-diaminodiphenyl sulfone in a 3:1 molar ratio, and the hard coating composition, wherein the primer coating composition is prepared by mixing the hard coating composition and the DGEBA coating composition in a weight ratio of 2 : 8 to 8 : 2”. As support for the amendment, applicant points to claims 3-4, Fig. 1 and paragraphs 0044-0045 of the application as filed. However, while there is support for a specific optical laminate made from a specific hard coating layer and a specific primer layer (see paragraphs 0044-0045 of the PGPub), there is no support to broadly recite the hard coating layer is a cured product of a siloxane resin prepared by hydrolytic condensation of a hard coating composition having (2-(3,4- epoxycyclohexyl)ethyl)trimethoxysilane and the primer is a cured product of a primer coating composition which is a mixture of a DGEBA (bisphenol A diglycidyl ether) coating composition consisting of DGEBA and 4,4' -diaminodiphenyl sulfone in a 3:1 molar ratio.
Claims 2, 5-8, and 15-16 are rejected as dependent on rejected Claim 1.
Response to Arguments
In light of applicant’s amendments filed 07/21/2026, the Claim Objections, 35 USC 112(b), and 35 USC 103 rejections of record are withdrawn.
New grounds of rejection are set forth above.
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).
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/BETHANY M MILLER/Examiner, Art Unit 1787
/CALLIE E SHOSHO/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1787
