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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 § 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.
Claim 6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Abe et al. (US 2012/0024381).
(Claim 6) Abe et al. teach a tin-doped indium oxide sputtering target (paragraphs 99 – 101) for forming an amorphous film of tin and hydrogen-doped indium oxide, wherein the amount of tin atom (Sn) based on the total amount of indium atom (In) and tin atom (Sn) [Sn/ (In+Sn): molar ratio] is 0.000005 to 0.008 (paragraph 158, Table 2).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2 – 5 and 7 are allowable, because prior does not render obvious:
(Claim 2) Sn/(In+Sn) is 0.000005 to 0.008 (without any additional metal) in the solid phase crystallized product, and
the concentration of the hydrogen is 0.5E20 to 50E20 atoms/cc.
Conclusion
Prior art made of record and not relied upon, considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure are listed in PTO – 892 Form.
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/IGWE U ANYA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2891
September 17, 2026
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