Claims 16-30 are pending in this application.
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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
1 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
2 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.
3 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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 16-30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)1/102(a)2 as being anticipated by Takahashi et al. (WO 2021117519 A1). English translation of the Patent No. WO 2021117519 A1 is used in this Office action.
Takahashi et al., (WO’519 A1) teaches a method for treating an organic fiber cord , wherein the method comprises treating the organic fiber cord with the first bath treatment liquid before being treated with a second bath treatment liquid (see page 45, paragraph, 8), wherein the first bath treatment liquid is a composition containing an epoxy compound include polyethylene/diglycidyl ether and an isocyanate (blocked diisocyanate) compound include diphenylmethane diisocyanate as claimed in claims 16-19 (see page 46, paragraphs, 2-5 and claims 1-8) and the second bath treatment liquid is composition containing a polyphenol compound include phloroglucinol as claimed in claims 24-25 (see page 48, paragraph 12), and an aldehyde compound having an aromatic ring carrying an aldehyde functional group of an aromatic polyaldehyde compound supporting 2 aldehyde functional groups include 1,4-benzenedicarboxaldehyde as claimed in claims 20-23 (see page 49, paragraphs, 2-3), wherein the second bath treatment liquid also comprises a latex compound include styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber as claimed in claims 16 (see claims 1-11), wherein the second bath treatment liquid does not comprise blocked diisocyanate compound and wherein method also comprises the step of drying treatment conditions of the solvent in the first bath treatment liquid cord (PET cord or tires) at a dry temperature of 160 O C and dry tine of 80 second and adhesion treatment of organic fiber cord (PET cord for tires) with the second treatment liquid wherein the adhesion treatment conditions were a hot temperature of 205 O C and a hot time 60 seconds as claimed in claims 26-27 (see page 55, paragraphs 7-9). Takahashi et al., (WO’519 A1) teaches a tire and a belt comprising organic fiber cord-rubber composite (an elastomer matrix) made by the method as described above and as claimed in claims 28-30 (see page 54, paragraphs, 2-3). Takahashi et al., (WO’519 A1) teaches all the limitations of the instant claims. Hence, Takahashi et al., (WO’519 A1) anticipates the claims.
Conclusion
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