DETAILED ACTION
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
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
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 1-20 are 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.
Claim 1 is drawn to a fiber-reinforced resin molded body comprising a fiber and a resin and a specific dielectric constant and a specific dielectric loss tangent. It is unclear if the specific dielectric constant and the specific dielectric loss tangent are the dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent of the fiber, the resin, the molded body, or something else entirely.
Claims 5 and 14-17, the phrase “the non-thermoplastic polyimide fiber” lacks antecedent basis as the claim does not state that the claimed polyimide fiber is the polyimide fiber of a previous claim.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102/103
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.
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.
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.
Claims 1-20 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 CN106947251 to Wu.
Claim 1, Wu discloses a fiber-reinforced resin molded body comprising: a non-thermoplastic polyimide fiber; and a thermosetting resin, wherein a dielectric constant in a frequency band in a range from 5 GHz to 80 GHz is in a range of 3.5 or less, and a dielectric loss tangent in the frequency band is in a range of 0.015 or less (see entire translation document including the Summary of the Invention). In the event that it is shown that the applied prior art does not disclose the claimed embodiment with sufficient specificity, the invention is obvious because the prior art specifically discloses the claimed fiber-reinforced resin molded body constituents.
Claim 2, a tensile strength of the fiber-reinforced resin molded body is in a range from 0.5 GPa to 2.5 GPa, and the tensile modulus of the fiber-reinforced resin molded body is in a range from 25 GPa of to 120 GPa (Summary of the Invention).
Claims 3, 7, 13 and 18-20, the non-thermoplastic polyimide fiber is formed from a polyimide obtained by a polymerization reaction of an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride and an aromatic diamine, the aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride is at least one material selected from the group consisting of pyromellitic dianhydride and 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride, and the aromatic diamine is at least one material selected from the group consisting of 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether and para-phenylene diamine (Examples and Comparative Examples).
Claims 4, 8 and 9, the non-thermoplastic polyimide fiber has a tensile modulus in a range from 100 GPa to 170 GPa (Summary of the Invention).
Claims 5, 16 and 17, a prepreg comprising the non-thermoplastic polyimide fiber and a precursor of thermosetting resin for being used for producing the fiber-reinforced resin molded body (Summary of the Invention).
Claims 6 and 10-12, a fiber diameter of the non-thermoplastic polyimide fiber is in a range from 10 μm to 18 μm (Summary of the Invention).
Claims 14 and 15, the non-thermoplastic polyimide fiber and a precursor of thermosetting resin for being used for producing the fiber-reinforced resin molded body (Summary of the Invention).
Conclusion
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/ANDREW T PIZIALI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1789
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