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
Claim 21 is pending in the instant application.
Information Disclosure Statement
The Examiner has considered the Information Disclosure Statements filed on April 7, 2025 and December 1, 2025. The submissions are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by the examiner.
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.
Claim 21 is 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 21 is confusing because of the first step in the claimed process of making,
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. There has been no change shown in the product produced in this first step of the instant claimed process of making. The claimed process is disclosed in Scheme 4 on page 58 of the instant specification. In the description of Scheme 4, it states “Protection of free NH of the commercially available starting material 3-6 yields 3-7”. Also see the nomenclature of the compound (i.e., the starting material) disclosed on lines 5-6 of page 66 of the instant specification under “Example 1-4”. Therefore, claim 21 is indefinite. Correction is required.
Reminder to Applicant
As a reminder, Applicant should specifically point out the support in the original disclosure {i.e., page number(s) and line number(s)} for any new claims or amended claims and for any amendments made to the disclosure. Making generic statements such as “all amendments are fully supported in the originally filed disclosure or the originally filed claims” without specifying page numbers and originally filed claim numbers are insufficient. See MPEP §714.02 and MPEP §2163.06(I).
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Laura L. Stockton
(571) 272-0710.
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/LAURA L STOCKTON/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1626 Work Group 1620
Technology Center 1600
October 2, 2026
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