DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
2. A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on November 25, 2025 has been entered.
Election/Restrictions
3. Applicant’s election without traverse of Group II in the reply filed on January 8, 2026 is acknowledged.
4. The election of species requirement is withdrawn. The full scope of the elected group was searched and examined.
5. Claims 1-3 withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected subject matter. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on January 8, 2026.
Information Disclosure Statement
6. The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on October 23, 2025 was in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98. The IDS was considered. A signed copy of form 1449 is enclosed herewith.
Response to Amendment
7. The amendments to the claims filed on November 25, 2025 have been fully considered. The amendments are sufficient to overcome the outstanding rejections under prior art. The 35 USC 102 and 35 USC 103 rejections are withdrawn.
8. The obviousness-type double patenting rejections are withdrawn in view of the terminal disclaimer filed.
Terminal Disclaimer
9. The terminal disclaimer filed on November 25, 2025 disclaiming the terminal portion of any patent granted on this application which would extend beyond the expiration dates of US 11,634,415 and US 11,919,889 and US 11,964,951 and US 12,215,097 and US Appl 18,617,255 and US Appl 18,740,059 has been reviewed and is accepted. The terminal disclaimer has been recorded.
Claim Objections
10. Claim 7 is objected to for the following informality. The claim is missing a period.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
11. Claims 4, 5 and 7 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.
The claims have been amended to include the proviso “other than -C(O)NH2 connected through a nitrogen atom.” The limitation was not described in the originally filed disclosure. Moreover, the structural limitation of Z being -C(O)NH2 is not described in the originally filed disclosure. Lastly, the structural limitation of connection through a nitrogen atom is not described in the originally filed disclosure. For these reasons, the inclusion of this structural limitation in the proviso adds new matter to the claims.
Conclusion
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/SUN JAE YOO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1621
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