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 .
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Claim Objections
Claims 2-8 are objected to because of the following informalities:
As to claims 2-8, insert “the” after “wherein”.
Appropriate correction is required.
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.
As to claim 1, subscripts α1 and α2 in formula (1) are not defined in the claim. Accordingly, claim is indefinite, because it is unclear what is meant by these subscripts.
Further, as to claim 1, this claim at lines 27-29 on page 2 of the Claims sheet recite “the occurrence order of the respective repeating units enclosed in the parentheses…is not limited”. It is unclear what is meant by this recitation, because the meets and bounds of this recitation in view of the specification are unclear.
Further, as to claim 1, at line 41 on page 2 of the Claims sheet, this claim recites “15 is an integer of 1 to 10”. It is unclear what is meant by this recitation given that the number 15 is not within the range of 1 to 10.
Further, as to claim 1, at line 44 on page 2 of the Claims sheet, this claim recites “expecting for XA and XB are single bonds”. It is unclear what is meant by the recitation “expecting”. Furthermore, XA and XB are defined at the first instances in the same claim at line 15 (page 1 of the Claims sheet) and at line 30 (page 2 of the Claims sheet) respectively. Accordingly, it is unclear what is meant by the recitation “expecting for XA and XB are single bonds”.
As to claim 2, this claim recites “the occurrence order of the respective repeating units enclosed in the parentheses…is not limited”. It is unclear what is meant by this recitation, because the meets and bounds of this recitation in view of the specification are unclear.
As to claim 5, this claim at lines 2-3 recites the following:
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It is unclear whether the XB further refers to one of the following XB recited in claim 1 or is a different XB.
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Further, as to claim 5, given that the XB is positively required to be present and represented by the formula in claim 2, then it is unclear how the subscript “c1” can be 0. It is unclear whether c1 should be an integer of 1 to 30 instead of 0 to 30 in claim 2. Clarification is requested from the applicant.
As to claim 8, this claim recites “15 is an integer of 1 to 10”. It is unclear what is meant by this recitation given that the number 15 is not within the range of 1 to 10.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(d):
(d) REFERENCE IN DEPENDENT FORMS.—Subject to subsection (e), a claim in dependent form shall contain a reference to a claim previously set forth and then specify a further limitation of the subject matter claimed. A claim in dependent form shall be construed to incorporate by reference all the limitations of the claim to which it refers.
The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, fourth paragraph:
Subject to the following paragraph [i.e., the fifth paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112], a claim in dependent form shall contain a reference to a claim previously set forth and then specify a further limitation of the subject matter claimed. A claim in dependent form shall be construed to incorporate by reference all the limitations of the claim to which it refers.
Claim 6 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(d) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, 4th paragraph, as being of improper dependent form for failing to further limit the subject matter of the claim upon which it depends, or for failing to include all the limitations of the claim upon which it depends. Claim 6 recites group XB, which fails to further limit, or fails to include all the limitations of parent claim 1 from which it depends on.
Applicant may cancel the claim(s), amend the claim(s) to place the claim(s) in proper dependent form, rewrite the claim(s) in independent form, or present a sufficient showing that the dependent claim(s) complies with the statutory requirements.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Inomata et al. (US 5118775) discloses a fluoroorganopolysiloxane and a process for preparing the same.
Yamaguchi et al. (US 6221948 B1) disclose a carbon fluoride composition.
Kitahara et al. (US 6303686 B1) discloses a resin composition having water and oil repellency.
Yamaguchi et al. (US 6491979 B1) discloses a fluorine-containing surface treatment composition.
Yamashita et al. (US 20200024241 A1) discloses a compound having isocyanuric skeleton.
Nomura et al. (US 20220081590 A1) discloses stain-proof base material.
Ikeuchi et al. (US 20220127418 A1) discloses fluoropolyether group containing silane compound.
Nomura et al. (US 20220135839 A1) discloses surface treatment agent.
Takano et al. (US 20250361250 A1) discloses fluorine containing silane compound.
EP0558348 B2 discloses fluorine containing organosilicon compound.
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/ANISH P DESAI/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1788
September 4, 2026
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