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`16/911,725
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`Tetsuya Asano
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`Application/Control Number: 16/4911,725
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice ofPre-AIA or AIA Status
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`Thepresentapplication, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined underthe
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`first inventorto file provisions of the AIA.
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`Status of Claims
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`Claims 1-6 and 8 are pending and examinedbelow.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`Thetext of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not includedin this action can be found
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`in a prior Office action.
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`Claim(s) 1-6 and 8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Tomita,etal.
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`"Synthesis of Lisz,xJni..M,Bre (M= Zn, Co, Fe) by Nano-grinding and their Ionic Conductivity."
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`Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan 33.4 (2008): 973-976 (hereafter referred
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`to as Tomita; cited in the office action mailed 13 June 2022) in view of Steiner, et al. "Novel Fast
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`Ion Conductors of the Type M3;M™Cl, (M! = Li, Na, Ag; M"!= In, Y).” Zeitschrift fiir
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`anorganischeund allgemeine Chemie 613.7 (1992): 26-30 (hereafter referred to as Steiner; cited
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`in the office action mailed 13 June 2022).
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`Regarding claim 1, Tomita teaches a ternary metal halide material represented by
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`compositional formula Li3,,Jn}..MxBre (claimed a = priorart x),
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`wherein M= Zn (Tomita, pp.973-975, Fig. 1-3) for use as a solid electrolyte material
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`(Tomita, p. 973, ion conductive inorganic solid electrolyte ):
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`6 = 0, which falls within the claimed range of -1 <6<2,
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`a= 0.15, which falls within the claimed range of 0 <a < 3,
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`0<3+a=2.85,
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`0<1-a=0.85,
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`x = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <x <6,
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`y = 0, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <y <6,
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`And x + y = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of x + y <6,
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`Tomita additionally discloses it is knownin the art wherein the halide can be either Cl or
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`Br in the formula Li3M'X¢, where M'is lanthanides, and Li3InBr¢.Cl, (Tomita, p. 973),
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`suggesting this substitution with M would behave analogously in the Li3M'Cl., where M' is a
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`lanthanide.
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`Tomita does not explicitly disclose wherein the compositional formulais
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`Li3saY 1-aAMaClo-x-yBrily, specifically wherein Y is a component, instead only teaching In is a
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`component.
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`Steiner howeverteaches ion conductive ternary metal halide materials with compositional
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`formulae LijInClg and LizYCl¢, which exhibit fast ionic conductivity (Steiner, abstract, Abb. 6),
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`demonstrating Y and In are knownequivalentart effective materials for use in ion conducting
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`ternary metal halide materials. Therefore it would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to
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`use the art known equivalent Y performingthe identical function in substantially the same way,
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`and producing substantially the same results as the corresponding element, In, in an ion
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`conducting ternary metal halide material. See MPEP § 2183.
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`While Tomita does not explicitly disclose wherein M = Mg,Ca, Sr or Ba modified
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`Tomita teaches M = Zn, Fe and Co, divalent cations which improve the ionic conductivity
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`(Tomita, p. 974). Tomita further teaches that there is a need to increase the ion capacity ofsolid
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`electrolyte materials for use in power sources of electric vehicles (Tomita, p. 973) and that
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`divalent metals, of which there are a finite numberof predictable divalent cation metals dopants
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`known(Zn, Fe, Co, Mg and other chemically and physically similar divalent cations, such as Ca,
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`Sr and Ba) and it would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify M of modified
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`Tomita through the simple substitution of one art known divalent cation metals dopants, such as
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`Zn, Fe and/or Co, for another are known divalent cation metals dopants, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba,to
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`obtain the predictable result of a solid electrolyte material such that the solid electrolyte material
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`is represented by compositional formula Li3.,Y1-aM,Cle+-yBrxly,
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`wherein M= Mgandothersimilar divalent cations such as Ca, Sr and Ba
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`6 = 0, which falls within the claimed range of -1 <6<2,
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`a= 0.15, which falls within the claimed range of 0 <a < 3, satisfying the limitation
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`wherein 6F a,
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`0<3+a=2.85,
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`0<1-a=0.85,
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`x = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <x <6,
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`y = 0, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <y <6,
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`and x + y = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of x +y <6,
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`having a reasonable expectation of success of improving the ionic conductivity of the
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`solid electrolyte material of modified Tomita. See MPEP § 2143.
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`Regarding claims 2-3, modified Tomita discloses all of the limitations of claim 1 as set
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`forth above and teaches wherein a is 0.15 (Tomita, p. 974), falling within the claimed ranges
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`wherein 0.01 <a<0.5 and 0.01 <a< 0.3 is satisfied.
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`Regarding claims 4-5, modified Tomita discloses all of the limitations of claim 1 as set
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`forth above and teaches wherein 6 = 0, falling within the claimed ranges wherein -0.25<6<0.4
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`and 0 <6<0.4is satisfied.
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`Regarding claim 6, modified Tomita teachesthe use of lithium ion conductive inorganic
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`solid electrolytes, particularly those that exhibit fast ionic conductivity (Steiner, abstract), such
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`as that set forth in claim 1 above, as a way to improvelithium ion secondarybatteries ( Tomita, p.
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`973). One of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention
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`understands a battery consists of an anode (negative electrode), a cathode(positive electrode)
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`and a solid electrolyte layer, disposed between the cathode and the anode, containing the solid
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`electrolyte material and would find it obviousto includea solid electrolyte material according to
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`modified Tomita as discussed with regards to claim 1 in a battery comprising a positive
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`electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer provided betweenthe positive electrode
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`and the negative electrode, wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive
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`electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer contains the solid electrolyte material,
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`to improve the performanceof the battery.
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`Regarding claim 8, modified Tomita teachesall of the limitations of the claimsas set
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`forth above and further teaches the solid lithium ion conducting material conductivity is
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`controlled by the metal M (Tomita, p. 974, Fig. 2). While Tomita teaches thesolid electrolyte
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`material comprising an art knowndivalent cation metal dopant, such as Co, has ion conductivity
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`of about 1x10° S/cm at room temperature (Tomita, Fig. 2), Tomita does not explicitly teach
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`wherein an ion conductivity of the solid electrolyte material is 1x 10~ S/cm or more and 2.2x 10°
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`S/cm orless at room temperature. However, Tomita does identify the divalent cation metal
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`dopant Mas a knownresult effective variable that controls the conductivity of the solid lithium
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`ion conducting material.
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`Therefore it would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to optimize the ion
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`conductivity of the solid electrolyte material of modified Tomita comprising an art known
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`divalent cation metal dopants suchas Zn, Fe, Co, and Mg and other chemically and physically
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`similar divalent cations, such as Ca, Sr and Ba, through routine experimentation wherein an ion
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`conductivity of the solid electrolyte material is 1x 10° S /em or more and 2.2x 107 S/cm orless at
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`room temperature and having a reasonable expectation of success as the divalent cation metal
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`dopants are used in a similar environmentfor a similar purpose of improving ion conductivity.
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`The Courts have held that “"[W]here the general conditions of a claim are disclosedin the prior
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`art, it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation."
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`In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456, 105 USPQ 233, 235 (CCPA 1955)”. See MPEP § 2144.05.
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`Claim(s) 1-6 and 8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Steiner (see
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`above for full reference) in view of Tomita (see above for full reference).
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`Regarding claim 1, Steiner teaches a ternary metal halide material represented by
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`compositional formula Lis,YCle,
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`Steiner further teaches ion conductive ternary metal halide materials with compositional
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`formulae LijInClg and LizYCl¢, which exhibit fast ionic conductivity (Steiner, abstract, Abb. 6),
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`demonstrating Y and In are known equivalentart effective materials for use in ion conducting
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`ternary metal halide materials. Therefore it would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to
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`use the art known equivalent Y performingthe identical function in substantially the same way,
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`and producing substantially the sameresults as the corresponding element, In, in an ion
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`conducting ternary metal halide material. See MPEP § 2183.
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`Steiner howeverdoes not teach M as claimed.
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`Tomita teaches a ternary metal halide material represented by compositional formula
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`Li3,,In}.M,Br¢ (claimed a= prior art x), comprising the art known equivalent element,In,
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`performingthe identical function in substantially the same way, and producing substantially the
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`sameresults as the corresponding element, Y, and it would be obvious to oneof ordinary skill in
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`the art to substitute an art known element, In, with another art known element, Y, performing the
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`identical function in substantially the same way, and producing substantially the sameresults in
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`an ion conducting ternary metal halide material, wherein the ternary metal halide material
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`represented by compositional formula Li3,,Y1..M,Br¢ (claimed a = priorart x)
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`wherein M=Zn, Fe and Co, divalent cations (Tomita, pp.973-975, Fig. 1-3) for use asa
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`solid electrolyte material (Tomita, p. 973, ion conductive inorganic solid electrolyte):
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`6 =0,
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`a= 0.15, which falls within the claimed range of 0 <a < 3, satisfying the limitation
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`wherein 6F a,
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`0<3+a=2.85,
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`0<1-a=0.85,
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`x = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <x <6,
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`y = 0, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <y <6,
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`and x + y = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of x + y <6,
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`Tomita additionally discloses it is knownin the art wherein the halide can be either Cl or
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`Br in the formula Li3M'X6, where M'is lanthanides, and LisInBr¢x.Cl, (Tomita, p. 973),
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`suggesting this would behaveanalogously in the Liz3M'Cl¢, where M'is a lanthanide because of
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`Steiner’s and Tomita’s teaching of equivalency of Li3M'Cle6 where M'is lanthanides including Y,
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`and LisInClg.
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`Tomita further teaches M = Zn, Fe and Co, divalent cation metals improvethe ionic
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`conductivity (Tomita, p. 974) and that, when 6=a, M = Mg?also improves the ionic
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`conductivity (Tomita, p. 974). Tomita further teaches that there is a need to increase the ion
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`capacity of solid electrolyte materials for use in powersourcesofelectric vehicles (Tomita, p.
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`973), and that divalent metals, of which there are a finite numberof predictable divalent cation
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`metals dopants known (Zn, Fe, Co, Mg and other chemically and physically similar divalent
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`cations, such as Ca, Srand Ba), are knownto improve ion conductivity (Tomita, p. 974, Fig. 2).
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`While Tomita does not explicitly disclose wherein M= Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba, when 6 # a,
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`Tomita does teach divalent cation metals, such as M = Zn, Fe, Co and Mg, improvethe ionic
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`conductivity of the solid electrolyte material (Tomita, p. 974).
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`Therefore it would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify M of modified
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`Steiner throughthe simple substitution of one art knowndivalent cation metals dopants, such as
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`Zn, Fe and/or Co, for another are known divalent cation metals dopants, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba,to
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`obtain the predictable result of a solid electrolyte material such that the solid electrolyte material
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`is represented by compositional formula Li3,2Y12MaCle-x-yBrxly,
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`wherein M= Mgandothersimilar divalent cations such as Ca, Sr and Ba
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`6 = 0, which falls within the claimed range of -1 <6<2,
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`a= 0.15, which falls within the claimed range of 0 <a < 3, satisfying the limitation
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`wherein 6F a,
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`0<3+a=2.85,
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`0<1-a=0.85,
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`x = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <x <6,
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`y = 0, whichfalls within the claimed range of 0 <y <6,
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`and x + y = 6, whichfalls within the claimed range of x + y <6,
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`having a reasonable expectation of success of improving the ionic conductivity of the
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`solid electrolyte material of modified Steiner.
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`Regarding claims 2-3, modified Steiner discloses all of the limitations of claim | as set
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`forth above and suggests routine optimization of a to optimize the conductivity, which would
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`yield a falling within the claimed ranges wherein 0.01 <a<0.5 and 0.01 <a <0.3 is satisfied.
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`Regarding claims 4-5, modified Steiner discloses all of the limitations of claim | as set
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`forth above and teaches wherein 6 = 0, falling within the claimed ranges wherein -0.25<6<0.4
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`and 0 <6<0.4is satisfied.
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`Regarding claim 6, modified Steiner teachesthe use of lithium ion conductive inorganic
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`solid electrolytes, particularly those that exhibit fast ionic conductivity (Steiner, abstract), such
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`as that set forth in claim 1 above, as a way to improvelithium ion secondary batteries (Tomita, p.
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`973). One of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention
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`understands a battery consists of an anode (negative electrode), a cathode(positive electrode)
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`and a solid electrolyte layer, disposed between the cathode and the anode, containing the solid
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`electrolyte material and would find it obviousto includeasolid electrolyte material according to
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`modified Steiner as discussed with regards to claim | in a battery comprising a positive
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`electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer provided betweenthe positive electrode
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`and the negative electrode, wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive
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`electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer contains the solid electrolyte material,
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`to improve the performanceof the battery.
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`Claim 8 is rejected analogously to above.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments, see pp. 1-5, filed 11 July 2023, with respectto the 103 rejections
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`of claims 1-6 and 8 over Steiner in view of Tomita-2002 and over Tomita-2002 in view of
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`Steiner have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 103 rejections of claims 1-6 and 8
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`over Steiner in view of Tomita-2002 and over Tomita-2002 in view of Steiner have been
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`withdrawn.
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`Applicant's arguments filed 11 July 2023 have beenfully considered but they are not
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`The 103 rejections of claims 1-6 and 8 over Tomita in view of Steiner and overSteiner in
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`view of Tomita explicitly teach the amendedlimitation 5 #a (see above rejections wherein 6 =0
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`anda=0.15).
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`Applicant argues that Y and In are not knownequivalentart effective materials. As set
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`forth above, Steiner teaches ion conductive ternary metal halide materials with compositional
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`formulae LijInClg and LizYCl¢, which exhibit fast ionic conductivity (Steiner, abstract, Abb. 6),
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`demonstrating Y and In are known equivalentart effective materials for use in ion conducting
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`ternary metal halide materials. Therefore it would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to
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`use the art known equivalent Y performingthe identical function in substantially the same way,
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`and producing substantially the same results as the corresponding element, In, in an ion
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`conducting ternary metal halide material. See MPEP § 2183 and 2143.
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`Applicant further argues that adding a dopantto a ternary metal halide transformsthe
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`material into a quaternary metal halide. This is not persuasive as no evidence has been provided
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`for this assertion and it is well knownin theart that a dopant can be added to a ternary material
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`without changingit into an art known quaternary material.
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`Applicant additionally argues that Mg is doped on a different site in the prior art material
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`than the claimed invention. This is not persuasive as these arguments are not commensurate with
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`the scope of the claimsas the dopingsite is not explicitly recited in the claim limitations. The
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`examinernotes that the presented equations are meant to limit the doping sites. However, to what
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`extent this applies to the claimed invention is not knownas the metes and bounds have not been
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`set forth in a clear mannerreadily ascertained by oneof ordinary skill in the art. Further the
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`given examples in the Instant specification are a much smaller subset than the ranges as provided
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`Similar remarks apply to applicant’s arguments regarding the equivalency of lanthanides
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`and In in ternary metal halide material used as a solid electrolyte material.
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`The arguments of counsel cannot take the place of evidencein the record. In re Schulze,
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`346 F.2d 600, 602, 145 USPQ 716, 718 (CCPA 1965); In re Geisler, 116 F.3d 1465, 43 USPQ2d
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`1362. See MPEP § 2145(1).
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
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`Conclusion
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`disclosure.
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`Tomita, Yasumasa,et al. "Liion conductivity of solid electrolyte, Li3—2xMxInBr6o (M=
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`Ca, Sr and Ba)." Electrochemistry 71.12 (2003): 1129-1131 (discloses the conductivity increases
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`due to the change of the crystal structure produced by the substitution and vacancies, using
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`elements such as Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba).
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presentedin this
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`Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a).
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`Application/Control Number: 16/4911,725
`Art Unit: 1728
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