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`Docket No.: 083710-3083
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`Introduction
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-15 are pending, of which claim 1 is independent. Claims 8-14 have been
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`withdrawn from consideration. No amendment has been madein this response.
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`Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Claims 1-7 and 15 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Kinoshita et al. (JP 2013073791).
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`These rejections are traversedfor at least the following reasons.
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`Regarding claim 1, Kinoshita fails to teach the feature:
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`“A solid electrolyte material represented by a composition formula LiaYsbMcXe-dFa,
`where
`M includesat least one kind selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and
`metal elements other than Li and Y;
`X is at least one kind selected from the group consisting Cl, Br, and I;
`O<a;
`0 <b;
`0 <c; and
`0<d <6”
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`The Office Action asserted that paragraphs [0007]-[0012] and [0026]-[0038] of Kinoshita
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`teaches the claimed composition formula. Applicant disagrees.
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`Applicant submits that paragraph [0008] of Kinoshita teaches AsMXe, where A is Li, M
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`is Mn andit is preferable that the metal element is made of a substituted metal element. The
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`metal element is one or more elements selected from Ti, V, Cr, Ni, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Nb,
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`Mo, W, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, and Bi. Moreover, paragraph [0010] of Kinoshita teaches X consists of F
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`and O which substitutes a part of F. Further, paragraphs [0026]-[0038] of Kinoshita list
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`examples of the composition, for example, LisMno9sYo.osFs. Kinoshita at most discloses the use
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`of F as halogen.
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`Applicant submits that, in claim 1 of the present application, the subscript of X is (6-d),
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`where 0<d<6, therefore, the subscript of X, 0<6-d<6. That is, the element X is included in the
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`formula of claim 1, where X is at least one kind selected from the group consisting Cl, Br,
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`and I. Thus, in claim 1, F and one of Cl, Br and/or I are used(1.e., two or more halogen
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`elements).
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`In contrast, none of the elements selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I is
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`present in the formula of Kinoshita. Therefore, Kinoshita fails to teach:
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`“A solid electrolyte material represented by a composition formula LiaYsbMcXe-dFa,
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`where
`M includesat least one kind selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and
`metal elements other than Li and Y;
`X is at least one kind selected from the group consisting Cl, Br, and I;
`O<a;
`0 <b;
`0 <c; and
`0<d <6”
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`Therefore, claim 1 is not obvious over Kinoshita. Therefore, claim 1 andall claims
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`dependent thereon are patentable.
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`Application No. 16/930,439
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`Docket No.: 083710-3083
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`CONCLUSION
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`Having fully responded to all matters raised in the Office Action, Applicant submitsthat
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`all claims are in condition for allowance, an indication for which is respectfully solicited. If
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`there are any outstanding issues that might be resolved by an interview or an Examiner’s
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`amendment, the Examineris requested to call Applicant’s attorney at the telephone number
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`shownbelow.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Rimon, P.C.
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`/Yanyan Wang/
`Yanyan Wang
`Registration No. 77,541
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`8300 Greensboro Dr, Suite 500
`McLean, VA, 22102
`Phone/Fax: (571)765-7724
`Date: December 28, 2023
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`Please recognize our Customer No. 53080
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