Appeal No. 2002-0242
Application 09/112,364
THE REFERENCES
Inoue et al. (Inoue) 5,635,308 Jun. 3, 1997
Enokida et al. (Enokida) 5,759,444 Jun. 2, 1998
Azuma et al. (JP ‘569) 8-333569 Dec. 17, 1996
(Japanese patent application)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Enokida in view of Inoue and JP ‘569.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection. We need to address
only claim 1, which is the sole independent claim.
The applied references all disclose compounds to be included
in an organic electroluminescence device.
The portion of Enokida relied upon by the examiner (answer,
page 4) discloses anthracene compounds having two diarylamino
substituents which may themselves be substituted (col. 3,
lines 1-29). The anthracene compounds do not include anthracene
groups directly attached to each other.
The portion of Inoue relied upon by the examiner (answer,
page 4) discloses compounds (VII-1 to VII-27) having anthracene
groups which are directly connected to each other and have phenyl
substituents which may be substituted with diphenylamino groups
(compounds VII-7 and VII-27) or styryl groups (compound VII-23).
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