DETAILED ACTION 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. Election/Restrictions Claims 1-14 and 19 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected Species II and I II , Figure s 2 and 4 , there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 12/09/2025. The independent claim 1 is directed to Species I II , Figure 4 , since a laundry appliance (10, fig. 4) comprising: a blower (16, fig. 4) that directs process air (14, fig. 4) through an airflow path (18, fig. 4); a rotating drum (40, fig. 4) that holds articles to be processed; a heat pump system having a condenser (1 2 , fig. 4 , [0028] ) and an evaporator (108, fig. 4, [0028]) , wherein the evaporator (108, fig. 4, [0028]) dehumidifies the process air (14, fig. 4) delivered from the drum (40, fig. 4) and wherein the condenser (12, fig. 4, [0028]) heats the process air (14, fig. 4) delivered from the evaporator (108, fig. 4, [0028]) ; and a phase change material (26, fig. 4) that retains heat from the condenser (12, fig. 4, [0028]) that is directed away from the process air (14, fig. 4) to define captured heat, and wherein the captured heat of the phase change material (26, fig. 4) is utilized during a subsequent laundry cycle which is found in Species I II . Therefore, claim s 1 -14 were withdrawn from consideration. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action: A person shall be entitled to a patent unless – (a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. Claims 15-18 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Stolze et al. (US 9,752,275; hereinafter Stolze ). Regarding claim 15 , Stolze shows a laundry appliance (1, figure) comprising: a blower (5, figure) that directs process air through an airflow path (6, figure); a rotating drum (2, figure) that holds articles to be processed; a heat exchange system (7, 10, 15, 16, 17, figure) having a heating assembly (7, figure), wherein the heating assembly (7, figure) generates heat that is delivered into the process air delivered from a processing space (interior space of item 2, figure) defined within the rotating drum (2, figure); and a phase change material (12, figure; PCM (phase change material), col. 9, lines 16-38) that retains heat from the heating assembly (7, figure) that is directed away from the process air to define captured heat (col. 9, line 4 through col. 10, line 41), and wherein the captured heat of the phase change material (12, figure; PCM (phase change material), col. 9, lines 16-38) is utilized during a subsequent laundry cycle (col. 9, line 4 through col. 10, line 41). Regarding claim 16 , Stolze shows wherein during the subsequent laundry cycle (col. 9, line 4 through col. 10, line 41), the captured heat from the phase change material (12, figure; PCM (phase change material), col. 9, lines 16-38) and heat from the heating assembly (7, figure) cooperate to deliver a combined heat to the process air (col. 9, line 4 through col. 10, line 41). Regarding claim 17 , Stolze shows wherein the heating assembly (7, figure) includes an electrically resistive heating element (electric resistive heater 7 as shown in figure, col. 9, lines 4-15). Regarding claim 18 , Stolze shows wherein the heating assembly (1, figure) includes a condenser (9, figure). Regarding claim 20 , Stolze shows a method for operating a laundry appliance (1, figure), the method comprising steps of: activating a blower (5, figure) that delivers process air through an airflow path (6, figure); activating at least one heater (7, figure) that is in thermal communication with the airflow path (6, figure) wherein heat from the at least one heater (6, figure) is delivered into the airflow path (6, figure); capturing excess thermal energy from the at least one heater (7, figure) within a phase change material (12, figure; PCM (phase change material), col. 9, lines 16-38) to define captured heat; storing the captured heat for a period of time (col. 9, line 4 through col. 10, line 41); activating a subsequent laundry cycle (col. 9, line 4 through col. 10, line 41); and delivering process air into thermal communication (via item 9, figure) with the phase change material (12, figure; PCM (phase change material), col. 9, lines 16-38) to transfer the captured heat from the phase change material (12, figure; PCM (phase change material), col. 9, lines 16-38) to the process air for increasing a temperature of the process air (col. 9, line 4 through col. 10, line 41). 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