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. Priority Receipt is acknowledged of papers submitted under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), which papers have been placed of record in the file. Information Disclosure Statement 3. The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 9/11/2023 and 6/30/2025 has/have been received and complies with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97, 1.98 and MPEP § 609. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement(s) is/are being considered by the examiner, and a copy with initials is attached herewith. Drawings 4. The drawings were received on 9/11/2023 . These drawings are acceptable. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 5. In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis ( i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status. 6. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made. 7. The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows: 1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art. 2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue. 3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art. 4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness. 8. Claim (s) 11-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Rainer et al ( DE 102019200004 A1 ) . Regarding claims 11-14 , Rainer discloses a cell connector assembly suitable for a battery cell of an assembly of battery cells, having a serial connector for electrically connecting a circular annular ring pole of the battery cell to an inner pole of the opposite sign of at least one other battery cell of the assembly, and at least one parallel connector for connecting the ring pole to a ring pole of the same sign of at least one respective other battery cell, wherein the serial connector and at least one of the parallel connectors and/or at least two of the parallel connectors are arranged on the ring pole in a manner spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction [Fig. 1-3; paragraph 0021- 0027; claim 9]. Rainer further teaches a multi-cell high-voltage storage device comprising multiple battery cells, each of which has an inner pole and a circular annular ring pole arranged radially around the inner pole, having a cell connector set comprising multiple cell connectors which are designed to connect together the battery cells of the high-voltage storage device . In addition, it is clear from the figures that at least one serial connector and one parallel connector are formed in one piece with each other to create a cell connector, and that the cell connector set has at least one one-piece serial and/or parallel cell connector per four or three or two battery cells [Fig. 1-3; paragraph 0016, 0021-0027]. 9. Claim (s) 11-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Rainer et al ( DE 102019200004 A1 ) as applied in claims 12-13 and further in view of Fees et al ( US 20200274132 A1 ) and Menzl et al ( AT 522004 A1 ). Regarding claims 15-20 , Rainer remains silent about the details of the connector as claimed; however, Fees teaches a multi-cell hold-down mechanism is clamped over multiple contact tabs aligned with respective cell terminals (e.g., positive and/or negative cell terminals). While clamped, the contact tabs are securely welded to respective cell terminals through respective gaps in the multi-cell hold-down mechanism [Fig. 6-12; paragraph 0039-0064]. And, Menzl teaches a contacting device for parallel and serial contacting of battery cells (1) assembled into a module, which have an end face (3) with a ground connection (5) surrounding a cell pole (4) on the circumference, with contact conductors (2) connected to a current path [Fig. 1-3; description]. Therefore, the claim would have been obvious because a particular known technique was recognized as part of the ordinary capabilities of one skilled in the art (KSR v. Teleflex, 82 USPQ2d 1385, 127 S. 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