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. 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. Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Hirota et al. (USPUB 2022/0231537) . As to Claim 1 , Hirota discloses a power supply device comprising: a first positive electrode-side battery terminal and a first negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery (Figure 1, Element 102) ; a second positive electrode-side battery terminal and a second negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery (Element 104) ; a positive electrode-side input terminal and a negative electrode-side input terminal for connecting a charger (Element 120) ; a positive electrode-side output terminal and a negative electrode-side output terminal for connecting a load; a first switch (Element 202) ; a second switch (Element 200) ; a third switch (Element 204) , and a power converter (Element 106) , wherein the positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, the negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, the first switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal (Element 202) , the second switch is connected between a first connection point and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, the first connection point being between the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal (Element 200) , the third switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second connection point (Element 204) , the second connection point being between the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal (Element 204) , the power converter includes a positive electrode-side converter input terminal, a negative electrode-side converter input terminal, a positive electrode-side converter output terminal, and a negative electrode-side converter output terminal, the positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to the positive electrode-side converter output terminal (Element 102 and 106) , the negative electrode-side output terminal is connected to the negative electrode-side converter output terminal, the positive electrode-side converter input terminal is connected to a line that connects the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, and the negative electrode-side converter input terminal is connected to a line that connects the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal (Element 106) . 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