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. Information Disclosure Statement The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 12/26/2023 was filed on the mailing date of the application. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner. Claim Objections Claims 1 and 10 are objected to because of the following informalities: Claim 1 line 7 recites, “the repulsion force,” claim should be amended to recite –a repulsion force--. Claim 10 line 7 has the same issue . Appropriate correction is required. Double Patenting The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg , 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman , 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi , 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum , 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel , 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington , 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969). A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on nonstatutory double patenting provided the reference application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with the examined application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement. See MPEP § 717.02 for applications subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA as explained in MPEP § 2159. See MPEP § 2146 et seq. for applications not subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. A terminal disclaimer must be signed in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(b). The USPTO Internet website contains terminal disclaimer forms which may be used. Please visit www.uspto.gov/patent/patents-forms. The filing date of the application in which the form is filed determines what form (e.g., PTO/SB/25, PTO/SB/26, PTO/AIA/25, or PTO/AIA/26) should be used. A web-based eTerminal Disclaimer may be filled out completely online using web-screens. An eTerminal Disclaimer that meets all requirements is auto-processed and approved immediately upon submission. For more information about eTerminal Disclaimers, refer to www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/guidance/eTD-info-I.jsp . Claims 1 , 2, 7 and 8 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1 -3 and 8 of U.S. Patent No. 11,897 , 352 . Claims 1 and 6 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1 and 7 of U.S. Patent No. 1 0,864,823. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claimed subject matter in U.S. Patent No (s) . 11,897,352 and 10,864,823 are claiming the same embodiment with similar structural limitations . The subject matter claimed in the instant application of claims 1 , 2, 7 and 8 corresponds to the subject matter of claims 1 -3 and 8 of U.S. 11,897,352 ; the details are as follows: Claim 1 of the instant application recites , “ an apparatus comprising: a plug inlet comprising a socket configured to house a plug; a lever connected to the plug inlet by an axis and is rotatable about the axis, wherein the lever comprises a first magnet, a section configured to be actuated and a latch designed to be inserted into and removed from a mortise of the plug; and a second magnet disposed between the lever and the socket, wherein when the lever is not being actuated, the repulsion force, between the first magnet and the second magnet, distances the lever from the second magnet such that the latch is positioned in the socket to allow the latch to click into the mortise when the plug is plugged into the socket ,” (same elements recited in claim 1 of U.S. 11,897,352 ) . Claim 2 of the instant application recites , “t he apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plug comprises an electrical vehicle charging plug ,” (same elements recited in claim s 1 +8 of U.S. 11,897,352) . Claim 7 of the instant application recites , “the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first magnet, the second magnet, or both comprise an electromagnet,” (same elements recited in claims 1+ 2 of U.S. 11,897,352) . Claim 8 of the instant application recites , “the apparatus of claim 7, wherein the plug inlet comprises a controller configured to activate the electromagnet,” (same elements recited in claims 1 -3 of U.S. 11,897,352) . The subject matter claimed in the instant application of claims 1 and 6 corresponds to the subject matter of claims 1 and 7 of U.S. 10,864,823 ; the details are as follows: Claim 1 of the instant application recites , “an apparatus comprising: a plug inlet comprising a socket configured to house a plug; a lever connected to the plug inlet by an axis and is rotatable about the axis, wherein the lever comprises a first magnet, a section configured to be actuated and a latch designed to be inserted into and removed from a mortise of the plug; and a second magnet disposed between the lever and the socket, wherein when the lever is not being actuated, the repulsion force, between the first magnet and the second magnet, distances the lever from the second magnet such that the latch is positioned in the socket to allow the latch to click into the mortise when the plug is plugged into the socket,” (same elements recited in claim 1 of U.S. 10,864,823) . Claim 6 of the instant application recites , “t he apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plug inlet comprises one or more prong receptacles ,” (same elements recited in claim s 1 +6 of U.S. 10,864,823) . Allowable Subject Matter Claims 1-20 are allowed. Reasons for Allowance The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: regarding claim 1, the prior art of record fails to disclose, teach, provide or suggest a second magnet disposed between the lever and the socket, wherein when the lever is not being actuated, the repulsion force, between the first magnet and the second magnet, distances the lever from the second magnet such that the latch is positioned in the socket to allow the latch to click into the mortise when the plug is plugged into the socket combined with the remaining limitations of the base claim . The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: regarding claim 10, the prior art of record fails to disclose, teach, provide or suggest actuating a lever, designed to rotate around an axis and comprising a first magnet, and when the lever is actuated the latch is designed to move away from and unlock the plug; and unplugging the plug from the socket, wherein when the lever is not being actuated, the repulsion force, between the first magnet and a second magnet disposed between the lever and the socket, distances the lever from the second magnet such that the latch is positioned in the socket to allow the latch to click into the mortise when the plug is plugged into the socket combined with the remaining limitations of the base claim. Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. 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