CTNF 18/458,319 CTNF 87010 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Claims 1-5 are pending. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 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 – 07-08-aia AIA (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. 07-15 AIA Claim s 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102( a)(1 ) as being anticipated by Ishii, et al. (US 2015/0042288, herein Ishii). 1 Regarding claims 1 and 4-5, Ishii teaches a vehicle electric power supply device, method of controlling a relay device, and non-transitory computer readable medium comprising: an electric power storage device that is charged with supplied electric power output from an external electric power supply (paragraph 0074: electric storage device 11); a relay device provided between the external electric power supply and the electric power storage device (paragraph 0089: charge relay 121b); an electric current sensor that measures an electric current value of an electric power line that connects the external electric power supply and the electric power storage device (paragraph 0090: current/voltage sensor 121e); and a control device that is connected to each of the electric power storage device, the relay device, and the electric current sensor, and that controls the relay device (paragraph 0090: control unit 121c), wherein the control device is configured to instruct the external electric power supply to stop outputting the supplied electric power when an abnormality in the electric current value is detected during charging of the electric power storage device (paragraph 0091), and control a timing of cutting off a switch of the relay device, based on a state of the electric current value and a state of an amount of electric power charged to the electric power storage device, after the instruction to stop output (paragraph 0097). Regarding claim 2, Ishii teaches the control device is configured to, after the instruction to stop output, keep the switch of the relay device on until a certain amount of time elapses from when the electric current value becomes no lower than a threshold value, when the amount of electric power charged to the electric power storage device is less than a predetermined amount of electric power (paragraph 0142). Regarding claim 3, Ishii teaches the control device is configured to, after the instruction to stop output, keep the switch of the relay device on from when the electric current value becomes no lower than a threshold value, until the amount of electric power charged to the electric power storage device becomes no less than a predetermined amount of electric power (paragraph 0142) . Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to MATTHEW MIKELS whose telephone number is (571)270-5470. 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