DETAILED CORRESPONDENCE 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. Status of Claims This is the first Office Action on the merits for application no. 18/538,573 filed on December 13 th , 2023. Claims 1-20 are pending. Information Disclosure Statement The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on December 13 th , 2023 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement was considered by the Examiner. Claim Objections Regarding Claims 3-10 (line 1), please change the recitation of “The air brake system” to - - The air brake release system - - as this feature is previously referred to in claim 1 (line 1). Regarding Claim 11 (lines 9-10), please change the recitation of “an exhaust port in communication with the ambient environment” to - - an exhaust port in communication with [[the]] an ambient environment - - to establish antecedent basis. Regarding Claims 13-16 (line 1), please change the recitation of “The air brake system” to - - The air brake release system - - as this feature is previously referred to in claim 11 (line 1). Regarding Claim 16 (line 2), please change the recitation of “the air supply line and the delivery line” to - - the air supply line and the air delivery line - - as this feature is previously referred to in claim 11 (line 7). Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b): (b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph: The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention. Claims 4-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention. Regarding Claim 4 (lines 1-2), in the recitation of “wherein the non-air supply position comprises a venting position” the difference between the “venting position” recited in claim 4 and the “non-air supply position” recited in claim 4 is unclear. The lack of clarity renders the claim indefinite. Applicant could recite “wherein the non-air supply position [[comprises]] is a venting position” to clarify the recitation and Examiner will interpret the recitation as such during examination. See MPEP 2173.05(o) – Double Inclusion. Claim 5 is rejected based upon their dependency to a rejected base claim. Allowable Subject Matter Claims 1-3 and 6-20 are allowed. Claims 4-5 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office Action and rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Reasons for allowance, if applicable, will be the subject of a separate communication to the Applicant or patent owner, pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.104 and MPEP § 1302.14. As allowable subject matter has been indicated, Applicant's reply must either comply with all formal requirements or specifically traverse each requirement not complied with. See 37 CFR 1.111(b) and MPEP § 707.07(a). Conclusion The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant's disclosure. The prior art of Cornelius (US 2024/0428627), Chapeau (US 12,246,692), Hindman (US 8,197,015), Srnec (US 10,875,497) and Chapeau (US 2023/0226934) listed in the attached "Notice of References Cited" disclose similar air brake release systems comprising shore power connections related to various aspects of the claimed invention. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT James J. Taylor II whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)272-4074 . 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