CTNF 18/675,630 CTNF 82327 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. DETAILED ACTION Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-06 AIA 15-10-15 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. 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 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102( a)(1 ) as being anticipated by JP 2022-169252 A (herein JP252) . In reference to claim 1, JP252 teaches a terminal block unit (shown in figure 1) , comprising: a plurality of terminal metal fittings (110; fig. 2); a terminal block main body (100) configured to hold the plurality of terminal metal fittings; a bas bar unit (shown in figure 3) including a plurality of bus bars (20, 30, 40; fig. 3) each having both end portions in which connection holes (22c, 32c, 42c; fig. 3 and 23d, 33d, 43d fig. 4) to be connected to an electric device are formed; and a plurality of bolts (131; fig. 1) configured to fasten any one of the plurality of bas bars to each of the plurality of terminal metal fittings (see fig. 1) , wherein the bas bar unit includes a resin molded portion (pertaining to the body of housing 70. See the translation for JP252, Abstract, line 2 with states 70 is made of resin ) configured to integrally support a part of each of the plurality of bus bars in a non-contact state, and another part of each of the plurality of bus bars at which the resin molded portion is not provided is an exposed portion (see 22b, 32b, 42b, 24b, 44b, 43b which are portions exposed from the resin molded portion 70; fig. 3). In reference to claim 2, JP252 teaches wherein each of the plurality of terminal metal fittings includes an insertion hole (111; fig. 1) through which each of the plurality of bolts is inserted, each of the plurality of bus bars includes, at the exposed portion, a mounting plate portion (near lead line 22b, 32b, 42b; fig. 3) in which a through hole through which each of the plurality of bolts passes is formed, and the terminal block main body holds the plurality of terminal metal fittings so that insertion directions of the plurality of bolts are parallel to each other and the insertion holes are arrayed along a direction orthogonal to the insertion directions (i.e. the insertion holes are aligned in a row extending left to right; where the row is orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolts) . In reference to claim 3, JP252 teaches wherein at least one of the plurality of bus bars includes a bent plate portion (near lead line 22b, 32b, 42b; fig. 3) at the exposed portion, and the terminal block main body includes a first abutting surface (near lead line 111; fig. 2) facing the bent plate portion at a position at which the at least one of the plurality of bus bars including the bent plate portion is fastened to the terminal metal fitting (see fig. 1) . Allowable Subject Matter 12-151-08 AIA 07-43 12-51-08 Claim s 4, 5 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to TRAVIS SLOAN CHAMBERS whose telephone number is (571)272-6813. The examiner can normally be reached M-F 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.. 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