CTNF 19/272,042 CTNF 80918 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. Priority 02-26 AIA Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55. Specification 07-29 AIA The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: Page 9, line 25, “insulate” should be “insulated”. Page 10, line 14, “termina” should be “terminal”. Page 10, line 20, “termina” should be “terminal”. Page 16, line 26, “lolwer” should be “lower” . Appropriate correction is required. 06-31 AIA The lengthy specification has not been checked to the extent necessary to determine the presence of all possible minor errors. Applicant’s cooperation is requested in correcting any errors of which applicant may become aware in the specification. Drawings 06-22-06 AIA The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(5) because they do not include the following reference sign(s) mentioned in the description: 24 and HSG in Figure 3 (see, e.g., page 12, lines 1-2 in the specification) . Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101 07-04-01 AIA 07-04 35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows: Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. Claims 6-7 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claim(s) does/do not fall within at least one of the four categories of patent eligible subject matter because in claim 6, the storage medium includes transitory media such as signals, and in claim 7, the control method does not have any steps, and it is unclear which statutory category the claim falls within. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 07-30-02 AIA 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. 07-34-01 Claims 1-7 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 applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention. Claim 1 recites the limitation “the power supply control unit performs a change process that changes a switching manner of the switching power in a first state … from a switching manner of the switching power supply in a second state…). It is unclear what a “switching manner” is, and it is unclear which state is changed to which other state. For examination purposes, it has been assumed that the switching power supply in the first state is changed to the second state. Claims 2-5 inherit this deficiency. Claim 6 recites the limitation “a change process that changes a switching manner of the switching power supply in a case in which it is determined that the current state is the first state, from a switching manner of the power supply in a case in which it is determined that the current state is the second state…”. It is unclear what a “switching manner” is, and it is unclear which state is changed to which other state. For examination purposes, it has been assumed that the switching power supply in the first state is changed to the second state. Claim 7 recites the limitation “a change process that changes a switching manner of the switching power supply in a case in which it is determined that the current state is the first state, from a switching manner of the power supply in a case in which it is determined that the current state is the second state…”. It is unclear what a “switching manner” is, and it is unclear which state is changed to which other state. For examination purposes, it has been assumed that the switching power supply in the first state is changed to the second state. Allowable Subject Matter 07-43-01 AIA Claim s 1-5 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. 13-03-01 AIA The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Claims 1-5 contain allowable subject matter because none of the prior art of record discloses or suggests a power supply device applicable to a system, the system including an electrical storage unit, an inverter connected to the electrical storage unit, a rotary electric machine having armature windings connected to the inverter, and a drive circuit driving a switch of the inverter, as recited in claim 1, in combination with the remaining claimed features . Conclusion 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The US patent of Takamatsu et al. (11,303,146) corresponds to 2021/0091585. 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