Appeal No. 96-0953
Application 08/014,682
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant's specification and claims, the applied
references, and
the respective viewpoints of appellant and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we make the determination which
follows.
We cannot sustain the examiner's rejection under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103.
Independent claim 1 is drawn to a self-locking blood
collecting device comprising, inter alia, a needle guard provided
with an elongated alignment groove extending a distance inwardly
from a forwardmost end of the needle guard to allow alignment of
the needle guard in relation to a vein of a patient. Similarly,
independent claim 17 addresses a self-locking blood collecting
device
comprising, inter alia, a needle guard provided with an elongated
groove extending a distance inwardly from the forwardmost tip of
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