Appeal No. 95-4246
Application 08/201,052
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection
of claims 18-35, all the claims currently pending in the
application. An amendment filed subsequent to the final
rejection on August 28, 1995 (Paper No. 32) has not been
entered. See the advisory letter mailed November 3, 1995
(Paper No. 33).
Appellant’s invention pertains to a handpiece for use in
a medical laser system. A basic understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 18,
which reads as follows:
18. A handpiece for use in a transmyocardial
revascularization heart synchronized pulsed laser system
comprising:
a barrel having a passage for transmitting a laser
beam; and
a contacting wall at one end of said barrel
including an aperture in communication with said passage and a
face extending continuously radially outward from said
aperture to the periphery of said contacting wall.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of the rejections are:
McFee 1,562,460 Nov. 24,
1925
Sharon et al. (Sharon) 3,865,113 Feb. 11,
1975
Hughes 4,757,515 Jul. 12,
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