Appeal No. 97-0773
Application No. 08/101,391
not be “limited” by a hub. As we explained above, we believe one
of ordinary skill in the art would have recognized that a hub on
the catheter must not be placed so close to the distal end as to
inhibit the catheter from being inserted to the length desired.
Therefore, this requirement of claim 25 would have been prima
facie obvious, and the rejection of this claim is sustained.
The decision of the examiner is affirmed.
AFFIRMED
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