Appeal No. 1998-1418
Application 08/313,249
Bendig and Takahashi as applied to claim 1 above, and further
in view of Dobilas, Junghans, Sukhin and Hughes, claim 38
specifically claims the proximity of the vessel side wall to the
bottom of the pump shaft. Claim 38 does not claim the specifics
of the resilient biasing member of claim 1, nor the mesh plate of
claim 28. We will now discuss the prior art further relied upon
by the examiner.
Dobilas discloses a device for vaccinating and
providing therapy to animals which includes an atomizer 13 and
a liquid vessel 3. The upper ends of the liquid supply tubes 23
are attached to the atomizer and the lower ends extend into the
liquid vessel 3. The single figure in this reference shows the
tubes 23 and their close proximity to the walls and bottom of
liquid vessel 3.
Junghans discloses an inhalation device that atomizes
the medicant housed inside vessel 4. Figure 1 shows a tube
extending into the vessel and the close proximity of the tube
to the walls and bottom of the vessel.
Sukhin discloses an atomizer used in the medical field.
The single figure shows supply tubes 3 and 11 and their close
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