Appeal No. 2000-1948 Page 13
Application No. 08/751,087
in the art to have included a further set of semicircular
recesses intermediate the semicircular recesses 105, 110 to
permit fluoroscopic visualization methods to be used to
determine if Robinson's implant is being positioned as
desired. However, even this modification does not arrive at2
the claimed subject matter. In this regard, while such
intermediate recesses would constitute a detent carried by the
handle that could prevent continuous forward-rearward movement
of the movable portion of the handle from the implant capture
position to the implant release position as set forth by the
examiner (answer, pp. 4-5), it is equally true that such
intermediate recesses would not prevent continuous forward-
rearward movement of the movable portion of the handle from
the implant capture position to the implant release position
if the pushbutton 295 is continuously pressed downwardly
during such movement. In our view, the recitation in claim 2
that the detent prevents continuous forward-rearward movement
of the movable portion of the handle from the implant capture
position to the implant release position means that the
2Note column 10 of Robinson and column 4 of Williams.
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