Appeal No. 1998-2637 Page 2
Application No. 08/470,142
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method for establishing communication with
the interior of a vessel in a human body. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 57, which appears in the appendix to the appellants’
Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner are:
Everett 2,830, 587 Apr. 15, 1958
Taricco 3,833,003 Sep. 3, 1974
Grayzel 4,921,479 May 1, 1990
Dubrul et al. (Dubrul) 5,183,464 Feb. 2, 1993
Lee et al. (Lee) ` 5,226,899 Jul. 13, 1993
Horzewski et al. (Horzewski) 5,318,588 Jun. 7, 1994
Melker et al. (Melker) 5,328,480 Jul. 12, 1994
The following rejections are before us.
Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b):
(1) Claim 70 on the basis of Lee.
Under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
(2) Claims 57-60, 67 and 147 on the basis of Melker and Lee.2
(3) Claims 62 and 73-75 on the basis of Taricco and Lee.
(4) Claims 70-72, 76-78 and 80 on the basis of Grayzel and Lee.
(5) Claims 81 and 83-85 on the basis of Horzewski.
2Claim 147 appears inadvertently to have been omitted from the statement of this
rejection in the Answer. The appellants have argued this rejection on page 47 of the Brief.
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