Appeal No. 1998-2823
Application No. 08/458,010
indicated that the rejection of claim 18 has been withdrawn
and that claim 18 is now considered to be allowable.
Accordingly,
the appeal as to claim 18 is dismissed, leaving claims 8, 9,
15, 17, 20 through 22, 26, 27 and 32 through 51 for our
consideration on appeal.1
We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b). In addition, we REMAND the application to the
examiner for further consideration.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a biomedical
apparatus (claims 8, 9, 15, 17, 20 through 22, 32 through 38
and 44), to a method of communicating energy from a patient
(claims 26, 27 and 39) and to a probe having replaceable
elements (claims 40 through 43 and 45 through 51). An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 8, 26 and 40, copies of which appear in
Claims 17, 20 and 27 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.1
See Paper Nos. 38 and 46.
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