Appeal No. 2001-2669
Application 09/043,950
for mounting on a syringe” (specification, page 1).
Representative claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A needle assembly comprising an injection needle and a
needle hub mountable on a syringe, wherein said hub includes a
center portion securing said injection needle in said hub,
wherein said needle has an injection part projecting axially from
said center portion and terminating in a skin piercing obliquely
cut end, where the length of the injection part lies in the
interval 4-6 mm.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Crossman 5,015,235 May 14, 1991
Rufenacht & Latchaw, “Table 5. Conversion Chart for MM, Inch,
French, and Gauge,” p. 256, (Rufenacht)1
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Crossman.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Crossman in view of Rufenacht.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and 16) and to the examiner’s final
1 Although the copy of the Rufenacht reference which is of
record does not bear a publication date, the appellants do not
dispute that it is prior art with respect to the claimed
invention.
2
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