Appeal No. 1999-2065
Application 08/651,502
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting claims 1-4, 7-9, 14, 15, 19, 20, 45
and 46 are:
Fischer 960,300 June 7,
1910
Olson 2,853,074 Sept. 23, 1958
Takaro 3,269,631 Aug. 30, 1966
The following rejections are before us for review.1
Claim 45 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Fischer.
Claims 1-4, 7-9, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 46 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Olson in view of Takaro.
1
We note that in claim 1, line 10, the recitation of “the
tissue” appears to lack antecedent basis. It is further noted
that claim 45 contains a similar limitation and provides
proper antecedent basis in line 6. During any further
prosecution of this application before the examiner, it is
suggested that claim 1 be amended, using language similar to
that of claim 45, to provide proper antecedent basis for “the
tissue” or, in the alternative, to delete “the” before
“tissue.”
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