The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CAMERON ROUNS
and JAMES PERRAULT
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Appeal No. 2006-0817
Application 10/325,443
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, TIMM and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 35, all of the claims in the application.
Claim 1 illustrates appellants’ invention of a process for applying a lubricious coating to
a surface of a medical device, and is representative of the claims on appeal:
1. A process for applying a lubricious coating to a surface of a medical device
comprising:
providing a medical device made from a polymer;
contacting a surface of the medical device with a solvent and a multi-functional
monomer, the solvent causing the surface of the medical device to swell and/or partially dissolve
allowing the multi-functional monomer to be imbibed into the surface of the medical device;
drying the surface of the medical device; and
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