Appeal 2007-3787
Reexamination 90/006,642
Patent 4,944,298
1 Reference Relied on by the Examiner
2 Nappholz US 4,429,687 Feb. 7, 1984
3 Sholder US 4,856,523 Aug. 15, 1989
4 Berkovits US 4,932,406 Jun. 12, 1990
5 Neal E. Fearnot, “A Review of Pacemakers That Physiologically Increase
6 Rate: The DDD and Rate-Responsive Pacemakers,” Progress in
7 Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol. XXIX, No. 2 145-164 (1986).
8
9 The Rejections on Appeal
10
11 The Examiner rejected claims 23 and 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
12 paragraph, as without written description in the specification.
13 The Examiner rejected claims 6, 14, and 17, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
14 unpatentable over Fearnot, and Berkovits or Sholder.
15 The Examiner rejected claims 6, 14, and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
16 unpatentable over Fearnot.
17 The Examiner rejected claims 6, 14, 17, 21/6, 22/6, 23/6, 24-26,
18 27/17, and 28/17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Nappholz, and
19 Berkovits or Sholder.
20 B. Issue
21 Has the Applicant shown error in the rejection of claims 6, 14, 17,
22 21/6, 22/6, 23/6, 24, 25, 26, 27/17, and 28/17?
23 C. Summary of the Decision
24 No error has been shown in the rejection of claims 6, 14, 17, 21/6,
25 22/6, 23/6, 24, 25, 26, 27/17, and 28/17.
2 The “/” symbol designates the particular claim dependency in a multiple
dependent claim.
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