Appeal No. 96-0935
Application 08/157,737
and claims 12, 13/12 and 14/13/12 would be allowable if recast in
independent form. As a result, claims 10, 11, 13/10, 13/11,
14/13/10 and 14/13/11 are before us on appeal.
The appellants' invention is directed to a method of
monitoring the respiration of a patient. The subject matter
before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 10,
which reads as follows:
10. A method of monitoring respiration of a patient
comprising:
a. monitoring the respiration of a patient;
b. detecting whenever said respiration being monitored is
irregular;
c. giving an alarm whenever said respiration of said
patient is irregular;
d. sensing the presence of non-physiologically induced
electromagnetic interference; and
e. providing a second alarm whenever said sensing step
identifies said presence of said non-physiologically induced
electromagnetic interference.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Brownlee et al. (Brownlee) 4,091,818 May 30, 1978
Howson et al. (Howson) 4,235,242 Nov. 25, 1980
Bowman 4,803,997 Feb. 14, 1989
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