Appeal No. 96-0953
Application 08/014,682
Appellant's invention pertains to a self-locking blood
collecting device. A basic understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 17, a copy of which
appears in the "APPENDIX" of appellant's brief.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has relied upon
the references listed below:
Martin 5,201,708 Apr. 13, 1993
(filed Feb. 3, 1992)
Weibel WO 89/04141 May 18, 1989
(Published PCT Application)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Martin in view of Weibel.
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response
to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer
(Paper No. 20), while the complete statement of appellant's
argument can be found in the brief (Paper No. 17).
OPINION
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