Appeal No. 95-2580 Application 08/110,958 14 on appeal, at least to the same extent that appellant’s marking/ flange does in Figures 1 and 2 of the present application. In light of the foregoing, we will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 12 through 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on Hansen and Rose. We next look to the examiner’s rejection of dependent claims 2 and 3, and of independent claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hansen in view of Rose. Claims 2 and 10 each require that the first longitudinal passage formed in the inside wall of the neck of the ampule be spaced from the longitudinal middle plane of the ampule and located “in a plane perpendicular to said longitudinal middle plane.” Claim 3 sets forth a second longitudinal passage/groove located diametrically opposite the first longitudinal passage and requires that the first and second passages define “a plane forming a 90 degree angle with said longitudinal middle plane.” We find nothing in the 10Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007