Appeal No. 95-2960
Application 08/009,381
claims 8-16, which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a method for forming a sterile
connection between two separated compressible rubber tubing
segments to permit sterile flow between them, by joining the
ends of the rubber tubing segments with a hollow conductive
metal tube and sterilizing the conductive metal tube and the
ends of the rubber tubing segments using heat produced by an
induction coil. Claim 8 is illustrative and is appended to
this decision.
THE REFERENCES
Tenczar 4,030,494 Jun. 21, 1977
Smith 4,443,215 Apr. 17, 1984
Popovich et al. (Popovich) 4,475,900 Oct. 9, 1984
Isono 4,668,217 May 26, 1987
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows: claims 15 and 16 over Smith and Isono; claims 8-10
and 12-14 over Smith, Isono and Popovich; claim 11 over Smith,
Isono, Popovich and Tenczar.
OPINION
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