Appeal No. 95-3582
Application 08/179,419
We REVERSE.
The appellants’ invention pertains to a surgical port for
insertion through a body wall. Independent claim 21 is
further illustrative of the appealed subject matter and a copy
thereof may be found in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Wismer 1,074,077 Sept. 23, 1913
Honkanen et al. (Honkanen) 4,655,752 Apr. 7, 1987
Raiken 5,073,169 Dec. 17, 1991
Horie et al. (Horie) 5,281,204 Jan. 25, 1994
Claims 21 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Wismer.
Claims 22-25, 27-29 and 31-34 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wismer.
Claims 21-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Horie in view of Honkanen.
Claims 26-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Horie in view of Honkanen and Raiken.
The examiner’s rejections are explained on pages 3-5 of
the answer. The arguments of the appellants and examiner in
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