Appeal No. 95-4847
Application No. 08/079,222
the purpose of the Schatz invention is to place absorbable
polymers or drugs into contact with the lumen wall at the site
of the stent, and the function of the Spears invention is to
repair an injured arterial wall (column 1), which it
accomplishes by placing materials which include fibrin at the
site to interact with the body (columns 5-7). Thus, it is our
opinion that the references do not teach away from combining
their teachings, and that their teachings are applicable to
the appellant’s invention.
SUMMARY
The rejection of claims 1-5, 7, 8 and 29 is sustained.
The rejection of claim 6 is not sustained.
The decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
§ 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
IRWIN CHARLES COHEN )
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