Appeal No. 96-0877
Application 08/123,639
Appellant’s claimed invention relates to an implantable
prosthetic heart valve assembly having a leaflet (12) and an
oscillator (13) (i.e., a vibratory device) for imparting
vibratory energy to the leaflet.
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to appellant’s
brief.
The following reference is relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness in support of his rejection under 35
U.S.C. § 103:
Carey et al. (Carey) 5,052,934 Oct. 1,
1991
The grounds of rejection are as follows:
1. Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under the first
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
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