Appeal No. 96-1819 Application 08/112,151 The appellant’s invention pertains to a system for collecting blood and other liquids from the wound of a patient and for reinfusing collected blood back into the patient. Independent claim 10 is further illustrative of the appealed subject matter and a copy thereof may be found in the appendix to the appellant’s brief. The references relied on by the examiner are: Marx 4,573,992 Mar. 04, 1986 Choksi et al. (Choksi) 5,074,839 Dec. 24, 1991 Claims 8-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Marx in view of Choski. The examiner’s rejection is explained on pages 2 and 3 of the answer. The arguments of the appellant and the examiner in support of their respective positions may be found on pages 2-5 of the brief and page 4 of the answer. OPINION We have carefully reviewed the appellant's invention as described in the specification, the appealed claims, the prior art applied by the examiner and the respective positions advanced by the appellant in the brief and by the examiner in the answer. As a consequence of this review we will (1) reverse the rejection of claims 8-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, (2) enter a new rejection 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007