Appeal No. 97-0111
Application 08/139,251
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 7. Claims 8 through 12, the only
other claims pending in the application, have been withdrawn from
further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b).
Appellants' invention relates to a process for the
manufacture of suture needles. Claim 1 is representative of
subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim may be found
in the Appendix to appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Chisman 3,160,157 Dec. 8, 1964
McGregor et al. (McGregor) 4,660,559 Apr. 28, 1987
Everett 2 670,199 Apr. 16, 1952
(British Patent Specification)
2While the examiner and appellants have referred to this
reference as "Samuel," we note that the inventor's name is
"Samuel James Everett."
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