Appeal No. 97-1030
Application 08/368,261
before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claims 1, 4
and 7, which can be found in an appendix to the appellant’s
Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Schwartz 4,421,505 Dec. 20, 1983
Hyans 4,459,318 Jul. 10, 1984
Kensey et al. (Kensey) 5,380,275 Jan. 10, 1995
(filed Apr. 23, 1993)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 4 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being clearly anticipated by Kensey.
Claims 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kensey in view of Schwartz.
Claims 2, 3, 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kensey in view of Hyans.
The rejections are explained in the Examiner's Answer and
Paper No. 5.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellant are set forth in
the Brief.
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