Appeal No. 97-1030
Application 08/368,261
of the nozzle with the hub of a standard IV catheter, which we
have decided above is lacking in Kensey, and which we here state
is also lacking in the secondary reference. These claims also
require the presence of annular ridges on the nozzle, so that the
claimed nasogastric tube can be attached over the nozzle. While
Hyans discloses such ridges, the examiner has not articulated,
nor can we discern on our own, any reason why one of ordinary
skill in the art would have been motivated to add these ridges to
the Kensey device as an adjunct to the existing nozzle, that is,
add a second type of connection means.
For these two reasons, the references applied here fail to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness with regard to the
subject matter of claims 2, 3, 6 and 9.
SUMMARY
None of the rejections are sustained.
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