Appeal No. 97-2552 Page 3
Application No. 08/541,658
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a catheter. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 3, which appears in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Gottschalk et al. 5,035,621 July 30, 1991
(Gottschalk)
Levy 5,092,773 March 3, 1992
Thomas 5,184,044 Feb. 2, 1993
References made of record by this panel of the Board are:
Sinofsky 5,207,670 May 4, 1993
(Sinofsky '670)
Sinofsky 5,540,677 July 30, 19962
(Sinofsky '677)
Claims 3, 4, 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Levy in view of Thomas.
Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Levy in view of Thomas and Gottschalk.
2This patent has an effective filing date under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) of May 3, 1993.
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