Appeal No. 97-3136 Page 3
Application No. 08/312,780
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a laser medical
device. An understanding of the invention can be derived from
a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix
to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ammann 4,165,469 Aug. 21, 1979
Berger et al. (Berger) 5,181,214 Jan. 19, 1993
Buys et al. (Buys) 5,336,217 Aug. 9, 1994
Claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Berger in view of
Ammann and Buys.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
8, mailed April 4, 1996) and the examiner's answer (Paper No.
16, mailed February 28, 1997) for the examiner's complete
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