Appeal No. 97-3575
Application 08/380,815
cartridge comprises a base portion having a substantially flat
exterior surface, a bobbin connected to the base portion and
extending outwardly therefrom perpendicular to the exterior
surface, and a length of tubing engaged around the bobbin to
form a coil, the coil including tubing segments at opposite
sides of the coil which extend generally perpendicular to the
exterior surface.
It is clear to us that none of the references applied by
the examiner discloses or teaches a cartridge having a bobbin
and tube arrangement like that recited in claim 1. In Stubbs,
the primary reference, to the extent that the tubing in the
embodiment shown in Figure 2 may be considered to be a coil,
there is no support structure, much less a bobbin with the
coil engaged around it in the manner specified in claim 1.
The alternative shown embodiment in Figure 5 discloses a
support member, but the tube is not in the form of a coil
engaged around it. The secondary references disclose neither
tubing nor coil.
For the reasons expressed above, the applied references
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