Appeal No. 97-4258
Application No. 08/429,966
U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Pinchuk.
Claims 14-16, 18, 35 and 36 alternatively stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pinchuk.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Pinchuk in view of Palmaz.
The rejections are explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The arguments of the appellants are set forth in the
Brief.
OPINION
The Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under the principles of
inherency, each and every element of the claimed invention.
See RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d
1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir.),cert. dismissed sub
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