Appeal No. 96-3203 Page 3
Application No. 08/081,984
The following reference is relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of anticipation in support of his
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b):
German Patent (Heinke) 3 3,203,410 Nov. 25,
1982
Claims 21 through 31, 33 and 34 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Heinke.
The Heinke reference discloses a helically coiled
wire that is adopted to be placed in a blood vessel for
sealing the blood vessel. According to Heinke’s
specification, the coiled wire may have a “cylindrical,
conical or barrel-shaped form” (translation, pages 3-4). The
conical embodiments are shown in Figures 5 and 6 of the
Heinke reference. From the examiner’s response to
appellants’ arguments on page 6 of the answer, we understand
that he relies on the conical embodiment shown in Figure 6
of the Heinke reference.
3A translation of this reference is attached to the
examiner’s answer.
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