Appeal No. 98-1316
Application No. 08/420,896
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-6,
8-13, 21 and 22, the only claims remaining in the
application. 2
We REVERSE and, pursuant to our authority under the
provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), enter a new rejection of the
appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.
The appellants' invention pertains to a system and method
for providing peritoneal dialysis to a patient. Independent
claims 21 and 22 are further illustrative of the appealed
subject matter and copies thereof may be found in the appendix
to the appellants' brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Gaudin 3,698,494 Oct. 17, 1972
Lee 4,649,759 Mar. 17, 1987
Romanelli et al. 4,755,168 Jul. 5, 1988
(Romanelli)
Polaschegg 4,796,644 Jan. 10, 1989
Jacobsen et al. 5,141,493 Aug. 25, 1992
(Jacobsen)
Claims 5, 11, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
2Independent claims 21 and 22 have been amended
subsequent to final rejection.
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