Appeal No. 1998-1789
Application No. 08/473,129
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 1, 9, 10, 16 and 20-32, which
constitute all of the claims remaining of record in the
application.
The appellant's invention is directed to a catheter
(claims 1, 9, 10, 16, 30 and 31), an assembly including a
catheter (claims 22-29), a method of inserting a catheter
(claims 20 and 21), and a method of securing a catheter tip
(claim 32). The correct copy of the claims on appeal can be
found in an appendix to the Examiner’s Answer.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Johnson 3,866,599 Feb. 18, 1975
Corrigan et al. 5,167,634 Dec. 1, 1992
(Corrigan) (filed Aug. 22, 1991)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 9, 10, 16, 20-25 and 27-32 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Johnson.
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