Appeal No. 1998-2381
Application No. 08/304,725
lines 56-63). In addition, the keyboard sections may be
mounted on a base assembly [25] constructed in two parts [25a,
25b] which have
a telescoped section [26] allowing the distance between the
joints and, thus, the keyboard sections mounted thereon, to be
varied (col. 5, lines 49-62).
Rota is a design patent directed to a “modular medical or
dental operatory unit.” Figures 1 and 2 show rooms having
curved walls and what may be curved support surfaces, consoles
or appliances. 4
Appellants argue (main Brief, page 11) that the APA does
not teach or suggest a central cavity adapted to receive an
oxygenator, wherein the central cavity is between two flanking
units on a console and the flanking units are a pump assembly
and at least one of a pump assembly, a parameter monitoring
assembly,
a display monitor or a controller, that there is no suggestion
4Since the Rota patent does not include a detailed description of the
drawings, the exact nature of the objects illustrated in the rooms is unclear.
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