Appeal No. 98-2779
Application 08/496,604
Appellant’s invention relates to a surgical clamp useful
for removing foreign bodies during surgical procedures.
Independent claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal and a copy of that claim, as reproduced from the
Appendix to appellant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
English 2,618,268 Nov. 18, 1952
Schlein 3,981,308 Sep. 21, 1976
Kurwa 4,574,804 Mar. 11, 1986
Claims 1 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Kurwa in view of Schlein and
English.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
5, mailed
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