Appeal No. 98-2792 Application 08/516,257 DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 15 through 17 and from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 2, 4 through 10 and 36 through 38 as amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed June 13, 1997 (Paper No. 11). Claims 24, 25, 34 and 35 stand allowed. Claims 22, 23, 26 and 39 through 55, the only other claims pending in the application, have been withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner under 37 CFR § 1.142(b). Claims 3, 11 through 14, 18 through 21 and 27 through 33 have been canceled.2 Appellant’s invention relates to a system or device for measuring the concentration of certain biochemical constituents in a patient. As can be seen in Figures 1-3 of the application, the system includes a sensor unit (4) having Decided concurrently herewith is the appeal in2 appellant’s co-pending application No. 08/714,830, filed September 17, 1996 (Appeal No. 99-0446). 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007