Appeal No. 1998-2854 Page 8
Application No. 08/500,278
Additionally, all the claims under appeal require a
plurality of leg and body encircling bladders connected in
pneumatic series from encircling bladders furthermost from the
heart to encircling bladders innermost toward (i.e., closest
to) the heart. It is our opinion, that this limitation is
also not suggested by the applied prior art. In that regard,
we note that Arkans' bladders are not connected in pneumatic
series and that Newman's bladders while connected in pneumatic
series are not connected in pneumatic series from the bladders
furthermost from the heart to the bladders closest to the
heart.
For the reasons stated above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 1 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
reversed.
New ground of rejection
Under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter the
following new ground of rejection.
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