Appeal No. 2000-0433
Application 08/741,070
insertion and later reduce the recess size by solvent
removal to better secure it into the optic as taught by
Kaplan et al [examiner’s answer at page 4].
The appellants argue that neither Korgel nor Kaplan
disclose securing a fixation member having a lens bonding
region free of an enlarged anchor structure to an optic member
as recited in all of the claims on appeal.
Korgel discloses a method of attaching a haptic to an
optic of an intraocular lens which includes the steps of
inserting the haptic fully into the hole in the haptic, then
aiming and firing a laser at the end portion of the haptic to
swell and interlock the end portion within the hole. (Column
5, lines 30-37).
Kaplan discloses a process for making soft contact
intraocular lenses which includes the step of forming a lens,
forming a peripheral bore in the lens, swelling the lens with
an organic fluid and inserting an end of a haptic into the
peripheral bore of the swollen lens. Kaplan discloses that
the end of the haptic has an enlarged transverse cross-
sectional portion. (Column 2, lines 38-47).
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