Appeal No. 2000-0472
Application No. 08/868,536
bends to conform to the body vessels in which the catheter is
inserted (col. 2, lines 64 to 67). In view of the APA's
disclosure that it is known to bend the stylet as occasion
demands for insertion into a blood vessel or trachea, it would
have been obvious to bend the Groshong stylet 28 into such a
desired shape, depending on the part of the body into which it
was to be inserted; this would include bending it adjacent its
distal end 21, when necessary.
Remand to the Examiner
This application is remanded to the examiner to determine
whether claim 8 should be rejected as unpatentable over
Groshong in view of APA and other prior art.
Conclusion
The examiner's decision to reject claims 7 to 16 is
reversed. Claims 7 and 9 to 11 are rejected pursuant to 37
CFR
§ 1.196(b), and the application is remanded to the examiner.
This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant
to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) (amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final
rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203
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