Appeal No. 2000-0526
Application No. 08/818,958
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a plungerless
syringe (claims 1 and 4-8) and a method for sequestering gas
from therapeutic fluid and injecting therapeutic fluid using
the plungerless syringe (claims 2, 3, 9 and 10). An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 1 and 2, which appear in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Farris (Farris I) 5,102,398 Apr. 7, 1992
Farris (Farris II) 5,370,626 Dec. 6,
1994
The following rejections are before us for review.
(1) Claims 2 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Farris I.
(2) Claims 3 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Farris I in view of Farris II.
(3) Claims 1 and 4-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Farris I.
(4) Claims 1 and 4-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Farris I.
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