Appeal No. 2000-0526
Application No. 08/818,958
at the time of the appellant's invention to compress the
tubular connection 22a forming the passage 24 in the syringe
of Farris I to seal the chamber 22 from the container 12,
after urging any trapped air into the chamber, to remove any
risk that air will be injected therefrom.
For the foregoing reasons, we shall sustain the
examiner's rejection of claim 3 as being unpatentable over
Farris I in view of Farris II.
Claim 9 depends from claim 3 and further recites, as
interpreted, supra, the body portion having a wide central
portion tapering both towards the outlet and gas passageway.
As clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, the body (container
12) of Farris I is formed with a wide central portion which
tapers towards the outlet (tip 18a) and towards the gas
passageway (passage 22a) (note column 3, lines 25-29 and 39).
Accordingly, we shall also sustain the examiner's rejection of
claim 9 as being unpatentable over Farris I in view of Farris
II.
Rejections (3) and (4)
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