Appeal No. 1996-2963 Page 2
Application 07/952,427
claim pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a steam sterilizable
apparatus that includes a container or tube having an inner
surface that may be made of non-PVC plastic material and a
methylene blue solution contained therein or otherwise
associated therewith. An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 16, which is
reproduced below.
16. A steam sterilizable system for housing a body fluid
and inactivating a pathogen that may be contained within the
system comprising:
a container having a therapeutically effective amount of
a methylene blue solution that has a pH of less than or equal
to 6.3.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Measells et al. (Measells) 5,066,290 Nov. 19,
1991
Meruelo et al. (Meruelo) 5,149,718 Sep.
22, 1992
Woo et al. (Woo) 5,356,709 Oct. 18,
1994
(filed May 14, 1992)
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