Appeal No. 1997-4292 Page 2
Application No. 08/515,344
The appellant's invention relates to stents for placement
within lumens of the body (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief (Paper No. 10, filed September 16, 1996).
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Pinchasik et al. 5,449,373 Sept. 12,
1995
(Pinchasik) (filed Mar. 17,
1994)
Claims 1 to 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Pinchasik.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 11,
mailed October 4, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to the brief for the
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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