Appeal No. 1998-1552
Application 08/698,982
and claims 24-31 are before us on appeal.
The appellant’s invention is directed to a method of
enlarging a lumen of an artery that is affected by an
atheroma. The claims on appeal have been reproduced in an
appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Fischell et al. (Fischell) 4,886,061 Dec. 12,
1989
(filed Feb. 9, 1988)
Reiss 4,966,604 Oct. 30,
1990
(filed Jan. 23, 1989)
THE REJECTIONS1
Claims 24-27 and 29-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Reiss.
Claim 28 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Reiss in view of Fischell.
1Rejections of claims 24-31 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
and second paragraphs, were withdrawn in the Examiner’s
Answer.
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