Appeal No. 1998-2095
Application No. 08/460,311
remaining in the application.
The invention is directed to a method of implanting an
intraluminal vascular graft within a diseased or damaged
vessel.
The subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by
reference to claims 30 and 39 which, along with the other
claims on appeal, have been reproduced in "Appendix A"
attached to the main Brief (Paper No. 12).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Lazarus 5,104,399 Apr. 14,
1992
Kwan-Gett 5,151,105 Sep.
29, 1992
Barone et al. (Barone) 5,360,443 Nov. 01,
1994
(Filed Jun. 11, 1990)
The following rejections are before us for review:
Claims 30, 31 and 33 through 41 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lazarus in
view
of Barone; and
Claim 32 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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