Appeal No. 1998-2831 Page 3
Application No. 08/541,013
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a safety-shielded
trocar. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Moll 4,601,710 July
22, 1986
Holmes et al. 4,931,042 June 5,
1990
(Holmes)
Claims 6-8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Holmes.
Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as obvious over Holmes.
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