Appeal No. 1999-0512
Application No. 08/701,979
Claim 10
We affirm the rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
Claim 10, dependent from claim 1, specifies that the
collar is axially positioned exterior to the stent at the
stent distal end portion opposite the stent proximal end
potion retained by the cup.
The thrust of appellants’ argument (main brief, page 10)
as to claim 10 is based upon the recitation in parent claim 1
of the collar serving as a stop, and the assertion that Ryan
does not address an end cap or collar that serves as a stop.
We previously focused upon this same argument relative to
claim 1, supra, and found it nonpersuasive. The argument now
reiterated still fails to convince us that our earlier
reasoning was in error. Thus, we sustain the rejection of
claim 10.
Claim 11
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