Appeal No. 1999-0512
Application No. 08/701,979
We reverse the rejection of claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
Claim 11, dependent from claim 10, requires that the
collar be formed as a single member with the catheter
We incorporate herein our discussion relative to claim 8,
supra, the rejection of which we did not sustain. As we see
it, the Ryan teaching of bonding an end cap to a catheter, by
itself, would not, in our opinion, have been suggestive to one
having ordinary skill in the art of forming an end cap
(collar) as a single (one part) member with a catheter, as now
claimed. We do note again, however, the disclosure in
appellants’ application as referenced in footnote 4. above.
Claim 6
We reverse the rejection of claim 6 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
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