Appeal No. 1999-2539 Page 3
Application No. 08/328,895
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to the treatment of
ailments in humans and other mammals, and more particularly,
to an apparatus and method for in vivo delivering of
pharmaceutical compounds and genes into live cells of a
patient (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Marshall, III 4,906,576 Mar. 6,
1990
Chang 4,970,154 Nov. 13,
1990
Weaver et al. 5,019,034 May 28,
1991
(Weaver)
Claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Weaver in view of Marshall
and Chang.
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