Appeal No. 1999-2624 Page 2 Application No. 08/561,658 by an amendment filed October 9, 1998 (Paper No. 12), subsequent to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 11). No other1 claims remain pending in this application. BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to a device which is particularly useful in the intubation of the lacrimal ducts (specification, page 1). A substantially correct copy of the claims on appeal is contained in the supplemental appendix filed January 10, 2000 (Paper No. 15).2 The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Crawford et al. (Crawford) 4,380,239 Apr. 19, 1983 Fugoso et al. (Fugoso) 5,545,138 Aug. 13, 1996 (filed Feb. 28, 1994) The following rejection is before us for review. 1According to the examiner (Paper No. 13, mailed November 18, 1998), this amendment has been entered and new claims 19 and 20 stand allowed. Claims 1-10 and 13-18 stand rejected. 2The copy of claim 1 in the supplemental appendix is inconsistent with claim 1 of record in that, in line 5, "distal" has been omitted before "end." Additionally, claims 19 and 20 should have been omitted from the supplemental appendix, since they stand allowed and, thus, are not involved in this appeal.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007