Appeal No. 1999-2777
Application No. 08/985,835
Appellant's invention relates to an external catheter
adapted for attachment to the urethra of a patient, which is
the canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder
in most mammals, and to a method of attaching such an external
catheter to the patient. Independent claims 5, 9, 12 and 13
are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy
of those claims, as reproduced from the Appendix to
appellant's brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Haq 5,331,689 Jul. 26,
1994
Block 5,632,736 May 27,
1997
Claims 9 through 11 and 13 through 16 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph as being indefinite
for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim
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