Appeal No. 1999-2788
Application No. 08/910,469
through 20 have been canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to an ultrasonically driven
surgical cutting blade. Independent claim 1 is representative
of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim, as
reproduced from the Appendix to appellant's brief, is appended
to this decision.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner is:
Davison et al. (Davison) 5,324,299 Jun. 28,
1994
Claims 1, 3 and 5 through 7 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Davison. More particularly,
the examiner has relied upon the embodiment of the ultrasonic
surgical blade seen in Figures 6 through 8 of Davison, urging
that the sharpened recess (62), disclosed in column 7, lines
34-36, includes a hook portion which terminates at a pointed
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