Appeal No. 2000-0897
Application No. 08/570,373
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Angell et al. (Angell) 4,035,849 Jul. 19,
1977
Carpentier et al. (Carpentier) 4,106,129 Aug. 15,
1978
Wain GB 2 136 533 A Sep. 19,
1984
(published Great Britain Patent Application)
The claims on appeal stand finally rejection under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the following combinations
of references:
(1) Claims 1, 3-5, 8, 9, 11-13, 22 and 23 Carpentier in
view of Wain;1
(2) Claims 6, 7, 14 and 15, Carpentier in view of Wain
and Angell.
On page 2 of the brief, appellant expressly and
unequivocally states that the claims stand or fall together.
Therefore, we select claim 1 as the representative claim and
will decide this appeal on the basis of that claim alone.
Claim 1 is drawn to a bioprosthetic heart valve
comprising a stent having an annular frame defined by a
1Claims 22 and 23 appear to have been inadvertently not
included in the statement of this rejection in the examiner’s
answer.
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