Appeal No. 2000-1359 Page 2
Application No. 08/351,613
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a device for removing thrombus or other
tissue from an occluded or obstructed biological or synthetic body vessel or from a body
cavity. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 79, 80 and 81, which appear in the appendix to the appellants’ Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Wallach 3,930,505 Jan. 6, 1976
Plechinger et al. (Plechinger) 5,318,518 Jun. 7, 1994
Claims 79-81, 85, 86, 90, 91, 102, 105 and 106 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Plechinger.
Claims 82-84 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Plechinger in view of Wallach.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 32) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
to the Brief (Paper No. 27) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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