Appeal No. 2001-2363
Application 09/073,022
embodiments seen in Figures 7 and 8 of Brony, but has merely
broadly paraphrased the claim language and asserted that Brony
discloses such a method. We do not agree.
The method of claim 30 can perhaps be best understood by
looking to Figures 4A and 4B of the application. In these
figures we see that the stopper (20) has been positioned in a
neck portion of a container, with the stopper including a central
throughbore (22) extending from an outer surface of the stopper
to the interior of the container. There is also provided a plug
(30) which extends into the bore (22) “from a position sealing
said outer surface of said stopper.” As can be clearly discerned
from looking at Figures 4A and 4B, when access to the medicine in
the container is desired, the plug (30) is depressed from its
position sealing the outer surface of said stopper (Fig. 4A) into
and along the throughbore (22) to permit fluid to flow between
the interior of the container and the syringe (40) positioned at
the outer surface of the stopper (Fig. 4B).
The examiner’s bare assertion that the method of claim 30 is
disclosed in Brony Figures 7 and 8 is made without explanation or
factual support. While the stopper or link body (18 or 58) in
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