Appeal No. 2002-1117
Application No. 09/569,607
claimed graft connector is exemplified by that depicted in Figure
22 of the application and described on page 20 of the
specification. Independent claim 1 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim can be found in
Appendix A of appellants' brief.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Berg et al. (Berg '416) 6,074,416 Jun. 13, 2000
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Berg '416.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full commentary
regarding the above-noted rejection and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the
rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No.
12, mailed April 5, 2002) for the reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 11, filed March
21, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 13, filed June 10, 2002) for
the arguments thereagainst.
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