Appeal No. 2002-1220
Application 08/940,601
blood from a patient with a syringe and needle assembly. A basic
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 1, 9, and 13, respective copies of which appear
in an appendix to the main brief, a copy of which is appended to
the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 18).
As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner
has applied the documents listed below:
Guerra 3,906,930 Sep. 23, 1975
Brinon 5,611,778 Mar. 18, 1997
Becton Dickinson (B-D) Division Product Catalog, Spinal Needles,
F2, (March 30, 1993)
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 1 through 5 and 9 through 12 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by or, in the
alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Brinon.
2. Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Guerra in view of Brinon.
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