Appeal No. 2002-1916
Application 09/332,772
Appellants’ invention relates to a catheter system or
kit including at least one conversion dilator for use with a
dilatation catheter, and more particularly to an adapter or
plurality of adapters for converting a dilatation catheter having
a lumen of a given internal diameter to use with smaller size
guidewires. Independent claims 10 and 21 are representative of
the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be
found in the Appendix to appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Fuqua 4,710,181 Dec. 1, 1987
Osborn 5,409,495 Apr. 25, 1995
Donadio, III et al. (Donadio) 5,741,429 Apr. 21, 1998
Loeffler 5,891,154 Apr. 6, 1999
Claims 10 through 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Donadio.
Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Donadio.
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