Appeal No. 2003-0815
Application 09/160,744
the functional relationship between the components that are
represented on the display. Although the activation of buttons
in Rosa would cause electrical or fluid connections of the
medical apparatus to occur, there is still no display of how the
components within the medical apparatus are functionally
connected. Since there is no teaching within the applied art of
the claimed means for displaying the functional relationships
between the components of the apparatus, the examiner’s rejection
has failed to establish a prima facie case of the obviousness of
claim 22.
Although claims 27, 32, 34, 38 and 39 are rejected using
the additional teachings of Stein or Barkan, neither Stein nor
Barkan overcomes the basic deficiencies in the main combination
of Wallace and Rosa. Therefore, the examiner’s rejection of
these claims is not sustained for the same reasons discussed
above with respect to claim 22.
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