Appeal No. 2003-1337
Serial No. 08/480,411
a second layer extending from the proximate end to the
distal end of the microtube.
33. A microtube having a proximal end and a distal end and
comprising:
a braid layer woven in a weave having relatively fewer picks
per inch at the proximal end and relatively more picks per
inch at the distal end; and
an outer cured resin layer over and encasing the braid
layer, wherein the microtube is relatively stiff at the
proximal end in comparison to the distal end.
THE REFERENCES
Waddell et al. (Waddell) 3,965,909 Jun. 29, 1976
Brooks et al. (Brooks) 4,702,252 Oct. 27, 1987
Pray et al. (Pray) 5,533,987 Jul. 9, 1996
(effective filing date on or before Apr. 9, 1993)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claim 33 provisionally
under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting over the claims of copending application no.
08/331,280; claim 33 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by
Brooks; claims 1, 3, 27, 28 and 32 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Waddell; and claims 1-7, 9-13 and 27-37 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Waddell in view of Pray.2
2 A provisional rejection of claims 1-7, 9-13, 27-32 and 34-
37 under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type
double patenting over the claims of copending application no.
08/331,280 is withdrawn in the examiner’s answer (page 3).
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