Appeal No. 2003-1374
Application No. 09/591,947
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
According to the appellants (Brief, page 3), “[c]laims 13, 15,
and 19 stand or fall together...” Therefore, for purposes of this
appeal, we select claim 13 from the claims on appeal and decide the
propriety of the examiner’s rejection based on this claim alone
consistent with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) (2001). Claim 13 is
reproduced below:
13. A catheter for phototherapy, comprising:
an elongated body defining an axis of elongation, a distal
region, and a proximal region, said distal region being adapted for
introduction into a vas of a patient;
an elongated array of semiconductor light sources
associated with said catheter body near said distal region, said
semiconductor light sources and said body near said
semiconductor light sources being such that, when said
semiconductor light sources are energized, light from said
semiconductor light sources can radiate away from said body of said
catheter;
electrical energization means extending along at least a
portion of the length of said body from said proximal region to
said array, for energizing at least some of said semiconductor
light sources of said array;
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