Appeal No. 2004-0088 Page 2
Application No. 09/821,663
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a device for providing ready access to a dose
of medication, the device being readily carried by the individual and identifying
at least the nature of the medication (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
Claims 1, 5, 9 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mumford1 in view of Bayliss, IV (Bayliss)2.
Claims 2, 3, 6 to 8 and 10 to 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mumford in view of Bayliss as applied to claim 1, further in view of
Official Notice.
Claims 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Mumford in view of Bayliss and Official Notice as applied to claims 2 and 10,
further in view of Porter et al. (Porter)3.
1 U.S. Patent No. 4,093,103 issued June 6, 1978.
2 U.S. Patent No. 6,036,017 issued March 14, 2000.
3 U.S. Patent No. 4,733,807 issued March 29, 1988.
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