Appeal No. 2004-0479
Application No. 09/780,864
blood-detecting chamber 14 and hub 13. The plug 20 includes
the neck 22 and diaphragm 23. As found above, all three main
components are shown in the drawing as three single pieces.
Also, as found above, the specification states that the blood-
detecting chamber and the plug are molded in one piece. For
the catheter and hub assembly, the specification is silent as
to how the catheter and hub assembly is molded. However, when
considering that the drawings show each of the three
components as one piece and that the specification states for
two of the components that they are molded as one piece, one
of ordinary skill in the art would have also concluded that
the catheter and hub assembly is to be molded as one piece as
well.
Appellants argue because the specification states that the
catheter 15 is attached to hub 16, they must be two separate
pieces. However, we do not find that this alone would lead
those skilled in the art to conclude that the catheter and hub
assembly is made up of two pieces. We note that Cambron's
specification does not provide a definition of "attached."
The dictionary definition for "attached" is connected or
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