Appeal No. 2004-0479
Application No. 09/780,864
joined to.3 We note that the drawing shows the catheter 15
joined to the hub 16. Thus, the specification is not
inconsistent with what is shown in the drawing as the catheter
and hub joined as a single piece.
We further note that the teaching found in Cambron, column
4, lines 6-9, which states that "[c]atheter 15 is attached to
a hub 16 at its proximal end" is not a teaching as to how the
piece is formed, but only a description of catheter and hub
assembly. As found above, Cambron only teaches that the
assembly is formed by injection molding or extrusion as a
single piece. Cambron does not provide a teaching of an
alternative method of making the catheter and hub as separate
pieces and then use some other method to put the two pieces
together. This is further buttressed by the factual finding
that Cambron teaches that the hub and catheter is to be made
of polyurethane. Since the only method of making the
assembly suggested by Cambron is injection molding or
extrusion, those skilled in the art would be led to make the
3 The American Heritage Dictionary, second college edition,
1982, page 139. Copy provided to Appellants.
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