Appeal No. 2004-0479
Application No. 09/780,864
formation is a rim or lip 58 of the hub 42. Appellants do not
show the hub 42 having a projection of sufficient size to
engage a complementary threaded coupling device as now argued.
Appellants' luer lock formation is shown to be identical or
substantially identical to the rim or lip formed at the female
luer end of Cambron's hub 16. Therefore, we find that
Cambron's hub 16 reads on "the hub has a luer lock formation
thereon" as recited in Appellants' claim 20. Therefore, we
will sustain the rejection of claim 20.
In view of the foregoing discussion, we have sustained the
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 18-25.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
2323
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