Appeal No. 2005-0966 2
Application No. 09/897,317
preferentially heat caries or cavities, thereby disinfecting and therapeutically treating the
caries in a potentially non-invasive manner. Independent claims 1, 14 and 16 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be found
in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is:
Stevens et al. (Stevens) 5,421,727 Jun. 6, 1995
Claims 1 through 6, 13, 14 and 16 stand rejected under the judicially created
doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1
through 14 of appellant’s prior U.S. Patent No. 6,254,389.
Claim 1 also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Stevens.
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