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         Appeal No. 2005-2537                                                                    
         Application No. 09/921,429                                                              

              19. A tool for attaching a pen needle assembly, which                              
         comprises a hub and needle cannula mounted to the hub, to an                            
         injection device that has a needle mounting surface disposed                            
         thereon, the tool comprising:                                                           
              a. a cylindrical storage member having elongated cavities                          
         complementary in size and shape to the pen needle assembly, the                         
         cavities arranged radially in the cylindrical member so as to allow                     
         the tool to rotate about an axis of rotation that is concentric                         
         with the cavity's longitudinal axis;                                                    
              b. a rotatable cover mounted on the storage member having a                        
         cylindrical wall and having an opening that allows access to one                        
         cavity at a time;                                                                       
              c. a remov[able] sterility barrier sealing the cavities;                           
              wherein: the height of the cylindrical member and cover are                        
         sized so as to allow a user to grasp the tool in one hand and to                        
         rotate the tool in one hand 360 degrees about the axis of rotation                      
         while simultaneously allowing the user to rotate the injection                          
         device 360 degrees in an other hand, wherein when the tool is                           
         grasped in the hand of a user, the majority of rotational force                         
         applied to the tool occurs at a distance displaced away from the                        
         axis of rotation of the tool, thereby maximizing the rotational                         
         force on the pen needle assembly[.]                                                     
                                  THE PRIOR ART                                                  
              The references relied on by the examiner to support the final                      
         rejection are:                                                                          
         Current                   4,203,518           May  20, 1980                             
         Nguyen et al. (Nguyen)    5,873,462           Feb. 23, 1999                             
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