Appeal No. 2005-2537
Application No. 09/921,429
engaging complementary channels 108 on the pen needle assemblies to
prevent the assemblies from rotating within the cavities. This
latter feature facilitates the threaded connection of the pen
needle assemblies to pen injection devices (see column 5,
lines 31-37). The cover 20, which is a disc-like member rotatably
mounted on the upper surface of the container, contains a slot 21
for accessing the cavities one at a time. The cover and container
also comprise respective ratchet teeth 25 and 33 and lock pins or
keys 26 and 36 which cooperate to limit rotation of the cover to
not more than 360 degrees in but a single direction to prevent used
pen needle assemblies which have been placed back into their
cavities from being reused.
As conceded by the examiner (see pages 2-4 in the final
rejection), Nguyen does not respond to the limitations in
independent claims 19, 21 and 22 relating to the orientation of the
cavities and the shape of the cover. As indicated above, claim 19
requires the cavities to be arranged radially in the cylindrical
member and the rotatable cover to have a cylindrical wall. Claim
21 recites a method of mounting a pen needle assembly comprising,
inter alia, the step of obtaining a tool that includes a
cylindrical storage member having cavities arranged radially and a
rotatable cover having a cylindrical wall, and claim 22 recites a
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