Appeal No. 2005-2537
Application No. 09/921,429
needle storage and mounting apparatus comprising, inter alia, a
cylindrical body having radial cavities and a cylindrical cover.
As set forth in the underlying specification, and to some extent in
claims 19, 21 and 22, these features facilitate the connection of a
pen needle assembly to an injection device by allowing the tool or
apparatus to be grasped in one hand and rotated 360 degrees about
an axis of rotation concentric with the longitudinal axis of a
radial cavity while the injection device is grasped in the other
hand and rotated 360 degrees.
To overcome the admitted deficiencies of Nguyen relative to
the subject matter recited in independent claims 19, 21 and 22, the
examiner turns to Current.
Current discloses “a package for retaining and dispensing
sewing machine needles” (column 1, lines 6-7). The package
comprises a circular storage disc 12 and a rotatable base or cover
24. The storage disc 12 includes a plurality of radial and
circumferential walls 16 and 20 which define a plurality of needle
storage compartments 18 open at their tops and radial outer ends.
The rotatable base 24 consists of a circular surface 26 covering
the open tops of the needle storage compartments, a downwardly
extending cylindrical base wall 28 covering the open outer ends of
the needle storage compartments, and a dispensing slot 34 in the
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