Appeal No. 2006-0242
Application No. 09/920,728
the retainer and provides an output to the control unit 11”
(Specification at 4).
Moberg’s occlusion detector measures increased
reservoir pressure resulting from an occlusion indirectly by
measuring one or more motor parameters, and flagging the
electronics to cease further delivering if the motor parameter
necessary to drive that load exceeds a predetermined amount
(Column 5 at lines 40-45). Since force, or pressure on the
plunger, or reservoir is detected, and this detected force or
pressure causes a change in the motor parameters which in turn
cause the drive of the pump to reverse direction, Moberg’s
detector is a sensor that detects force or pressure albeit
indirectly. We note that claim 1 does not recite that the force
sensor senses the force on the plunger directly. As such, the
occlusion detector disclosed in Moberg’s patent is a force sensor
as broadly claimed.
In view of the foregoing, we will sustain the examiner’s
rejection of claim 1. We will likewise sustain the examiner’s
rejection of claims 5, 7, 9, and 10 as the appellants have not
presented separate arguments regarding the patentability of these
claims. In re Nielson, 816 F.2d 1567, 1572, 2 USPQ2d 1525, 1528
(Fed. Cir. 1987).
5
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007