Appeal No. 2006-1460
Application No. 10/033,315
as valve and pump mechanisms, these “mechanisms engage interfaces
on the cartridge [of Holl] rather than being mounted to the
cartridge” (brief, page 15). This argument is unpersuasive.
As correctly explained by the examiner on page 8 of the
answer, the claim 1 phrase “mounted aboard” encompasses the
aforementioned interfacial engagement of Holl’s valve and pump
mechanisms. This is evinced by the appellants’ specification
disclosure (e.g., see the disclosure at lines 3-6 on page
17 which exemplifies a “component-on-board” as a multi-laminated
substrate conduit cartridge interfaced with a multi-layer
laminated manifold). The examiner’s position is further
supported by the appellants’ drawing which illustrates an
externally mounted component-on-board (e.g., see element 50 of
figures 6 and 7A-B and element 60 of figure 8) which correspond
to Holl’s externally mounted components such as syringe pumps.
Further, the appellants implicitly militate for the examiner’s
position and against their above noted argument by describing, in
the paragraph bridging pages 7 and 8 of the brief, the claim 1
“operative component mounted aboard the multi-layer laminated
substrate” as including “external component-on-board” and
“removeable [sic] component” (id. at page 8). Finally, the here
claimed feature under consideration is unquestionably satisfied
4
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007