Appeal No. 2006-1610
Application No. 09/826,420
an alignment device to align a second web with the first
web; and
a sterilization-sealing station where the first web and the
second web, with the medical article loaded into the housing are
sterilized and then the first and second webs are sealed
together.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
McGowan, Jr. (McGowan) 5,749,203 May 12, 1998
Multivac Packing Machines, "Pin Gas Flushing System for Uniform
Gas Distribution" (1998)
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a medical
article sterilization device comprising a preheating area, an
article loading station where the medical article is loaded into
the housing of a first web, an alignment device for aligning a
second web with the first web, and a sterilization-sealing
station where the medical article is sterilized and the first
and second webs are sealed together. Claim 2 on appeal further
recites that the sterilization-sealing station also comprises
gas injection pins for injecting gas between the first and
second webs.
Appealed claims 1, 4-7, 15 and 18-21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over McGowan. Claims
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