Appeal No. 2006-1844 3
Application No. 10/080,292
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Verreet in view of Bolger or Saadat or
Henalla.
Claim 21 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Verreet in view of Cragg.
Claims 22-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Verreet in view of Cragg and further in
view of Bolger, Saadat or Henalla.
OPINION
The following are our findings of fact as to the scope
and content of the prior art and the differences between
the prior art and the claimed subject matter.
Verreet discloses a transcutaneous implant catheter
designed for more or less permanent implacement as a
peritoneal dialysis catheter. The device is a medical
infusion assembly with a tubular element having a proximal
end 13 and a distal end at disk 14. A wall 10, 11, 12
defines an elongate lumen between the proximal and distal
ends. A discharge portion is adjacent the distal end. The
discharge portion has a plurality of perforations 16. We
infer from the drawings (Figures 1 and 3) that the
perforations, while offset from one another longitudinally,
are spaced equidistant in a row around the circumference of
the tube 10. Thus, Verreet discloses a catheter having many
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