Appeal No. 2006-2699
Application No. 09/915,494
wherein
when the valve is in the first position, the valve compartment is
in fluid communication with the chamber and is not in fluid
communication with the reservoir;
when the valve is in the second position, the valve compartment
is not in fluid communication with the chamber nor the
reservoir;
when the valve is in the third position, the valve compartment is
in fluid communication with the reservoir and is not in fluid
communication with the chamber; and
the valve being inoperable after a first actuation.
Thus, claim 74 is directed to a specimen collection device comprising
a specimen-collection chamber, a reservoir, and a valve having a
compartment for transporting an aliquot of specimen from the chamber to
the reservoir. The valve has a first position in which the valve compartment
is in fluid communication with the chamber and not the reservoir, a second
position in which the valve compartment is not in fluid communication with
the chamber or the reservoir, and a third position in which the valve
compartment is in fluid communication with the reservoir and not the
chamber.
Claim 74 also states that the valve is “inoperable after a first
actuation.” We interpret this limitation to mean that once the valve is moved
from the first position to the second position, the valve becomes inoperable,
such that it cannot transport a second aliquot of specimen from the chamber
to the reservoir.
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