Appeal 2007-2563
Application 10/058,640
and 17 are rejected over prior art. The Examiner relies on the following
evidence of unpatentability:
Dang US 5,935,162 Aug. 10, 1999
Dinh US 6,019,789 Feb. 1, 2000
The following rejections are on appeal:
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Dang (Answer 3).
Claims 8, 9, and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
obvious over Dang in view of Dinh (Answer 7).
We select claims 1, 8, and 10 as representative:
1. A stent having a proximal end and a distal end, the stent
comprising:
a plurality of axially spaced serpentine bands, each
serpentine band having a proximal and distal end and consisting of a
plurality of interconnected struts, the struts of substantially the same length,
serpentine bands which are adjacent one another connected one to the other;
and
a plurality of wishbone connections, each wishbone
connector connecting two serpentine bands which are adjacent one another
and having an elongate portion which is disposed between the two
serpentine bands and does not overlap longitudinally with either of the two
serpentine bands, the elongate portion having a proximal end and a distal
end, the proximal end having two legs extending therefrom to one of the two
serpentine bands and the distal end having two legs extending therefrom to
the other of the two serpentine bands, the two legs extending from the
proximal end of the elongate portion of each wishbone connector being
circumferentially and longitudinally displaced from the two legs extending
from the distal end of the elongate portion of the wishbone connector,
at least one wishbone connector connecting serpentine
bands which are adjacent one another.
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