Appeal 2007-2563
Application 10/058,640
wishbone connector legs do not extend into or have a part in common with
the serpentine bands.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Dang
1. Dang discloses a stent having cylindrical sections which comprise a
plurality of “W-shaped elements . . . [which] alternate between pairs of W-
shaped elements that open towards each other … and pairs . . . that open way
from each other” (Dang, col. 2, ll. 50-62, and Figs. 2 and 7).
2. The W-shaped elements are formed from a plurality of struts having
substantially the same length (Dang, Figs. 2 and 7; Answer 3).
3. Tie members (50) connect the “center sections of the pairs of W-shaped
elements that open towards each other” (Dang, col. 2, ll. 62-67 and Figs. 2
and 7; Answer 3-4).
4. Fig. 2 of Dang shows the W-shaped elements (30) connected to the tie
members (Dang, col. 4, l. 54 to col. 5, l. 12).
5. Fig. 3 of Dang is reproduced as follows:
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