Appeal 2007-2649
Application 10/235,998
2. PRIOR ART
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Dotan US 5,314,389 May. 24, 1994
Birnbaum US 5,464,021 Nov. 07, 1995
Ohtake US 5,483,967 Jan. 16, 1996
Platt US 5,634,468 Jun. 03, 1997
Sarbach US 5,628,324 May. 13, 1997
Schulze US 5,673,692 Oct. 7, 1997
Kumar US 6,416,471 B1 Jul. 9, 2002
3. OBVIOUSNESS -- CLAIMS 1, 2, 5, AND 7-10
Claims 1, 2, 5, and 7-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious in view of Schulze, Sarbach, Dotan, and Ohtake.
The Examiner cites Schulze as teaching “a method and apparatus for
acquiring ECG, comprising: an apparatus (‘ear-emplaceable sensor’) 4
including an ECG electrode 6 . . . and ‘other sensors’ 8, such [as] pulse
oximetry and temperature sensors . . . and connected to a receiver
(‘electrocardiogram’)” (Answer 3, citations omitted). The Examiner cites
Sarbach as teaching “a method and apparatus for acquiring ECG,
comprising: ECG electrodes mounted on a belt 3 fastened around the waist
. . . and connected to a processing device (‘electrocardiogram’) 5 fixed onto
the belt 3 which contains an amplifier 23 and a filter 62” (id. at 3-4, citations
omitted). The Examiner cites Dotan as teaching “ECG electrodes 16 and 17
at both the ear and waist and connected to an ECG apparatus
(‘electrocardiogram’) 19 . . ., wherein the connection between the ear
electrode 16 or waist electrode 17 and the ECG apparatus 19 is b[y] wire”
(id. at 4).
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