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`14/523, 104
`Benjamin McCloskey
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`1)IXI Responsive to c0mmunication(s) filed on 03/10/2015.
`I:I A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
`2a)|:l This action is FINAL.
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`_; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4)I:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparfe Quayle, 1935 CD. 11,453 0.6. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5)|:I CIaim(s)1-_20is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s) 8-_20 is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`9)I:I Claim(s)
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claims 1 4 20 are pending in the present application.
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`Claims 8 — 20 are withdrawn (see election/restriction section below).
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`Claims 1 4 7 will be examined on the merits.
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AlA first to invent provisions.
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`Oath/Declaration
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`Oaths/Declarations as filed 10/24/2014 are noted by the Examiner.
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`Election/Restrictions
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`Applicant‘s election Without traverse of Invention 1 (claims 1—7) in the reply filed on
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`03/10/2015 is acknowledged.
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`Examiner notes applicant’s desire for possible rejoinder upon a finding of allowable
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`subject matter.
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`Claims 8-20 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as
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`being drawn to a nonelected Invention 11, there being no allowable generic or linking claim.
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`Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 03/10/2015.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of pre—AIA 35 USC. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to apatent unless 7
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in
`public use or on sale in this country. more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the
`United States.
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`Claims 1-3 and 6-7 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`Pickard (US 4,682,491).
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`Regarding claim 1, Pickard teaches a method for operating an accelerated cyclic test
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`system for evaluating a valved prosthetic device (abstract) comprising storing a volume of test
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`system fluid in an excess volume area (col. 15, lines 23-52; at least elements 136 and 142; see
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`fig. 2; see also col. 5, lines 58-62) during a system driving stroke that opens the valved
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`prosthetic device (col. 3, lines 9-57; see fig. 2 and associated text); and releasing the stored
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`volume of test system fluid during a return stroke that closes the valved prosthetic device (col. 14
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`lines 4-10).
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`Regarding claim 2, Pickard teaches that the excess volume area enlarges in response to
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`a pressure on the test system fluid dun'ng the driving stroke and decreases during the return
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`stroke (col. 3, lines 46-57 teaching that the fluid pressure compensation chamber acts by
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`means of air pressure through a diaphragm like “veins and arteries of the human body.”
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`i.e. enlarges due to greater pressure and vice versa; see also fig. 2).
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`Regarding claim 3, Pickard teaches that the excess volume area provides a spring force
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`counter to and in response to the pressure on the test system fluid (col. 3, lines 46-57 teaching
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`that the fluid pressure compensation chamber acts by means of air pressure through a
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`diaphragm like “veins and arteries of the human body.” i.e. provides spring like pressure
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`to the contained fluid; see also fig. 2)
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`Regarding claim 6, Pickard teaches compressing a volume of a compressible gas with
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`the volume of test system fluid to provide a spring force counter to and in response to a pressure
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`on the test system fluid when the volume of test system fluid is stored in the excess volume area
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`(col. 3, lines 46-57 teaching that the fluid pressure compensation chamber acts by means of
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`air pressure through a diaphragm like “veins and arteries of the human body.” i.e.
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`provides spring like pressure to the contained fluid; see also fig. 2, specifically element 60
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`and associated text).
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`Regarding claim 7, Pickard teaches altering a spring factor of the spring force provided
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`by the excess volume area by adjusting the volume of the compressible gas (see col. 4, lines 25-
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`45).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AlA 35 USC. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was nrade to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject nratter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claims 4 and 5 are rejected under pre—AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(‘a) as being unpatentable over
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`Pickard in view of Lundell et al. (US 2002/0116054 A1, hereinafter Lundell).
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`Regarding claim 4, Pickard teaches altering a spring factor of the spring force provided
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`by the excess volume area (col. 4, lines 25-45)
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`Pickard lacks teaching of using selection of a material forming at least a portion of a
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`boundary of the excess volume area.
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`However, Lundell teaches selection of a material forming at least a portion of a boundary
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`of the excess volume area ([0086]).
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`Therefore, at the time of the invention it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
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`in the art to modify the human vein mimicking pressure compensation chamber of Pickard with
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`the flexible or elastic biocompatible container of Lundell. This is because “As fluid ...enters and
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`exits the flexible/elastic reservoirs, they expand and contract to accommodate the changing
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`volume.” (Lundell @ [0086]) This is important in order to maintain laminar flow. (Lundell @
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`[0086])
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`Regarding claim 5, Pickard teaches that the material is an elastomeric material that
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`expands and contracts in response to the pressure on the test system (col. 3, lines 46-57 teaching
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`that the fluid pressure compensation chamber acts by means of air pressure through a
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`diaphragm like “veins and arteries of the human body.” i.e. the diaphragm will expand and
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`contract based on the relative pressures against it).
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