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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`14/523, 104
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`10/24/2014
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`Benjamin McCloskey
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`P201384.US.05
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`3190
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`DORSEY & WHITNEY, LLP ~ Denver
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`WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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`WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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`Office Action Summary
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`Status
`1)[X] Responsive to communication(s)filed on 03/10/2015.
`CA declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)(] This action is FINAL.
`2b) This action is non-final.
`3)L Anelection was made by the applicant in responseto a restriction requirementsetforth during the interview on
`___; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4)C] Sincethis application is in condition for allowance exceptfor formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5)L] Claim(s) 1-20 is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the aboveclaim(s) 8-20 is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)L] Claim(s)
`is/are allowed.
`7) Claim(s) 1-7 is/are rejected.
`8)0 Claim(s)
`is/are objected to.
`9)C] Claim(s)
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`11)] The drawing(s)filed on 10/24/2014 is/are: a)X] accepted or b)] objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12\(] Acknowledgment is made ofa claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`1.0] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.(] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.1] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 1 7.2(a)).
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claims | — 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 | —7 will be examined on the merits.
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`The present application is being examined underthe pre-AIA 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 I (claims 1-7) in the reply filed on
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`03/10/2015 is acknowledged.
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`Examinernotes applicant’s desire for possible rejoinder upon a finding ofallowable
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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 II, there being no allowable generic orlinking claim.
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`Election was made withouttraverse 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 U.S.C. 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 personshall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign countryor in
`public use or onsale in this country, more than one yearprior to the date of application for patentin 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 volumeoftest
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`system fluid in an excess volumearea (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 during the driving stroke and decreases during the return
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`stroke (col. 3, lines 46-57 teaching that the fluid pressure compensation chamberacts by
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`meansof air pressure through a diaphragm like “veins and arteries of the human body.”
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`i.e. enlarges due to greater pressure andvice versa; see also fig. 2).
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`Regarding claim 3, Pickard teaches that the excess volumearea 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 chamberacts by meansof 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 volumeof 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 volumeof 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 chamberacts by meansof
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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 teachesaltering a spring factor of the spring force provided
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`by the excess volumearea by adjusting the volume ofthe 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-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which formsthe basis forall
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`obviousnessrejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent maynot be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 ofthistitle, 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 obviousat the time the
`invention was madeto a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in whichthe invention was made.
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`Claims 4 and 5 are rejected under pre-AJA 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 teachesaltering a spring factor of the spring force provided
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`by the excess volumearea(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 volumearea.
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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 chamberacts by meansof air pressure through a
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`diaphragm like “veins and arteries of the human body.”1.e. the diaphragm will expand and
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`contract based on the relative pressures againstit).
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and not relied uponis considered pertinent to applicant's
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`disclosure. See (PTO-892).
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`/LISA CAPUTO/
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
`STATEMENT BY APPLICANT
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`APPLICATION NO.:
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`14/523, 104
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