Legal Opinion
In Re Creg W. Dance, John v. Hoek and Victor R. Blackledge
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 30, 1998No. 97-1229PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Creg W. Dance, John V. Hoek, and Victor R. Blackledge (collectively “Dance”) appeal the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 1 rejecting claims 33 and 35-37 of United States Patent application Serial No. 08/162,572, entitled “Vascular Oe- elusion Removal Devices and Methods.” We affirm the Board’s decision.
BACKGROUND
The subject matter sought to be patented is a catheter for removing an obstruction such as a thrombus in a blood vessel. Figure 2 of the Dance application depicts an embodiment:
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In operation, the head of the device is…
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