The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WINSTON A. ANDREWS, GLORIA R. DUMLAO
and TERRY R. KNAPP
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Appeal No. 1998-2806
Application No. 08/459,721
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ON BRIEF
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Before METZ, FRANKFORT, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 18 through 26, which are all of the claims
remaining in the application. Claims 1 through 17 and 27
through 36 have been canceled.
Appellants' invention relates generally to surgical
implants or prostheses (e.g., breast implants), and more
particularly to 1) a filler material for implants comprising a
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