Ex Parte WALCH et al - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2002-0282                                                        
          Application 09/363,407                                                      


          11, a copy of which appears in “APPENDIX A” to the brief (Paper             
          No. 13).                                                                    


               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          document specified below:                                                   


          Tornier                  5,358,526                Oct. 25, 1994             


               The following rejection is before us for review.                       


               Claims 11 through 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)           
          as being unpatentable over Tornier.                                         


               The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to              
          the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper           
          No. 14), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can           
          be found in the brief (Paper No. 13).                                       









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