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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TODD ALLEN BERG, ALEX ALDEN PETERSON, MARK D. WAHLBERG
and JON PATRICK ST. GERMAIN
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Appeal No. 2002-1117
Application No. 09/569,607
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 9, all of the claims pending in
this application.
As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellants'
invention relates to structures that can be used to make
connections between tubular medical grafts and a patient's
tubular body conduits. More particularly, it appears that the
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