Ex Parte Mathis et al - Page 1



                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                     
                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                            

                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
                                                ____________                                                    
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
                                                ____________                                                    
                         Ex parte MARK L. MATHIS, GREGORY D. NIEMINEN,                                          
                              NATHAN ARONSON, and GARRETT BEGET                                                 
                                                ____________                                                    
                                              Appeal 2006-2249                                                  
                                           Application 10/429,172                                               
                                           Technology Center 3700                                               
                                                ____________                                                    
                                           Decided: May 24, 2007                                                
                                                ____________                                                    
                Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, BRADLEY R. GARRIS, and                                                 
                CHARLES F. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
                GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            
                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                       Appellants appeal the final rejection of claims 1-8 under 35 U.S.C.                      
                § 134.  We have jurisdiction over the appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                      
                       We AFFIRM.                                                                               

                                                 INTRODUCTION                                                   
                       Appellants claim a device for modifying the shape of tissue adjacent                     
                to a lumen (Claim 1).  Appellants’ device includes a proximal anchor (52), a                    




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