Ex parte MELCHER - Page 25




          Appeal No. 97-0695                                                          
          Application No. 08/273,466                                                  


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               3.   A method of fabricating a plurality of handles each               
          adapted to have a corresponding one handle end inserted in a                
          corresponding one pad end of a plurality of pads including the              
          steps of:                                                                   
               forming a plurality of strips shaped as right, regular                 
          parallelopipeds having dimensions of at least one inch by                   
          one-eighth of an inch by one-thirty-second of an inch from an               
          autoclavable material; and                                                  
               forming barbs on the one handle end of each of said                    
          strips whereby said handles are formed with barbs on each of                
          said one handle ends.                                                       

               7.   A method of fabricating a plurality of handles in                 
          accordance with claim 3 wherein each of said one handle end of              
          said plurality of said handles has four corners and at least                
          four barbs are formed in each of the four corners of each                   
          handle.                                                                     












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