Appeal No. 96-3696
Application No. 08/242,987
indicated as containing allowable subject matter, and claims 2
and 18-20 have been canceled. No claims have been allowed.
The subject matter before us on appeal is an apparatus
for guiding a device for milling a portion of exposed bone.
It is illustrated by reference to claim 1, which has been
reproduced in an appendix to the Appellant’s Brief.
THE REFERENCE
The reference relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection is:
Bowman et al. (Bowman) 4,952,213 Aug. 28,
19902
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 3-7 and 9-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Bowman.
The rejection is explained in the Examiner's Answer.
2Although the examiner has listed twenty-seven references
in the Answer as being relied upon in the rejection of the
claims, the fact is that only Bowman has been applied in the
rejection.
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