Appeal No. 96-3886
Application 08/275,091
of claims 26 to 29, all the claims currently pending in the
application. An amendment filed subsequent to the final
rejection (Paper No. 37, filed April 10, 1996) has been
entered.
By way of background, this appeal is related to an
earlier appeal (No. 94-1162) in the now-abandoned parent
application. The earlier appeal resulted in a decision by a
merits panel of this Board reversing a rejection of the
appealed claim under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and affirming a rejection
of the appealed claim under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.
In rendering our decision in this appeal, we assume
familiarity with the earlier decision.
Appellant’s invention pertains to an apparatus for
treating a fracture in an extremity. The apparatus includes a
cuff-forming cushion (1) adapted to be formed into a sleeve
and a protective sleeve (5) disposed about the cushion. The
cushion defines a vacuum tight inner space having a plurality
of filling bodies movable relative to one another disposed
therein. When the inner space is evacuated the movable bodies
interengage to form a stable and rigid support structure.
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