Appeal No. 1997-1145 Page 7
Application No. 08/210,229
sustain this rejection of independent claim 1 or, it follows,
of dependent claims 2-4, 16 and 17.
The second rejection under Section 102 is based upon
Kuntz. This rejection fails at the outset because the Kuntz
implant fails to have threads on its outside surface, as is
required by independent claim 1. We therefore will not sustain
this rejection of claims 1-3, 16 and 17.
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